MongoDB for Academia also working with
learning platforms SmartInternz and GeeksforGeeks to equip Indian
students with the knowledge needed to build modern, AI-powered
applications
BENGALURU, India,
Sept. 10,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- MongoDB, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDB)
today announced the expansion of MongoDB for Academia in
India, including a new partnership
with All India Council for Technical
Education (AICTE), Ministry of Education, Government of India. The
AICTE partnership will be supported by SmartBridge's SmartInternz
learning platform to give more than 150,000 Indian students access
to virtual internships and to gain the skills required to use
MongoDB Atlas—the leading multi-cloud developer data platform.
As part of the program's expansion, MongoDB also announced a new
partnership with GeeksforGeeks, a platform for computer science
resources in India. The
collaboration will make the MongoDB Developer Learning Path
available to all of GeeksforGeeks' 25 million registered users.
Launched in September 2023, the
MongoDB for Academia in India
program provides student training, curriculum resources for
educators, credits to use MongoDB technology at no cost, and
certifications to help individuals start careers in the technology
industry. The skills and training provided through the program are
particularly important, as many Indian organizations struggle to
find developers who have the skills to build modern applications
and take advantage of emerging technologies like generative AI.
According to a report from the National Association of Software and
Service Companies, India's technology sector will demand more than
one million engineers with advanced skills in artificial
intelligence and other capabilities over the next three years.
Overall, the industry body expects there will be a need for around
six million digital roles by 2028—and the available talent pool is
forecast to be 4.7 million workers. This gap underscores the need
for increased collaboration between industry and academia to
upskill students and educators in India to meet the demands of the country's
large and growing economy.
"In India, we have a massive opportunity with the current wave
of AI and modern technologies that will transform our lives and
economy in the coming years. But to take advantage of that
opportunity, it is vital our developers have the right skills.
We're excited to partner with MongoDB to help make that possible,"
said Dr. Buddha Chandrasekhar CEO, Anuvadini AI, Ministry of
Education and Chief Coordinating Officer, AICTE, Ministry of
Education, Government of India.
To address this challenge, MongoDB for Academia is partnering
with the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), the
Indian government's authority for the management of technical
education, and the edtech platform SmartBridge to launch a virtual
internship program through the SmartInternz platform. Aligned with
the government's Skill India Initiative, the program aims to
provide full-stack development skills to over 150,000 students.
Each internship will include 60 hours of experiential learning,
hands-on bootcamps, courses, and project work, as well as simulated
corporate environments where students can apply their learned
skills, collaborate with peers, and receive mentorship.
"We've seen great appetite and interest on our platform for
modern database technologies like MongoDB. We want to equip
students with knowledge of in-demand technologies so they have
skills they need to become the job-ready candidates India's
organizations are looking for," said Amarender Katkam, Founder and CEO at SmartBridge
and SmartInternz.
In the past year, the MongoDB for Academia program has made
major strides toward its goal of upskilling 500,000 students. To
date, more than 200 partnerships with educational institutions have
been established, as well as collaborations with other government
and private organizations. Hundreds of educators have been
onboarded on to the MongoDB for Academia program, more than 100,000
students have received skills training, and over 450,000 hours of
learning have been completed.
"India loves developers and so does MongoDB. I'm so proud of the
work our MongoDB for Academia team is doing to empower Indian
developers and to support the next generation of tech talent in
this country," said Sachin Chawla,
Area Vice President, India at MongoDB.
MongoDB for Academia is also expanding to partner with
GeeksforGeeks which will see the organizations collaborate on a
number of new projects, including the syndication of key full-stack
development courses to learners both in online and offline
GeeksforGeeks centers across India. The MongoDB Developer Learning
path will also become available to all GeeksforGeeks users, and is
expected to reach more than 100,000 aspiring developers.
To learn more about MongoDB for Academia, visit
mongodb.com/academia.
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that accelerates and simplifies building with data. MongoDB Atlas
provides an integrated set of data and application services in a
unified environment to enable developer teams to quickly build with
the capabilities, performance, and scale modern applications
require.
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for today's wide variety of modern applications, all in a unified
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