Practically Acquires “Fedena school ERP”, Becomes World’s First Company With A Comprehensive EdTech Product Suite

* Gains access to 40,000 institutions, 20 Million users spread across 180+ countries   

Practically, India’s first experiential learning app for students of classes 6th to 12th, has acquired Fedena (Foradian Technologies Pvt Ltd), world’s most widely used ERP.  With this acquisition, Practically becomes the world’s first EdTech company offering a comprehensive end-to-end product suite for schools. The integrated product will now offer one-in-all product and services that a school needs from experiential learning content, innovative and collaborative teaching tools, to easy-to-use administrative and support tools.  

Practically, recently recognised as a ‘Minicorn' by Tracxn, has carved a niche for itself in the immersive learning space for students through the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and Augmented Reality (AR); Fedena on the other hand offers cloud-based technology solutions for easy administrative and resource planning for educational institutes. At present, through its open source project, Fedena’s products are used extensively in40,000 institutions, by 20 million users in 20 different languages spread across 180+ countries  with India, Middle East, Africa and SouthEast Asia being the major markets. Through its commercial and customized offerings, Fedena has served 1000+ education brands globally.  

Apart from school management software, which includes admission, HR-related operations, examination and event management, school ID card generation, the easy to use Fedena software also offers a platform for parent-teacher collaboration, fee management and online payment, grade books and reports, managing timetables, attendance and scheduling, online examinations to name a few. The acquisition has further strengthened Practically’s stature in the EdTech ecosystem, while increasing its reach in the domestic & global markets. Through this acquisition, Practically will also provide high-quality immersive content, simulations, games and its robust test-prep platform to the vast and varied network of Fedena schools globally.  

Commenting on the acquisition, Ms. Charu Noheria, Co-Founder and COO, Practically, said, “We are thrilled to announce that Practically has become the world’s first most comprehensive edtech product suite. Fedena is a globally recognized solution provider that has helped educational institutes lower the cost of administration by integrating school management functions into a single easy-to-use software. This move not only boosts our active user base but also gives us an immediate global reach, besides allowing us to offer our product and services to Fedena’s existing network of schools.” 

“Practically has meticulously built a strong presence in the school education space in India and the Middle East, gradually expanding to other territories as well. We have shared synergies of bringing the best of technology to schools across the globe. We are happy to contribute and be part of Practically’s vision of creating the most innovative edtech product for schools. By being part of Practically product and team, Fedena’s own offering will see greater adoption, more stickiness and deeper reach.” said Neelakantha Karinje, CEO of Fedena (Foradian Technologies) 

Nanotech For Sustainable Future - 12th Edition Of Bengaluru India Nano From March 7 Virtually

 
* Shri Basavaraj S. Bommai, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Karnataka to inaugurate the event 

* Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Hon’ble Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Government of India to be

the Guest of Honour 

* Participation from Global Innovation Alliance (GIA) Partners from Canada, Germany, Israel, Japan and North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) 

Bengaluru India Nano, India’s flagship Nanotech Event focusing on Nanoscience & Nanotechnology was announced by Dr. C.N. Ashwath Narayan, Hon'ble Minister for Electronics, IT, Bt and S&T, Higher Education, Skill Development, Entrepreneurship & Livelihood, Government of Karnataka today in the curtain raiser-press meet programme.  

The three-day event is organised by the Department of Electronics, Information Technology, Biotechnology, and Science & Technology, KSTePS and JNCASR and will be conducted virtually during March 7-9.  

With the focal theme ‘Nanotech for Sustainable Future’ the summit will witness participation of over 2500 registered delegates. The event consists of Multi-Track Conference where 75 National & International Speakers will deliver lectures over 25 Sessions; Exhibition where over 40 companies will showcase Nanotech Products, Services, and Innovation and Poster Session where over 150 Young Researchers displays their research. 

On this occasion host of awards like Prof. C.N.R. Rao Bengaluru India Nano Science Award, Bengaluru India Nano Innovation Award, Karnataka DST Nanoscience Fellowships will be presented and it will also have Nano for the Young programme for graduate students; NanoSparX for Start-Up Pitching, B2B Partnering and the first ever National Nanotech Quiz. 

