The 10 Pathbreaking Learning And Development Solution Providers, The journey of our magazine begins with Cover Story; Apollo Infoways Pvt. Ltd., as a leading provider of Network Infrastructure Solutions and Education Solutions.
The 10 pathbreaking learning and development solution providers
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MAY 2018
www.insightssuccess.in
Ravi Prakash
Founder & CEO
PATHBREAKING
LEARNING &
DEVELOPMENT
SOLUTION PROVIDERS
Company of the Month
Jetking
Suresh G. Bharwani
Chairman & Managing Director
APOLLO
INFOWAYS
Modernizing the Traditional
Education Process Globally
through e-Learning
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4. oday, the world is changing at a faster pace than ever before. Rapid
Tchange in technology, a significant surge in the number of smartphone
users, and constantly evolving social media have changed the way
people learn new things. Learning and development strategies of companies must
change with time to address the emerging challenges. Organizations need to
adopt modern tools and techniques that enable the people to learn in a most
efficient manner. Adopting traditional strategies such as “one size fit all” will
neither help employees nor organizations in overcoming contemporary
challenges.
We can see many learning and development trends that will dominate worldwide.
Develop your training strategies around these trends to get maximum return on
your investment.
The Learning & Development industry is more challenging today than ever
before, especially as many disruptive technologies are emerging. This is precisely
why companies need to focus on their L&D programs, constantly evolving them
to stay ahead in the competition.
You’ll need to be aware of what is rapidly changing in the L&D environment.
Digital tools are the highest priorities companies looking for. To deliver effective
training to their employees, customers, and partners L&D is playing a major role
in the market: the workforce is no longer confined to a single space and time – it
is constantly moving, and people need to have access to training anywhere,
anytime. Many companies are also looking at business intelligence as a key
element of their training strategies: therefore data analytics is becoming more
important than ever.
Trends don’t pop-up out of nowhere. It is the continuous innovation that brings
about new methods that work better than the others. Thus, effective methods go
viral and become trends. As an astute professional, you need to keep a close eye
on every development in the training and development space and other areas.
Connect the dots and use newer techniques even from outside the learning and
development domain to make your strategies unique and innovative. Use these
five trends as a starting point to develop a learning & development plan that is
modern and best suited for your organization.
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6. CONTENTS
E-Learning and
Digital Initiatives
The New Era
Reviving the Indian
Education System
ARTICLES
Educational Videos
A Digital Touch to Our
Future Education System
Modernizing the Traditional Education
Process Globally through e-Learning
COVER STORY
CONTENTS
Apollo Infoways:
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Expert’s View
Training Trends That
Are Here To Stay
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CXO Standpoint
The Revolutionary Role
of Technology in the
Education of the Future
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Step-Up
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COMPANY
OF THE
MONTH
Jetking:
Empowering Professionals to
Think Progressively and
Create Smarter Solutions
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INTERVIEW
WITH
INSIGHTS SUCCESS
Pristine
InfoSolutions:
Pioneering Next
Generation Security
Services
Schneider
Electric India:
The Global Specialist
in Energy Management
and Automation
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SoaringEagles:
New-Age, Nimble-Footed
Organization Making
Businesses Future-Ready
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Chittlesoft Solutions:
A Specialist in Marketing,
Sales, and e-Learning
Design Solutions
8. ontinuous learning and knowledge enhancement have become more important today than ever before.
CUpgrading and updating knowledge in many streams have also become more rapid owing to the continuous
changes in technology, process and maturity of human science. Organizations today are faced with the
challenge of continuously evolving with learning becoming a key anchor to this. Professionals who have been
managing the Learning and Development would have witnessed a huge transformation in the learning patterns among
employees and would agree with me on the increasing challenge involved in retaining what is learnt and in
motivating to improve the cycle of learning among employees.
Through ages, one has seen several learning strategies evolve, and witnessed companies emerging with best practices
in learning. We have observed theorists developing new models on effective learning and in very short time spans;
we have also seen these new models, best practices and strategies becoming irrelevant and making way for more path
breaking initiatives. Creating a learning culture among corporations has never been so challenging as now.
The journey of our magazine begins with Cover Story; Apollo Infoways Pvt. Ltd., as a leading provider of Network
Infrastructure Solutions and Education Solutions. They enable organization and academic institutions to improve
performance by facilitating ‘knowledge enrichment and skills enhancement.’
We have enlisted; Chittlesoft Solutions as a result-oriented outsourced design services provider that helps leading
organizations meet their business goals through in-depth strategy and creative solutions. SoaringEagles Learning is
an innovative talent development company. XLPro Training Solutions enables organizations to enhance the
knowledge and skill of employees, clients and service providers through specialized E-Learning, Gamified &
Blended Learning interventions. Aurelius Corporate Solutions prides itself on being an Industry Insourcing Expert
not bound by domains or industrial sectors. Learnnovators is a learning design and development company that
creates innovative and effective learning solutions for a worldwide clientele. Prime Meridian Consulting India
Private Limited is an end-to-end leadership development and human transformation consulting Services Company
providing learning, training and consulting services to corporate bodies and academic institutions. eNEXT is always
available at your service to provide you all time access to your distance learning content and E-governance services.
Stylus Solutions is a content writing and e-learning company. Stylus has been providing documentation services to
multiple clients at global levels.
In this issue we have Jetking as Company of the Month, which offers highly trained and efficient IT professionals
who can take on the real-world IT hardware and networking challenges in a competitive business environment.
We also mentioned an Interview of Rizwan Shaikh, Information Security Researcher, and Cyber Crime
Consultant of Pristine InfoSolutions who gave some insightful views highlighting the necessity of cybersecurity in
various domains and their solutions which help enterprises across the world to overcome their business challenges.
Similarly, we have also encompassed some insightful CXO “The revolutionary role of technology in the education
of the future” by Shrutidhar Paliwal is a Senior Corporate Branding & Communications professional expert of
Aptech. “Training Trends That Are Here To Stay” by Prakash Rohera Director & Ashwini Bangera Manager L&D
of The Redwood Edge.
So, do flip the pages of our magazine to gain the knowledge about Learning and Development inspirations.
The Importance of Learning and
Development is Changing the World
9.
10. APOLLO
INFOWAYS:
Modernizing the Traditional
Education Process Globally
through e-Learning
weoffer
an entire
spectrum
of education
solutionsthat enhance
learningin classrooms, libraries,
corporate and industrial
training centers and school,
college and vocational laboratories
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Cover Story
12. We enable our
customers to improve
their performance and
meet their learning
objectives
Innovation and technology have
been predominant in every sector
in India with each undergoing vast
change in the past few years.
Technology has made everything
much more comfortable and
faster, leaving no option for
various sectors of the
economy but to adapt to
change or fear to become
obsolete. It is necessary for
the education sector to adopt
challenging exchanges & to
maintain a healthy pace with
competitive superiorities.
By understanding such consequence,
an innovator, Ravi Prakash, Founder,
Director and CEO established Apollo
Infoways Pvt. Ltd. in 2014 as a
promising System Integrator and
education solutions provider. They
enable academic institutions and
corporates to improve performance by
facilitating network security solutionn,
knowledge enrichment and skills
enhancement.
An Ingenious Mind of the
Organization
Ravi has a vast experience in the area
of New Business Development and
Key Account Management in Govt.
and Corporate sector. Ravi has handled
sophisticated software solutions
selling, Network Infrastructure,
Network Security Solution, Business
continuity solution and Next Gen.
E-learning Solutions.
He has achieved outstanding success in
building and maintaining relationships
with key decision-makers, establishing
large volume, the high-profit account
with excellent levels of retention and
loyalty. He is well experienced in C-
level interfacing and conceptualizing
scope of busniess for large scale
organizations. He is highly networked
Professional Services Team (PSG)
conducts pre-consulting services to
support institution vision in
pedagogical and technological
changes. Apollo Infoways
delivers both application and
infrastructure level
scoping exercises to
offer the right
technology solution.
They design and
recommend solution
architecture to support higher
demands of concurrency such as
High Availability (HA)
environment. They maintained few
areas where they have been doing
custom development such as Themes
and UI Branding, Application
Development, Building Blocks, and
Mobile Apps Development.
