By Mithran Sri Ram A.N.
In the Union Budget 2024-25, the education sector is hopeful of more allocations of funds for technology, faculty development, and infrastructure. An adequately supported education budget is an investment in student success and national prosperity. “This year’s Education Ministry budget reflects a modest 8% increase, now at Rs 1.12 lakh crore, compared to Rs 1.04 lakh crore in 2022-23, showcasing a commitment to educational growth and development.
Parog Goel, Chief Business Officer, eduXLL, a visiting faculty and trainer at B-Schools, and has authored a publication in collaboration with CII, shares his views about the current trends in the educational sector and much more.
What is the primary focus of eduXLL’s online higher education platform?
eduXLL Online Higher Education Platform offers a unique blend of academic and industry-focused curriculum across its diverse programs, serving students and professionals on a global scale and providing employability assistance to students. At eduXLL, learners benefit from the expertise of renowned professors from esteemed universities and business schools worldwide. Through a flexible learning model and the integration of live corporate projects, the academic courses provide a practical grasp of theoretical concepts, empowering individuals to excel in their professional environments. This approach ensures that students are well-prepared to excel in their professional assignments.
How does eduXLL incorporate industry collaboration into its curriculum?
eduXLL delivers academic courses with a large part of lectures coming from senior industry professionals. The focus is also on live corporate projects throughout programs and industry internships. There are also joint certifications with industry and related associations for various certifications.
Can you explain the flexible learning approach used by eduXLL?
eduXLL delivers programs online through its learning management system and with a mix of academia and industry professionals; a major part of courses are delivered in the evenings and on weekends thus ensuring flexibility to students and working professionals to pursue their other interests and jobs.
What benefits do students gain from learning from experienced professors of prestigious universities and business schools?
eduXLL brings the expertise of senior professors through its courses which otherwise is available mostly in full-time programs and also at a considerably higher cost. The programs at eduXLL are affordable and add value to the aspirants customized to their learning appetites and career journeys.
How does eduXLL integrate live corporate projects into its course delivery?
eduXLL integrates live corporate projects as part of the curriculum – discussing certain business problems with corporates and assigning them to course participants in groups and evaluating them. The best business solutions are recognised by corporates; and given an opportunity to present to the senior team of an organization.
What is the significance of practical understanding alongside theoretical concepts at eduXLL?
While theoretical concepts lay the foundation of the subject; the practical understanding through project work enables the course participant to actually put it into practice to solve a business problem and that is the expectation of the industry – when an individual upskills or completes a certain level of education.
Can you provide more information about eduXLL’s partnership with institutes and universities?
eduXLL has strategic alliances with ITAE Business School (Spain), Varna University, Bulgaria and Danish Consortium for Academic Craftsmanship (Denmark), UPES – Dehradun, Chandigarh University, and IMI Bhubaneswar, Manipal University – for various academic programs in management and technical domains at under-graduate and graduate levels as well as certification programs. eduXLL does work in the areas of academic delivery, pitching programs for enrolments as well as providing internships, and employment assistance- depending on the agreements with each alliance.
How does eduXLL ensure that students are prepared to thrive in their respective workplaces?
eduXLL puts a lot of emphasis on corporate projects, industry lectures and internships to enable participants to be equipped to excel in their professional commitments.
What are the different programs offered by eduXLL?
The various programs offered are MBA, BBA, Hotel Management, Software engineering as well as various certifications namely Design Thinking, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Cyber Security, ESG, Data Analytics and other emerging technology disciplines. All these programs are in collaboration with reputed universities and institutes in India and other countries globally. There are programs with Varna University of Management, Bulgaria where the final year is on campus in Bulgaria with an opportunity to pursue internships alongside.
What kind of support and resources does eduXLL provide to its students?
eduXLL provides a seamless online learning experience to the participants through its learning management system which enables interactions between professors and other learners and also provides access to eBooks and other learning material. eduXLL provides an opportunity to interact with various other experts through periodic webinars and provides job assistance, global internship exposure and other corporate projects through industry partnerships. Education plays an important role in shaping the nation’s future and eduXLLs efforts are perfectly online.