Commenting on occasion, Dr. C.N. Ashwath Narayan, Hon'ble Minister for Electronics, IT, Bt and S&T, Higher Education, Skill Development, Entrepreneurship & Livelihood, Government of Karnataka, said, “Due to pandemic, many national & international experts are unable to participate in the event physically, prompting us to plan the event virtually. We are fortunate that the event is taking place under the guidance of Bharat Ratna Prof. C.N.R. Rao, who is the Honorary Chairman of the Nanotechnology Vision Group. I’m also happy that our Global Innovation Alliance (GIA) Partners Canada, Germany, Israel, Japan and North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) are conducting a session each. We desire to accelerate the journey from lab to market and we are strongly focusing on industries. This event is a platform that showcases cutting-edge innovation and provides immense opportunities for startups, SMEs and

many industries.” 

Speaking on the occasion Prof. Navakanta Bhat, Chairman, Karnataka Vision Group on Nanotechnology, Government of Karnataka; Dean, Division of Interdisciplinary Sciences; Professor CeNSE, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, said, “Theme for this year’s event is Nanotech for Sustainable Future, we aim to enable innovations focusing on sustainable future for decades to come. This can be achieved by youngsters. Hence, we have many exciting sessions for youngsters- Nano for the Young and National Nanotech Quiz.  Nanotech Quiz which was held for the first time witnessed phenomenal response with participation from 23 states and

5 union territories.” 

Speaking on the occasion, Prof. Ajay Sood, FRS, Chairman, Conference Executive Committee- Bengaluru India Nano 2022, Year of Science Chair Professor, Department of Physics Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, said, “The Conference Sessions will focus on application of Nanotechnology across various sectors like Medicine, Manufacturing, Electronics, Hydrogen Economy, Food & Agriculture, Textile, etc. The Plenary Speakers are Prof. Federico Capasso, Harvard University, USA; Prof. Xiaodong Chen, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; Prof. Peidong Yang, University of California, USA and Prof. S. Swaminathan, SASTRA Deemed University, India. This year the Tutorials which are the sessions that not only inform but educate, will focus on Nano Fabrication, Bottom-Up Synthesis, Characterization Tools, and Nano Biology. 

Speaking on the occasion Dr. E.V. Ramana Reddy, IAS, Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Electronics, IT, Bt and S&T; Department of Commerce & Industries, Government of Karnataka, said, “After IT, Biotech and Deeptech, we believe that Nanotech is the future technology. That is why Government of Karnataka started this event in 2007, and we are proud to host now the 12th edition this year. This event is acting as a global platform for convergence of Research, Academia, and Industry to explore the emerging opportunities in this sunrise Industry. 

Mr. A.B. Basavaraju, IAS, Director (Technical), Dept. of Electronics, IT, Bt and S&T; Managing Director, Karnataka Science and Technology Promotion Society, Government of Karnataka presented vote of thanks and Mr. Jagdish Patankar, Executive Chairman, MM Activ Sci-Tech Communications shared event overview.  

ABOUT BENGALURU INDIA NANO 

India’s Flagship Nanotech Event Bengaluru INDIA NANO is an excellent platform bridging Nanotech Research, Industry, Government, and Academia successfully over the last 11 years. The event is organised by the Department of Electronics, IT, Bt and S&T, Government of Karnataka under the guidance of Vision Group on Nanotechnology led by Prof. C.N.R. Rao, FRS, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR). The event is aimed at giving a fillip to the growth of the Nanotech Industry in the country.  The 12th Bengaluru INDIA NANO will enable Nanotech Experts, Scientists, Researchers, Industry, and Start-Ups to meet and exchange notes on tomorrow's Nanotechnology. This annual event will be a congregation of Academia, Research, and Industry featuring Inspiring Talks, High-Quality Poster Paper and a platform to showcase innovative & groundbreaking Nano-applications.  

Photo Caption ; Mr. Jagdish Patankar; Prof. Ajay K Sood; Dr. CN Ashwath Narayan, Honourable Minister for Electronics, IT, BT & ST, Higher education, Skill Development, Entrepreneurship & Livelihood, GoK; Dr E. V. Ramana Reddy; Prof. Navakanta Bhat and Mr. A B Basavaraju gathered at the Bangalore India Nano 2022 curtain raiser press meet today in Bengaluru.

Three Day FinTech Festival India Is Being held Between March 1-3; Organized By Constellar And Supported By Niti Aayog

* Discussions to revolve around CBDCs, De-Fi, Data Analytics, RegTech, Lending

FinTech Festival India, the country’s largest FinTech event is underway with its digital edition between March 1 and 3, organized by Constellar Exhibitions (a subsidiary of TEMASEK and Singapore Press Holdings which organizes Singapore FinTech Festival) and supported by Niti Aayog and six central government ministries.