The total customer satisfaction is their
prime importance along with the
support that is aligned as per ITIL
industry standards. Their support staff
is inspired to outperform, deliver more
than expectations and think outside the
box. The support services team also
provides preventative maintenance,
customized support, remote and online
support.
Technology Development
Introducing Next Generation E-lab
Method
Last few decades have witnessed an
unprecedented revolution in the field of
technological applications specifically
in the teaching and learning process.
Technology has become an essential
component of this process in a way
that it does not affect the teacher,
student or course materials but it
connects all these elements and makes
the output of the educational process
high quality. In particular, science
education was significantly affected by
technology regarding the nature of the
with critical contacts in Government
sector as well as PSU.
Advanced Educational Services that
Improve the Quality of Student
Learning
Apollo Infoways provides end-to-end
services for customers seeking to
implement technology-enabled
learning solutions as per PMI and
PRINCE2 industry standards. Their
experience has translated into on-time,
on-budget implementations for their
clients with satisfactory results. They
carry a strong reputation in the
marketplace for implementing projects
in academic and corporate institutions
that facilitate productivity and enhance
performance. The organization believes
that test content and assessment
management is core to the success of
an organization’s assessment strategy.
Any organization with a recurring test
delivery schedule should have more
significant control and ownership of
the assessment delivery process. Their
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13. Strong Focus on
delivering the Best,
designed and cost-effective
solutions to cater to the
needs of our clients
laboratories’ work, lab equipment, and
media.
Many methods and tools used in the
traditional lab are no longer in need of
learners for many reasons. There is a
necessity to activate and utilize the
latest technological techniques to
achieve ongoing science
teaching/learning process. By using
innovations facilitated by the
possibilities of information and
communication technologies in science
education and practices, one can utilize
the advantages of supervised
interactive learning that simulates real
laboratory work.
In E-lab, students get a chance to learn
practical methods with the help of
various advanced software. In India,
Apollo Infoways is one of the first
company which introduced Next
Generation E-Labs. The company
wants to replace tradition method of
the lab because the institutions believe
that new technics help students get new
knowledge about technology.
Laboratory developers are focused on
taking advantage of computer
applications to create safe/active
interactive learning environment that
simulates life-like e-laboratory. This
lab is “one where the student interacts
with an experiment or activity which is
intrinsically remote from the student or
which has no immediate physical
reality.” It can be defined as a tool
which consists of interactive
computerized software
linked with sensitive
connector endings called
sensors. The components of
practical sciences experiments are
integrated with computers as a
measurement instrument to collect and
analyze data.
with their clients in their security
journeys. They follow three key
objectives; increased assurance,
enhanced operational efficiency, and
reduced costs. The security practice
was bestowed with the Frost &
Sullivan “Market Leadership Award
for Security Consulting in Next
Generation Applications and Networks.
Apollo Infoways proffering Network
Solutions and Services for the end-to-
end infrastructure employed in the
realization of communication services
for end-users. This implies those parts
of the support that are actively
involved in the communication path –
namely, the devices and customer
premises equipment, home network
components, broadband and optical
access networks, the core network
infrastructure and associated gateways,
application servers, and application
hosting platforms, etc. Apollo
Infoways enables this communications
infrastructure to interact with the
external IT systems to achieve Service
Management and Business Processes
Management solutions for
Communication Service Providers
(CSPs) and provides for foreign Value
Added Service (VAS) Platforms. Their
solutions for CSPs define and enhance
the end-user experience.
Instructive and Inspiring Advice for
the Budding Entrepreneurs
“In our initial days we went to
many engineering colleges,
and we realized students
are looking for some
advance tech
education system
that inspired me.
Engineering colleges need
advanced labs which helps to
give practical works
appropriately. We also connect
development with rural areas; keeping
Accessing, Designing, and
Implementing Network Security
Solutions
Their network security solution views
explicitly align security strategies with
organizational strategies with an aim to
achieve, improve, and sustain the
organization’s resiliency. There is a
focus on not only critical assets but
also the essential business processes of
the organization. Additionally, the
system of internal controls ensures that
these assets and operations remain
productive as intended. Their core
philosophy is to be a preferred partner
in network security journeys. They
assess, design, implement and manage
end to end, cost-effective and robust
security solutions in various areas.
Apollo Infoways also provides
Security Consulting Practice to
Telecommunication and Fortune 500
companies worldwide. Their security
consultants are abundant in industry
and security domain experience, with
an excellent track record in partnering
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14. this in mind we take the initiative to connect people with
digitalization. Not only India but also every country needs
advancement in the educational domain because it helps a
country’s people educated and futuristic.
Awards & Achievements
Apollo Infoways has been selected by some prestigious
awards such One among the ‘Twenty most promising LMS
service providers in 2016,’ ‘Ten most valuable Learning &
Development solution providers companies of 2017’ and
“The 10 Pathbreaking Learning And Development Solution
Providers in 2018”.
Future Panorama
Under Ravi’s expert guidance, the company has achieved
few significant milestones that majorly include essential
client acquisition adding worth to its credibility. The
company has been striding actively towards realizing what
it envisioned. The core team has worked out several
powerful strategies focused on the overall growth of the
company.
Ravi explaining the futuristic plans says, “At present, we
are engaged in many diversified projects. One of them is
offshore technical training and technical implementation
partnership for some of the renowned OEMs. We have been
successfully expanding our network tying up with a Spanish
company, which works on ‘Technical Education Turn Key
Projects (TKP) with public and private institutions using
soft financing.’ They work on establishing high-end labs for
technical colleges around the world. They also provide soft
loan to customers to avoid financial limitations of the
customers. Besides, we keep taking initiatives for achieving
excellence in our services and delivering the best value to
our clients; this lies at the heart of our every strategy.”
Ravi also aims to provide rural areas with Wi-Fi support to
help the remote regions progress their life with the help of
advanced technology. Striving for the betterment of the
organization, he is educating people about digital
technologies because only new technologies can upgrade
people’s lives drastically. He firmly believes that providing
Wi-Fi and internet access to rural areas will help the people
develop and progress towards making India digital.
We are the nation's
fastest growing and
most influential
organization in the
area of next Gen.
Learning solutions
As “learning specialists,”
we assist companies,
academic institutions,
and governments to
create an environment that
fosters a community
of continuous learning
and improvement
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17. Management BriefCompany Name
Learnnovators
learnnovators.com
Ravi Pratap Singh
Co-founder
Learnnovators is a learning design and development company
that creates innovative and effective learning solutions for a
worldwide clientele.
Aurelius Corporate
Soultion
aurelius.in
Aurelius Corporate Solutions prides itself on being an Industry
Insourcing Expert not bound by domains or industrial sectors.
Apollo Infoways., as a leading provider of Network
Infrastructure Solutions and Education Solutions. They enable
organization and academic institutions to improve performance
by facilitating ‘knowledge enrichment and skills enhancement.
XL Pro Training
Solutions
xlprotraining.com
XL Pro Training Solutions enables organizations to enhance the
knowledge and skill of employees, clients and service providers
through specialized E-Learning, Gamified & Blended Learning
interventions.
Pavan Bakshi
CEO
Prime Meridian Consulting is an end-to-end leadership
development and human transformation consulting Services
Company providing learning, training and consulting services to
corporate bodies and academic institutions.
Prime Meridian
pmconsulting.in
Shrilekha Kota
Director
Chittlesoft Solutions
chittlesoft.com
Chittlesoft Solutions as a result-oriented outsourced design
services provider that helps leading organizations meet their
business goals through in-depth strategy and creative solutions.
Jetking
jetking.com
Suresh G. Bharwani
Chairman & MD
Jetking offers highly trained and efficient IT professionals who
can take on the real-world IT hardware and networking
challenges in a competitive business environment.
Vinita Iyer Ram
CEO
Sumit Peer
CEO
Ravi Praksh
CEO
Apollo Infoways
apolloinfoways.in
eNext Solutions
enext.co.in
Mahesh Wanikar
Co-founder
eNEXT is always available at your service to provide you all
time access to your distance learning content and E-governance
services.
Stylus Solutions is a content writing and e-learning company.
Stylus has been providing documentation services to multiple
clients at global levels.
Stylus Solutions
stylusolutions.com
Delnaz Edulji
Director
SoaringEagles Learning is an innovative talent development
company.
