The Most Trusted Training & Certification Providers, 2021

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EDITOR’S NOTE
LEARNING AND
GAINING NEW
SKILLS MADE
EASY
Education is the key to success in your chosen career path,
and there are plenty of ways to gain the credentials you
need. While most people will continue to pursue standard
educational options for credentials and certifications, many other
individuals strive for a fast track to a career through certification.
A certification program lets employers know that you have the skills
necessary to perform at a high level for their company. It confirms
that you have what it takes to get the job done. Certifications are also
a great way for students to stand out from the crowd when applying
for a job, internship, and even during their post-graduation. Many
employers are using certification programs to screen their candidates
and give more weight to applications from certified professionals.
There are people who wonder on a daily basis whether certification
is worth the time, effort, and cost. And an increasing amount of
people are answering yes to this question every day. As a matter of

fact, over the last couple of years, training for and acquiring
certifications has had a steady incline.
The job market is getting tougher and the competition for
getting jobs is growing. Companies are looking for
individuals who are highly skilled and knowledgeable about
the latest trends in their industry. While everyone can get a
job without certification, having a certification or credential
on one's resume also makes one more marketable.
Companies know that professionals who have the
certifications for their particular industry are likely to be
proficient due to the commitment to acquiring them. This
has led to an increase in certifications and other
professional organizations that could help train people in
specialized fields of study or work.
Learning a new skill, changing the career, or staying in line
with the industry, there are plenty of organizations and
institutions issuing certifications. In fact, some
organizations have developed certification exams for their
members and clients. Studying for a certification exam
requires time, effort, and money, however, which
organization you choose to serve your best interest is an
important decision.
The Knowledge Review answers the same question in this
inspiring edition, The Most Trusted Training & Certification
Providers, 2021 that are helping individuals to gain skills
across the diverse sections of the education world and
breathe a new life into their professional careers. T R
Ananda Kamal Das
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Indian Cyber
Security Solutions
Training the Next Generation Guardians of the Cyber Space
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Inspirus Education
Developing the Next Generation of Industry-ready Professionals
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Skills that Matter!
Why training and certification courses are
important for landing a skill-based job in the market

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Learn to Upskill
The Changing Face of Training and Certification
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ISM UNIV
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Preparing Industry-ready Tech Wizards
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Nex-G Exuberant
Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
The Training Sandbox for Innovators and Pioneers
NTS
CXO
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The Most
Trusted
Training &
Certification Providers,
2021
Name of the Institution
URL
Brief
Indian Cyber Security
www.indiancyber
securitysolutions.com
Indian Cyber Security Solutions is an
Enterprise Cyber Security Platforms company
with two verticals
INDIAN SERVICE MACHINE
www.ismuniv.com
It is a premier institution which has trained over
7000+ engineers on embedded systems and
other software engineering courses
Inspirus Education
www.inspiruseducation.com
Inspirus is India’s premier test preparation and
admission counseling institute
Nex-G Exuberant
Solutions Pvt Ltd.
www.exuberantsolutions.com
The company offers training in next-genration
wireless technologies, industrial IOT, network
application, mobile apps, and so on
Srishti Robotics
Technologies Pvt. Ltd
www.shrishtirobotics.com
The company is committed to enrich tech
aspirants with certied internship programmes
on robotics engineering, product development,
industrial automation, and so on

Mr Abhishek Mitra
Founder and CEO
Indian Cyber
Security Solutions
Training the Next Generation Guardians of the Cyber Space
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The Most Trusted Training & Certification Providers, 2021
Towards the end of 2010, the demand for cybersecurity
services across the globe was growing
significantly. Due to lack of awareness and proper
planning, most organizations fell prey to malicious cyberattacks
and data breaches which resulted in huge losses for
these organizations monetarily.
This was the time when Mr Abhishek Mitra and his team
initiated a plan to setup their organization and share their
precious knowledge to bridge the gap which the industry
was facing back then. Thus, Indian Cyber Security
Solutions (ICSS) was established in 2013 as a unit of
Green Fellow IT Security Solutions Pvt. Ltd., as an
organization to fulfil the needs and demands of technologyoriented
support and cyber protection across the world.
