The State of Sourcing

ValueNotes is pleased to announce the launch of its report titled ‘Examinations and the role of technology: Emerging Directions’, in collaboration with EDGE forum, supported by MeritTrac and Excelsoft. The report was released during the 3-day conference EDGE2010 in New Delhi last Thursday, and I’m extremely happy to say, it was received with much enthusiasm from the crowd. We attended the conference primarily to present the findings of our report, but also to participate in the many discussions and sessions held pertaining to the Indian higher education sector.

The event had a great turnout, from biggies such as Sam Pitroda and Kapil Sibal who inaugurated the conference, to eminent personalities from the field of higher education. Many vice chancellors, pro chancellors, directors, principals represented the academic side, as well as senior management from companies servicing the sector. There were also quite a few foreign university/exam board/accreditation agency representatives, who gave the event a truly global perspective.

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This was the heated discussion that took much of the limelight, at the first ever ‘CLO Summit 09‘ held yesterday at the TISS Convention Center, Mumbai, India. The event saw the attendance of Learning and Development heads of many leading companies across the Indian corporate field (including Novartis, Pepsico, Oracle, L&T, IBM, NIIT, HPCL, ONGC, SBI Life Insurance, BPCL and Aditya Birla Group.), as also some domestic e-learning providers. The Chief Guest, Bhaskar Chatterjee (IAS, Secretary, Dept. of Heavy Ind. & Public Ent., Government of India) set the context for the event, by defining what it means to be a ‘CLO’ at an organisation, and the many roles and characteristics that the title assumes. Panel discussions and audience inputs throughout the rest of the Summit then debated these concepts.

LeapVault’s CEO, Kumaar Bagrodia gave his vision for learning in the future, encompassing the principles of change and innovation for competitive advantage. Panel discussions and presentations by eminent corporate representatives discussed topics such as the role of the CLO and L&D in organizations; learning in public sector and non corporate organizations, learning in multicultural environments and the role of Learning in R&D intensive organisations.

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All stations are go today as ValueNotes OSP prepares for the e-learning executive briefing, which is going to be held in Mumbai…tomorrow!

Rakhi (from our Sales team, who’s organizing the event) is still getting last minute registrations from panicked delegates who don’t want to miss out! Nandita and Deepali (managers at VN OSP) are busy correcting and preparing me for my presentation (see below), of course along with lighter, fun aspects such as picking the menu for the elaborate lunch scheduled for the event…

Meanwhile, I’m preparing to speak about ValueNotes’ research on e-learning outsourcing. Vivek has been giving me plenty of tips as he’s one event wiser now! My presentation involves an initial discussion around the macro level scenario for e-learning, and the scope for outsourcing within international markets. This would be followed by an evaluation of the competitive standing of India as an e-learning offshoring destination, against other popular countries. I would also cover the market structure for e-learning in the Indian context, and a discussion around the ValueNotes e-learning offshoring market sizing that has been covered extensively by the press! I will also be speaking about some of the trends and insights about the industry that emerged from our study.

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