Tech giant Google launched its Android Developer Nanodegree program in India on Sept. 21. Google partnered with online programming school Udacity in order to provide mobile app developers in India the necessary resources they need to create they own apps.
Courses provided by the Nanodegree program are taught by Google instructors. The project aims to help aspiring programmers in building a portfolio of their own projects where they can showcase their skills to potential employers.
Anyone who completes the course will earn a certificate from Google which will turn them into a more marketable programmer especially in the Android platform.
According to PC Mag, less than two percent of all apps built in India makes it to the global top 1,000 apps in the Android platform. Google plans to raise that number to at least 10 percent within the next three years.
Google senior program manager Peter Lubbers said in a statement, "With 3 million software developers, India is already the second largest developer population in the world but we still lag behind in creating world-class apps. With the launch of this program we want to bridge the gap by providing India's developer community with an easy way to learn and build high quality apps for the world."
Qualified enrollees will take some time between six to nine months in order to complete the Udacity Android Nanodegree program. The program costs $149 per month and Udacity will refund 50 percent of the tuition to students who completed the program.
Google also announced that it is tying up with Tata Trusts in order to provide 1,000 scholarships eligible students, according to NDTV.