In the beginning, ICSS was solely focused on providing
cyber-security services to its clients by providing all sorts of
solutions and protecting them from the manifold cyberattacks
they were exposed to in their day-to-day activities.
But as the days went by, the company began sharing its
knowledge and expertise by conducting training programs
in the field of cyber-security and risk management.
ICSS has set up an
aim to provide the necessary
protection to corporate
agencies and organizations
simultaneously providing
education and awareness
among individuals who have a
keen interest in gaining
knowledge and expertise in the
field of cybersecurity
Mission and Vision
If you observe the current situation in India, the use of
smartphones and other digital equipment are doubling in
numbers every year. With the introduction of programmes
such as “Digital India” it was observed that there was a
sharp rise in the number of cyber breaches in India. Due to
this many foreign and domestic multinationals started
allocating a huge share of their investment for cybersecurity
in India.
With this advantage, ICSS has set up an aim to provide the
necessary protection to corporate agencies and organizations,
simultaneously providing education and awareness
among individuals who have a keen interest in gaining
knowledge and expertise in the field of cybersecurity.
In a nutshell, ICSS’ main mission is to make sure that your
data remains absolutely protected, safe and barren from any
unauthorized Mr Abhishek access Mitra from hackers and/or intruders. The
Founder and CEO
vision lies not only in guarding against the safety concerns
of those highly technically oriented companies but also in
making India, rather Digital India to be more precise, hackproof
by its constant endeavours.
With this broad vision in sight, the company is striving
forward leaving no stone unturned to organize the bottom
for a secure cyber world in order that the succeeding
generation is free from the scourge of cybercrime and
criminals.
“Our vision also encompasses dispersing the notice of
cybercrime, its security as we believe that it is due to
ignorance and negligence that cyber security has undergone
a shattering blow within the present IT world scenario,”
commented the Founder and CEO, Mr Abhishek Mitra.
Training Tech Wizards
ICSS has always delivered a unique approach while training
individuals by using methods such as students getting
trained by trainers who are industry experts, hands-on
training with separate lab sessions, live projects where the
skills are being tested at an extreme level, an interaction
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with industry professionals, placement assistance programs
where a student will be assisted so that he or she can crack
a job interview. On the other hand, that student is also
offered an internship program where he or she can serve
ICSS as an intern and get a chance to earn a certificate. This
greatly helps the individual to gain experience, expertise,
and confidence before joining a multinational.
The Academic Offerings
ICSS’ courses have been categorized into several parts,
starting from diploma course where various types of
diplomas are offered, such as – diploma in cybersecurity,
diploma in machine learning, diploma in advanced
cybersecurity, diploma in network security, diploma in web
security, diploma in advanced cloud and networking,
diploma in cloud infrastructure management. Different nondiploma
courses like SOC analyst, ethical hacking professional,
pen-testing, CISSP training, bug bounty training,
CCNA and CCNP, python, machine learning, data science,
and cloud computing with Azure and AWS.
ICSS provides both online and offline training where
sessions are recorded and uploaded online on the web for
students and can be accessed for a lifetime. These recorded
sessions and other Q&A sessions arranged by ICSS helps
an individual greatly while tackling difficulties regarding
the particular topic and brings out the best in them.
Providing the Best Facilities for Training
ICSS provides hands-on practice to its trainees with 100%
lab-based classes, as it believes that knowledge is key to
everything but that can only be gained with the practicality
of a given situation. Individuals can take the advantage of
an education loan at a 0% interest rate. A 25% scholarship
is also recommended to students who have acquired 90% or
above marks in board exams. Training is done by industry
experts with at least five years of hands-on experience with
lifetime access to video tutorials and online and offline
recorded sessions.
Indian Cyber Security Solutions, from its foundation, has
been nominated and won several business and educational
credits, one the most notable ones being the ‘10 Most
Promising Cyber Security Training Institutes – 2020’.