Soaring Eagles Learning
soaringeagles.in
Sonali Sinha
Founder & CEO
19. Financial freedom is necessary for each one of us so
that we are not dependent on other people to support
us for our requirements. Understanding this and
with an aim to provide economic independence to 10
million people in India and Overseas, Jetking is committed
to creating globally competent IT professionals through
their innovative teaching methods, advanced courses,
exceptional faculty and thought leadership in IT education.
Jetking is India’s top digital skills institute with over three
decades of expertise in IT and digital education. The
company has over 100+ franchises and training centers and
has trained and skilled over 700,000 students in the area of
IT and digital technologies.
The organization today is known for its award-winning
training methodology. They focus on making technical
training fun and engaging by using e-learning, simulations,
role-plays and real-life case studies. Jetking’s focus has
always been to make students employable by focussing on
their English-speaking skills, personality development, and
job readiness.
Founded in 1947 as an electronics manufacturing and
training company, Jetking has evolved into a leading IT and
IMS training institute. Early on, they recognized the rapidly
changing IT landscape in India and have accordingly
adapted their teaching methods and courses over the years.
Their training and best practices are benchmarked along
international standards. At Jetking, all the endeavors are to
create opportunities for their students, employees, and
business partners to lead a better life.
Enjoying a leadership position in the IT and IMS training
sector, the company has trained more than 600,000 students
who are constantly driving growth in the IT sector in India
and abroad. With their promise of 100% job guarantee
across all the 100 centers across India, Jetking is committed
to an improved life for their students, franchisees, recruiters
and investors.
An Empowering Leader
Suresh G. Bharwani, Chairman and Managing Director
of JetKing is a visionary in his own rights. He has
successfully transformed an old-fashioned brick and mortar
company into a dynamic, result oriented and zero debt IT
education monolith. He did this by empowering his team
and being hands-on with the entire chain of operations.
His urge for learning is unstoppable. He has been trained by
world-class trainers like Bob Pike, Tom Peters, Ken
Blanchard, Edward De Bono and of course Dr. Jaydev of
“The Yoga Institute”, Santacruz. While he was training
himself, he also endeavored to transfer whatever he
received to his employees and peers. Thus, a trainer and
mentor was born from a successful entrepreneur.
Suresh’s Smartlab Plus methodology is a synthesis of such
efforts and has been bringing rich dividends to Jetking as
well as the 7-lakh students all over the country in the past
30 years. His mantra “Smartrain” makes this process fun,
faster and easier and helps the manager become more
productive. He has applied this mantra of powering
productivity to more than 10 thousand professionals
successfully.
He also has an ability to synthesize ideas like yoga
creativity, multiple Intelligence, time management,
communication skills and self-mastery into an easy to
JetkingEmpowering Professionals to Think
Progressively and Create Smarter Solutions
Company of the Month
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20. follow way and at the same time, insightful set of training
tools. To keep himself serene and calm in this age of quick
changes, he regularly practices “Smartyog” which is a
confluence of meditation, asanas and equanimity.
The Journey towards Success
The Late Shri Gordhandas P. Bharwani and his brothers
established Jetking in 1947. They started trading in big
Radios, Gramophones & Valve Radios, which were in
vogue post-war. After the Partition brought them to
Mumbai from Pakistan, Jetking was founded as a portable
radio-manufacturing factory in a suburb of India’s
commercial capital Mumbai. Jetking
pioneered the runaway success Do-It-
Yourself kits and Pocket Transistors
to become India’s leading
manufacturer and seller of
radios.
In 1970s, they tried to
venture into TV
manufacturing but that
didn’t take off. However,
it did not deter them.
Taking over the business,
Suresh made a jump-start
yet again in the field of
electronics, as computers
became the next big thing.
He pioneered the Computer
Hardware and Networking
training in India and in 1990,
after incorporating Jetking
Infotrain Limited, the Company
launched its first institute for the training
of non-technical students by the name of
Jetking School of Electronic Technology. Thereafter,
Jetking has become synonymous with computer hardware
and networking training with its footprint all over the
country and overseas.
Continuing the tradition of 68 years, Jetking is still
constantly reinventing and reenergizing themselves to
provide Digital India the frontline soldiers through their
franchise network of training centres. They have been
bestowed with multiple awards and recognitions by
esteemed industry bodies and associations such as
ASSOCHAM, FICCI and Governments of Maharashtra and
Gujarat. They were honoured by the US-based Pike’s Peak
award for their training methodology and has also bagged
an official entry in the Limca Book of Records for highest
job placements by any vocational training institute.
Unique Attributes of Jetking
Their single-minded focus is to make the student
employable and ensure that he or she is placed in the IT and
IMS domain. With a 100% Job Guarantee at the helm, their
unique learning pedagogy is completely aligned with the
industry requirements and is designed to ensure holistic
development of the student and this makes them the
best choice for every student.
Jetking’s unique training
methodologies of Hands-on
learning through practical
studies; life-skills such as
Yoga, English speaking and
Personality Development
training; employability
sessions such as mock
interviews; and
innovative learning
techniques such as
Mindmap, form the
cornerstone of their
award-winning training
methodology SmartLab
Plus and differentiates
them from their
competitors.
Future Roadmap
At Jetking, they are
currently leveraging
technology to facilitate Hybrid learning that enables
students to learn at home as well as in the classroom. They
plan to make deeper inroads with NSDC and to be
completely aligned with the Skill India mission. Their aim
is to expand to 250 centers over the next 3 to 5 years in
order to build capacity to train 100,000 students in a year.
“We are grounded by the foundation and values of our past
but are youthful and progressive in our present and will
continue in the future,” says Suresh.
Our focus is on
making technical
training fun and
engaging by the
use of e-learning,
simulations, role
plays and real-life
case studies
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21.
22. Chittlesoft Solutions:
A Specialist in Marketing, Sales, and
e-Learning Design Solutions
he developments and
Tbreakthroughs of today’s fast-
changing world are impacting
the training industry as well. Where
Gen X and baby boomers were
accustomed to formal classroom
sessions, Gen Y with short attention
spans, want training to be fun, self-
paced, and available when and where
they want it. Whatever the mode of
instruction, training must revolve
around how to engage learners.
Chittlesoft Solutions has successfully
developed and delivered training that is
not only learner-centric but tech-savvy
and pocket-friendly too.
Chittlesoft Solutions has been
following contemporary approaches to
design and development right from its
inception in 1999. Today, along with
e-learning, the company also provides
marketing and sales outsource design
solutions. Flexi time, diverse, and
skilled resources help companies
prepare everything from presentations,
sales pitches, product demos, minimum
viable prototypes, application designs,
and specialized user experience
consultations. They also help run
integrated campaigns across digital,
social, and print media.
As a part of their project cycle, they
apply a meticulous and detailed
approach to comprehend business
objectives, conduct the right research,
design an effective marketing strategy,
and cascade it into a marketing plan.
They also leverage design thinking to
deliver excellent user experiences in
websites, portals, and applications.
With an innate understanding of
learning behavior due to their
experience in various collaterals, and a
strong design sense, Chittlesoft is
effectively able to combine designs
that delight, with strategies that work.
A Multifaceted CEO
Vinita Iyer Ram is the Founder and
the current CEO of Chittlesoft
Solutions Pvt. Ltd., the Director of
Ashra Consultants Pvt. Ltd., and the
Chairperson of Perfect Sealing
Systems. She was also one of the three
founders and former COO of Affinity
Express India Pvt. Ltd. (subsequently
sold in 2006) which she and her team
grew to make the world’s largest
Graphics Outsource Facility.
She is a clear-headed visionary and
high-energy operations expert. She also
takes a special interest in working with
social ventures related to women,
entrepreneurship, and job creation.
Recognized as a design operations and
training industry expert and pioneer,
Vinita remarks on current trends,
“Learning paradigms have changed
completely. Effective e-Learning
content has to provide a holistic
overview but still distill to only
relevant content, be available in
snackable formats, be accessible
anytime, anywhere, and be able to
cater to the individual user’s learning
needs within the context his
organization or institute has defined, no
matter what the demographic.”
With this vision in mind, they ventured
into the e-Learning market a few years
ago, to create highly customized,
innovative, and creative content.
Out-of-the-Box Solutions
The Chittlers have developed a wide
range of e-Learning courses for varied
industries and clients. These include
training for a large cosmetics giant, one
of the Big 4 consulting firms, a quality
management consultancy, and a
reputed technology services company.
