In India, there are thousands of students confused about their career path, or worried about following their passion. Adding to it, many of them are either unprepared for entering the work world or have limited practical exposure. In the present times, most of the students and professionals are keen to enhance their skills. They are aware that doing so will provide them with better career prospects as recruiters prefer hiring employees that are skilled and possess domain expertise.
Because Edtech firms strive to deliver application-based education that is mostly digitally driven with a strong focus on generating job-ready persons, here are 5 Edtech platforms that will assist you in upgrading your skills:
upGrad
UpGrad provides programs in Data Science, Technology, Management and Law, to students, working professionals and enterprises. Upgrad programs are designed and delivered in collaboration with top universities like the IIT Madras, MICA, NMIMS Global Access, Jindal Global Law School, Duke CE, Deakin University, Liverpool John Moores University and others. This tech platform focuses to provide students with an industry-relevant curriculum, strong mentorship, and placement support.
Talerang
Talerang started as an independent research project at Harvard Business School. Talerang provides high-quality solutions to India’s work-readiness crisis. It offers career training to students and professionals to create a work-ready India. Talerang’s online model offers a variety of industry recognised certificate programs, with access to internship and job opportunities at their 350+ corporate partners. Talerang’s training methodology integrates live training with Harvard cases, proprietary assessments, interaction with guest speakers, industry exposure, custom learning journeys, training on 21st century hard skills, soft skills, and personal mentoring for holistic professional development. Students feel a 53% increase in their work readiness journey with the impact of Talerang. Talerang online programs offer exclusive opportunities to work with over 350 of the best companies in India including the Aditya Birla Group, Foxymoron, Teach For India, Mahindra Group, Avaana Capital, Z3 Capital, Godrej, and more. So far Talerang has impacted ~2mn students (from high school to professionals), helping them prepare for their careers, both online and offline.
ICRI – Online Learning Academy
ICRI Online learning company is a fast-growing, futuristic Edtech platform that seeks to transform the landscape of learning in India and abroad. Founded in 2018 by Mrs. Sukriti Duggal, the firm projects her ambition of providing upskilling and industry-oriented learning opportunities to youth across the globe to enhance their employability quotient. This they seek to do through the wide range of comprehensive courses that they offer in a variety of fields including Life Sciences, Aviation, Technology, Logistics Management, Clinical Research, and Healthcare Management.
The organization is committed to ensuring career growth through its placement-oriented, industry-focused programs. Additionally, they seek to make the youth of India aware of the size and the opportunity of employment and growth that such sectors offer, both in India and in foreign lands.
Eruditus
Eruditus and its online division Emeritus, partners with more than 30 universities to date, including MIT, Columbia, Harvard, Cambridge, INSEAD, Wharton, UC Berkeley, INCAE, IIT, IIM, NUS and HKUST, offer more than 100 courses has a course completion rate of 85-90 percent, with offices in Mexico and Shanghai. Some of the courses in high demand include digital skills, digital strategy, AI and data science skills, Python, Machine learning, fintech, blockchain and cybersecurity.
Coursera
Coursera offers world-class training and development programs developed by top universities and companies. There are 4,000 courses on this platform, from over 200 universities and companies, including Yale, Google and the University of Pennsylvania. There are several types of courses and programs offered: Regular courses, specializations, professional certificates, master track certificates and online degrees from universities.
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