10,000 Indian students unleash creativity on
Windows at AppFest
Tuesday February 26, 2013 10:34:16 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Over 10,000
students across India joined forces Tuesday to unleash their
creativity at the Microsoft Student AppFest, a unique coding event
enabling students from colleges of all sizes and stature to
develop their 'dream app' ideas alongside professionals using the
latest Microsoft technologies.
The students landed in 54 key hubs in 45 major cities across 18
states of India, and the reverberations of the day-long coding
fest were felt across the country with each state hosting a
bustling hands-on workshop run by a total of 150 Microsoft Student
Partners on-call to give students a first-hand app development
experience.
"An average of 250 students from each college contributed to the
total number of 10,000 participating students. The tremendous
response amounts to over 60,000 collective hours of coding. An
estimated total number of 3,000 full apps were imagined and
created during the one-day code-a-thon," a Microsoft statement
said.
"The goal of the event was to ignite the imagination of students
from colleges representing the full spectra of Indian academia by
offering the chance to design the perfect app with guidance from
professional developers."
"Young tech-enthusiasts were given the freedom of casting their
app-vision on the latest Windows 8 and Windows Phone platforms;
building, designing and testing bespoke apps geared at phones and
tablets while receiving guidance and support from Microsoft
mentors, trainers and Student Partners to realize their creation,"
the statement said.
Microsoft International president Jean-Philippe Courtois
inaugurated the Appfest at Saroj Sadan, University of Mumbai,
Kalina.
AICTE chairman S.S. Mantha said on the occasion: "Opportunities
like these are the game changers in today's world. These are the
skills that the future generations need to understand and learn in
a globally collaborative world."
Mumbai University Vice Chancellor Rajan Welukar said: "University
of Mumbai is keen on creating competent skills in students as per
the need of the government, industry and other social sectors.
Conducting workshops on application development for the students
by the leading industries facilitates them to achieve the
expertise required."
"We are bringing up new specialized courses such as IT
infrastructure management in collaboration with industry to bridge
the gap between academia and industry. Appfest by Microsoft being
conducted across 50 centres in India and being inaugurated here in
University of Mumbai will stand as a landmark for achieving the
above objectives," Welukar added.
The diversity and breadth of colleges that participated in
Microsoft Student AppFest made the event a truly representative
occasion. Participation was inclusive of key metros from colleges
such as IIT Mumbai, Ahmedabad but also saw representation from a
plethora of vibrant academic and engineering colleges from Tier II
and Tier III cities, the Microsoft statement said.
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