Workshop on Android Software Development

Android is one of the most popular operating systems for smart phones and tablets. The user base of android applications is also vast compared to other software applications. It is an open source operating system, based on the Linux kernel created by Google. Due to the open nature of Android, a number of third-party application market places exist for Android. Android application development professionals can make their choices to create mobile applications as per their revenue models. So, Android Programming is growing day by day. Students with some background of programming can easily acquire the skills of Android Programming and can secure productive jobs or can start off on their own. In this direction the Placement and Training Cell, University Business Collaboration Centre,   Bharathidasan University Technology Park (BUTP), Bharathidasan University and eQuadriga Software Private Limited, Trichy jointly organized a Free One Day workshop on “Android Application Development” on 22^nd March 2016 at the BUTP Auditorium, Kajamalai Campus, Bharathidasan University for the benefit of the students.

Totally, 96 students and faculty members of MCA / B.Tech / M.Tech / CSE / IT disciplines from the University and various colleges such as St.Joseph’s College, Jamal Mohammed College, Bishop Herber College, Indira Gandhi College, BDU Constituent College – Orathanadu and Perambalur and Srimad Andavan College participated in the workshop.
Dr. N. Prasanna, Co-ordinator, Placement and Training Cell, Bharathidasan University in his address stressed the importance of creativity in the development of applications. He said that the University stood by the side of the students in supporting and improving their skills through free workshops of such kind. He also said that a full-fledged course on Android Application development with placement support would be offered by the University in collaboration with eQuadriga Software Private Limited subject to the requirement of the students.
Dr. Gopinath Ganapathy, Director, BUTP and UBCC in his address said that the workshop was aimed to ignite the minds of the students and faculties to take up mobile application development using Android environment. He said that at the end of the day long workshop students should be able to generate ideas to create new applications, which could be developed into functioning applications in the near future and that the BUTP would assist the students throughout this process. The technical sessions of the workshop were handled by Mr. L. Varadharajan andMr. R. Hariharan, eQuadriga Software Private Limited, Trichy. They covered many aspects of android technology and related methodologies very effectively. Er. S. Kalaivani, Project Co-ordinator, BUTP, gave away the certificates to the participants and observed that the workshop was well received by the participants with intense interaction

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