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23. We are midnight oil
burners, boundary
breakers, and
committed partners
who aim for the very
best results.
With a strong foundation in design
fundamentals, their robust training
strategies and delivery outcomes have
impressed clients greatly. Applying
their prior repertoire of project
knowledge and principles to pedagogy,
with a creatively-inclined thought
process, they are able to execute
exceptional out-of-the-box solutions
providing exciting angles to common
learning material. Users need a fun
learning experience, and Chittlesoft
delivers precisely that! The end
results? Satisfied stakeholders, keen
learners, and accomplished training
goals within budget.
Today, Chittlesoft offers custom
Learning Management Systems, design
and development of highly specialized,
high quality, SCORM compliant e-
Learning content, which is delivered in
a pay-per-use, pay-per-learner, or
outright purchase model. They are
well-informed on new evolving
paradigms of learning and believe in
teaching holistically.
Client Accolades
Here are some client excerpts: “I have
been working with Chittlesoft for the
past seven years now and have always
been extremely happy with the quality
and delivery of their service. One of
our recent projects was the creation of
e-Learning modules for our SOPs like
raw material management, safety
precautions and waste disposal…The
project was challenging on several
fronts and I must say that Chittlesoft
delivered beyond our expectations on
all of them…our standards on content
related to SOPs are very stringent;
Chittlesoft did a flawless job on
making our e-Learning modules
accurate, structured and engaging.”
Mr. Suresh Lulla, Founder of Qimpro
Consultants stated for one of the
developed courses, “Problem Solving
Pro has turned out to be an effective
digital learning tool only because of
your creative thinking. Had you not
pushed for the ‘comic’ format, we
would have lost the impact. Your
thoroughness is your strength.”
Future Plans
Chittlesoft Solutions aims to become
the world leaders in high quality,
creative e-Learning content and
specialized outsource design services
for UI, minimum viable prototype
designs, pitches and presentations,
reports and more.
With significant investment in
technology systems and solutions,
Chittlesoft is looking at tapping a high
value, creative network of artists,
technology experts, and individuals
who will provide extremely high value
for money and be able to cut any
organization’s design costs by 25%
upwards, while delivering better
quality and delivery.
www.chittlesoft.com
Vinita Iyer Ram
CEO
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25. E-LEARNING
DIGITALINITIATIVES-
Reviving the Indian
Education System
y the turn of century, the Indian educational sector has
Bwitnessed a gigantic change and continues to evolve at a
steady pace. Since inception, education sector has been given
utmost importance; however the growing imbalance of the student-
teacher ratio stands to be a major concern in meeting the objective of
imparting education to all. Also, traditional education has failed to
transform itself in order to be relevant for today’s educational
requirements. With the advent of technological innovations,
E-learning and digital platforms are playing a crucial role in helping
to bring a step change to ensure quality education for everyone.
With the passage of time and increased availability, the changing
trends in education sector have created a broader choice for the
students. Independent researchers suggest that by the end of 2018, the
e-learning sector in India is expected to reach $1.29 billion, which is
a staggering growth of seventeen percent. E-learning is a
revolutionary concept which assists to deliver impactful courses that
are fun and engaging. Incorporating e-learning into education sector
have also helped to increase the IT skills of the teaching staffs. As the
majority of workplaces have transformed into digital workplaces,
e-learning is becoming widely popular platform in delivering
education effectively.
The Paradigm Shift
Traditional education systems are slowly losing their relevance as
both students and educators are embracing what e-learning offers
convenience, personalization, and agility. Merging education with
technology has opened new gateways in terms of reach, quality, and
awareness. The rapid increase of robust internet ecosystem has been
an important catalyst for the growth of e-learning platform in the
country. Other prominent factors like Government initiatives,
multitude of local and global players is assisting e-learning make
further inroads. The education sector is witnessing a paradigm shift
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26. from a one-size-fits-all factory approach, to a much more agile and tailored form of learning. Innovations like e-books,
e-content, e-learning technologies have introduced a plethora of developments in the existing teaching methodologies.
Tapping New Horizons
As the number of internet users in India soars above five hundred million, India’s potential as a huge e-learning market
is enormous. Majority of new users are accessing internet from their smartphones which is an ideal, personalized and
commerce-enabled platform for e-learning education. Working as a cohesive unit, platform providers have played the
role of content providers and curators of online modules. Emerging business models have further broadened the scope of
online education in India. The C2C model provides a platform that connects prospective teachers with students whereas
B2B business model offer higher education, where institutes accredit degree or diploma courses to students either
through their own platform or by collaborating with third party aggregators.
Emerging Categories in Online Education
Although online education sector is witnessing a steady growth, few key categories are dominating the online education
sector and are the driving force to enhance e-learning in India. Some of the mentionable categories are:
Primary and Secondary Education
Adoption of online supplementary courses alongside tuitions and classroom training is on a high note. Evolving
consumer behavior is the major reason for this upsurge. Majority of science students are adopting this mode as it helps
them for preparing for competitive exams in addition to the school curriculum.
Test Preparation
This category has the potential to be the highest growing sector in online education as it can evolve as a genuine
substitute or supplement to the existing offline test preparation market. Independent researchers predict that online test
preparation market is expected to be an eleven billion USD market by 2021.
Reskilling and Online Certifications
The online reskilling and certification market is growing at a steady pace due to the requirement from the professionals
in corporate sectors. Continuous evolving technologies and demand from new entrants to the workforce is another prime
reason for high demand.
Higher Education
Innovative learning technologies like virtual labs provide convenient access and increases acceptance of online
education in the higher education sector. MBA and MCA courses are dominating the higher education sector in online
domain.
Language and Casual Learning
The online language learning space is driven by the demand of learning English and other foreign languages. Language
courses have a higher adoption rate as compared to other hobby related courses. The learning market is expected to grow
further as industry players come up with newer, differentiated alternatives.
Future Prospective
Technology is leading to a revolution as every student is getting exposed to a world-class education system, something
which is not available in the traditional system. With computers and digital elements entering the classrooms, students
are finding it more exciting and easy to adapt the new environment. Innovative digital tools, applications, tablets, and
laptops have transformed learner’s education process and delivery procedures as they are more engaging, entertaining
and exploring. Evolution of ed-tech sector has made it possible for education to be accessed from anywhere and
anytime. The ratio of online education in the rural sector is on a high trajectory as a result of affordable high-speed
internet and direct-to-device-technologies are empowering students to access quality education. Going forward, there
would be a convergence of digital and physical worlds, as internet becomes more flexible and accessible to everyone.
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27.
28. Pristine InfoSolutions, the only company in India, providing
comprehensive cyber-crime investigation services and
solutions to prevent, detect and resolve growing cyber-crime,
frauds and security incidents including digital forensics. In an
interview with Insights Success, Rizwan Shaikh, Information
Security Researcher, and Cyber Crime Consultant gave some
insightful views highlighting the necessity of cybersecurity in various
domains and their solutions which help enterprises across the world
to overcome their business challenges.
Kindly brief us about your organization.
Pristine InfoSolutions is a global IT service and Information Security
Company based in Mumbai, India embracing strong competencies in
IT Outsourcing Services, Systems Integration, IT Infrastructure
Management, IT Security and Audit Services, Cyber Crime
Investigations, Cyber Law and the entire spectrum of IT Security
training businesses. The organization focusses on delivering smart,
next-generation business solutions that help enterprises across the
world to overcome their business challenges. Excelled with
a unique business model, strong values and
philosophy, combined with trained, certified and
highly experienced workforce, we have
established a reputation for providing
top-notch IT and Information Security
services to industry leaders. We help
organizations reduce risk and
enhance competitive
advantage by protecting
their information assets
and providing positive
assurance on
governance. Pristine
has been at the forefront
Rizwan Shaikh
Information Security Researcher and Cyber Crime Consultant
PRISTINE INFOSOLUTIONS:
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29. f pioneering innovative IT solutions and services,
oenabling our clients to meet their business
objectives. Our IT Outsourcing offerings aim to
become the outsourced IT Department of the customer with
an experienced team of technocrats thereby, maximizing
ROI on IT Infrastructure. Pristine’s System Integration
Services include supply, installation, and integration of
hardware and software across India with complex IT
implementation projects to ensure that all our clients always
benefit from the latest cutting-edge technology. We have
over 60 employees 10 branches across India and Abroad.
