KATHMANDU, NOVEMBER 24
Fusemachines, an Artificial Intelligence talent solutions provider, today announced that it had signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Kathmandu University in an attempt to strengthen AI education in Nepal and produce job ready graduates for the AI industry.
As part of the agreement, Fusemachines will support the KU's Department of Computer Science and Engineering with curriculum development and training consultations, hands-on learning opportunities through apprenticeship and externship programmes for students, and by appointing an AI expert to provide guidance to students during their semester projects.
"Businesses around the world are eager to tap AI-powered possibilities. However, they continually face the critical challenge of talent shortage," said Bal Krishna Bal, Associate Professor and Head of Department, Computer Science and Engineering.
"By working closely with Fusemachines' AI experts, we will be able to curate courses and learning experiences that will enable us to directly cater to the rising global demand for AI talent."
"In 2021, we launched a first-of-its-kind AI degree programme for both undergraduate and graduate students to build a reliable pipeline of AI talent," said Manish Pokharel, Dean of the School of Engineering, KU.
"We are thrilled that this new MoU with Fusemachines will further bolster Nepal's AI talent pipeline and deliver industry-ready AI graduates who can contribute directly to the real-world needs of businesses."
Fusemachines and KU's Department of Computer Science and Engineering will focus on directly tackling the industry-academia gap in AI education, while also allowing Nepal's talent pipeline to continually contribute to meaningful work on a global scale.
"Since our inception, we have been continually striving to equip students from all over Nepal with quality AI training," said Sameer Maskey, CEO and Founder of Fusemachines.
"Collaborations with education institutions such as the KU will remain critical as we advance on our journey of building homegrown AI professionals."
A version of this article appears in the print on November 25, 2022 of The Himalayan Times.