Speaking on the second day of the conference, Suhail Sameer, CEO, BharatPe, said, “If the BNPL ecosystem is targeted well towards the population who still don’t possess credit cards, it is a massive opportunity, and we can leapfrog the number of cards present in the country given the fact that there are 2.5 million card terminals as compared to 25 million QR code terminals.”

“One of the challenge that BNPL solves is accessibility to smaller but frequent loans, which banks do not cater to as there is a high cost of underwriting, process, and infrastructure.” he added.

On financial inclusion, Mr. Sameer further added, “Last five to six years have laid down the backbone of financial inclusion in the country; UPI has reached everywhere, digital banking licenses are being talked about. The combination of credit on UPI, BNPL, branchless banking will drive the next big leap on inclusion… I do see credit inclusion at a minimum, investment product inclusion at a minimum likely to go multiple fold over the next four to five years.”

Talking about the success of Buy Now and Pay Later model over credit cards, Vikas Bansal, Director, Amazon Pay India, said, “Buy Now and Pay Later model is online and it’s completely embedded into the purchase and retail journey of consumers. It is completely digital and instead of paperwork, one can sign up in less than 60 seconds. Finally people who could not be underwritten earlier because of data are now getting into the credit fold owing to BNPL. It’s good for customers as one can now get into the credit system early and build the credit profile.”

The three day digital conference is being  attended by some well-known stalwarts such as Suhail Sameer, Chief Executive Officer, BharatPe, Sonal Kapoor, Director - Financial Services, Flipkart, Vikas Bansal, Director, Amazon Pay India,  Sabyasachi Goswami, Chief Business Officer, Perfios and Siddharth Dhamija, Chief Growth Officer, Signzy; amongst others.

The digital conference will be followed by the Physical Edition from 20th to 22nd July, 2022 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.

FinTech Festival India is the country’s largest FinTech confluence. It is witnessing participation from over 500 Indian and global leaders and 12,000+ delegates. Representatives from Brazil, Israel, UK, Russia, Canada, Finland, Japan, and Singapore among others also attended.

The conferences are being supported by Government of India’s Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY), Ministry of Small & Medium Enterprise (MSME),

The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (Ministry of Commerce and Industry), Broadcast Engineering Consultants India Limited ( A Government of India Enterprise – Under Ministry of Information & Broadcasting) and Startup India (Department for promotion of Industry and Internal Trade & Invest India). It has also received support from the Government of Tamil Nadu, Government of Karnataka and Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu Limited (ELCOT).

Earlier FinTech Festival India organized physical and digital format Micro Experience Conferences in Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Delhi, Chennai, Mumbai, Gift City (Ahmedabad) and Pune.

In addition to the government, FFI which aims to unleash the power of FinTech across the country, has also drawn interest from industry including Powered By sponsor CoinSwitch Kuber, Gold Sponsors Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), Bharat Pe, MoEngage & Rapyder Cloud Solutions, Silver Partners Amber Group, CM.COM, Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Authority, Nucleus Software, SafeXpay & Zimperium, Sales Acceleration Partner Vymo, Payments partner In-Solutions Global Ltd., Identity verification partner IDFy, Bronze partner Morningstar and Digital Edition Partner JuicyScore.

About the Organiser:

Constellar: Charting a new MICE Age

Constellar connects a global eco-system of event partners and consumers through a holistic portfolio of intellectual property (IP) in the Meetings, Incentives, Conventions and Exhibitions (MICE) industry.

As Asia's partner of reference for curating innovative event and venue experiences, Constellar activates impactful networks to bring global markets, businesses, and consumers together for sustainable growth. With our expertise and dedication, we are invested in helping you build trusted relationships with stakeholders for the long term and enabling cross-industry collaboration through world-class audience engagement solutions.

Constellar is headquartered in Singapore. Founded in 2021, it brings together decades of experience with an intrepid team of experienced specialists around the world.

Tata Motor's ALTROZ DCA – Introducing The Gold Standard In Automatics

* Bookings commence today, at INR 21,000

Keeping the New Forever brand promise, Tata Motors, India’s leading automotive brand, today commenced the bookings of the ALTROZ DCA – The Dual Clutch Automatic version of India’s premium and safest hatchback. The Altroz DCA is an advanced Dual Clutch Technology that is designed for the Indian consumer. It comes with a wet clutch transmission, which ensures the best performance for all Indian driving conditions. The new ALTROZ DCA will set the Gold Standard in the world of automatics and offer a seamless drive experience to customers. Starting today, customers can book their ALTROZ DCA at all the authorized Tata Motors dealerships at just INR 21,000 with deliveries starting from mid March’22.

