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Protecting Schools Through Technology

Manoj Gupta, MD & CEO, Fortune Marketing Private Limited
Fortune Marketing Private Limited is a Rs 600 crore distribution company and distributes brands like Seagate, Norton, Symantec, PNY, HP flash drive, Zoook, Tenda, Creative, Enter, Secureye in Surveillance etc nationally. It has a pan-India presence, having 20 branch offices all cover India. All of them have service centers in order to provide the local support.
Manoj Gupta,  MD & CEO, Fortune Marketing Private Limited
Manoj Gupta,
MD & CEO,
Fortune Marketing Private Limited
Manoj Gupta, MD & CEO
Company Name: Fortune Marketing Private Limited

Year of Inception: 1994
Number of Employees: 390
Management Team
Akhilesh Gupta,
Manish Agarwal &
Ashok Gulati
Head Office
201-202, Gedore House – 51-52,
Nehru Place, Delhi – 110019
Regional Office(s)
Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai,
Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chandigarh,
Ludhiana, Indore, Lucknow,
Ghaziabad, Bhubaneswar
EMail: sales@fortune-it.com
Website: www.fortune-it.com

Products and Solutions

Computer Peripherals, Multimedia, Networking, Surveillance Products, Software & Application Development.

Top Clients

Amazon, Flipkart, Snapdeal, Acer, HP, HCL, Seagate, Max Life, Norton, Symantec, Raidstore

Target Verticals

Education, Hospitality, Hospitals, Life Insurance, B2B & others

Achievements

Distributor of more than 500 products for security surveillance and IT requirements. Absolute supremacy in IP CCTV,Biometric, Access Control, Computer Hardware and Peripherals, Data Storage Solutions, Networking, Mobile Accessories, Audio and Multimedia products and Software products.

Awarded Rookie Of The Year award be Seagate Technologies in recognition of its trading accomplishments since itsinception. Grew by 165 per ent in the 2009-13 period. Distributes products among a massive nationwide network of Re-sellers, System Integrators, LFRs and OEMs with clear business-relations and simpletrade ethics.

Established itself as a trusted supplier and Value-added Distributor of electronic ssecurity and computer hardware products.

USP

  • With an experience of more than two decades in the industry, the
    company has a very strong channel of distributor and dealers all across
    India. Every branch of the company is adequately primed and arranged
    to execute total sale and post-sale support. A regular availability of
    different products coupled with swift operations and logistics and
    proficient back-end workforce are embedded in every centre’s workroutine.
    Engineers and technicians are always keen to tackle and
    correct defects in products to provide customers and channel-partners
    with the brand-aligned quality of service. Fortune Marketing Private
    Limited greatly values its reputation as a distribution company of higher
    echelons with keeping products of immaculate quality in its channel,
    having cross-functional collaboration.

 

 

Breaking Boundaries of Traditional Classroom

Not so long ago, school education was confined within the four walls of a classroom and teaching time was restricted to 6-7 hours. But not anymore. Today, many schools are adopting digital teaching solutions in their curriculum making education more engaging and fun. Here in particular, we will talk about the role of virtual classrooms in redefining the way education is imparted at the school level.

Breaking-Boundaries

Let us start with a particular example of Westmoreland Intermediate Unit #7 (WIUeAcademy), one of the 29 educational agencies in the state of Pennsylvania, that serves seventeen school districts. These schools were looking for a flexible environment where a student could be in a brick-and-mortar school and yet have an option to take advanced online courses offered in other schools. They wanted a platform that allowed real-time interactions between students and teachers, along with advanced content sharing tools and the option to record classes.

Their search soon lead them to WizIQ. Tim Hammill, Director of WIUeAcademy says, “With WizIQ Virtual Classroom, we could see the possibilities straight away. We wanted something where teachers could connect with students in real-time and teach classes just as they would in the traditional classroom. They could even record their classes. All this without teachers or students having to download any software. The quality of the support really helped us in going forward with the implementation and the response from the teachers has been enthusiastic.”

