AMARAVATI: To establish innovation and entrepreneurship as a culture in order to bring the best out of the students, Andhra Pradesh government has partnered with Dkode Global, an IIT-IIM alumni run strategy consulting firm.
The state government technology academy-AP Information Technology Academy (APITA)has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Dkode Global on Wednesday. The Dkode global will organize “DKODEing Andhra Pradesh”, a hackathon event aimed at seeking feasible and technological remedies to solve some of the burning problems faced by various state government departments in Andhra Pradesh. Students from various disciplines in Andhra Pradesh and many reputed institutions from across the country are expected to take part in this mega event along with start-ups and corporate entities.
Speaking on the occasion, APITA CEO said that innovation is the need of the hour and the government is keen to motivate the students to crack major challenges. “History is replete with examples of student innovation and student entrepreneurship. Many major tech companies including Microsoft, Facebook, Google, Dell, WordPress were started from college dormitories,” said Anil Kumar. He, however, said that it was unfortunate that most of the present generation graduates were running for jobs while only a few think about entrepreneurship. APITA director said that their partnership with Dkode would help the students think out of the box. He said that chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy is very particular about upscaling the skills of the students to make them employable much before they complete their graduation courses.
Dkode Global, VC and MD Sree Sandeep said that registrations for the Hackathon event would be open from November 10. He said that grand finale is scheduled to be organized on January, 27 and 28, 2022. Dkode Global CEO Michael Joshi was present at the MoU exchanging event.
