How important has e-learning become to the enterprises?
Today, most of the industries are witnessing robust growth. Acquiring talent and managing attrition have become top management priorities. At the same time, training the workforce and performance management are key enablers for corporates. It is in this light that e-learning is considered to be a panacea for chief learning officers. E-learning tools help enterprises track employee performance and do assessments.
They leverage technology by using the web as their medium, creating a virtual classroom. They provide access to thousands of employees scattred across geographies.
What growth do you expect in the e-learning space in India?
We have seen an increased demand for e-learning in India. However, this is just the beginning, and professional e-learning services will be in substantial demand in the years to come. Barring top of the league organizations in India, e-learning tools are hardly put to a structure use.
Since all segments are witnessing good growth, the need will be felt across the board. The need will be for a whole range of services and products. Companies will require LMS, off-the-shelf courseware, and custom courseware for their proprietary needs. They will need such courses in 8-10 foreign languages, which their workforce uses in day-to-day communications.
Which vertical has been the major growth driver for your organization?
Our major growth has come from the IT, ITeS, and manufacturing segment. Since we have domain knowledge in IT, we are able to work with Indian IT biggies to make courseware for their techies.
What are your products and solutions across various verticals?
We have launched Learning Brix, a versatile solution that can easily integrate audio, text, streaming video, and images. It is a powerful tool and its ability to render content in multiple languages for a global workforce is an asset. We also offer U360 an LMS partnering with RWD technologies. Along with Uperform, We provide a end-to-end services for Indian Customers. Our custom content services specialize in a couple of verticals. We would like to engage in more segments including retail.