MMU Vice Chancellor Prof. Rosebella Maranga with IEK President Eng. Shammah Kiteme during the 31st IEK Convention held in Mombasa.
Multimedia University of Kenya (MMU) has committed to strengthen and upscale its partnership with the Institution of Engineers of Kenya (IEK) in training engineers with requisite skills that meet industry’s needs.
Speaking at the 31st IEK Convention held in Mombasa, MMU Vice Chancellor Prof. Rosebella Maranga said the university has benefited greatly from its ongoing partnership with IEK and that the institution wants to further deepen its collaboration with the engineering body to produce more skilled engineers for the country.
MMU Vice Chancellor Prof. Rosebella Maranga, Ag. Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Academic Affairs, Research and Innovation Prof. Livingstone Ngoo and Dean, Faculty of Engineering and Technology Prof. Abel Mayaka with other delegates during the 31st IEK Convention held in Mombasa.
“As an institution, we have collaborated with the IEK and we have seen a lot of benefits in our collaboration. For this reason, we have come here as an institution to see how to further our collaboration,” said Prof. Maranga.
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The VC, who was also a delegate at the event and was accompanied by Ag. Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Academic Affairs, Research and Innovation Prof. Livingstone Ngoo and Dean, Faculty of Engineering and Technology Prof. Abel Mayaka, lauded the IEK for its continued support in areas of student internships, saying that MMU students have greatly benefited from various students-training opportunities availed by the engineering body.
Prof. Maranga also said that with the introduction of CBC, it is critical for MMU to partner and work with institutions like IEK to better understand how to integrate their requirements into the university’s mandate in order to train and produce industry-ready graduates.
She said that MMU is keen on innovation and would like to strengthen the culture of innovation and patenting within the university through industry linkages across Africa.
“I would like to re-emphasize that our young scientists should be able to know how to protect their innovations for commercial benefits,” said Prof. Maranga.
Themed “Engineers Accelerating Sustainable Economic Recovery” the IEK Convention tarted on 29th October and shall end today 1st November 2024 in Mombasa.