Government of Goa in partnership with Newton School organizes Digital Goa Youth Summit

April 1st, 2023: The Goa State Higher Education Council, Directorate of Higher Education, and the Goa Government collaborated with Newton School, a neo-university offering outcome-oriented training, and efficiently organized the Digital Goa Youth Summit in the presence of a number of luminaries. The occasion, held at Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Stadium in Panaji, marked the launch of the Digital Goa Scholarship Program (DGSP), which was initiated in October 2022. The program would assist create a gifted pool of tech professionals in Goa in collaboration with Newton School to remove geographical and monetary boundaries. Through this program, the Goa authorities and Newton School purpose to offer over 10,000 Goan college students with superior industry-focused tech training for in-depth coaching and upskilling.

Dr. Pramod Sawant, the Hon. Chief Minister of Goa, Directorate of Higher Education, founders of Newton School, Siddharth Maheshwari, and Nishant Chandra, alongside with tech firms like Zepto Fampay, collectively with famend personalities of the tech {industry} from Google and LinkedIn, graced the occasion. The occasion additionally noticed leisure performances from Goan college students and standard social media influencer Sukriti Chaturvedi, with RJ Devanggana Chauhan internet hosting the occasion. The summit enabled over 5,000 college students from throughout the state of Goa to debate the most recent developments and alternatives in the tech {industry} to check the long run of their tech careers. The Digital Goa Scholarship Program launched at this occasion will equip Goan college students pursuing Bachelor’s in any background with the required abilities to land high-paying jobs in high tech firms.

Founded in 2019 by Siddharth Maheshwari and Nishant Chandra, IIT Roorkee graduates, Newton School is bridging the hole between learners and jobs. Newton School provides skill-oriented and industry-focused tech programs to college students and dealing professionals and helps them get positioned as software program builders and engineers, with their 2000+ hiring companions together with firms akin to Google, Zomato, Thoughtworks, Xiaomi, Flipkart, Deloitte, Meesho, and TCS.

As a component of the scholarship program, Newton School will conduct a 12-week Coding and Mindset Bootcamp. The Bootcamp will start on March thirty first and develop the aptitude and Ok-10 degree of arithmetic and logic required to be taught to program. The workshops are designed for college kids to take up dwell initiatives whereas turning into a component of the bigger coding group globally.

On ending the boot camp efficiently, college students will be capable to enroll in its flagship 6-month lengthy full stack growth course free of value and be taught from {industry} consultants hailing from Google, Microsoft, and Amazon, amongst others, with added give attention to one-on-one coaching and mentorship. Students will get 100% placement help to skyrocket their tech careers with Newton School’s 1500+ hiring companions.

Goa’s Honourable Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant added, “I’m glad that Goa State Higher Education Council, Directorate of Higher Education, Government of Goa, in collaboration with Newton School, is launching this scholarship program geared toward enabling Goan college students to turn into tech consultants. The scholarship will present college students with entry to programs that can improve their abilities and make them industry-ready, thus enabling them to contribute to the expansion and growth of Goa’s tech {industry}.”

Speaking on the partnership, Nishant Chandra and Siddharth Maheshwari, Founders of Newton School mentioned, “The Digital Goa Scholarship Program is a visionary challenge that goals to empower hundreds of Goan college students to pursue the profession of their desires. As the founders of Newton School, our imaginative and prescient has at all times been to bridge the talent hole in the tech {industry} by offering high quality training to aspiring builders and dealing professionals. Our partnership with the Government of Goa is a milestone in our journey in direction of making India the Tech Powerhouse of the world. We consider that the Digital Goa Scholarship Program won’t solely profit the scholars but additionally contribute to the expansion of the tech {industry} in Goa. By producing a talented workforce, we hope to draw extra firms to speculate in the state and contribute to its financial growth.”

“We are assured that with the assist of the tech {industry}, academia, and the federal government, we will make Goa a hub of innovation and know-how” – Shri Prasad Lolayekar IAS, Director, Directorate of Higher Education.