The Andhra Pradesh Government on Tuesday signed a MoU with the Google India.
The AP Society for Knowledge Networks (APSFKNW), formerly known as Institute for Electronic Governance (IEG) Exchanged Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Google India (P) Ltd at the Office of Minister for Information Technology & Communications., Govt. of Andhra Pradesh.
The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was exchanged between Information Technology Minister Ponnala Lakshmaiah and Google Vice-President (Emerging Markets) Nelson Mattos.
The MoU is exchanged to train engineering students from various Jawahar Knowledge Center (JKC) Colleges on latest technologies like Mobile and Cloud Computing, Google will also train the trainers / mentors of AP Society for Knowledge Networks and provide required Software, Services & Training Material at free of cost.
IT & C Department Secretary Sanjay Jaju, IT&C Director (Communications) TV Parathasaradhi, APSKN CEO Amarnath Reddy Atmakuri, APSKN Director (IT Projects) K Srinivasa Rao and Google Program Manager Ego Obi Senior were also present.
Google has signed a Memorandum of Understanding for first time in India under its Education Initiative.
Ponnala Lakshmaiah thanked Nelson Mattos of Google for the being enthusiastic and encouraging about this initiative for the empowerment of students and also encouraged Google to build their own office campus in area allotted by the state government so as to help them expand their business in Andhra Pradesh. He also extended his advise to all the students to make good use of this opportunity and enhance their employability skills and also expressed that he will bring more such initiatives for the benefit of students in future.
Nelson said that he has visited Hyderabad four times till now and was overwhelmed by the infrastructural advancement in the city on his every visit and also expressed that 70 per cent of their business in India is churned out of Hyderabad and was also very impressed by the super talent from the local work force. He also invited the Minister to Google’s head office in his next visit to the USA.
Nelson also mentioned that Google shall work closely with Information Technology & Communications Department to bring new Academic Initiative Programs in near future for the benefit of High School students in AP. (INN)