NEIGHBOURHOOD FLASH
September 10-16 '2000

Download a degree at the click of a mouse

The Delhi based, e-learning portal Openlearningworld.com, incorporates the latest learning aids with the best tools of self analysis, offering optimized and effective online learning courses for students. The site caters to those who wish to further their career prospects, and also to professionals in different field wanting to enhance their competitive abilities.

It has exclusive tie-ups with leading institutes and universities. Some of these partner institutions include Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad, All India Management Association and National Institute of Advertising.

Openleamingworld.com offers courses such as Bachelor in Business Management, Diploma in Marketing Management, Post Graduate Diploma in Advertising and Communications and PG diploma in Management and short term certificate courses in areas such as finance, venture capital funding, personality development, inter-viewing skills, communication skills etc.

According to the chief executive officer of the site. Anurag Jain, the portal has used the latest technology, including multimedia, to make screen based learning an easier option. Further for those who do not have access to Internet the company would be offering countrywide services at various centres. The company is tying up with over hundred centres for the same. It also offers a personal page to enable each student to access any information on any course on the portal.

The prices for the degree course offered are 20 to 50 percent cheaper then offline distance education courses, and claims to bag projects worth Rs 25 crores through tie-ups with 35 other institutes by the year end. It is also targeting at 150 online courses by the end of year 2000.