To create a pool of highly skilled tech workers, Google in association with education websites Pluralsight and Udacity on Thursday announced a new scholarship programme to help 130,000 mobile and web developers and students across India.
“In this joint effort, Google is sponsoring 100,000 scholarships on the Pluralsight technology learning platform and 30,000 scholarships on Udacity to help developers gain access to advanced learning curriculum and further their employability in emerging technologies such as mobile and web development, machine learning, artificial intelligence and cloud platforms,” said a company release.
“Since we announced our skilling initiative in India, 210,000 students have completed Google-developed courses on Udacity, with 117,000 completing the course this year,” said William Florance, Developer Products Group and Skilling Lead for India, Google, in the release.
Arun Rajamani, Country Head and General Manager, Pluralsight, said: “We are excited to see technology professionals in India future-proof their skills, move strongly towards full-stack development and push the boundaries of innovation that will create a stronger India and a better world through technology.”
Ishan Gupta, Managing Director, Udacity India, said: “With this scholarship programme, students can master web- and mobile-development skills with the experts from Udacity and Google.
“The programme will have two phases. The first phase will have free access to our courses in mobile and web development along with mentorship and community support.
“The top 1,000 students will earn an additional six-month scholarship to our mobile and web developer nano-degree programmes.”