Aiming to offer young students a skill
development course based on the Tizen
operating system (OS) platform,
Samsung India and the union micro,
small and medium enterprises ministry
on Wednesday joined hands to open
MSME-Samsung Digital Academy.
The company will offer the Digital
Academy course in collaboration with th
ministry, and will seek to train youth to
develop apps that run on the Tizen OS
across a multitude of devices such as
smartphones, televisions and tablets.
In its first phase, the Samsung Digital
Academy will be rolled out across the 10
MSME-Samsung Technical Schools
which have been set up by Samsung an
the ministry following an MoU in August
2014.
Each of these schools will run a four-
week long course in batches of 30
students.
The programme will eventually be scaled
up to include 68 other MSME Technical
Centres across the country, as well as
Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs),
Indian Institutes of Information
Technology (IIITs), National Institutes of
Technology (NITs), and other key
institutes of technical education and
engineering in India.
Tizen is an open and adaptable platform
offering multi-application capability
across a wide range of devices, includin
smartphones, tablets and TVs.
"The ministry of MSME continuously
looks to provide opportunities to the
country's youth to access current
developments across various fields.
Industry collaborations allow the ministr
to strengthen its skill development
courses by providing up-to-date,
industry-relevant training," said MSME
Minister Kalraj Mishra.
"This innovative collaboration with
Samsung will help youth learn to develo
digital content for next-generation
ecosystems. As MSME skill development
programmes reach youth from all socio-
economic strata, this program will also
help bridge the digital divide," he added.
Samsung India Electronics president an
CEO H.C.Hong said: "India is increasingl
emerging as a key player in the
development of next-generation
technology ecosystems. Through the
Samsung Digital Academy, we are
looking to take this to the next level by
creating an inclusive environment to help
young India leverage the growing digital
technologies market."
Samsung India, MSME Ministry to Launch Tizen Development Courses | NDTV Gadgets