Here are a few ideas that can be used by schools in India to integrate virtual classroom technology in their teaching system:
Live teacher- student interaction after school hours and during vacations: Virtual classrooms provide a unique opportunity to enable real time teacherstudent interaction even after school hours. Students can get homework help from teachers and even participate in real time doubt-clearing sessions during exams. Also, during summer vacations and situations where schools have to be shut down due to extreme climatic conditions, virtual classrooms provide an excellent means for teachers and students to remain connected and involved in educational activities.

Access to teachers from all over the world: Virtual classrooms allow schools to arrange guest lectures by superior faculty available across the globe. This enables students to get more exposure Even teachers, reluctant to travel or shift to the school location, get a chance to pick up the teaching opportunity that they wouldn’t have done otherwise.

Virtual exchange programmes: Virtual classrooms enable schools to conduct web-based exchange programs that are much more affordable and sustainable than their traditional counterpart. These cross-cultural education programs allow students from different parts of the world to interact with each other, gain exposure and increase their understanding and tolerance of other cultures without having to travel anywhere.

How WizIQ makes it possible

WizIQ Virtual Classroom is the best online software for conducting highly engaging live online classes from anywhere, anytime. Teachers can easily use the platform to explore ideas or share curriculum with students. The classroom is equipped with:

  • Interactive whiteboards to write or draw anything
  • 6-way video and unlimited audio channels for real-time audiovisual communication
  • Breakout rooms and screen sharing to enable peer collaboration and synchronous learning
  • Intuitive feedback methods for students
  • Content library to store and share files of almost any format.
  • Online tests to assess understanding of students
  • Video streaming for teachers to share videos with students
  • Multi-lingual interface supporting 19 different languages

WizIQ is being used by over 290,000 educators and 3.7 million learners in more than 100 countries across the world. The platform hosts more than 4500 live classes daily and has already served over 1 billion minutes of live online learning.
In case you have any query or interest to adopt WizIQ in your teaching, you can reach out to Kalyan Sarkar, Director, Academic Liaisons, WizIQ.com at kalyan@ wiziq.com.

A Teacher-Driven Platform for the World

Harman Singh
Harman Singh, MD & CEO, WizIQ
Founded in 2007, WizIQ is an online education platform that connects educators and learners for live and self-paced courses. It offers comprehensive online teaching system and is the only global education marketplace to offer live instructor-led online courses.
Harman Singh
Harman Singh,
MD & CEO,
WizIQ

 WizIQ Virtual Classroom provides all the features needed to simulate face-to-face classroom experience like audio/video chat, whiteboards, screen sharing, tests, and more. WizIQ enables instructors to include a variety of courseware and nearly any file type in their curricula, like Word, PDF, PPT, audio and video files. WizIQ for Organizations empowers organisations to run effective online teaching programs by allowing multiple teacher accounts. Easy plug-ins are available for integrating the WizIQ Virtual Classroom with websites or LMS like Moodle, Sakai, Joomla, and more. Educators can list their courses on Wiz- IQ Learning Marketplace for a minimal service fee or host private instruction for students for free, or by taking advanced packages with subscription fee. WizIQ platform is also ideal for corporations and organisations to provide employee training, hold webinars, or host Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). With its multifaceted online education software, 24/7 support, Android and iPad apps, multilingual interface and a wealth of interactive learning tools, WizIQ has revolutionised global online education. WizIQ is being used by 290,000 educators and 3.7 million registered learners in over 100 countries.

Harman Singh, MD & CEO
Company Name: WizIQ

Year of Inception: 2007
Management Team
Harman Singh,
Gurjinder Singh Brar,
Rahul Singh
Head Office
authorGEN Technologies Pvt. Ltd,
C-133, Second Floor, Phase-8
Industrial area, Mohali, H.P.
Website: www.wiziq.com
Target Verticals:
•Individual Teachers and Trainers
• Colleges and Universities
• Tutoring Companies
• Test-prep Companies

Products and solutions

• Campus/ School Management Systems
• Educational content and curriculum
• Education ICT equipments
• Classroom infrastructure for schools
and universities
• Engineering technologies
• Open and distance learning providers
• Tests and assessments
• Online education portal
• Skill development

