The Acceptance & Growth of Online Education

SUMMARY

NDHELD ON 2 SEPTEMBER 2016

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Online@Imarticus

Imarticus Learning, a leading Investment Banking and Analytics Institute,

conducted its Online@Imarticus conference at a leading 5 star hotel in South

BangaloreonSeptember22,2016focusingontheacceptanceandgrowthofonline

education in India.Over120HR,L&Dandbusinessprofessionals fromover50

leadingorganizationsinthefinance,banking,analyticsandacademiaarenawere

presentattheevent.

OnlineEducationhas experienceddramatic growth in recent years inboth the

retail and enterprise segments.Online@Imarticus is devoted to driving quality

onlinelearning,advancingbestpracticesandacceleratinginnovationinlearning.

Thisconferencewasattendedbyindustrystalwartsandleadingthoughtleaders

whosharedtheirviewsontheacceptanceofeLearningasthepreferredtraining

methodologyandasharedvisiononthegrowthofonlineeducationinIndia.

ImarticusLearningunveileditsProdegreesviaaspecialcorporateannouncement.

Mr.NikhilBarshikar,MD,Imarticuswentontopointthat

AProdegreeisarigorous,project-basedcourseco-createdwithcorporatepartnersto

helpbridgetheskillgapwithspecificskillsetsinashorttimeframeandatafractionof

thecostoftraditionalhighereducationavenues.

ImarticuslauncheditsmaidenProdegreeonDataSciencealongwithGenpact.Mr.

Sidhartha Shishoo, BusinessHR Leader at Genpact shared a fewwords on the

importanceofanalytics,theneedforsuchProdegreesandthepartnershipwith

ImarticusLearning.

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PRODEGREESATIMARTICUSLEARNING

1crowd

ABB

Altar

ANZBank

AscentCapitalBanker's

Quotient

BitlokaSolutions

BlincAdvisors

Bridgei2i

Christuniversity

Citi

Concentrix

DropKaffe

THE ATTENDEES

E&Y

Edelweiss

EduSaksham

EMCDataStorage

FidelityInvestments

FiservIndia

FossilShale

Genpact

GeonikSolutions

GionikHumanCapital

GoldmanSachs

GovtofOdisha

HSBC

Nasdaq

NIITTechnologies

NorthernTrustBank

IStar

IBM

IdeaBubbles

Infosys

IngersollRand

ITCInfotechIndiaLimited

Kabbage

Laureate

MotilalOswalWealth

MuSigma

NSDC

NTRS

OmidyarNetwork

OracleFinancialServices

PilaniSoftLabs

RBLBank

SapientConsulting

SocieteGenerale

Symphony

TargetCorporation

Temenos

VitusaPolarisCorporation

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PANELDISCUSSIONS

PANEL1

PANEL2

RoleofEnablersinBuildinga

ScalableOnlineDeliveryPlatform

Therewerethreediscussionswitheminent

panelists from the online education

landscape. These topics were carefully

crafted to ensure all elements of online

HowtoBuildEffective&Engaging

LearningViaanOnlinePlatform

The next panel discussion addressed a

burning question in the EdTech space on

identifying how to build effective and

engaging learning via an online platform.

learningwerecaptured.Thefirstpanelrevolvedaroundtheroleplayedbyvarious

enablersinensuringascalableonlinedeliveryplatform,withspecialfocusonkey

enablers such as investors, the government and infrastructure. Mr. Sidhartha

Shishoo, Business HR Leader at Genpact and Mr. Amit Sevak, CEO, Laureate

Universitiesprovidedinputsfromthecorporateandacademiastandpoint,whereas

Ms.MonicaMehta,Director,OmidyarNetworkandMr.AmitRatanpal,MD,Blinc

Advisors,representedtheinvestorcommunity.

Panelists included (i)Mr.KunalWali from IBM, (ii)Mr. SMAnand fromSoceite

Generale,(iii)Mr.AnuragBadkurfromHSBCand(iv)Ms.ShantiSharmafromANZ

Bank.Thispower-packedpanelfocusedonvariousfacetsofimplementingonline

training methodologies such as the challenges faced, measuring learning

effectivenessandtheimplementationstrategies.AnuragfromHSBCwentontosay

that“Therearehugeculturaldifferencesintermsoflearning.OnlineLearninghas

openedupanotherwindow,whichovercomesthisbarrier.”

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PANELDISCUSSIONS

PANEL3

Buildinganecosystemthatwillsustain

andnurtureonlinelearningoutcomes

Thethirdandlastpaneldiscussionfocused

on building an eco-system that could help

sustain and nurture online learning

outcomes at organizations.Mr. Udit Bhatia

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from EY moderated this panel that spoke on success stories and innovative

initiativestoengageemployeesatorganizations.Mr.MayurSatyavrat fromRBL

Bank,Ms.Maneesha Thakur fromEdelweiss andMs. Christina Augustine from

VirtusaPolariswerealsopartofthispanel,thathelpedcarvethewayforwardand

identify the next steps on how L&D and HR leaders could build a sustainable

eLearningenvironmentwithintheirorganizations.