Facebook reveals plans for two digital training schemes in India
Facebook will launch two initiatives in its Indian market aimed at giving up to five million people digital skills by 2020. Facebook Digital Training offers free social media and content marketing education, while the Startup Training Hub looks to bring digitisation to entrepreneurs, as well as small and medium-sized businesses. The personalised learning schemes, offered via mobile in English and Hindi, also support the government's Digital India initiative. It has been estimated that the country will have a digital economy worth $1tn by 2022.

Facebook continues to intensify its Indian operations as it has unveiled two programmes designed for individuals and startups, with the aim of training more than five million people on digital skills by 2020, to keep up with the Indian government's Digital India initiative.

Facebook India unveils two programmes to provide digital training to entrepreneurs and SMB's

The two India-exclusive programmes are Facebook Digital Training, which will offer free social and content marketing training (not just limited to Facebook) and Facebook Startup Training Hub, which will aim to help entrepreneurs and small and medium businesses (SMB) to digitise their business, as reported by gadgets 360.