Google to train over 2 million developers over the next three years in India
Posted on: 12/Jul/2016 12:35:07 PM
Google will aim to train over 2 million developers in India. The developers will be trained on its Android platform. The training will take place over the next three years. The company has said that it hopes to cash in on the high quality talent pool in the country. India already has about a million people working as developers for the Android mobile platform.
Speaking about this, a senior executive from Google said, India is expected to have the largest developer population globally, overtaking the US, by 2018, with four million developers. But today only 25 per cent of developers are building for mobile. The aim is to help make India the global leader in mobile app development. We are launching a specially-designed instructor-led training programme on Android Fundamentals. This will be made available across public and private universities and training institutes of the National Skill Development Corporation of India, or the NSDC.
Another executive in charge of Developer Training said, The company aims to train about 2 million people in the next three years. The training is available for both students as well as mid-career developers.
Incidentally, Apple is also investing a lot in India. In May this year, it announced setting up a software laboratory in Bengaluru to support startups and developers working on its iOS platform.
The Google executive said, Google has partnered universities like Amity University, Lovely Professional University, GD Goenka University and Rayat Bahra University among others for its initiative. It has also partnered training organisations like Edureka, Koenig, Manipal Global, Simplilearn, Udacity and UpGrad, who will operate as Authorised Android Training Partners in India. We are also training the trainers to update their Android courseware to prepare students for the Android Certification and a career in Android development. We expect to train about 4,000 faculty members.
