VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

FICCI has announced in an official statement that it has appointed Dilip Chenoy as its Director General. Chenoy had been the Managing Director and CEO of the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), from which he resigned in late 2015 amid reports that the government was unhappy with the functioning of the skills development body. He was appointed by the previous Congress-led UPA government. In his earlier stint, he served as the Director General (DG) of SIAM and Deputy DG .... Read More

The National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), a public-private partnership enterprise under the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE), took a giant step towards scaling up the mobile developer ecosystem in India along with Google India by creating an Android Skill Development Program.  The two entities will work together to impart mobile development training on the Android and web platform to scale and improve the quality of mobile App development ecosystem in India.  Under the initiative, NSDC will introduce a specific course with a scope to train developers to create applications for the mobile platform that can be used on smartphone and tablets running on Android operating system. The 100-hour duration course is designed to be delivered by NSDC’s partner agencies, outside the formal education system. NSDC and Google India will also work together to focus on upskilling Android trainers under the program.... Read More