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Pearson For Higher Education

dlEducating 100 million people worldwide, Pearson Education is the world’s biggest education company. Pearson Education’s solutions cover a wide spectrum of subjects including business, technology, sciences, law and the humanities. They include books and resources that help students learn, teachers teach, and professionals evolve throughout their careers. Pearson Education India specialises in the publication of academic and reference books in the fields of computer science, engineering, business and management, professional and trade, higher education and competitive examination preparation books. Pearson Education India is also India’s foremost publisher in the school segment (K-12), with book lists in English language teaching (ELT), the humanities, sciences and mathematics, from primary to senior secondary classes. Pearson is also a leader in providing electronic learning programmes and test development, processing and scoring services to educational institutions, corporations and professional bodies around the world. Pearson leads the world in the field of education in the following ways:
• Number 1 in content, testing and technology in school and higher education globally ?
• 18 million US school students learn English and Math with a Pearson program ?
• 18 million college students use Pearson’s online services worldwide ?
• Leading school testing company worldwide marking over 50 million exam scripts Our experience covers the full range of educational services, all underpinned by sophisticated digital technology, including: ?
• Assessment, testing and measurement services
• Distance learning • Educational technology and
e-learning
• English language teaching
• Reform and curriculum development
• Professional teacher development and educational leadership training
• Teaching and learning resources and materials
• Vocational qualifications. Every day all over the world our products and services help learning flourish, and wherever learning flourishes, so do people. company Close Up ?
• 100 million students around the world learn English with Pearson ? The world leader in computer sciences and technology publishing ?
• Leading company in testing professionals, including nurses, securities dealers, UK drivers and business school applicants Leading the way with technology that improves learning by integrating it into everything that we do. Our leading ‘MyLab’ and ‘Mastering online’ learning products create customised courses that change as a student progresses, enabling them to learn more quickly and efficiently. Online resources let teachers track student progress, assess their understanding and identify areas for further study.

Benefiting more than 2.1 Million Classrooms

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Company Name SMART Technologies (India) CEO Neil Gaydon
Year of Inception: 1987 Head Office SMART Technologies 3636 Research Road NW Calgary, AB T2L 1Y1, Canada
India Ofiice 417, DLF Tower A, Plot No.10, Jasola District Centre, Jasola New Delhi – 110027 India
Email: SMARTIndia@smarttech.com
Website: www.smarttech.com/in
Customer support 18001033938

SMART Technologies Inc is a leading provider of collaboration solutions that transform the way the world works and learns. We believe that collaboration and interaction should be easy. As the global leader in interactive whiteboards, we bring more than two decades of collaboration research and development to a broad range of easy-touse, integrated solutions. The solutions aim at freeing the people from their desks and computer screens, so collaborating and learning with digital resources are more natural. The company introduced the world’s first interactive whiteboard in 1991 and remains the global product category leader, providing easy-to-use, integrated products and services. SMART products are used in over 2.1 million classrooms and more than 40 million students benefit from them. Award-winning SMART Notebook collaborative learning software is currently used by more than 5 million people around the world. SMART’s superior solutions and technology roadmap is built on strong base of innovation with hundreds of patents granted and pending internationally. SMART is headquartered in Calgary, Canada with offices around the globe.

Business Highlights
More than 2.3 million SMART Board interactive whiteboards have been installed globally in education, business and government settings, with over two million installed in K–12 classrooms, reaching more than 40 million students and their teachers. SMART Notebook collaborative learning software has been downloaded by more than six million users in over 175 countries around the world.