The ALTROZ DCA will be introduced in a brand new colour – the New Opera Blue and will be available in the top three variants - XT, XZ and XZ+ of 1.2L Revotron petrol engine. In addition to the new Opera Blue, the ALTROZ DCA would also be part of the #Dark range other than being available in Downtown Red, Arcade Grey, Avenue White and Harbour Blue colour.

Commenting on this much awaited product, Mr. Rajan Amba, Vice President, Sales, Marketing and Customer Care, Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Ltd. said, “India’s safest hatchback, the ALTROZ, has carved a niche for itself in the premium hatch segment with more than 1.25 lakh happy customers. Taking our success story further, we wanted to delight our customers by introducing a world-class automatic transmission to the line-up in the form of the ALTROZ DCA. We are confident that the ALTROZ DCA will set ‘Gold Standard’ in automatics and will match the evolving preference of our customers. Our customers can visit their nearest Tata Motors dealerships to know more about the product and book the all-new ALTROZ DCA. I am confident that the ALTROZ DCA, when launched, will instantaneously witness an overwhelming response and help us expand our customer base.”

Since its launch in January 2020, the ALTROZ has received an overwhelming response and is appreciated by the customers for its laser-cut design, best-in-class safety, and exhilarating performance. Being the first vehicle on the ALFA (Agile Light Flexible Advanced) architecture, the ALTROZ has always set #TheGoldStandard in the premium hatchback segment. Altroz comes with many premium features such as leatherette seats, 7”touchscreen infotainment by Harman, rear ac vents, cruise control, auto headlamps, iRA connected car technology and many more.

Bizongo’s Revenue Across Textile Hubs Grows 20X In 11 Months As Manufacturers Adopt Digitisation

* Clocks INR 600 crore in annualized revenue across Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh

Textile hubs of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh are witnessing a rapid shift in MSMEs embracing technology platforms to fast track their business. Full stack B2B trade enablement platform Bizongo has seen its annualized revenue grow 20 times to INR 600 crore in the last 11 months from these regions.

Karnataka alone contributes 14 per cent to the national garment production in India and the state capital Bengaluru is known as the Garment Capital of India, owing to the presence of a large number of fabric and yarn manufacturers.

A substantial part of the growth is driven by the digitized and automated supply chain financing solution provided to manufacturers to help them with their credit and working capital needs. The steep rise in cotton prices and coal shortage have kept manufacturing units under pressure, increasing the need for MSMEs to seek credit to keep their production on track. Bizongo has been helping MSMEs with collateral free and minimum documentation working capital lines.

Bizongo’s Partner Hub platform helps textile manufacturers avail services across production planning, order delivery timelines, payment reconciliation, to do away with manual tasks. Bizongo has also launched IoT enabled cloud factory setups that power MSMEs to give real time updates to their enterprise customers about their products and order status, and also reduces time and effort in raising invoices and undertaking collections.

Bizongo’s supply chain finance model is rooted in generating free cash flow and offering faster access to working capital, which enables manufacturers to improve performance. This approach has spiraled the technology firm to become a market leader in the customized goods categories such as textiles, apparels and other contract manufactured goods.

Aniket Deb, Co-founder and COO, Bizongo said, “Our platform caters to the entire ecosystem of textile manufacturers - right from the enterprise customer, to the garment manufacturer and further up to the yarn supplier and even the cotton mill. Through our technology platform we have been able to add value to both sales and procurement. Be it digitizing orders and deliveries or invoicing to credit, Bizongo has made it possible for every player in the textile life cycle to conduct their business in the most efficient manner and optimize their resources.”

Bizongo has strong partnerships with over 25 financial institutions to facilitate credit and working capital needs of MSMEs. Some of the enterprise customers are Hours Overseas, Tripal Traders, and Namo Traders.

Anupam Chaudhary, Owner, Namo Traders said, “Our sales have gone up by 45%. Despite the demand, we were facing challenges in supplying to our customers due to lack of working capital. Bizongo helped us achieve consistent growth in our business by resolving the issues around working capital.”

