EMC Corporation has setup a Center of Academic Excellence on Data Science & Big Data Analytics at Hindusthan Institute of Technology, Coimbatore in association with ICTACT for the benefit of the students and researchers. The Center was inaugurated by Mr. Abhijit Sreenivas, Principal Marketing Manager, EMC IT Solutions Pvt.Ltd, Bangalore and Mr. Krishna Kant, Head, EMC Academic Alliance - Southeast Asia, Russia & ANZ EMC on 28th July, 2016