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KBA to Launch Developer Course on Corda Blockchain on Sept. 20

In Education
September 05, 2019

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:
Kerala Blockchain Academy (KBA) will commence its Certified Corda Developer Programme course, which is the first-of-its-kind in India, at its Technopark Campus here on September 20.

The course is mainly for banking and technology professionals, and it is a five-day classroom training programme, including development of CorDapps (Corda Distributed Applications running on Blockchain). Apart from offering in-person classroom training on various Blockchain technologies such as Ethereum and Hyperledger, KBA is the first government institution in the country to offer a developer programme on Corda Blockchain.

Recently, KBA was chosen as a General Partner of R3, a New York-based enterprise blockchain platform and technology firm enabling blockchain solutions in the financial sector. KBA is an initiative by the Government of Kerala under the Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management – Kerala (IIITM-K).

Many banks in Kerala have already started implementing Corda Blockchain-based solutions for their core banking systems. Most of the banks and other financial institutions across the globe are now focusing on building solutions using R3’s corda Blockchain. Development on Corda and Corda Enterprise is happening now, with many live apps in production, and hundreds of firms and thousands of technologists engaged as part of the R3 community to solve a multitude of problems across various industries.

R3 Consortium leads an ecosystem of more than 300 organizations working together to develop distributed applications for usages in industries such as financial services and insurance. The course will be offered on Fridays and Saturdays. For more details, visit https://kba.ai or call 0471-2784145/154.