India largest Country in Demand for Mobile Developer Courses: Google 

New Delhi: India overtook the US to become the largest country in terms of interest in mobile developer courses in 2016, Google India said on Tuesday -- search queries in mobile development courses from India saw 200 per cent (year-on-year growth) in the last two years.

Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra led with bulk of Search queries for mobile developer courses.

With India overtaking the US in usage and adoption of smartphones at 220 million active devices, the interest in learning development courses for mobile platform saw huge uptake in demand in the country.

Search interest in courses for mobile development also saw fast growth from Uttar Pradesh, with Search queries rising at 70 per cent year-on-year and Bihar seeing query growth of 158 per cent year-on-year.

The search interest in mobile development courses formed only six per cent of overall IT-related courses demand. The category is expected to grow rapidly as the industry demand for quality mobile developers continues to rise.

Training partners like Simplilearn, Udacity, Edureka, Koenig, Manipal Global, and UpGrad are the key private players which offer mobile development courses in India.

Starting 2017, over 40 private and state technical universities will offer the "Android Fundamental" course as part of standard curriculum.

--IANS