The Astute Leader
The organization was founded by Mr Abhishek Mitra, who
is currently the CEO, with around 8-10 years of experience
under his belt in the field of cyber security and threat
scrutiny. He has around 5-10 years of experience working
with different cyber-crime departments, including the
cyber-cell Kolkata (India) in solving cyber threats. Currently,
along with being listed in the Business Insider as one
the most influential businessmen in India, Mr Mitra has
been covered in several news channels across the country.
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His corporate journey was given coverage by ‘Startup India
2021’.
Under his guidance, ICSS has not only survived but faced
the least resistance during the Covid-19 pandemic, as he has
never shied away from any kind of opportunity. His
dedication and ideas can be traced by the tool made by his
team named Margdarshak which was found effective while
protecting ICSS from phishing attacks.
Enduring Hardships
Since the beginning of the pandemic, ICSS has seen a lot of
ups and downs. But when it comes to daily duties, it has
guided itself with the right approach by following the
guidelines given by the government, by taking the isolation
seriously, and by conducting its daily activities virtually
including the training programmes.
When asked about the challenges faced by ICSS, Mr Mitra
replied, “We faced challenges when our students were
unwilling to continue online classes. We had to convince
them with one-to-one sessions which helped them greatly
for which we applaud the trainers who made it happen. In
today’s date, it’s nothing new to have work done virtually
thanks to seamless internet connectivity.”
Aspiring for a Bright Future
ICSS is currently located in Bengaluru and Kolkata, where
they can conduct offline as well as online classes for
individuals from the rest of the cities. The institute is
currently open only for online sessions, where the faculty
are also targeting to set up their centres post-pandemic, and
by doing so, they are expecting to deliver their best
educational resources to the masses.

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The Most Trusted Training & Certification Providers, 2021
Developing the Next Generation of Industry-ready Professionals
In 2013, Ms. Bakhtawar
Krishnan joined a Mumbai-based
international education test-prep
company as Partner. By 2017, she had
acquired the business and Inspirus
Education was born and shaped into
one of Mumbai’s premier centres for
international education counselling,
test-prep, and advisory.
With a clear vision to be a studentcentric
institution and not a
commission agent, Bakhtawar ensured
that Inspirus was founded on the strong
principles of making quality higher
education accessible to every deserving
child. It meant widening the horizon of
targeted universities, understanding
evolving industry needs and relevant
course curricula, working with schools,
parents and students to prepare for a
changing global workplace, and most
of all, planning the blueprint of an
inclusive institute. It also meant
building a team of like-minded
professionals, investing in training and
adapting to a tech-based outlook and
infrastructure.
In the last 8 years, Inspirus’ growth has
not just been defined by an exponential
increase in student placements across
international universities but also by its
evolution as one of India’s most trusted
higher education counselling institutes.
From a purely US-centric institute in
the early 2000s, today, Inspirus
students are excelling in universities
across Canada, Germany, Netherlands,
Ireland, UK, France, Singapore, Hong
Kong, Japan, Korea, New Zealand,
Australia and recently even India,
besides the length and breadth of the
United States.
Its reach has grown beyond the three
centres in Mumbai to centres across
three cities in India. Inspirus was the
first to create a footprint in Assam and
more recently a branch in Pune city is
making in-person counselling also a
possibility for students of this
education hub. Most recently, Inspirus
has just finalised opening a centre in
Indore.
With its vision clearly set on reaching
larger number of students and schools
across India, especially in tier II cities,
Inspirus had set course on a digital
transformation journey early. The
pandemic only accelerated the process
and ensured that Inspirus’ students did
not suffer due to the changed
circumstances.
“A unique digital student-classroom
management system, designed
exclusively by the Inspirus team was
ready for roll-out almost as soon as the
lockdown was announced,” said the
Founder-Director of Inspirus
Education – Bakhtawar Krishnan.
“Since it was designed by our team,
teacher training and student learning
challenges have not been roadblocks
and early adoption of the system has
kept our students a step ahead of the
rest,” she added.
