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Reliance Infocomm and Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneshwar (XIMB) today
announced the launch of India's first ever post-graduate programme through virtual classrooms in over 100 cities via 240 Reliance WebWorld outlets. Blueshift will co-ordinate and manage the programme.
Dhirubhai Ambani Knowledge City, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, May 04,
2005 (Xtvworld.Com) -- The partnership harbingers a major breakthrough in distance
learning in the country. As per the tripartite arrangement, XIMB will offer
one-year Post-Graduate Certificate Program in Business Management (PCPBM) using
Reliance’s platform. In due course, management development and customized
training programmes for enterprises will be added to the product suite.
These virtual classrooms will be as good as the real ones except that students
will participate from Webworlds using the latest, most powerful and most flexible
technology available. Unlike satellite-based technology, this medium offers
real-time, multi-way audio and visual presence of the professor and the students.
The students can see and hear the professor live, view slides, audio-visuals,
participate in interactive sessions with the professor and other students. Those
who miss the class can catch up with the video recording on-demand at the Web
Worlds.
The course will begin with an online registration and examination process initially
across 12 cities through which students will be short-listed.
Announcing the tie up Fr. E. Abraham, Director of XIMB, said, “We are
proud to partner with Reliance WebWorld and Blueshift to make it possible for
students and working executives to do a world-class management programme without
having to relocate from their home towns. We have designed the course, and chosen
a mode of teaching that will revolutionize the way education is imparted in
India”
“We are indeed delighted to be a part of this breakthrough in distance
learning. This represents one more way in which we bring technology to educational
processes,” said Sankaran Raghunathan, Chairman, Blueshift.
“We offer the best proposition for content providers and institutions
running certification programmes through distance learning as well as corporates
conducting their internal training programmes. Besides aggregating and partnering
with the best of the content providers worldwide, Reliance WebWorld will also
partner Universities and Institutes of repute for long term certificate / degree
courses,” said Sarup Chowdhary, CEO, Reliance WebWworld.
About XIMB
With a focus on academic rigour, infrastructure, technology and innovation,
XIMB has established itself among the best business schools in India. Founded
on the established values of the Jesuits, the institution was conceived through
the association of the Orissa Jesuit Society and the Government of Orissa. It
prides itself on its outstanding faculty, state-of-the-art infrastructure and
diverse academic activity.
XIMB has one of the most wired campuses in the country. Besides a diverse range
of regular academic programmes, it offers MDP programmes, provides training
and consulting services to corporates, and research and consulting services
in the field of development.
About Blueshift:
Blueshift is an Atlanta and Chennai-based software and services provider with
a focus on turnkey solutions for academic Institutions and HR process automation
for corporates. It is the largest provider of education technology in India.
It is the country’s first and largest online admissions management services
provider having processed over 1,80,000 applications for over 25 institutions
last year. Its clients include some of the largest and best companies and academic
institutions in India and abroad.
About Reliance WebWorld:
Reliance WebWorld is a nationwide chain of retail stores for digital entertainment
and communication and serves as one-stop-shop for Reliance Infocomm products
and services. Each store is planned for three key modules – a Customer
Convenience Center, JAVAGREEN a gourmet coffee bar and a Real Broadband Center.
Broadband Center showcases Broadband connectivity through applications like
Video Chat and Conferencing, Multiplayer Online Gaming, Digital Electronic News
Gathering, Digital photo imaging, Virutal office and Real Broadband high speed
Internet surfing – about 100 times faster than the dial up access.
About Reliance Infocomm:
“Reliance Infocomm Ltd., a Reliance group company, is India’s
largest private telecom service provider with a subscriber base of over 10 million.
Reliance Infocomm has established a pan-India, high – capacity, integrated
(wireless and wireline) and convergent (voice, data and video) digital network
to offer services spanning the entire Infocomm value chain – infrastructure,
services for enterprises and individuals, applications and consulting. The Reliance
Group, founded by Shri Dhirubhai H. Ambani (1932 – 2002), is India’s
largest business house with total revenues of over Rs 99,000 crore (US$ 22.6
billion), cash profit of Rs 12,500 crore (US$ 2.8 billion), net profit of Rs
6,200 crore (US$ 1.4 billion) and exports of Rs 15,900 crore (US$ 3.6 billion).
Contact:
Mumbai
Jimmy Mogal, Ph: +91 22 3038 5128 jimmy.mogal @ relianceinfo.com
Delhi
Anjali Kumar, Ph: +91 11 3033 2844, anjali.kumar @ relianceinfo.com
Indira Das, Ph: +91 11 3033 2848, indira.das @ relianceinfo.com
Prashant Dua, Ph: +91 11 3033 2852, prashant_p_dua @ relianceinfo.com