Products and Solutions
SMART Class, SMART Classroom, Collaborative learning software, Interactive whiteboards, Interactive flat panels, Interactive Projector, Interactive Table, Interactive pen displays, Student Response Systems, Audio Enhancement Systems, Document Camera, Conferencing Software, A full line of Interactive learning Softwares and more.
Target Vertical
Education and Business Clients
• Smt Sulochanadevi Singhania School, Mumbai
• Chennai Public School, Chennai
• VidyaMandir Senior Secondary School, Chennai
• Lawrence School, Kormangla, Bangalore
• Delhi Public School, R K Puram, Delhi
• Ebenezer Marcus Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Chennai
• Ascend International School, Mumbai
• D B Science College, Gondya, Nagpur
• Manav Rachna International School, Faridabad
• RBK International Academy, Mumbai

Innovative ICT Solutions

Ravi Putta,
Managing Director

Company Name
Agile Learning Pvt Ltd

Leadership Team
Ravi Putta, Managing Director (India) Chetan Babu, Head of Technology/IT

Year of Inception: 2003

Website: www.agilelearning.com


Head Office

209 Prajay Corporate
House,Chikoti Gardens,
Begumpet,
Hyderabad -16
Tel: +91-40-66319430

Contact Person for
Clarifications

Bharat H Patil, GM,
Sales and Marketing,
Tel: +91-40-66207462
Fax: +91-40-66319429
Sreenivas Indraganti,
Manager – Operations Tel: +91-40-40040607

 The Agile Learning is a pre–eminent provider of ICT solutions and training to the public sector. The company has been recognised by entities such as UNDP as having developed the most innovative ICT solutions for the public sector. Agile Learning has been selected by various ministries and partners to provide training in the usage of ICT in an educational context in over a dozen countries. Agile has been recognised by entities such as the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) for having developed “the most innovative and comprehensive technology applications” for their projects. Microsoft selected Agile’s educational administration and management solution as a “Best Practice ICT Solution for Governments” in 2008. In its most recent business opportunity, Agile has just been selected to replace the UNESCO Education Management Information System that is currently being used in Uganda. The UNESCO EMIS has historically been a solution that is used in many ‘developing world’ countries.

Business Collaborationsa

With USAID, World Bank, UNDP, DFID, SIDA, Microsoft, Cisco, AED/FHI, and Creative Associates.

Products and solutions

Education Management Information System (EMIS), SMS EXAM Results Publication, School Administrationand Management System (SAMS),Agile EMIS-Lite and M&E Solutions, Training and Capacity Building Consultancy in the following areas :

• Basic ICT Training
• Teacher training – Integrating ICT in the Classroom for Teaching and Learning (Administration, Management and Content)
• Teacher training – Monitoring Learning Achievement
• School Managers – Using ICT for School Management
• Education Management Information Systems – Training National and Decentralized Public Sector Managers
• GIS Systems
• Change Management
• Database Development
• Using ICT to Improve Monitoring and Evaluation in the Public Sector
• Harmonization of M&E Programs

Target Vertical Education

Providing an Edge to Educators

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Sanjaya Sharma, CEO
Company Name
Tata Interactive Systems
Management Team
Amita Karia, CFO
Head Office
Leela Business Park, Andheri Kurla Road, Andheri (E), Mumbai 400059, Maharashtra, India Tel: +91 22 6643 8000
Regional Office(s)
Kolkata (Domestic) / Boston,Chicago, Dubai, London, New Jersey, New York, Toronto, Tubingen, Washington DC, Zurich (International)
Sales and after-sales support 1-800-2099022
Website: www.tataclassedge.com

A good teacher knows that teaching is the art of helping students discover things.dl And the best way to do this is to get them involved in the learning process. Tata ClassEdge, a holistic educational solution from Tata Interactive Systems, reflects this understanding of the teaching- learning process. Tata ClassEdge is designed to help teachers deliver high quality instruction, with an effective blend of classroom activities and interactive multimedia. Based on the Multiple Learning Experiences (M-LEx) Model, an instructional framework developed by Tata Interactive Systems, Tata ClassEdge aims to enhance students’ social and thinking skills, while ensuring a thorough understanding of the curriculum content.

