Google-Telangana MoU on Using Tech for Development.

Recent Context

• Google signed a MoU with the Telangana government to bring the benefits of the digital economy to the state’s young and women entrepreneurs, and officially off the construction of its three million square foot headquarters in the city from the ground up

About the collaboration

• Under this MoU, Google will be extending Google Career Certificate scholarships to the youngsters of the state to make them job-ready.
• Google will also be collaborating with the Telangana government to support the state’s women entrepreneurs through business, digital, and financial skills training.
• Google will also be strengthening the government’s school modernization efforts via learning and digital teaching tools and solutions.
• The organization will also be looking to support the government’s efforts of using digital technologies in agriculture and improving public transportation.