In 2021, the technology platform has facilitated INR 1200 cr through its supply chain financing.

The strong demand for digital platforms comes as enterprises face challenges arising from higher Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), manual processes, offline catalog and artwork management, ad-hoc vendor engagement, inaccurate purchase planning, high inventory, loss of sales, and delayed payments to vendor partners.

About Bizongo

Bizongo was founded in 2015 by three IIT graduates Aniket Deb, Sachin Agrawal, and Ankit Tomar, to digitally transform the fragmented and unorganized yet unique and ubiquitous B2B segment of customized goods. Today, the company focuses upon packaging, textiles, apparel & other contract manufacturing goods as its product portfolio and has a network of over 3,000 partner factories. Through its proprietary digital platforms, such as Procure Live, Partner Hub, and Artwork Flow, Bizongo offers Digital Vendor Management, Supply Chain Automation & Supply Chain Financing as key services to its enterprise customers. The B2B e-commerce platform services 300+ enterprise customers in fashion & lifestyle, pharmaceuticals, consumer discretionary, consumer staples, home & personal care, and e-commerce.

Shujaul Rehman, CEO Of GTFL, Appointed Vice Chairman Of CII Pune

Mr. Shujaul Rehman, Chief Executive Officer of Garware Technical Fibres Ltd., has been nominated as the Vice Chairman of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Pune Zonal Council for the year 2022-23. CII Pune held its 22nd annual meeting on February 24 and formed a new zonal council for the year 2022-23. The meeting was organised at Hotel Conrad in Pune and was attended by esteemed members of the organisation.

Mr. Shujaul Rehman holds an MBA from Aligarh Muslim University's Faculty of Management and Research. He is a graduate of Harvard Business School's Advanced Management Program and a Harvard Business School alumnus. He has worked at Cadbury, Marico Industries, and CEAT in various roles.

He has maintained a sharp focus on client centricity, smooth execution, and an instinctive ability to anticipate future trends and consumer requirements as the CEO of GTFL, ensuring that the company continues its path of profitable growth driven by innovative solutions.

“I am honoured to have been appointed as the Vice Chairman of a prestigious body like CII Pune. CII actively contributes to the development of the nation by maintaining a strong partnership between the industry and the government. As the VC, my goal will be to make use of all my experience and learnings into taking forward CII Pune in a positive direction,” Mr. Shujaul Rehman stated.

The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) collaborates with industry, government, and civil society to establish and maintain an environment that is favourable to India's development through advising and consultative processes.

CII is a non-profit, industry-led and managed organisation with over 9000 members from the commercial and governmental sectors, including SMEs and multinational corporations, and an indirect membership of over 300,000 businesses from 294 national and regional industry associations.

“For more than 125 years, CII has been engaged in shaping India's development journey and works proactively on transforming Indian Industry's engagement in national development. CII charts change by working closely with Government on policy issues, interfacing with thought leaders, and enhancing efficiency, competitiveness and business opportunities for industry through a range of specialized services and strategic global linkages. It also provides a platform for consensus-building and networking on key issues,” the CII official website states.

An Indian Firm In XPRIZE List Of 5 Finalists Shaping Future Of Work

* HireMee features among $5Mn XPRIZE Rapid Reskilling competition top rankers

·     Sole non-US entry advances in the competition with the goal of quickly reskilling and provide jobs to 5,000 people in 3 industry segments

·     HireMee is spinning off Isotonic Solutions as a US company

India’s skilling, assessment and job platform HireMee has made it to the list of five finalists of the $5Mn XPRIZE Rapid Reskilling competition -- the sole non-US firm to make it to the prestigious global list.

XPRIZE, the world’s leader in designing and operating incentive competitions to solve humanity’s grand challenges announced the five finalists of the three-year competition which reimagines the future of work and how workers are educated and trained.

The competition incentivizes teams to develop and demonstrate the effectiveness of rapid training and reskilling solutions for individuals most vulnerable to employment loss.

HireMee competed in round two by deploying its solution to quickly reskill under-resourced workers. Judges evaluated all testing data, to move five teams forward as finalists choosing them because of their reduced training time, and higher job placement rate, and retention rate.

HireMee is now spinning off Isotonik Solutions as a US company with Mr. Chocko Valliappa, Mr. Tom Dretler and Mr. Shirish Pareek as co-founders.

