- The objective is to cooperate in R&D as well as to promote internships and employment for Brazilian students in the ProUni programme at the Indra Software Lab in Salamanca and at the multinational's work sites in Brazil.
- The agreement was signed today in the institute's headquarters at Maldonado Palace.
Today, 16 January, Maldonado Palace hosted the signing of a framework agreement between Indra, the University of Salamanca (USAL) and the USAL's Scientific Park Foundation. As part of this agreement, the top consulting and technology multinational in Spain and one of the leaders in Europe and Latin America will partner with the USAL's Brazilian Studies Institute in R&D activities as well as in training and recruiting international talent.
The vice rector of Research and the president of the University of Salamanca's Scientific Park Foundation, María Ángeles Serrano; the manager of the USAL's Scientific Park Foundation, José Miguel Sánchez Llorente, the director of the Brazilian Studies Centre, Ignacio Berdugo; the director of Innovation at Indra, José Luis Angoso; and the multinational's director of University Relations, Carlos Fernández, have signed this framework agreement. The event also included the presence of the vice rector of International and Institutional Relations, Noemí Domínguez, as well as the director of the multinational's Software Lab in Salamanca, Manuel Martín.
The objective of the agreement is to collaborate in technological research and development activities as well as to promote internships and employment for Brazilian students in the ProUni programme at the Indra Software Lab in Salamanca and at the multinational's work sites in Brazil.
The University of Salamanca is the only Spanish university and also the only one outside of Brazil that is involved in the University for All Programme (ProUni) carried out by the Brazilian Ministry of Education as an effective tool for fighting against social inequality by making higher education available to young individuals with strong capabilities but who lack financial resources.
Thanks to the agreement signed with Indra, these Brazilian students will be able to complete their training through internships at the Spanish multinational where they will have the opportunity of participating in innovative international projects. After completing those internships, they will also have the possibility of being hired by the multinational.
On the other hand, Indra will have a new source for recruiting highly qualified international talent and collaborating to create employment through the University of Salamanca. Brazil is Indra's second market in terms of revenue after Spain, and the multinational has established its International Department in this Latin American country in which it leads its international expansion and plans its advanced solutions for the global market. Although it already has more than 7,000 employees in the country, Indra continues hiring professionals for its work sites in the main cities, including Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte, Brasilia and Baruei, as well as at the Campinas and Goias software factories.
The agreement with the Brazilian Studies institute also promotes the transfer of knowledge as well as scientific and technological cooperation from the multinational to Brazilian research centres and universities.
Collaboration with the University of Salamanca
Indra and the University of Salamanca have a close relationship that began with the signing of a collaboration agreement in 2007. As a result of that collaboration, the multinational moved to the Scientific Park in January 2011, and that same year it created the Indra-Adecco Foundation Chair of Accessible Technologies at the USAL, which was aimed at researching and developing solutions that favour the social and occupational integration of people with disabilities.
The new agreement forms part of Indra's strategy of maintaining close relations with knowledge institutions through its Software Labs in order to recruit professionals and access new technologies.
Indra in the Scientific Park
Indra's Software Lab in Salamanca began to operate in 2007 with a staff of 25 individuals, but today it employs more than 200 professionals, of which most are from universities in the Salamanca region. These professionals work on software development and information systems projects with highly innovative content.
The main projects that are currently being undertaken include the smart systems for traffic control and automatic electronic payment (Free-Flow) for the Bicentenario Viaduct in Mexico; toll management for the Canadian motorway Nouvelle Auto Route 30; traffic management technology for the Lithuanian railway; the comprehensive automation of the administrative procedures for the Castilla y León Regional Government's Investments and Services Agency; and the technological maintenance, organisational management and operation of the information and processing service for the Castilla y León Regional Government's Housing Office.
The development and management of applications for some of the leading financial entities in Spain as well as the optimisation of the commercial management systems for telecommunications operators are some of the other main projects in progress. In the area of Accessible Technologies, another item worth mentioning is the first project in the Indra-Adecco Foundation Chair, MOVIMAS, which has the objective of improving the occupational integration of people with motor skills disabilities through virtual representations of work settings; or the AZTECA project, which also includes the USAL and has the objective of developing smart work environments that facilitate occupational integration.
Aside from the Software Labs in Salamanca, since 2005 Indra has continued to consolidate its presence in Castilla y León and its commitment to technological development in this Autonomous Community with the inauguration of the Development Centre in the Boecillo Technological Park (Valladolid) and the launch of the Centre of Excellence in Systems and Security (CES) as well as the Computer Incident Response Centre, both in León. All of this has made it possible to consolidate more than 500 highly qualified positions in the region.
Indra
Indra is the leading consultancy technology multinational in Spain and a leader in Europe and Latin America. Innovation is the cornerstone of its business and sustainability, having allocated €550 million to R&D in the last three years, making it one of the leading companies in Europe in its sector in terms of investment. With sales approaching €3,000 million, 55% of its income is from the international market. The company employs 42,000 professionals and has customers in 118 countries.
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