Oracle India and Startup Village, the first telecom business incubator in the country, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to integrate the Oracle Academy’s Advanced Computer Science curriculum into Startup Village’s engineering program in Kerala.
The Startup Village, located at Kinfra Hi-Tech Park, Kochi has been set up jointly by the National Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board (NSTEDB), under the DST Government of India, and the Kerala Government-run Technopark in collaboration with MobME wireless. It is being projected as the largest national attempt to scale up innovation in the country through incubators in collaboration with the private sector.
This effort will allow Startup Village to build a strong foundation for product start-ups in the country. It will prepare over 30,000 students and 200 teachers from 100 engineering colleges in Kerala for successful IT careers and to meet the growing local demand for a highly-skilled technology workforce.
The Oracle Academy’s Advanced Computer Science program provides universities and students with hands-on access to Oracle database and middleware software, and related curriculum. Students gain exposure to Oracle’s world-class software, giving them a competitive advantage.
In addition, Startup Village students and faculty will have access to Java Fundamentals and Programming classes, to help students gain hands-on experience with Java.
Java is the one of the world’s most popular computing platforms, it is used by more than 9 million developers and powers more than 3 billion devices. As the steward of Java, Oracle is committed both to the investment in Java technology and in creative ways to educate a new generation about Java and the opportunities it brings.
The Oracle Academy helps 1.9 million students in 97 countries, including 150,099 students from 441 educational institutions across India, gain industry-relevant skills prior to entering the workforce.
“Education contributes substantially to the socio-economic development of the country and it is our goal to provide our youth with educational opportunities to increase their employability in the demanding workforce of tomorrow,” said P K Kunhalikutty, Minister of Industries and IT, Government of Kerala.
“Startup Village is dedicated to developing technology education programs that foster a highly-trained and entrepreneurial workforce to drive innovation and start-up technologies,” said Sanjay Vijayakumar, Chairperson of the Governing Board of Startup Village. “A shortage of skilled IT staff can limit productivity and growth and may lead to delays with business IT implementations. By working with Oracle Academy, we can help strengthen our engineering programs in Kerala and help our engineering students to set up their own enterprises”.
"Our target for the first year is to support 100 institutions, 10,000 students, and 200 faculties as they fully integrate the Oracle Academy’s curriculum and resources. This effort will allow us to quickly roll the program out to our students, allow us to more easily add additional institutions to meet demand, and, most importantly, help our students start developing the critical skills needed to be successful in the marketplace. Once the initial group of faculty is trained, they will be permitted to use the Oracle Academy infrastructure to train other trainers. We will also be extending Advanced Computer Science offerings for 100 departments and 100 institutions," Startup Village CEO Sijo Kurvilla said.
"Our target for the first year is to support 100 institutions, 10,000 students, and 200 faculties as they fully integrate the Oracle Academy’s curriculum and resources. This effort will allow us to quickly roll the program out to our students, allow us to more easily add additional institutions to meet demand, and, most importantly, help our students start developing the critical skills needed to be successful in the marketplace. Once the initial group of faculty is trained, they will be permitted to use the Oracle Academy infrastructure to train other trainers. We will also be extending Advanced Computer Science offerings for 100 departments and 100 institutions," Startup Village CEO Sijo Kurvilla said.
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