“We are excited to see how the five finalist teams in this competition have tackled the challenge of closing the skills gaps,” said XPRIZE CEO, Anousheh Ansari. “The trainings offered are empowering workers and increasing accessibility to full-time, living wage jobs; radically changing lives and bringing abundance for all. The finalists are reimagining job training and career development; leveraging AI, VR, and disruptive technologies and their efforts are paramount in demonstrating the value of fast-paced training programs.”

The five finalist teams that exceeded all expectations are Alelo, Los Angeles; Dignified Work, formerly Dignity of Work, Spokane; Team Isotonic, formerly HireMee, Bengaluru; SHIFA360, San Diego; and VITAL, Boston, Massachusetts. A milestone award of $1,500,000 will be shared equally between these teams whose solutions received the highest scores from the Judging Panel for successful implementation of their solution.

Isotonik Solutions, USA as a spun off entity from HireMee will deploy its wide-ranging global experience to build new, replicable pathways to rapidly reskill American workers in the final round of the XPRIZE competition.

According to Chocko Valliappa, Founder of HireMee, “Team HireMee is proud of this prestigious honour earned while deploying our proven strengths in using digital technology on an unmatched scale to enable the future of work. We hope to contribute significantly by solving the critical challenge of Rapid Reskilling. HireMee will continue to provide the technology spine for Team Isotonik, as a continuation of its journey towards enabling jobs to millions around the world.”

“Team Isotonik is excited at the opportunity to optimize our ideas on a much larger scale in Healthcare, Advanced Manufacturing and Administration as we strive to exceed our execution abilities in skill-building,” says Shirish Pareek, Isotonik co-founder based in Maryland, USA.

“As a finalist team, Isotonik is gearing up to deliver superior outcomes by training at least 5,000 individuals in three different occupations in three different industries and placing them into relevant jobs in the coming months,” adds Tom Dretler, Massachusetts, USA based Isotonik co-founder.

“We hoped teams would increase job training by 50 per cent. But so far their solutions have increased training by 87 per cent, with another round of testing to optimize their ideas,” said Dr. Monique Golden, Social Science Lead for XPRIZE Rapid Reskilling.

As a finalist HireMee is challenged to achieve an exponential increase in results by training at least 5,000 individuals in three different occupations in three different industries and placing them into relevant jobs and will test its solution from May to August, with judges set to review the data later this year.

XPRIZE Rapid Reskilling is powered by New Profit, a venture philanthropy organization, as part of the Future of Work Grand Challenge which aims to achieve broader systemic change to help prepare 12 million Americans from underinvested communities for workforce success by 2025.

The Grand Challenge is made possible by Strada Education Network, Annie E. Casey Foundation, Comcast NBCUniversal, Goodwill, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Schultz Family Foundation, and many others.

The initiative also brings together a consortium of design and operating partners driving positive change in workforce development including JFF, Accenture, Brandeis University, Education Design Lab, Goodwill Industries International, and Jobcase.

About HireMee

Skilling, assessment and job platform, HireMee, has enabled talent assessment of 1.2 million young men and women from 800 towns in India, and connected them to employers through a verified assessment process that evaluates their knowledge, skills, personality and communication. HireMee has helped recruiters select candidates for 2,20,000 job opportunities, nearly half of them on pro bono basis. Being a cloud-based platform HireMee leaves zero carbon footprint.

In 2021 HireMee conducted a million ProEx assessment examinations (exams) for 100,000 students. HireMee enabled Indian educational institutions to effectively navigate challenges posed by the pandemic by conducting 2 million defect free exams using the AI enabled ProEx platform. Additionally, HireMee offers institutions customisable hybrid learning solutions viz HireMee Gold, Lite LMS and Round Zero.

Team HireMee, now spun off as Isotonic Solutions in the US, is one among five finalists in the $5 Mn XPRIZE rapid skilling competition, reimagining the future of work and transforming how workers are educated and trained.

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About XPRIZE

XPRIZE is a global future-positive movement, delivering truly radical breakthroughs for the benefit of humanity. XPRIZE inspires and empowers a global community of problem-solvers to positively impact our world by crowdsourcing solutions through large-scale competitions, tackling the world’s grandest challenges in exploration, environment and human equity.

Active competitions include the $100 Million XPRIZE Carbon Removal with Elon Musk, $15 Million XPRIZE Feed the Next Billion, $10 Million XPRIZE Rainforest, $10 Million ANA Avatar XPRIZE, $5 Million XPRIZE Rapid Reskilling and $1 Million Digital Learning Challenge.

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