Edtech platform Coursera will set up an operational center here in India to meet the growing demand for online learning resources. “We are building an operations center that serves the entire APAC (Asia-Pacific) region, and probably several time zones that are close to the APAC region and are in close proximity to the APAC region,” the company’s chief executive officer, Jeff Magioncalda, said in a press conference. There aren’t even.”
India has the second largest number of Coursera users at 12.5 million. The first is the US with 16.6 million. In the last year, India grew by 49 percent, the highest worldwide. Hence, the move to set up a campus The company saw its fastest growth in India in the last 18 months. However, it is not clear whether India will be the second largest center of the edtech organization after the US.
Coursera has partnered with four new higher education institutions to expand its reach in India. It already has six partners, taking the total number of university partners in the country to 10. New partners include IIT Bombay, IIT Guwahati, Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) and Ashoka University. New venture clients include Larsen & Toubro, Wipro GE Healthcare, Usha, ITC Infotech, Welspun India, Startech and Vardhman Group.
The company has partnered with over 1,100 campuses, 90 businesses and 8 state government agencies in India to set up its operations center. According to reports, the completion rate of online courses is 15 percent.
Programming, artificial intelligence, machine learning and data science courses are the most popular among Indian users.
Apart from this growing user base, access to talent is another major reason for the company to set up operations in the APAC region. Shravan Goli, Chief Product Officer, Coursera, said, “India and the Asia Pacific (APAC) are a very important part of how we think about the future of Coursera. So we’re making a big investment in India to be present in India, and also delivering a lot of services outside India through the operation center we were talking about,” Goli said on Coursera. Will continue to build partnerships and relationships for distribution locally in India.
India and APAC Managing Director Raghav Gupta said, “Unlike many other technology companies, India is actually headquartered working with Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand and Central Asia. Remote work allows us to place people in many different places. So they will be located throughout the Asia-Pacific, but will also have their headquarters outside India.”
According to the report, Coursera has around 1,000 employees globally. In India, the company currently employs 101 and the number is expected to increase to 150 by December 2021.
In India, the team worked with the company’s partners and customers to help create and distribute content. “So we will expand our content production team in the market (India) and also our team who are able to take that content and help institutions reach their learners,” Gupta said. Roles include customer success and skill transformation, he added.
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