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Microsoft kicks off Imagine Cup 2008 |
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The World's premier technology competition for students – Imagine Cup 2008 is bigger and better
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this year. The Imagine Cup is a popular annual competition and is one of Microsoft's ways of encouraging young people to apply their imagination, passion and creativity to technology innovations that can make a difference in the world.
This year, Microsoft is calling on young programmers, artists and technologists around the world to "imagine a world where technology enables a sustainable environment." Students are challenged to bring their ideas to life in a multifaceted competition that comprises 9 categories, each catering to a different technological or artistic affinity. Students' work will reflect valuable, real world solutions, while giving them the opportunity to compete for cash prizes. In this competition, everyone wins!
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| Microsoft Student Partners connect at regional boot camps |
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Every year Microsoft recruits Student Partners (MSPs) from colleges across India. These are young technology enthusiasts who work as Microsoft's representatives on their campuses - conducting trainings, sharing knowledge and motivating fellow students – and in turn they get access to latest technology tools, gain industry exposure and the chance to be interviewed at Microsoft.
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MSPs kick off their activities at regional boot camps organized by Microsoft, 3 of which were held in Ahmedabad, Pune and Gurgaon over the past few weeks. Apart from technical training on .NET and sessions on the new technologies, MSPs also got a chance to get to know each other, which will go a long way towards building a strong student-community. If you want to know more about the MSP program, write to
stud...@microsoft.com or visit
http://student-partners.com/Msp/Country/Default.aspx
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Manthan Award for Gujarat Government
Microsoft's Students2Business initiative with Government of Gujarat was awarded the Manthan award (
http://www.manthanaward.org/) which is an Indian initiative by Digital Empowerment Foundation, to select and promote the best practices in e-Content and Creativity in India. It involves representatives from each state and union territory of India and visualizes the bridging of the digital divide and narrowing
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| the content gap as its overall goal. The Students2Business program focuses on making the students more employable by providing them training on Microsoft technology by means of existing distance education infrastructure in the state followed by an evaluation, certification and an opportunity to work on projects/internships.
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Free subscription for digital edition of MSDN Magazine & Dr. Dobb's Journal!
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