Shareable digital documents, tests,
concept books and work books and
online quizzes are just some of the
tools the students at Inspirus work
with. The institution noticed a push
towards integrating audio-visual and
digital aid in teaching and learning on
platforms such as zoom and google
meet, and integrated the same into its
own ‘iSMS’ program.
The Central Idea
An organisation must have its heart
and soul in place, and that thought
must permeate across departments.
While value generation is the prime
responsibility of any organisation, for
an education-based company like
Inspirus, creating value through human
capital is a critical priority.
Vision:
“We focus on education as a medium
to inspire young minds to explore and
discover their best selves and achieve
amazing things. We are passionate
about our business, and work closely
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with all stakeholders and draft out
individualized solutions for all your
study abroad dreams.”
Mission and Philosophy:
Thrill, don’t just fulfil!
Act with integrity.
Constantly Evolve.
Constantly Innovate.
Remain Childlike - always willing to
learn!
Bolstering Careers
“Profile building is a professional art
which is at the core of Inspirus’
counselling process for Bachelors,
Masters, and PhD admissions. When to
start a particular extra-curricular
activity? In which school or college
year and how to get involved in a
summer or winter program? When and
how to get a good internship? Which
in-school co-curricular activities and
out-of-school community service
programs to partake in? Which
academic activities provide the best
value for a successful career and for
admissions? When to calendar these
activities in a school or college year?
Some of these questions are constantly
asked and discussed with each student,
thereby creating a comprehensive roadmap
for the student, which the students
themselves develop while counselling
team guides, much like a parent with
their new-born child,” said the VP
Business Development of Inspirus –
Abhinav Gogoi.
Ms. Bakhtawar
Krishnan
Founder-Director
In the last 8 years, Inspirus’ growth
has not just been defined by an
exponential increase in student
placements across international
universities but also by its evolution
as one of India’s most trusted higher
education counselling institutes
What connects all of these questions in
today’s world is tech-driven creative
solutions, which forms the core of
Inspirus’ philosophy. This in turn
enhances the student's involvement in
these activities thereby improving their
skill, make them more enterprising to
find solutions to problems on their own
and importantly as well in building a
strong CV.

Sanjay-Agarwal
VP Operations
The Academic Rollout
Unlike other similar institutions,
Inspirus Education is an independent
counselling centre that aims to help
students achieve their study abroad
dreams in the top globally ranked
universities. They provide the
necessary coaching and guidance to do
well in multiple aptitude tests.
Ÿ Coaching for SAT, ACT, PSAT,
GRE, GMAT, LSAT, LNAT, UCAT,
CLAT, IELTS, and TOEFL
Ÿ Classroom as well as live, online
coaching
Ÿ Unbiased Counselling for UG, MS,
MiM, MBA and PhD programs
Ÿ Official coaching partner of premier
schools in India for SAT, PSAT, and
CLAT
Ÿ Renowned for personalized touch
in all programs
Inspirus helps students identify the
right path and subject strengths before
preparing them to walk that path with
self-belief, confidence, positivity, and
an open mind. The team helps students
prepare for UG and PG admission
tests, in global universities,
with a keen focus on
individual learning abilities.
To ensure that Inspirus always
has the best to offer its
students in terms of
mentorship, the team
undergoes regular training to
keep abreast with evolving
counselling and academicsoriented
approaches and
methodologies.
Standing Apart
Inspirus is committed to be
student-centric and that means
the team works with each child
at an individual level post
understanding their respective
strengths and weaknesses. Its focus on
counselling ensures that children are
not just prepared to face the required
admissions test each university stresses
upon, but that they are prepared to face
the challenge of a different learningteaching
approach that international
universities adopt.
Looking at the large number of
students keen on applying to
international universities, Inspirus has
designed unique models that work with
schools to build in-house strengths and
programs to prepare students at the
middle and high school level itself.
“Our vast alumni network work like
cohorts keeping us abreast with the
evolving needs of industry and the
corresponding academic changes
across faculties in global universities.