Top clients

IITs; ISB Hyderabad; ISM Dhanbad;
IIM Indore; SNDT Women’s University;
Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra
Open University; Amity University; VIT
Vellore; Symbiosis Centre for Distance
Learning; Kansas Correction Centre

 

Achievements

  • ‘Best Innovation in Open and Distance Learning’ at World Education
    Awards 2011
  • ‘Best Education Webinar Series’ award at Indian Education
    Congress 2012
  • ‘Best Virtual Classroom Provider’ for 2012 to 2014 at Global
    e-Learning Awards and World Education Awards
  • Used by 290,000 educators and 3.7 million registered learners

 

 

Online Tool to Manage Schools

My Classboard is an online school management administrative software for schools that automates the entire process of running their institution.

Ajay It offers an interactive, realtime medium to execute the functions of the institution. Be it a small school, college with thousands of students, university or a group of institutions located in multiple cities, MyClassboard gives you the capability of conveniently managing all operations. It integrates all the processes, departments, and functions of an institution by consolidating information on a central server, making the functioning more organised and streamlined, thus ensuring an increase in efficiency due to enhanced productivity. Leveraging the power of cloud computing, My Classboard gives institutions access to all the data of their institution at anytime, anyplace. Powerful reporting and analysis features coupled with a communication suite that is integrated throughout the tool formidably support your everyday functions.

Ajay Sakhamuri, MD & CEO
Company Name: 
My Classboard Educational Solutions Private Limited

Year of Inception: 2009
Number of Employees: 45
Leadership Team
Ajay Sakhamuri,
Ravindra Chowdary,
Dodla Srikanth
Regional Office(s)
Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore
Head Office
2nd Floor, Cyber view towers, Vittal
Rao Nagar, Madhapur, Hyderabad, A.P
EMail: info@myclassbaord.com
Website: www.myclassboard.com
Customer support: 044 23725453

Products and Services

MyClassboard’s school management software system is a web-based global application that helps in managing student data in schools, colleges and universities, or for that matter, in any educational institution located in multiple cities. It has found a wide industry acceptance owing to the fact that that it can be used from anywhere and at any time by various systems for multi purposes. School management software services are online admission, data storage, grade book, E-learning, attendance, schedule management, student performance track, accounting and reporting.

Product Category

ERP solution providers

Top Clients

• Gowtham Model School
• Ryan international Schools
• Sri Gyatri Group of Institutions
• Calorx Group
• Silver Oaks
• Sentia
• Orchids
• Oi Play Schools
• Chennai Public Schools
• Delhi Public School

Target Verticals

Pre-schools, day care schools, CBSE, ICSE, IGCSE and IB schools.

Business Highlights and Achievements
  • More than 500 clients across India
  • Over one million users in the educational industry
  • Complete online solutions providing login ids to every stakeholder
    of a school
  • Providing end to end solutions for every kind of school

Simplifying the Workflow

iterate India Private Limited (IIPL) was founded in 1986. Prior to becoming a private limited company, Iterate was functioning as Technocrats Business Data Center since 1982. 

BrijeshIterate started with 4 persons and has now expanded to 125 plus members. Iterate started with IT jobs for state level universities and gradually entered into the automobile, higher education, LIC, nationalised banks, hospitality and manufacturing sectors. Iterate has the exposure on developing software from initial level languages and database like Basic, Dbase and Foxpro level to latest platforms on Oracle Forms, Microsoft Dot Net, C# and Android technologies. Core focus of Iterate has been in developing solutions for education sector which is testified by its products STAM and UniERP.

