IITian provides online courses in various technologies to college students, professionals.
City-based IITian Subhendu Panigrahi swears by creating talent to overcome the dearth of it.
Having flown down to India a few years ago to hire people for Infratab, the US-based company he worked for, Panigrahi realised finding the right talent in the country was not a very easy task.
People were aplenty, but not the type required by the industry. He felt the skills of available people were a mismatch with what was needed in the job market. That’s when he quit Infratab and started Venturesity to provide online courses in various technologies to college students, working professionals and entrepreneurs.
Started in July 2012, Bangalore-based Venturesity has till date trained 400 people in mobility, big data, business, analytics, marketing, web development, product design etc.
“We have plans of providing training to 5,000 people every year,” says Panigrahi.
The courses
Being entirely online, Venturesity courses range from diplomas spanning 30-40 hours, to short-term modules of 7-8 hours, all delivered by industry professionals and experts, rather than regular college professors. Each course costs about $300 (about Rs18,750).
“We have venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, CTOs of companies, programmers from start-ups, all doubling up as trainers to coach students and provide them first-hand information on the workings of the industry,” says Panigrahi. Moreover, the trainers get connected with talent during the courses, giving scope for recruitment opportunities, he adds.
“This way people doing the courses get jobs easily, while the trainers get their much-needed talent,” states Panigrahi.
Lucrative venture
People who have done courses in Android app development can earn a starting salary of Rs40,000 per month, while those who do courses in growth hacking can get as much as Rs5-6 lakh annually.
“Since the courses are online, we have people not just from Bangalore, but even those from the US and other countries taking them up,” says Panigrahi.
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