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SV.CO, Facebook To Partner With Academia For Tech Training

14Dec By Press Trust of IndiaNo Comments

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SV.CO, Facebook To Partner With Academia For Tech Training

Start-up Village Collective, in association with Facebook, will partner academic institutions to train students on latest technologies developing globally, starting with virtual reality technology. "Most of the companies work with US universities to reach out to students and build innovative product and application on emerging technologies. We in partnership with Facebook will take up every new technology to students in India and train them on it," Start-up Village Collective (SV.CO) Chairman Sanjay Vijayakumar today said. Under the School of Innovation program, select students will be trained by SV.CO and Facebook. "Facebook will give students scholarships and there will be no fee charged from them for training," Vijaykumar said. "Our aim is to bring Indian students at par with ...

7Jun By Ankita SinghNo Comments

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Flipkart Announces Hackathon to Deal With Bengaluru Traffic Problem

E-commerce major Flipkart today announced a hackathon to crowdsource "innovative", "implementable" solutions from the tech community and concerned citizens, that could help ease the cities perennial traffic problem. Termed "Gridlock Hackathon," the initiative marks the start of the "Month of Innovation" at Flipkart, a part of its 10th year anniversary celebrations, the company said. The contest will run from June 7, 2017 until June 21, 2017 and is open for technology-centric solutions, as well as those that partially leverage technology through out-of-the-box thinking, it said in a release. "The idea is to give back in some way to the city we all love, and ensure it retains the vibrant ecosystem that has been a major catalyst in the growth story of Flipkart and so many other ...

DBS Launches Hack2Hire to Recruit 100 Techies for Hyderabad Hub

22Feb By AdityaNo Comments

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DBS Launches Hack2Hire to Recruit 100 Techies for Hyderabad Hub

Singapore's largest bank DBS said it is planning to hire 100 skilled professionals, in emerging and disruptive technologies across cloud, machine learning and Big Data, for its Hyderabad hub. DBS has launched the recruitment drive 'DBS Hack2Hire' and collaborated with leading technology providers such as Amazon Web Services, Cloudera and Pivotal for conducting the hackathon. In a statement, DBS said that taking this new approach to recruitment, it will break banking industry norms by recruiting successful candidates through a hackathon. "The 100 new selects will join DBS Asia Hub 2 in Hyderabad, India. This coding challenge, which has already received more than 3,000 applications, is open to both fresh graduates and experienced professionals who can apply up to March 12, 2017," it...

A Software Professional From Bhubaneswar Won Muvi Hackathon

15Feb By NitishNo Comments

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A Software Professional From Bhubaneswar Won Muvi Hackathon

Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India– Hackathons are a great way to encourage developers’ communities in any geography and also to bring out the hidden talent in limelight. One such interesting event was conducted by a first of its kind PaaS based product company based out of Bhubaneswar - Muvi. Muvi, a prominent international video streaming platform provider, having a Head office in New York and development center in Bhubaneswar, successfully conducted a 12-hour coding hackathon on 11th of February at their Bhubaneswar office, hosting passionate coders from the region. The company was overwhelmed by the response it received from developers’ community in and around the city and thanks all 250+ registrants and participants of the event for their support. The 12-hour non-stop marathon started a...