Brijesh Nigam, Director / CEO
Company Name
iterate India Pvt Ltd

Year of Inception: 1986
Number of Employees: 125
Management Team
Mukesh Nigam (Head of Operations (Marketing & Administration), Shakti Swaroop Nailwal (General Manager), Anugrah Saxena (General Manager)
Head Office F-6, Sector- 3, Noida- 201301, Uttar Pradesh, Noida
EMail: info@iterate.in
Website: www.iterate.in
Target Verticals: Education, Automobiles, Hospitality & Real Estate

Products and Services

  • STAM – Student Admission & Examination Management System
  • UniERP – University ERP
  • CoReM – Customer Relation Management (CRM) System
  • ClubM – Club Management System
  • DMS – Dealer Management System (Automotive sector)
  • FA – Financial Accounting Software
  • IFC- Instant Feed Online Card
  • SMS Engine
  • SaSe – Sales and Service System (Heavy and Light industries)
  • Tally Interface Engine
  • VeTrac – Vehicle and Product Track
  • WASI – Warehouse Stock & Inventory HHDC System
  • Real Estate Management
  • Compactor – Consolidation of Sites Data on Central Server
  • Hospital Management

Top clients

Over 2000 installations and the client list includes Chhatrpati Shahu ji Maharaj University, Kanpur; Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia National Law University, Lucknow; Lucknow University, Lucknow; CS Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur; Narendra Deva University of Agriculture & Technology, Faizabad; Institute of Driving and Traffic Research, New Delhi; Chevrolet Sales India Private Limited; Maruti Suzuki India Limited; Unitech Limited, New Delhi.

USP of Iterate

Commitment to deliver the right product.

Business Highlights and Achievements

  • STAM has been successfully implemented at Dr Ram Manohar LohiaNational Law University, Lucknow
  • UniERP has been implemented at a state level university.
  • Workshop and Dealer Management Software systems implemented atmore than 2,000 automobile dealerships and workshops in India and abroad.
  • Ware House Management software developed and implemented at avery large warehouse in Nigeria.

ERP- A One Stop Solution

Many business houses in India are still owned by a single entity with the sole motto of profitmaximisation at every level and are run like a personal fiefdom with reckless and inconsequential labour laws. But things have started to change in education sector on account of many factors viz, a growing demand and enormous business opportunities. What drives this is technological solutions that is slowly revolutionising the education ecosystem at primary, secondary and higher levels.

An Education ERP system creates a single version of the system because everyone uses the same system. Education ERP improves workflow and the efficiency of an organisation. As India is one of fastest growing economies, both parents are working or living far away from the institution, frequent personal visits to the institution is no easy task. ERP enables them to have a closer look at their ward’s performance. At the institution level, ERP operates at two levels.

The first is academic which is aimed at improving the teaching and learning process and helps teachers to share their best with their students using articles, online exams and forums. The second and equally important function of ERP is commercial and begins with reaching out to prospective students, enrollment, revenue collection and fund raising by students as alumini. In all this, workflow processes move more rapidly than with traditional paper methods. Other takeaways for the educational institutions are data duplication, removal of human errors, and automation of routine tasks.

The Indian market was estimated at Rs 400 billion in 2011 and is anticipated to achieve at a CAGR of 25 per cent to reach Rs 1000 billion by 2015. In fact, many global firms today want to be in India and be part of the renewed vigour and thrust by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Digital India that aims to connect 1.2 billion plus Indians and delivering quality education in the hinterland and the otherwise inaccessible corners of India.

An Integrated Solution Specialist

Established in 1998, TRS Forms and Services Pvt Ltd is a leading (ITES) provider of data capturing & imaging services to business stalwarts across various sectors in India, bringing technology and innovation into managing, processing and enhancing customer competitiveness.

Subramanian Pioneer then and a market leader today, TRS Forms made the first introduction of barcodes for dummy numbering in universities, a method which is now being popularly followed all over India. A step ahead, they also introduced the eSekure Mark as the ultimate security feature for universities. The usual Indian dummy numbering system for subjective exams was transformed with the entry of FireEye scanner, an innovation possible only due to the high-end research and development competence by TRS Forms, which could combine numbering, scanning and data capturing in a single pass. As an integrated solution specialist, TRS uses OMR, OCR and ICR methods in providing globally accepted advanced technology and customised support to Government departments, educational institutions, market research firms, healthcare, banking, insurance sector and manufacturing industries.

