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Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India (NewsVoir) • One-of-a-kind Robotic Processing Automation (RPA) hackathon will train college students Honeywell Hometown Solutions India Foundation (HHSIF), the philanthropic arm of Honeywell, has partnered with ICT Academy to launch the Honeywell India Youth Teckathon 2022, an open hackathon to enable students to build and deploy basic software-based robots.
The event seeks to help students build, enhance, and test their Robotic Process Automation (RPA) literacy.
This initiative is in continuation of the Honeywell Student Empowerment Program, which trains young men and women on advanced technologies such as cloud, big data, networking, RPA, artificial intelligence, and machine learning-skills that prepare them for the future of work.
The program is being driven in partnership with ICT Academy.
The curriculum and certification are provided by UiPath Academic Alliance.
The hackathon was launched by Bevin Maguire, Global Vice President of Communications for Honeywell.
Speaking at the launch, she said, “As a Fortune 100 technology company and leader in industrial automation, we believe it is imperative to build a future-ready workforce that is equipped to meet the demands of Industry 4.0.
It is even more important to ensure that the most marginalized are offered the right skills and opportunities to be part of this workforce.