TGMC promotes students from engineering colleges from across India in their endeavor to develop solutions for real-time problems and s cenarios using IBM open source software. It is aimed to encourage students who aspire to make key contributions to develop applications on cutting-e dge IBM technologies while providing them with an opportunity to improve t heir software-writing skills. The IBM Academic Initiative includes an onli ne portal that provides access to software\, training\, and course materia ls\, most at no charge. Available within the Academic Initiative web site\ , IBM offers hundreds of resources for integration into college curricula to help teach students how to master the fast-growing market of open techn ologies. Through this initiative\, IBM is working with students to build t echnology and science skills.
Why should I participate in TGMC 2012?
\nIt's all about your skills and your future. The increased demand f
or business and technology skills will require students to develop a uniqu
e skill set never seen before. This new integrated skill set combines crit
ical thinking\, creativity\, and innovation with leadership\, global aware
ness\, and technology literacy. This is why IBM began The Great Mind Chall
enge (TGMC)\, which will prepare YOU for the jobs of tomorrow.
\nSome
specific reasons:
\n1. To enhance your skills and ensure that they a
re mapped to real-time set industry demands.
\n2. To interact with an
d learn from experienced and established experts from IBM\, a global leade
r in technology.
\n3. To get easy access to free training in high-end
technologies.
\n4. To open doors to placement opportunities accordin
g to one