Tezos India has partner with experience-base learning platform call as Code8 to host a crypto-focus bootcamp in the country. The platform aims to create awareness around the industries of cryptocurrency, blockchain, as well as Web3.
Over 300 students will participate in the bootcamp, where they will face quizzes and open theme blockchain projects.
Cash prizes of Rs. 15,000 and Rs. 10,000 will be awarded to the winners.
In addition, promising project creators could also bag grants of upto $30,000 (approx. Rs. 23 lakh) via the Ecosystem Growth Grant (EGG).
The students will be require to take any relevant idea from any domain, and build solutions around it using Tezos platform.
As a decentralise open-source blockchain, Tezos can execute peer-to-peer transactions and serve as a platform for deploying smart contracts.
Poorvi Sachar, Head-Operations Tezos India, Said in a press release :
“Engaging in multilateral activities will kindle their interest in this field and will equip them with essential first-hand information. Tezos India aims to stimulate community growth and pave the way for a better future for crypto enthusiast students and youngsters,”.
The bootcamp, that will be held virtually, is intend to bring insights relate to the Tezos platform and overall blockchain technology.
Tezos claims to be an energy-efficient blockchain platform that has a native cryptocurrency called Tez.
Diwakar Arodiya, Co-Founder of Code8 Said :
“Through in-depth theoretical approach and hands-on demonstration on the Tezos platform, understanding of blockchain technology will be made easier. The five-day event will also act as a platform for opening up pre-placement internship opportunities for relevant members of the bootcamp,”.
The bootcamp will kickstart on 20th April 2022 and will culminate on 24th April 2022.
Participants that attend all the sessions will also get a participation certificate.
Blockchain adoption and training programmes are expect to become hot among developers in India in the coming days, industry insiders expect.
The technology is already making inroads in day-to-day developments in India.
In December 2021, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launch blockchain-base digital degrees at the 54th convocation ceremony of Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) Kanpur.
The Telangana government ink deals with crypto exchange CoinSwitch Kuber and innovation management firm Lomos Labs to mark the beginning of a blockchain education-focus initiative in India.