USP
• Engaging multimedia formats, including 3D animations, games, interactive tools and virtual labs
• Lesson plans and multimedia from KG to 12th
• Content mapped to each school’s particular textbook
• A platform for continuous evaluation and practice
• Real time content updates

Business Highlights and achievements Global Leadership – Tata Interactive Systems has been a global leader in the design and development of eLearning for more than two decades, having won a number of international awards and nominations including Brandon Hall, APEX, BETT, BIMA, Codie, WOLCE, and others. TIS has the privilege of working with reputed international educational publishers in developing cutting-edge technology-enabled learning solutions, including virtual laboratories and online educational tools.
Products and Solutions Learning Solutions and products
Target Vertical K-12 Schools

Rationalising Academic Research in the Country

In a recent development, MHRD has decided to constitute a committee to drive up the research performance of academic Institutions. This is a welcome step, because as India moves in the global knowledge economy, the country will have to improve its research capacity and performance, and this can only be done by targeted and competitive research. This initiative of the MHRD will bring an end to the random disbursement and we can expect a rather selective and efficient approach in allocation of research support for academic institutions.

Chairman of the Centre’s Department of Biotechnology will head the 18-member committee that has been proposed by MHRD for this purpose. The committee will also have former heads of UGC, AICTE, and NCL. The heads of NAAC, NBA, IISc Bangalore and JNU are among other educational establishments that will be part of the committee. Some of the key objectives before the committee will be to review existing arrangement for funding of research, both core funding of research–facilities, infrastructure and project funding in academic institutions–to identify gaps and create a framework to evaluate research and rankings.

This issue of digitalLEARNING being our annual directory edition has a holistic coverage of the education space in the country. We have endeavoured to cover the views of the key academics who are engaged in providing education to our boys and girls in schools and colleges, and also the private sector companies that are revolutionising the education solutions through their new technologies and systems. Our interaction with the academia and the industry throws light on the ways by which the teaching systems are getting transformed. One key issue that emerges is the need to bridge the academiaindustry gap. Lot of efforts are being made for achieving this objective, but we need to work further on this aspect.

You will agree that in an increasingly competitive era, skills have become an important determinant. We have an interesting article on this subject, which throws light on the strategies that the industry and the institutions are adopting to provide latest skills related learning to the students. This issue of digitalLEARNING also has an insight of the higher education space. It is of interest to note that there has been a steady growth of universities in India from 343 in 2004-05 to 610 in 2012-13. And it now seems that India could soon emerge as the university capital of the world. Our large youth population is sure to benefit from the rise of so many universities.

In November we are having a Vice Chancellor’s conclave in scenic locale of Goa. Vice Chancellors from eminent institutions across the country will gather in Goa for a two-day conclave where views will be exchanged on ways by which we can have better educational outcomes in our universities. The leaders of the private sector companies that are engaged in developing solutions for education will also be there to contribute to the discussion. As education is a universal subject, the outcomes of the conclave will be applicable to all parts of the country.

India to have 50 New Educational DTH Channels Soon

The HRD Ministry will be launching 50 DTH educational channels. Secretary (HE) Ashok Thakur said that these channels will be different from the existing programmes on air including Gyan Darshan as new one will be more interactive. He said these channels will air programmes which will be live and not pre recorded. Saying that the new initiatives will be one of the largest anywhere in the world of its kind, Thakur said later on the number of the channels will be increased to one thousand. He further said that the Ministry has spent more than one billion dollars for ICT. Over 400 universities and twenty thousand colleges have been linked with bandwidth. He said there is a great potential to increase its usage. Highlighting the potential of the National Programme on National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NMEICT), the Secretary said that the entire country can be made into a big classroom which will help improve quality of instructions in engineering colleges particularly belonging to the remote areas. He said that the Ministry may approach AICTE to make on-line education mandatory and integral part of education system. Asking to promote virtual lab, Thakur said it should be possible to share classes from IITs to other engineering colleges by making the system more user friendly.

Dr SS Mantha, chairman, AICTE focused on promoting quality initiatives in the country. He said that rapid expansion in institutions has led to the decline in quality. The need of the hour therefore is to nurture quality in the institutions.