N Subramanian, Managing Director
Company Name
TRS Forms And Services Private
Limited

Year of Inception: 1998
Number of Employees:30
Leadership Team
N Subramanian
R Swaminathan
Sarang Gangan
M Ravichandran
V Jayaraman
Number of Employees: 150
Head Office
23, Chakrapani Street, West
Mambalam, Chennai – 600 033
Phone: 0442372545
EMail: subu@trsforms.com
Website: www.trsforms.com
Customer support : 044 23725453

Products and Solutions

OMR: Sales and service of OMR scanners. Scanning services using OMR scanners.
ICR/OCR software: Represent ABBYY software in India for the ICR / OCR software.
FireEye: A patent registered product of TRS. Helps in automating post exam dummy numbering for all universities. It helps in fast turnaround of results with high level of accuracy. It is a must for every Indian University
eMarquer: It is an online evaluation solution that integrates Scanning (Digitizing), Indexing & Valuation of subjective answer sheets with acute precision. It is available on Intranet or Internet Environment.
eSekure: A path-breaking solution that offers dual benefits of creating 100% tamper proof document and offering a real time verification of the same. eSekure stores data in a non-replicable, encrypted security mark that can be verified by users anytime through a web portal. The verification is enabled without any access to database for fetching the data.
eXtractpro+: A OMR software helps in extracting OMR data from images. Is a unique product in that category and can really simulate the OMR scanner.

Target Vertical

Education, Corporate and Government

Top Clients

• CBSE • ICAI • ICSI • Institute of Cost Accountant • Common Admission cell, Bangalore • CET, Bangalore • KPSC, Bangalore • KSEEB, Bangalore • Open University, Chennai • Tamil Nadu Law University • Karanataka Law University

Business Highlights and Achievements

  • Have been consistently involved in Research and Development
  • All the products or solutions that TRS offers is original and a resultof high-end R&D
  • Have pioneered many technology-based solutions in India
  • Have registered patent and IP products on hand

Creating Innovative Learning Environment

New Alfa Infotec is a USAbased company striving to offer solutions that focus on schools, colleges and other educational as well as training institutions. 

AmarjitThe company is working in close collaboration with renowned manufactures from across the globe with an objective to proffer customised solutions. The company has a strong and reliable network of engineers across India. New Alfa Infotec has a vision to render world class education products that can help students grow. The company craves to create a learning environment that empowers students for the better and bright future; where innovation becomes the norm and students develop skills that help them stay ahead in this highly competitive world.

Amarjit Singh, Managing Director
Company Name
New Alfa Infotec Pvt Ltd

CEO: Kirandeep Kaur
General Manager
Bilal Saifi
Year of Inception: 2008
Number of Employees:30
Head Office
205, Saraswati House, 27, Nehru
Place, New Delhi 110019
Tel No: 011-41030557
EMail:
info@alfa-infotec.com
Website:
www.alfa-infotec.com
Phone No:
079-30451451
Customer support
Sale: 8130396276After sales: 8130396282

Products and Solutions

  • Interactive white board 78 inch, 92
    inch and 102 inch ( Ceramic Surface)
  • Interactive white board 78 inch, 92 Inch
    and 102 inch (Non ceramic Surface)
  • Interactive white board pen touch
  • Kids touch table
  • Visual presenter A 61i
  • Visual presenter A 15i
  • 32 & 42 inch touch screen
  • Interactive panel
  • Interactive wireless pad
  • Response System
  • Projectors etc

Target Vertical

K-12 Schools, Universities, Colleges and Institutes

Top Clients

  • APJ School, Jalandhar
  • Shemford & Shemrock chain of schools
  • Rising Star Pre primary Army school
  • CCAS Jain Senior Secondary school
    Haryana
  • Airforce School, Suratgarh
  • Army School, Punjab
  • DPS, Jodhpur
  • Holy Public school, Agra
  • Vikas Valley School, Dehradun
  • Navyug S S School, Bahadurgarh
  • S Chand Group and MBD Group
  • St Zaviers School
USP
  • The only Indian company giving ceramic surface, which is scratchproof, fire proof, and bacteria resistant
  • Normal white board marker pen also works with iTouch Interactive boards
  • I touch Interactive Boards Come with 3 years onsite warranty toensure smooth running of classrooms
  • Free educational content for K-12 classes with our boards

Virtual Classrooms — Future of Education

It is often said that schooling is about 21st century learners being taught by 20th century teachers with 19th century infrastructure and curriculum. To take the reach of education to a much higher percentage, we have to make use of Information Communication Technology and break our conventional comfort zones for imparting knowledge and learning.