The organizations aim to create a Safe Cyber Domain for
the generation.
Briefly tell us about the CEO/Founder of the company.
Rizwan Shaikh is a prominent Information Security
Researcher and Cyber Crime Consultant with more than ten
years of experience in the meadow of Ethical Hacking,
Information Security, and Cyber Law. He is a well-
recognized name in the Cyber World, and with an
experience of more than ten years, he has been conducting
Ethical Hacking training and providing Information
Security services across the globe. He is widely sought after
Speaker on Cyber Security and Cyber Law and has been
invited by many corporate Organizations and leading
institutions of India including IIT’s and NIT’s for
conducting workshops, seminars, boot-camps, and training
on Ethical Hacking and Information Security. He has
trained more than 30000 individuals in Colleges,
Corporates, and Government Departments.
He has trained employees of some of the most prestigious
companies like Accenture, Wipro, Capgemini, Trend Micro,
TCS, HCL and many others. His area of expertise includes
Vulnerability Assessment, Information Security Audits,
Penetration Testing, Source Code Reviews, Computer
Forensics, Ethical Hacking and Cyber Law.
Rizwan started his career journey at the Age of 17. His first
accomplishment was finding a Loophole in a reputed SMS
Gateway which allowed Spoofing numbers to send SMS
(es). He came into limelight at the age of 18, when he
protected many Indian websites from getting defaced by
Pakistan Cyber Army where he played a significant role in
finding out the plan with a pseudo name (using fake
identity).
Being a Cyber Security Researcher and Ethical Hacking
Expert, Rizwan has revealed numerous critical
vulnerabilities, bugs, and loopholes in websites and
networks of a major corporate organization, institutions,
and government portals. He has also resolved many Cyber
Crime cases and is also a security advisor for various
reputed organizations, banks and e-commerce companies,
helping them in designing safe cyber architecture for their
web servers and networks. His significant accomplishments
include identifying the websites which were involved in
Fraudulent Activities like 419 Scam and Spamming among
many others. He recently initiated and set up a feedback
loop with different Anti-malware organizations to
proactively share report details about the abusive Domain
names and different Malware. All his efforts are lauded by
members of various underground hacking groups, security
researchers, and communities worldwide. His fanaticism for
Ethical Hacking and Cyber Security made him expert in the
security domain.
What are the current trends in the learning and
development sector?
The current generation is a digital world and is trending
with the latest evolutions and technologies such as
Cybersecurity, Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning. The IT industry is drastically changing
due to the high demand for harnessing the digital equipment
and utilizing the power of Information Technology to take it
to a level above.
IT is ever updating. Not only the grasping power of a
person matters but how strong is the necessary practical
knowledge – sets the pillar. Once a person is well versed
with basics, learning advance would become handy.
Please tell us about the inspiration that stimulates you to
come up with a learning and development solution
provider.
Providing a well-developed curriculum quality education
has always been the aim for Pristine Infosolutions Pvt. Ltd.
We have seen that there is no university level ethical
hacking course available in India, which covers the
significant most essential topics of cyber security.
Learner’s which are extremely good in Information
Technology do not get a platform to upgrade their skills
which is the most critical aspect of growing professionally.
Many students find their knowledge by merely just surfing
the internet, but somewhere they miss learning the most
crucial topics like Cyber Law the Ethical use of their
knowledge, which results in various negative aspects at
times. Thus our founder Rizwan Shaikh came up with an
idea of setting up a Centre where aspiring experts can come
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30. Kindly describe your initial journey.
It was a long and tough journey so far. Being a startup,
getting clients/students is always a tough task. However,
one thing we made sure was never to compromise on the
quality of training. There have been incidents where even
after providing most excellent or desirable training with the
best possible facilities, aspiring students prefer to join the
some other institutes, which provides some great old
certifications. The students usually do not understand that
certification isjust a piece of paper if you do not have
proper practical knowledge and often fall prey to Big Brand
names trying to sell their certificates with their Marketing
Gimmicks.
After the first establishment of our office in Mumbai, we
opened a branch office in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The same
methodologies were applied like Mumbai to maintain good
quality. We were slow at the start but quite steady which
resulted in becoming a good brand our self in the domain of
Cyber Security training services.
What kind of challenges has the company faced? How
did you overcome it?
The number of people working in Ethical hacking industry
or want to enhance their career in this field is very low as
compared to the other domains. However, with the increase
in digitalization, it has also led to a rise in the Cybercrime.
At the same time, the requirement of Ethical Hackers in the
Industry is rising day by day to stop these unethical hackers
their activities. Explaining people along with media that
Ethical Hacking is not a bad thing and nation must create
and nurture this talent; it was initially a very tough task.
However, with loads of seminars and awareness campaign,
we have successfully passed the correct message in the
mind of majority people starting with IT corporate
employees. We did a lot of media interaction and radio
interview to give the word of importance of Cyber security.
How you tackle the competition in your sector?
Hire the best on high payroll. In Pristine the employees
hired are one of top Skilled hackers on the payroll as
Trainers and Auditors. This indirectly results in delivering
the best quality training for upcoming generation and
Organization which hires them to have a safe IT
Environment for their offices.
We also made sure that we are never short of resources and
facilities. We made all things available in the office
including high capacity servers; high-speed multiple
internet connections, and more. We never purchased PR or
did any paid advertisements till date. We are more
concentrated on helping thegovernment/law enforcement
department to solve tough cybercrime cases. We conduct
multiple awareness seminars and campaigns across all the
major Engineering colleges across the country and abroad.
This indirectly brought us a lot of media attention which
resulted in us becoming one of the most famous Cyber
Security training institutes in India with most exceptional
education quality.
Describe the crucial elements which make your
company the best and what would you attribute your
success?
Success can never be a one-person show. It has to come
with Good Team of hackers and dedicated employees
sharing the same vision as of the organization. Our Entire
team is responsible for all the success we have received so
far. Their dedication and hard work has led us so far, and
we hope they would help us achieve more milestones
throughout the journey.
Kindly brief us about your future panorama?
We are planning on building up one of India's high tech
forensic lab that would soon be launched in Mumbai. This
would help students to get real-time hands-on experience in
a live environment. Apart from this, Pristine is planning to
have an office in every state’s capital and aims at delivering
the training to more than 1 lac students by the end of next
year.
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32. That Are Here
To StayTo Stay
Training TrendsTraining Trends
Investing in employees is here to stay. According to
Association for Talent Development (ATD) research,
organizations have spent $1273 per employee in 2016
alone. This definitely suggests that companies consider
investments in employee learning as a big part of the
growth strategy. There is a consistent rise in demand to
build skills and capabilities for employees. The urgent need
for this is a result of the extremely competent, complex
competitive business landscape.Employees need to be up
skilled at every level today, from entry to leadership.
At every level of the organization, the consumer is
connected to the company by the way of various social
media platforms. From what an entry level employee says
about the culture of the organization to how the top
leadership behaves in the outside world, directly impacts
the organization. This creates an indispensible need for
organizations to have employees who are at the top of their
game both in their job and in their interpersonal skills. Over
the past 21 years I have seen many changes in the training
needs in companies. In the early days most of my training
engagements were with the sales teams. I have engaged
with clients from various industries like banking, telecom,
IT, finance, manufacturing, etc for sales trainings.
This trend has been changing in the past few years. Today
organizations want create a pool of internal leaders, as a
result I have seen a higher demand for leadership
workshops being delivered to employees at an entry or
junior executive level. At the same time organizations want
to invest in their senior leadership and make sure they
receive the desired guidance and coaching for optimum
output. Looking ahead, I foresee two major trends in the
Learning and Development space, namely Executive
Coaching and eLearning. These two trends would become
the pillars of the training industry in years to come.
First, let’s discuss Executive Coaching. Increasingly
organizations are looking to create a sustainable succession
pipeline, and executive coaching is an ideal way to achieve
this. Executive coaching refers to hiring a coach for an
employee who may be in a leadership position or is
identified to occupy a leadership role. The goal of executive
coaching is for the employee to have personal guide to help
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33. About the Authors
Prakash Rohera is a highly accomplished and a renowned Interna onal Trainer andSpeaker. He holds to
his credit 29 years of rich experience which includes 11 years of extensive work experience with HCL
Limited, Ci bank NA, and Bank of America and 18 years into Corporate Training. He has paved his way
as one of the top training professionals by suppor ng his trainings with Recent Global Examples and
Prac cal takeaways. What began with a desire to train, led to the establishment of “The Redwood Edge
– Corporate Training Consultancy” in 1997 He has gained tremendous respect and apprecia on through
his various workshops on Leadership, Mo va on, Selling, Team Building, etc.
