Under the program, 3,000 students will be trained in Industry 4.0 subjects

Scarlett Evans, Assistant Editor, IoT World Today

January 24, 2023

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Samsung India has launched its Innovation Campus program at eight campuses across the country, with the aim of training local youth and helping create a tech-savvy workforce for the future. 

The Samsung Innovation Campus program will see approximately 3,000 students studying industries set for a boom, such as AI, IoT, coding, programming and big data. It comes under Samsung’s ongoing partnership with the Indian Government to empower the country’s youth through data learning and digitalization – “Powering Digital India.” 

“Our global citizenship initiative, Samsung Innovation Campus, is closely tied with India’s development agenda,” said Partha Ghosh, head of communications at Samsung Southwest Asia. “Through this initiative, we want to empower the youth and create opportunities for them in future tech domains, further boosting India’s growth story and strengthening our commitment to Powering Digital India.”

Students aged between 18 and 25 were encouraged to apply for the courses. Those opting for the AI course are set to undertake 270 hours of theory training and 80 hours of project work, while those doing the IoT or the Big Data course will complete 160 hours of training and 80 hours of project work.

Participants in the coding and programming course will complete 80 hours of training and participate in a four-day Hackathon to complete the course.

Courses under the Samsung Innovation Campus program have started at the University of Lucknow, National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC) in New Delhi and Hyderabad, Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekananda Technical University in Bhilai, SRR College of Arts & Sciences in Karimnagar, Central Tool Room & Training Center in Bhubaneswar, Sri Jayachamarajendra Polytechnic College in Bengaluru and Dr. Lankapalli Bullayya College in Visakhapatnam.

About the Author(s)

Scarlett Evans

Assistant Editor, IoT World Today

Scarlett Evans is the assistant editor for IoT World Today, with a particular focus on robotics and smart city technologies. Scarlett has previous experience in minerals and resources with Mine Australia, Mine Technology and Power Technology. She joined Informa in April 2022.

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