SME WORLD Bureau
March, 2015
Intellipaat is the brainchild of co-founders Diwakar Chittora and Shilpi Jain, two techies who embarked on their maiden entrepreneurial journey with a mission, to provide best learning experience to everyone at lowest price. The life partners inked a professional partnership in the year 2011 and established Intellipaat Software Solutions Private Limited in Jaipur, India.
Today, Intellipaat is an established name in the field of e-learning and online training courses. Armed with a team of highly experienced industry experts as trainers, Intellipaat enjoys an edge over others in the way the courses are designed. The scientifically designed courses emphasize 60% on projects-based assignments, quizzes and hands-on exercisesand 40% on theory sessions. This technique of approach has facilitated the learners to get familiarize with the on-job demands and get started without much hassles.
There were two strong reasons that inspired Diwakar and Shilpi to venture into e-learning field. Before donning the entrepreneurial cap, the co-founders worked as software consultants for various organizations across the globe. While collaborating with different teams in the companies, they realized that the personnel either lacked skills or have not upgraded their skills as per the demands of the market. As they say, where there is dearth there is also an opportunity. They recognized the potential of e-learning and online courses for such busy professionals who may not find enough time to upgrade their skills. They also interacted with aspiring professionals and students who are eager to learn cutting-edge technologies that can propel their career growth.
It was also the time when there seemed to be a universal agreement worldwide that e-learning has been evolving fast and wouldgrow significantly in the coming years with a market share of $51.6 billion by 2016. According to a recent study, the high growth rate so far has been in Asia at 17.3% followed by Eastern Europe, Africa, and Latin America at 16.9%, 15.2% and 14.6% respectively. India is a huge market for e-learning servicers given the strong workforce in IT and IT-enabled services worldwide.
are showing their inclination towards e-learning for three basic reasons:
Speed of implementation
Savings on capital expenditures
Savings in terms of operational expenses
ough Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana for accidental death cover of Rs. 2 lakhs on payment of a meager Rs. 12/ year. These businesses can buy cover for all their employees at a marginal cost.
The budget clearly points towards more investment and savings rather than giving a slew of subsidies and obscure schemes which rarely reach the intended parties. How this government truly executes the budget will be the deal maker.
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