Prakash holds a Bachelors of Science degree from Hindu College Delhi University, following which he
went on to pursue his MBA in Marke ng, from the esteemed Symbiosis Ins tute of Business
Management (SIBM).
Ashwini Bangera works as Manager LD with The Redwood Edge. She is a post graduate in HR and has
worked with companies like Abbo India Ltd and Tech Mahindra Business Services in the past. Training
and Business Partnering are her forte and when she is not working Ashwini likes to cuddle up with a
mythological novel and a strong cup of tea.
Prakash Rohera
Directer
The Redwood Edge
Ashwini Bangera
Manager LD
The Redwood Edge
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34. him/her develop key skills and a mindset which will help in
surviving the leadership challenges. During this
engagement an employee gets insight on their personal
strengths, opportunities and areas of improvement. At the
same time the employee also gets guidance on how they can
leverage these strengths to reach a best possible outcome. I
believe the two main pillars for this are the Mindfulness and
the Resourcefulness of the Leader. We have created the
Redwood Leader Matrix to summarize this concept.
Mindfulness is the inner calm and strength of a person. A
person high on mindfulness would be extremely self-aware
and think about the future possibilities. Resourcefulness, as
the word suggests refers to being able to make optimum
utilization of resources to achieve the goals. Agile Visionary
is a leader who is high on both, mindfulness and
resourcefulness. Such leaders are deep thinkers, are self-
aware; at the same time know how to make the best use of
available resources. They align the organizational goal with
the people activities. So when people in leadership roles opt
for a coaching program, they generally would want to move
to the Agile Visionary box. Over the past few years, I have
been coaching CXOs, COOs and others in leadership roles
and I have noticed that coaching is an extremely powerful
and personal mode of developmental training. As a tool,
coaching is so powerful, that people in leadership roles are
keen to personally invest their time and money to find the
right coach for themselves. From what I can see, coaching
will be a key part of the future Learning Development
handbook. Now let’s discuss eLearning. Owing to the rapid
technological advancement, people can now access
everything, from news to movies at the click of a button;
then why should learning opportunities be any different? In
the past decade eLearning in itself has evolved by leaps and
bounds. From simple code of conduct trainings in
organizations to the advent of MOOCs (Massive Open
Online Courses), eLearning has transformed into a
discipline of its own. eLearning has given people an option
to invest in their own development.
With the likes of Coursera, Udemy and eDx, the ball has
now shifted into the hands of the general public. This means
that they can choose the skill that they want to upgrade and
not have to wait for the organization to make it available to
them. This empowerment in the digital age will become the
cornerstone in LD workspace. This is also a huge
opportunity for corporate organizations to proactively
invest in employee engagement via training. Leading
organizations like TATA, BCG, Philips, Infosys and
Barclays have already tied up with these MOOC platforms
to enable employees’ access to these courses. Platforms like
Coursera and Udemy don’t just provide learning material;
they also provide this from credible sources.
These platforms have partnered with reputed universities,
where professors can deliver lectures which are made
available to a large audience. Due to the ease of operation
and wide variety of courses to choose from, I believe that
eLearning would become an integral part of the Learning
and Development mainframe in the years to come.
Technology is advancing rapidly in all walks of life.
Artificial Intelligence has today travelled to our phones with
Siri and Google Assistant. And soon enough it will make
headway into the training world.
Virtual bots have already been integrated into a few LMS
portals, guiding people on which courses to choose and how
to approach them. So the important question then is, will
your next training be conducted by a Robot? Maybe not just
yet, but Trainer Bots may be a possibility in a not so distant
future! At the center of all of it though, will be the content.
Irrespective of the medium through which it is delivered,
the hero of any training delivery is the content. The one
thing that stands tall through all the changing trends will be
the customization. Trainers and organizations both need to
be extremely careful about the connection with the
audience. The content should be relevant, on point, easily
understandable and highly customized. Carefully designed
matter is what makes the training effective and useful for
the participants.
As the times change so does the technology with it. As a
training professional I believe one needs to keep evolving
and getting in touch with newer technologies every few
months. But it’s important to not lose the sight of what is
important and what is to be conveyed. In the words of
Socrates “The Secret of Change is to focus all of your
energy not on the fighting the old but on building the new”
This is a mantra that any training professional in the current
environment should abide by. Fellow trainers let’s look
forward to creating lasting impact with the audience.
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36. t has been always said that the learning is the only way
Ito get to know the world around us and constitute us to
be well aware and well knowledged about the multi-
dimensional propositions of it. The process of learning
starts at a very tender age and we always thought there has
to be the most effective way to make the learning process
simple and potent, and there comes the importance of
digital media! Digital media is making its way through
almost every sector of our lives and education too, is not far
from its reach as this is the most constructive and fastest
growing sector. Educational Videos are too perfect to get its
way for spreading knowledge among the kids, but the best
part is that, it is not strictly confined to this section only.
Improvise Education System
The growth and strategies of education have changed with
the time. The learning process has recently taken diverse
turns. Presently, we are at the mid of the digital era and as a
matter of fact, our way of teaching and learning has taken a
different dimension. The first change came with designing
books with pictures and then it became more colourful to
make it more relatable to the kids. Now, with the
advancement of digitalization, we have taken a step forward
towards digital learning and educational videos and
animated videos, which are getting significant importance
and immense success among the kids.
The Benefits of Educational Videos
We all know the concept of educational videos. But now
comes the query, how it can be beneficial to the users, as
they are mostly kids! Let us delve into the detail:
Educational videos have a great potentiality to be the
best medium for learning, as they can create a visual
impact, and sensory impact is the most powerful
medium for learning and most trustworthy too.
Educational videos grab the attention of the kids like no
other mediums. This becomes the smoothest way to
help them learn. Mostly kids are inattentive to boring
methods like explaining or teaching or preaching. But
with something in motion in front of them, it at once
catches the attention of them.
It is a more effective way to remember things. Yes, it is
a fact that once you see something that remains in your
heart for a long time, rather than mugging something
without understanding or even realizing. Such videos
can help in pictorial stimulation among the kids.
A Digital Touch to Our Future Education System
EDUCATIONAL
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37. Ÿ Educational videos save a lot of time and do not force
the kids to spend hours seating impatiently. Or on the
contrary, help the kids learn a lot in apparently lesser
time.
Ÿ The one big favour educational videos have done for
the kids, is to relieve the poor souls from the black and
white world of the classroom teaching.
Ÿ We all agree that there are a lot of things to learn apart
from the syllabus and such videos create the opportunity
to learn extra curriculum activities with ease.
Ÿ It is a cost-effective learning. This is one of the major
facts that can create a great future for digital learning in
a country like India. In interiors, where the schooling
system is too feeble, educational videos can create the
option of higher studies or to avail multiple courses.
Is it only a Medium for the Kids and Children?
Interestingly a lot of people have the thought in mind that
educational videos are for the kids, which only help them in
their initial learning days. But we often forget digital media
can never have that minimal reinforcement in the field of
education. This can be a great way to spread the knowledge
among the old ones also. Even in rural areas, where you
cannot come up with a structural educational system like
schools and other institutions, to provide adequate
knowledge to the poor farmers or fishers about the latest
technologies in their respective fields, educational videos
can do the trick. It can be a great encouragement in women
literacy too, in villages and interiors. Educational videos
help students from all over the world to get the degrees
from prestigious institutions nowadays, making the doors
wide open for global education. Thus we can say at once
that the digital education and the use of educational videos
have their wide-stretched arms to embrace all!
The digital enhancement is everywhere. It has become part
and parcel of our lives and education being the most
formidable sector, cannot be devoid of its touch. India is
growing rapidly digitally, making us curious how many
more ways it can touch the lives of a country like India.
Aspiring on the current scenarios, we are awaiting the
glorious day when every kid of our nation will be digitally
educated.