It is to our advantage that this network
remains eagerly connected with our
counsellors and founder, ever willing
to mentor the incoming student base,”
remarked Ms. Bhaktawar Krishnan.
The Inspiring Chief
Bakhtawar Krishnan, Founder and
Director of Inspirus Education, set the
foundation of this institute after a
two-and-a-half decade long corporate
career, helming the top job first as a
banker and then as a ‘Global Head’ of
human resources for a leading
consulting firm.
This first-time entrepreneur, sharpened
her skills on ground, building a
network with international universities
and understanding the need gaps that
students would have to bridge on
campus through regular visits to
university campuses. On the other
hand, she regularly engages with
leading schools across Indian cities,
conducting workshops with parents,
students and teachers to help them
align with international teachinglearning
methodologies. She works
closely with heads of schools to design
in-school programs that help prepare
students early.
Bakhtawar’s ‘people first’ attitude is
what has made Inspirus the best
training ground for teachers and
counsellors wanting to build a career in
this field. This helps Inspirus attract
some of the best minds in the industry
and add value to its innovation led
thinking.
Noteworthy Achievements
Some of the noteworthy achievements
that Inspirus Education has amassed
over the years are:
Ÿ 9000+ students from all over India,
Middle-East and South-East Asia,
have been placed in prestigious
institutes of higher education,
across the globe.
Ÿ 10% of the students are placed in
the ‘Top 10’ universities
Ÿ 50% of the students are placed in
‘Top 50’ universities
Ÿ 90% of the students are placed in
‘Top 100’ universities
Ÿ Rs. 94 Cr worth of scholarships in
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the last two years
Ÿ India’s first 340/340 in GRE is an
Inspirus student.
Nevertheless, the most decorated
accomplishment of this institute is the
growing number of high scores and top
admits.
The EdTech Implementation
“Recently, Inspirus has fully integrated
live online mode of learning and
counselling and, to that end, adapted
and developed their own digital student
and classroom management system
within their existing CRM - ‘iSMS’.
This system facilitates a tonne of
resourceful material such as shareable
digital documents, tests, concept
books, and work books and online
quizzes. Push towards integrating
audio-visual and digital aid in teaching
and learning on platforms such as
zoom and google meet which have
been integrated into our the institute’s
iSMS,” says Sanjay Agarwal, VP
Operations.
We focus on education as a
medium to inspire young minds
to explore and discover their best
selves and achieve amazing
things
Abhinav Gogoi
VP Business
Development
Scaling the Future
Going ahead, Inspirus Education
wishes to continue in the same fashion
with its core values, mission, and
philosophy intact. The only change it
wants to bring is to constantly evolve
into the digital medium for AIsupported
training in its live classes as
well as create a reliable and smooth
user-interface for counselling sessions.
“We are launching Inspirus India soon
catering to profile building, career
consultancy and admissions to top
universities in India. We are also
investing time and effort in building
infrastructure and training personnel to
cater to an increase in annual student
numbers to 3000 next year and 27000
in the next four years,” concluded the
astute leader of Inspirus, Ms.
Bakhtawar Krishnan.

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Skills that Matter!
Why training and
certification courses
are important for
landing a skill-based
job in the market
Organisations and companies are looking for skillbased
employees. The changing needs of
businesses have created a rift between the
education provided by schools and training and certification
courses provided by the schools. Both education and skills
are required in today's highly competitive world to land a
job.
Schools impart informal education that is essential for
living, whereas training and certification courses help the
students in developing skills. These are both equally
important for the complete development of students that
helps in landing a job. But why have training and
certification courses become necessary for landing a job in
the modern world?
Well, let us have a brief look, why training and certification
courses became an essential thing for landing skill-based
jobs in this modern world.
· Fast-Changing Market
The market is changing fast, and to keep up with the pace
of the market, it has become essential for the employees to
develop a particular skill. Earlier, companies focused on
employees who could handle multiple tasks. For example,
an advertising agency would hire a designer who would
design and focus on copies and other elements responsible
for the advertisement. However, today the market has
changed, and an advertising agency would likely hire a
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designer only responsible for design and a copywriter
responsible only for copies.