The one day workshop was organised by the HRD Ministry with AICTE. More than 150 engineering colleges from the National Capital Region of Delhi participated in the programme.

An Integrated Solution Specialist

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Company Name TRS Forms And Services Private Limited
Year of Inception:1998
Leadership Team
N Subramanian
Dr Sankaran R Swaminathan
Sarang Gagan
M Ravichandran Jayaram
Number of Employees:
110 Head Office 23, Chakrapani Street, West Mambalam, Chennai – 600 033 Phone: 0442372545
EMail: subu@trsforms.com
Website: www.trsforms.com Customer support: 044 23725453


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. 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.

Business Highlights and Achievements
• Have been consistently involved in Research and Development
• All the product or solution that TRS is offering is original and has been result of such R&D works
• Have pioneered many technology based solutions in India
• Have registered patent and IP products on hand

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
eSekure: Ultimate document security solution. No document can be secure without eSekure. It is not just secure but eSekure 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
• 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

Virtual Classroom Solutions

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Harman Singh, Founder and CEO dl
Company Name WizIQ
Year of Inception: 2007
Leadership Team
Faisal Khan, Sales Director
Kalyan Sarkar, Director, Academic Liaisons
Website: www.wiziq.com
Head Office

authorGEN Technologies Pvt Ltd, C-133, Second Floor, Phase-8 Industrial area, Mohali Tel: 01725020185
Email: academics@wiziq.com
Customer support:
+91-9216405405; +91-9897072888

WizIQ.com is an online education platform that offers SaaS based virtual classroom software for teachers, trainers, colleges and universities, high schools, and training and tutoring centres around the world. WizIQ has over 250,000 teachers and 3 million learners using the platform in more than 100 countries around the world. WizIQ provides tools for teachers to deliver education in online or blended learning formats, connect with students, share educational content, deliver live online classes and facilitate highly engaging learning experiences.

Business Highlightsand Achievements
• WizIQ won Best Innovation in Open and Distance Learning at World Education Summit (WES) 2011
• WizIQ won Best Education Webinar Series at Indian Education Awards 2012 and 2013
• WizIQ won Best Virtual Classroom Provider in Global e-Learning Awards 2012 and 2013 by World Education Congress
• WizIQ has 3 million registered students as users
• WizIQ has 250,00 registered teachers as users

Products and Solutions

Teach online students at the same time, anytime: WizIQ provides colleges and universities with the means to offer instructors and students the chance to collaborate and learn together in synchronous online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs): An MOOC can be comprised of live classes, video lectures, discussion forums, archived recordings, readings, and other course materials, all of which can be facilitated with WizIQ’s incredible online teaching software.
Offer distance learning programs: The live, interactive audiovisual communication of the Virtual Classroom, including screen sharing, video and text chat, and a virtual whiteboard, facilitates synchronous distance learning. Live-stream conferences: WizIQ’s Virtual Classroom provides all the tools needed to live-stream your college or university’s academic conferences across the internet, giving your distance learning students or other interested persons the opportunity to attend the event virtually.
Integrate with LMS or websites:
Wiz- IQ can be integrated with own website, and other systems like Moodle or Blackboard through a plug-in.
Target Vertical:
Independent Teachers, Colleges and Universities, Corporations, Coaching Centres and Test
Top Clients 
• IITs
• ISB Hyderabad
• ISM Dhanbad
• SRM University
• VIT Vellore
• SGI Institutes
• Symbiosis Centre for Distance Learning
• ICICI
• Westmoreland Intermediate Unit#7
• Kansas Correction Centre

DataWind Intros 3G Phablet

DataWind has launched new additions to its line to tablet computers, led by the UbiSlate 7Cx. At a retail price of Rs 3,999 inclusive of all taxes, the UbiSlate 7Cx is the lowest cost tablet computer with cellular connectivity, allowing anytime and anywhere Internet access with a regular SIM. In addition to regular voice calling functionality, the UbiSlate phablets incorporate DataWind’s breakthrough web-delivery platform covered by 18 US and international patents allowing the devices to deliver the fastest mobile web experience on regular GSM-EDGE based networks.