Step-Up
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38. SoaringEagles:
New-Age, Nimble-Footed Organization
Making Businesses Future-Ready
lobal connectivity, smart
Gmachines, an unprecedented
torrent of data and processing
capabilities and new media are some of
the key drivers reshaping how we work
and the skills we need to be successful
st
in the 21 century.
As smart machines replace humans in
some tasks and augment them in
others, organizations will have to
rethink the traditional career paths and
prepare their employees for a highly
volatile and complex business
environment. Consequently, Learning
Development needs to evolve to
move in tandem with our changing
world.
This is why SoaringEagles Learning
Pvt. Ltd., an innovative talent
development company, focusses on
st
building these 21 century skills which
make employees future-ready and
energizes them to deliver accelerated
growth. SoaringEagles also works with
individuals to help them be more
successful by equipping them with
st
these 21 century skills and making
them purpose-driven and confident.
SoaringEagles has developed a unique
and result-oriented approach to
delivering desired behaviour change.
Their approach is premised on
cognitive behaviour techniques,
motivational counselling and
experiential learning. The effectiveness
of their programmes is evidenced by
the quantifiable results SoaringEagles
provides through pre- and post-
programme assessments and
behavioural surveys. Participant
feedback is also a testimony to the
transformative nature of the
programmes conducted by
SoaringEagles.
A Social Entrepreneur
A seasoned facilitator and speaker,
Sonali Sinha, the Founder CEO of
SoaringEagles, has over 22 years of
experience in entrepreneurship,
investment banking, and the social
sector. She combines her deep interest
in psychology with her extensive and
diverse experience to deliver highly
effective programmes. She is also a
business coach offering highly
effective coaching to startup founders
and CXO level executives.
Academically she has a stellar record
having done her Economics (Hons)
from Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi
University and Post Graduate Diploma
in Business Management from XLRI,
Jamshedpur. Right after her MBA,
Sonali jumped into investment banking
as an equity research analyst with SBI
Capital Markets (SBICAP). Then from
research, she moved into the MA and
Advisory vertical at SBICAP and
worked on some marquee transactions
and even contributed to policy-making.
From SBICAP, she moved to Ernst
Young in the transaction advisory
services vertical. This gave her an
opportunity to work with many
multinational clients and lead many
transactions which included
fundraising, acquisitions, joint ventures
and India market entry assistance.
After 16 years in investment banking
Sonali felt the need to give back to the
society and so she joined an NGO
which she led for three years as a CEO
before starting out on her own with
SoaringEagles. This platform gives her
an opportunity to combine her strong
interest in psychology and research
with her innate ability to design
programmes that help people achieve
desirable results - thus impacting lives
positively.
Sonali has been an Independent
Director on the Board of STCI Primary
Dealer Limited for several years. Her
articles on learning development and
entrepreneurship have been published
in prestigious publications like
Entrepreneur, India Today, Your Story,
Huffington Post, SME World,
Education Insider, etc. In 2016, Sonali
was awarded the Women Leadership
Achievement Award at the World
Women Leadership Congress
Awards for her contributions to
Learning and Development.
Redefining Learning Development
by Delivering Superior Programmes
Some of the key skills essential for
st
thriving in the 21 century are
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39. The concept, the course structure
and delivery are impeccable and
captivating. I discovered myself,
to say the least.Anyone doing
this program would feel
energized and get ready
to soar like an eagle
emotional resilience, social
intelligence, novel adaptive
thinking, persuasive communication
using new media, authentic leadership,
change-readiness, learning agility and
personal effectiveness. SoaringEagles
offers a range of innovative learner-
centric programmes that are geared
towards developing such skills.
SoaringEagles has worked with leading
companies such as SBI, Essel Propack,
TATA Trusts, Accenture Operations,
Aditya Birla Group, JSW Steel, Intuit,
Keller India, Visible Alpha and so on.
Participants for the career advancement
training for individuals come from
leading companies like HSBC,
Citibank, PwC, Reserve Bank of India,
Trident Hotel, TCS, Max Bupa,
Maersk, Borosil, HDFC Mutual,
Infosys, ICICI Prudential, Capgemini
and so on.
The high impact corporate training
programmes offered by SoaringEagles
includes Building a High-Performance
Leadership Team, Enhancing
Emotional Intelligence at Work,
Building Collaborative Teams, First
Time Manager Training, Persuasive
Communication Skills, Strategic
Thinking, Delivering Superior
Customer Value, Strategic Planning
Organization Culture, etc.
For individuals, SoaringEagles offers
programmes such as ‘Advanced
Personal Leadership Programme,
‘Lakshya Career Advancement
Programme’ and ‘Advanced Public
Speaking and Presentation Skills’
which empower working professionals
to move up the corporate ladder.
SoaringEagles has also made a strong
foray into diversity by conducting
several sessions for leading companies
like Accenture and Intuit for bringing
back talented women to work after a
break. Such sessions have received
tremendous feedback and many
participants have managed to get a
good break with leading companies.
Tackling Challenges with Decisive
Strategies
As a bootstrapped startup, the biggest
challenge SoaringEagles has faced has
been to acquire individual customers
on a very small marketing budget.
However, the operations of the
company have grown on the strength
of the quality of the programmes
offered and the value delivered to the
participants. At present, SoaringEagles
is recognized as one of the Top 25
Most Promising Learning
Development Consultants in 2017 by
Consultants Review Magazine.
What differentiates SoaringEagles
from its competition is their strong
learner-centric approach based on
cognitive behaviour techniques and
motivational counselling. The
programmes arouse an intrinsic
motivation to learn so that the
participants are able to absorb more
from the programmes and become
lifelong learners. Unlike most other
training organizations who depend on a
panel of freelance trainers for meeting
their delivery requirements,
SoaringEagles works only with full-
time in-house learning facilitators.
Their training content is developed in-
house through in-depth research in
positive psychology, cognitive
behaviour techniques, motivational
interviewing, and the science of
learning which enables them to provide
world-class training, consistently.
Future Ahead
Today, SoaringEagles is emerging as
one of the most innovative content
development and learning
development consultants in India.
Sonali states while discussing the
future of the organization, “We are
developing engaging eLearning
content and clubbing it with virtual live
instructor-led sessions, thus reaching
out to a larger, geographically diverse
audience. We see technology playing a
very important part in helping us reach
out to larger audiences and providing
a personalized learning experience.”
Sonali Sinha
Founder CEO
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Management Consultant
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40. S
chneider Electric develops connected technologies
and solutions to manage energy and process in ways
that are safe, reliable, efficient and sustainable. The
Group invests in RD in order to sustain innovation and
differentiation, with a strong commitment to sustainable
development.
In an exclusive chat with Mr. Anil Chaudhry, India’s
current Country President and Managing Director of
Schneider Electric India, we discuss about the current
initiatives and the future endeavors at Schneider Electric
India. This Interview is sure to give you a whole new
perspective and insight into one of the most decorated
Energy Providers in the world.
Elaborate on Schneider Electric India Private Limited
and the services provided by you.
At Schneider Electric (SE) our goal is to ensure’Life Is
On’for everyone, everywhere, at every moment. We do so
by delivering connected energy and efficiency solutions in
more than 100 countries. In India, we offer our services and
solutions through Schneider Electric India Pvt. Ltd. (SEI).
We innovate to promote sustainable development. More
than 20 million people have benefited from the Company’s
Access-to-Energy offers via our diverse products and
services in Energy and Automation.
The Company’s mission is to serve customers by
developing innovative products and solutions that help
simplify the lives of users. We harness the power and
promise of the Internet of Things (IoT) to reshape cities,
improve industries, and enrich lives. Schneider Electric
technologies transform the places where people live, work,
and play. To Schneider Electric, ‘Life Is On’ when it is
energised, efficient, and connected. By driving energy
efficiency across the markets, SE helps in solving the
energy paradox: curbing global energy demand while
simultaneously closing the energy gap throughout rural
communities.
Brief us about the CEO/Founder of Schneider Electric
India Private Limited.
Schneider Electric, was founded in 1836 by Eugène
Schneider. Schneider Electric’s present CEO and
Chairman CEO is Jean-Pascal Tricoire.
Schneider Electric India does not have any founder since it
is the Indian arm of Schneider Electric, France. Anil
Chaudhry is Schneider Electric India’s current Country
President and Managing Director.