Virtual-Classrooms

Indian Government is planning to set up virtual classrooms and online courses for school education, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley informed during his budget speech for the year 2014-15. Jaitley has proposed an allocation of Rs 100 crore for this initiative. BJP, in its 2014 election manifesto, had said that this initiative would make it convenient for working class people and housewives to improve their knowledge and qualifications.

Education has taken a quantum leap with the Internet, breaking classroom barriers and introducing students to a whole range of courses for upgrading themselves, which are also more affordable and accessible. In an IT savvy country like India, virtual classrooms assume a whole new value.

MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) that are, so far free, have generated a new wave in an education environment highly dissatisfied with the state of college education. The move is set to get a further push with India and the US looking to partner in this domain. In 2012, online education enrollment witnessed a 21 per cent growth rate in India compared to a paltry 2 per cent growth rate in higher education. What goes without saying is that the easy access to technological services is the main reason behind this.

Another critical factor is that the requirement for trained engineers and technologists is far more than the number of qualified graduates that India’s technical institutions currently produce. It is imperative that institutions like IITs, IISc, NITs and other leading universities in India disseminate teaching/learning content of high quality through all available media like virtual classrooms.

It may be mentioned that the previous government had also launched an open repository for school education called National Repository of Open Educational Resources (NROER) in August last year. This repository included concept maps, videos, audio clips, talking books, multimedia, learning objects, photographs, diagrams, charts, articles, Wikipages and textbooks for all grades in multiple languages. Students could search or browse through concepts from various subjects from elementary and secondary level education. They could also comment on them and contribute to the repository.

A good example of extending training with virtual classrooms can be found at Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), where audio-visual facilities were set up in 400 civic-run schools across the city at a cost of Rs 27 crore last year. A brain child of Uddhav Thackeray, the initiative’s aim was to teach students in a fun-filled manner, which, in turn, would put a check on poor attendance.

India needs to take the virtual classrooms to each and every sphere of education to take India to the next level as far as learning, knowledge and skills are concerned.

Breaking Barriers in Learning and Education

Educational technology aspires to serve certain identified educational goals and the audio-visual materials, comprising interactive whiteboards, data scanning, imaging, software solutions, projectors etc, are a very powerful tool towards taking education forward.

Breaking-Barriers India is now the world’s fastest growing market for audio visual equipment, a study by industry association Infocomm has suggested. As a result of spending in various sectors, including education, the audio visual (AV) market in India is expected to show a high compounded annual growth rate of 25 per cent to touch $5.1 billion by 2015.

In fact, the importance of audio-visual materials in the teaching and learning processes cannot be over emphasised. Experts claim that till very recently, universities were not keen to spend money on audio visual equipments, but in the last few years, there has been a rise in the demand of these products, thanks to the increasing awareness in the industry.

However, one cannot overrule the fact that AV medium in India is still not as exploited and utilised as other developed parts of the world. The stumbling blocks are many. In a developing country like India, these are the lack of funds, attitude of teachers and school management, inappropriate teacher training programmes, selecting the appropriate Audio Visual aid for classroom etc.

AV has a long history in India. It can be traced to the launch of the Indian National Satellite (INSAT) in 1980, and its availability for educational purposes, which led the Ministry of Education to take over the production of educational television programmes for transmission via Doordarshan. With today’s population explosion, technology is the only means to make education accessible to as many as possible.

It may be mentioned that projectors are one of the most commonly used AV tools. In one or two years, the use of projectors will become a common thing. About 50 per cent of projectors sold globally go to classrooms, and in any technically- enabled classroom, 25 per cent of the budget goes in projectors.

The huge impact of initiatives of the government like Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan on the education industry in various states is leading to the purchases of projectors for government schools.

The concept of ‘Learning without burden’ can be realised in totality through the help of AV medium. As the world of education shrinks in size, thanks to science and technological developments, the Indian education scenario/market can turn into a completely new leaf.

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