14 DAY TRIAL // The previous AppFest coding marathons have enjoyed a terrific success in India, as more than 10,000 developers gathered together to create Windows 8 apps.
Now Microsoft has teamed up with the government of Maharashtra, an Indian state in the western region of the country, to host a new AppFest event that would address social causes such as health, education and women security.
According to Business Standard, the first three apps created during the AppFest will be showcased during a press conference hosted by the Asian Development Bank, thus giving developers a chance to make themselves noticed in this particular IT sector.
“The Windows AppFest represents how a new generation is tackling the challenges of government by using technology and collective action. The collective capability of the developer population in India is going to play a key role in fueling this movement across the world,” Sanket Akerkar, managing director, Microsoft Corporation India, noted.