What benefits are your clients receiving from the company
in the competitive world of Industry?
As one of the leading global specialists in energy
management and automation, we support our clients via a
diverse range of products and services, promoting
innovative solutions that help drive sustainable
development in India and worldwide. Schneider Electric
has multiple products that are bringing together energy,
automation, and software, thereby imparting an edge to
Schneider
Electric India:
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42. clients in today’s ultra-competitive industry scenario. The
EcoStruxure offering our IOT enable offering leverages
cutting edge technology to address industry challenges
across energy, industry, buildings and datacenters.
Besides, Schneider Electric’s innovations revolve around
the core values of safety, reliability, efficiency,
sustainability, and connectivity. These factors can provide a
winning advantage for customers.
What kind of industrial as well as regulatory level
challenges do you face today?
India is well on the way of making it easy to be an
innovative business in India given policy directions like
GST which makes taxes uniform and recent policies which
allow for standards and easier access to energy across the
board.
What kind of ‘out-of-the-box’ strategies is Schneider
Electric India providing for differing from the
competitors?
Ÿ Digitisation is changing the way individuals relate to
each other and the way businesses work. Keeping this
and some other mega trends in mind Schneider Electric
is creating solutions for energy management which are
helping businesses and end customers and keeping Life
on! Some of the recent developments at Schneider
Electric’s end include:
Ÿ System View: Our products are always part of a
modular system: electrical, mechanical, digital. The sum
of the parts always works better together from a
customer application perspective.
Ÿ Digital: We work with our full ecosystem to ensure all
Schneider Electric products are connected with open
protocols and cybersecurity integral to the design. In
this endeavor, we have developed an innovative
technology-EcoStruxure, an architecture and platform
that enables the ability to create an interoperable and
open platform which is IoT enabled.
Ÿ Simple Easy: Simplicity and ergonomic design are
mandatory in all our offers that are intuitive and easy to
design, commission, install, operate, and service.
How do you see the current state of industries?
The meteoric rise of Artificial Intelligence and Big Data
Analytics, among other trends, has increased the
competitiveness of most companies and domains. This will
drive greater disruptions in various industries. While this
may be good for customers, who will benefit from the
additional choices and offers, it will exert pressure on
bottom-lines and trigger more consolidation among
companies.
Where is your company going? What excites you more
about the future?
As countries increase efforts in lowering carbon footprints
and meeting SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals),
companies would be forced to follow suit. Additionally, the
rise of Smart Manufacturing and AI denote an energy
management and automation major such as SE is set to
attract more attention and business globally. Also, digital
transformation is a key area of focus for us. Schneider
Electric has developed innovative technology such as
EcoStruxure which involves innovation at every level
including-IT, buildings, grid, power, machines etc. It is an
interoperable and open platform which is IoT enabled
which improves operational profitability in a measurable,
safe and sustainable way.
Already, Schneider Electric’s positive impact has been
honoured externally by global recognitions. We are proud to
be among the top 25 companies in Fortune magazine’s
Change the World ranking; an Industry leader in the Dow
Jones Sustainability Index; and be of the CDP Climate A
list for the sixth consecutive year, to name a few.
Clearly, our Company is heading in the right direction. With
the NDA Government’s plan for building 100 Smart Cities
and in meeting its climate change SDGs by 2030, we
believe Schneider Electric is poised on the cusp of an
exciting future where business opportunities would abound
in varied geographies.
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44. echnology has brought deep
Tchanges in many industries
and with the advent of modern
media and a well-connected society,
the education industry enables
knowledge transfer from any part of
the world. Unparalleled quality content
and methods of delivery are available
and various private and public colleges
and institutes have welcomed the
changes with open arms and
established newer disciplines to bring
out excellence in education.
Today, we know that the evolution of
digital education is nothing short of a
revolution. From chalk-and-talk
lessons and assisted learning methods
to advanced educational tools, digital
education continues to be the new
wave of learning. A recent report stated
that over 5.8 million students enrolled
for online courses in 2016, which is a
263% increase over the last 12 years.
The proliferation of digital tools,
including apps, tablets and laptops, has
transformed learners’ communication,
engagement, opportunity for
collaboration and feedback, as also
delivery procedures. This is owing to
the fact that the online space is not just
one of the most cost-effective ways to
educate, but is also an appropriate
platform to present a world-class
learning experience to the ever-
expanding workforce.
Many schools and colleges cope with
tight budgets and limited funds since
the delivery of quality education comes
with a price. Instead of compromising
with learning standards, a better way to
manage/realign college affordability
issues is by using technology for
cost-cutting. One persistent challenge
for educational policymakers and
planners related to the potential use of
informational and communication
technologies (ICTs) in remote, low
income communities around the world
is that most products, services, usage
models, expertise, and research related
to ICT use in education come from
high-income contexts and
environments.
Technology has become a key to
success for different sectors.
Importance of education is not hidden
anywhere as it is the necessity in
today’s world. There are various
campaigns that have been initiated in
the name of education. The
government is also taking radical steps
to come up with policies that will help
boost the online education market.
Faster implementation, improved
quality of digital infrastructure and
inexpensive broadband services across
the country will help facilitate the use
of innovative educational tools.
Let’s put some light on these factors
that how education is have more
affordable and available for people.
Easy Access
Due to technology, education has
become accessible in various villages,
towns and cities. There are various
modes such as internet that helps in
improving the academic outcomes.
Numerous websites are associated with
schools, colleges and institutions that
are somewhere helping students who
are getting educated online.
Cost effectiveness
Getting enrolled with premium schools
and colleges are sometimes not
affordable for each and everyone.
The Revolutionary Role
of Technology in the
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45. Internet access and online presence of
education is available for different
people at affordable prices. Companies
provide online education certificates to
students for attending virtual lectures
from experienced professionals. The
requirement of classrooms and space
which incur high costs is kept to the
most minimum.
More Opportunities
As people are getting more
opportunities through online business,
education plays a vital role in building
their career. Access through mobiles,
laptops make very convenient for all of
us to reach education and to get
enrolled with different types of courses
that are not easily available in the
market.
Skill Training
Even online world has enough and
more opportunities for adults as
re-skilling opportunities are enough.
Teaching tech skills, learning new
skills and improving job skills are
some courses that make people more
efficient. By developing education
courses, companies are ensuring that
every student is deserve education for
improvement in nation’s growth.
Automation – Technology can be used
to automate administrative/ process
related role. Humans need this to add
value to the learning process. Though
there are various places that
technology cannot replace. Some of
these are the human touch, warmth,
and empathy.
Better Content Delivery – The
traditional way of content delivery and
learning, i.e. through paper and
printing can be done away with. Cloud
services can help in storage, better
communication, and enhanced
productivity. The printing charges for
textbooks incurred can be saved with
the use of cloud storage. Delivery of
content digitally means no need to
re-print the content to update it. This
means content made once can be used
and upgraded without any hassle and
added cost.
Restructuring the classroom- Ed-tech
is changing the way teachers teach and
students learn. In place of the
traditional brick-and-mortar classroom,
we have witnessed the rise of “flipped
classrooms” leveraging blended online
and offline instructions, where students
watch video lectures at home and do
their “homework” in class.
Skills training- Ed-tech solutions also
provide education to adults who want
to improve their job skills, learn new
skills or receive higher education at a
lower cost. For instance, many online
portals offer affordable higher
education options. Companies provide
massive open online courses that focus
on teaching tech skills needed by the
top employers in the Silicon Valley.
The whole revolution of online
education was devised to create
resources just once and be used
multiple times for the generations to
come, thus saving resources and efforts
while still being personalized. Most of
the impediments to learning can be
cleared off with the use of technology.
Digital innovations in a classroom not
only perfect the process but also help
in the judicious use of resources. This
can help equip a larger numbers of
school students with the job-related
know-how and skills.
Shrutidhar Paliwal
Vice President and Head
Corporate Communication
Aptech Ltd, India
About the Author
Shrutidhar Paliwal is a Senior Corporate Branding
Communications professional expert. He is having vast
20 years of experience. His specialized areas are
Developing Communication strategies (both internal
external) in large organizations. He is responsible for
creating a strategic vision and thought leadership for the
brand, management development of all communication
plans globally. Moreover, he is helping the marketing
retail sales teams on implementing strategies to reach out
to students/parents prospective business partners.
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