Gurukula Kangri, deemed to be a university by UGC, has partnered with WazirX to provide a free course in blockchain technology
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Gurukula Kangri has partnered with WazirX, India’s largest crypto exchange, to provide a free course in blockchain technology. The course was unveiled and within 3 days over 10,000 people have already enrolled for the course. Students will be provided with a certificate on successful completion of the course by Gurukula Kangri. It is a considered university under the University Grants Commission. As well as under the Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education, Government of India.
Per reports, the course saw almost 10,000 enrollments within 3 days of its launch. Notably, the onus of the course content distribution falls on the research and analysis wing of WazirX. Which is namely Blockchain Papers, in partnership with Unlu classes. Platform that offers pre-recorded certified online courses taught by Indian celebrities and experts.
It will help them to efficiently explore various job opportunities in the rapidly evolving crypto industry. For example, blockchain developers, digital payment operation roles, social media marketing. As well as content creation in FinTech companies, blockchain startups and much more. Per a Nasscom report, the crypto industry in India is expected to create nearly 8,00,000 jobs by 2030, fuelling the need for such professionals.
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Sunil Kumar, Registrar, Gurukula Kangri commented said, ”Gurukula is delighted to introduce the latest financial technology to the Indian youth in the languages of their comfort. This innovative collaboration between WazirX and our technology department will assist in inculcating the knowledge of this progressive field and help India’s future generation reap its benefits. With the course being free of charge under our #PadhegaDeshBadhegaDesh initiative, we have already received more than 10,000 digital registrations from the state of UP already.”
Talking about the breakthrough course, Nischal Shetty, Founder & CEO at WazirX, said, “India is at a very promising stage of this digital technology and this program will ensure the youth is ahead of the curve. In today’s day and age, it is imperative to understand the vast gamut of blockchain technology and the extent to which it can optimize one’s business as well as expand their earning horizon. The focus is to put India at the forefront of the crypto revolution by constantly innovating and building a simple and secure community that assists the industry in developing a safe Blockchain & crypto learning ecosystem.”
“This Training will help India learn the next generation Financial Services and Fintech systems that are using exponential Technologies and Emerging Models like Blockchain, Crypto, Decentralised Finance (DeFi), Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAO, Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT), Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), Digital Assets, Tokenization, Solidity Smart Contracts, Solidity, and RUST Programming Languages. These weapons of Mass Innovation and Transformation will make our country Digital, Contactless, and Seamless and will bring in 170x Economic Value over the next 15-20 Years. We want to Make India the Emerging Tech and Innovation Capital of the World using these Exponential Technology Stacks.” Course Mentor Sudin Baraokar, Global IT & Innovation Advisor.
