Dr Santanu Paul tells Parth Tayal how online tutoring platforms will benefit those who want to skill themselves while working
Tell us about TalentSprintIJ
It is a platform which helps young people find their dream career. It’s essentially an enabler to give young people a chance for their first career break. Since colleges are not able to fulfill their promises of providing good placements, we provide that platform to the aspirants to achieve their dream career. Moreover, the number of graduates keep increasing every year, but the job opportunities remains the same, we help to bridge the gap between demand and supply of job opportunities.
What is the USPIJ
We are all about end to end. When people join us they get accessed, they get training, get certified and then they get employers so whole cycle works from end to end. College network centres were brought in so that students could be certified with industry-readiness before they graduated. Our labs give them training for the work they have to do while on a proper job. We are keeping our eyes on a $5-8-billion global skilling market.
Why should aspirants take up programmes offered by youIJ
We provide the quickest entry into the industry. Our Focus is on cracking placement entrance exams and interviews. We train our students in Aptitude and Communication skills to crack entrance exams. Moreover Your Digital learning Advisor, creates a personalised learning plan for you by analysing your strengths and weaknesses in the all India mock tests.
What makes your portal different from othersIJ
The other online portals just offer online classes, where as we not only offer online classes, but also provide our students the platform from where they get good employment opportunities. The other portals just provide limited number of reviews of their online classes, but we provide unlimited access to our users in case they are unable to understand particular topics which help our students to learn at their own pace and at their own time convenience. The prices offered by our portal are much more reasonable as compared to fees charged by colleges, universities and coaching institutions. It all depends on the number of hours that the aspirant takes up. It can vary between Rs5,000 to Rs50,000
What kind of students do you think will benefit more from online classesIJ
We are targeting the youth between 20-25 years. In India, the placement in good colleges are secured only by the ones who scored above 90 per cent, but what about the ones below 90 per centIJ That is exactly where we target on. We want to give everybody a chance to prove themselves by providing them the skills which are required in the industry.
Why should one start with TalentSprintIJ
It is clear different people learn differently. Not just that we provide other flexibilities like ability to learn at own pace and to attend same session multiple times and at own time. Good teachers make a huge difference and thanks to being digital everybody gets a chance to learn from the best. Also the natural inhibition of asking questions in a classroom is no longer an issue in the digital platform. This enables better understanding and higher effectiveness.