“Despite the recent drop in value of the Indian Rupee, we are committed to bringing affordability in computing and Internet access to India’s masses. With this commitment, we have held strong and not increased pricing of our products, and instead, now are introducing new products with breakthrough pricing,” said Suneet Singh Tuli, President & CEO of DataWind Ltd.

DataWind also introduced its first product operating on a 3G network with the UbiSlate 3G7 at only Rs 6,999. For those with access to 3G networks, the UbiSlate 3G7 provides broadband speeds with an embedded UMTS modem, without the need for external dongles.

With its first product with a larger screen, UbiSlate 9C is a 9 inch tablet with Wi-Fi connectivity under Rs 5,000.

Datawind Tablets and Smartphones come preloaded with a range of educational, entertainment, and utility apps for all age-groups. The products are powered with free E-Book App for Class 1 to 12 NCERT in English, Hindi and Urdu Medium; Test Preparation Tool; Free Higher Education & Soft-Skill Courses powered by CEC London; English language learning tools; Interactive Multimedia-rich educational resources; Bollywood Music and Movies; Antivirus & Anti-theft Pack by E-Scan; MapMyIndia Navigation; exciting games and much more.

“Global recognition for the award winning UbiSlate series of tablets has resulted in them being the product of choice provided to delegates at major United Nations and other international conferences. Consumers in India now have first access to the latest technology with a number of new devices in the UbiSlate portfolio,” said Suneet Singh Tuli.

Changing the World through Digital Experiences

Shantanu Narayen,
President & CEO
 

Company Name
Adobe


Year of Inception

December 1982 by Charles Geschke
and John Warnock

Corporate Headquarters
San Jose, California, USA

 Employees
More than 11,000  Worldwide

Sales and after-sales support
helpline 18001025567

Website www.adobe.com/in


Adobe harnesses its creative DNA to not only enable the creation of beautiful and powerful images, videos, and apps, but also to reinvent how companies interact with their customers across every digital channel and screen. Digital Media and Digital Marketing solutions offered by Adobe empower businesses to make, manage, measure, and monetize content.

Solution offerings
Digital Media
Adobe helps creative professionals, publishers, developers, and businesses create, publish, promote, and monetize their content anywhere. Our customers have a profound impact on our visual culture by continuing to reinvent design, art, the web, mobile apps, video, broadcast, and printed content.

Adobe Creative Cloud
Adobe Creative Cloud is a cloud-based, subscription service that lets you download every Adobe creative desktop application
available and provides online services for file sharing, collaboration, and publishing.

Adobe Digital Publishing Suite
Adobe Digital Publishing Suite helps individual designers, traditional media publishers, ad agencies, and companies of all sizes create, distribute, monetize, and optimize engaging content and publications for tablet devices, including iPad.

 Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Photoshop is the ultimate playground for bringing out the best in digital images, transforming them into anything imaginable and showcasing our world in extraordinary ways.

 Acrobat
Adobe Acrobat is filled with smart tools that enable easy, seamless communication and collaboration on documents and content inside and outside an enterprise.

 Digital Marketing Solutions
Adobe’s Digital Marketing solutions combine content and data, personalisation, experience management, and social capabilities so businesses can move faster from data to insights to action. Marketers, advertisers, and publishers use our solutions to optimize customer experiences and campaign returns across channels and screens. With real-time data and solid insights, companies of all sizes are providing customers with the on demand experiences.

Target Vertical
School and Higher Education

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Creativity is no longer an elective. It’s the future.
Today, the world needs creative thinkers to help solve the big challenges we face – in our global economy, in our environment, and in social issues. At Adobe, we’re offering students and educators the tools and resources to unleash creativity, share new ideas with the world, and make a difference.

http://www.adobe.com/in/education.html

For details, contact:
Toll Free: 1800 102 5567
Email: iisadobe@adobe.com

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