Dr. Prashant R. Nair, Vice-Chairman – IQAC, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore campus moderated a panel discussion on ‘Collaborating for Sucess: The Power of Industry Interaction’ for the IEEE Madras Section Hub Congress 2023 held at Sri Krishna College of Engineering & Technology (SKCET), Coimbatore on  March 18, 2023. Other distinguished panelists were Dr. Joseph Gladwin, BigCat Wireless, Chennai; Mr. Ramesh Ananthavijayan, Technology Director, Bosch Global Software, Coimbatore; Prof. Navaneethakrishnan Ramanathan, Head, Center for Innovation, KPR Institute of Engineering & Technology, Coimbatore and Mr. Divyanshu Verma, CEO, Redinent Innovations, Bangalore. 200+ students and 20+ faculty from IEEE student branches all over Tamil Nadu attended the panel discussion. Dr. Prashant R. Nair showcased several best practices of Amrita in industry-academia connect such as industry electives and centers of excellence & research sponsored by industry.