Free Online Skilling Courses Offered by IIT Madras Startup - To Help those Affected by COVID-19 Shutdown

Free of cost online IT skilling courses are being offered by GUVI - an IIT Madras startup for students preparing for their campus placements. The objective of GUVI is to help those students who have been impacted deeply by COVID-19 resulting in a nation-wide shutdown. The students have to register themselves to avail the courses offered for free of cost by GUVI at www.guvi.io. Most of the training centres through which the students earlier used to prepare for campus placements have been shut down to prevent the spread of Coronavirus or COVID-19.

Not only those who have been affected by the spread of COVID-19, but all the engineering students will be provided free access to the platform for two weeks. The specialized courses offered by GUVI will help the students become job-ready by enhancing their skills from the comfort zones of their home.

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Also, a 30-day free webinar session will be conducted by 100 technologists belonging to top product companies. The students will be taught top IT skills which the industries demand free of cost from the GUVI platform. Students will be assisted by online mentors on “Code Kata”, the online coding platform, in practising the concepts.

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GUVI’s Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Mr M. P Balamurugan emphasised on the importance of taking safety measures without compromising the importance of imparting the right skills to the students for their brighter job prospects. To increase the chances of employability of the students, GUVI is contributing in a small yet significant manner and ably supported by the hiring partners of IIT Madras, said Mr Balamurugan while concluding.