Search giant Google and Tata Trusts on Monday launched a programme in partnership with Udacity under which 1,000 Android Nanodegree scholarships will be offered to developers. The Android Nanodegree is an education credential that is designed to help developers learn new skills and advance their careers in a few months from anywhere on any device at their own pace. Google said India being the second largest developer population in the world with three million software developers, has the potential to become the #1 (number one) developer population by 2018, with four million developers.
“While India has millions of software developers, we still lag behind in creating world-class apps. Today, only 2 per cent of apps built in India feature in the top 1,000 apps globally and our goal is to raise this to 10 per cent in the next three years,” Google South East Asia and India, VP & Managing Director, Rajan Anandan said. The Udacity Android Nanodegree programme comprises of courses developed and taught by expert Google instructors from the Google Developer Relations team and will include project reviews, mentorship and career services from Udacity.