This change in the market increased the productivity of the
employees and required one skill trade needed for the job.
This strategic approach was created by training and
certification courses because they focused on only one trade
rather than one whole element of the industry.
· The emergence of the Internet and Social Media
The emergence of the Internet and social media has
changed the job structure in India. The new and developing
industry is changing the needs of businesses in the modern
era. Jobs driven by skills are the need of the hour in the IT
Sector. Along with that, social media is not the same as it
was a few years back. The arrival of businesses on
platforms completely changed the industry and how it is
seen today.
The training and certification courses have equipped job
seekers for the new jobs that the Internet and social media
have brought with them. SEO analysts, social media
managers, data analysts, coders, etc., require skills for
which the universities are either not completely updated or
do not have it entirely in their syllabus. The only option
remaining for such aspiring employees is external training
and certification courses. These courses are effective and
provide flexibility in learning. This allows employers to hire
skill-based employees that are familiar with the trend.
· The loophole in the Education System
With the fast-changing and evolving world, it is hard for the
education system to keep up with everything. Apart from
that, even if the education system managed to keep up with
the world, training students in various areas would be a
really difficult task for the universities. The specialisations
that the universities provide are related to the industry and
not one particular trait oriented.
Though schools are doing a wonderful job in training
students efficiently for the future, it lacks the one skilledbased
learning that today's competitive world requires. The
only loophole in the education system is filled by the
training and certification courses providers who prepare
jobseekers for skill-based jobs that this fast-changing world
is demanding.
· New Emerging Jobs in the Society
The rise of technology has cut the labour cost for many
companies across the world. In the future, some of the jobs
that we see today might not even be in the market.
However, with the increase in technology, new jobs will
emerge that will be completely based on skills.
Today, the change in the market has given opportunities to
people to develop a skill and get a relevant job. Training
and certification courses have made it possible for everyone
to learn a skill quickly and effortlessly. To keep with the
emerging jobs in society, training and certification are
playing a crucial role in developing the industry.
· The Pandemic Effect
Training and certification course providers are some of the
few people who were highly benefited from this ongoing
coronavirus pandemic. This presented the perfect
opportunity for the employees to reskill themselves with the
trending skills in the market. The flexibility that these
training and certification courses provided helped the
employees keep up with the trend in a quick and
sophisticated manner.
The changing market needs skilled employees to carry out
the smooth functioning of their businesses. The
unpredictability in the market has made it hard to keep up
with the skills that the new jobs require. However, the
training and certification courses have made it possible for
people to upgrade or reskill themselves with the changing
needs of the market. Therefore, training and certification
courses are important to land a skill-based job in this
modern world to keep up with reskilling and adapt to the
market's needs.
- Ashlesh Khadse
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The Most Trusted Training & Certification Providers, 2021
ISM UNIV
Preparing Industry-ready Tech Wizards
Training companies have
existed since the early days of
the personal computer
revolution, almost four decades ago.
Organizations all over the world
wanted to educate people about the
fundamentals of programming - from
how to programme and measure using
a spreadsheet and how to network and
optimise the use of new computing
technologies as computing became
more widespread.
With the volatile job market of India, it
is clear that there exists quite a gap
between university graduates and
competent engineering and IT
professionals which serve as the
primary workforce of the digital era.
Thus arises a need, which can only be
served by institutions that commit
themselves to bridging the skills gap
by training aspirants in skills and
competencies which are actually
demanded in the real-world job market.
An exemplar in the training industry
which has carved a niche for itself as
being one of the most prominent
certification providers and skill
facilitators in the country, it the
Bengaluru and Hyderabad-based ISM
UNIV.
ISM (Indian Service Machine) UNIV
was established in the year 1994 as a
small-scale industry to assemble and
resale service personal computers, and
soon after diversified as a small
training institution offering special IT
courses to enhance the employability
and values of engineering
professionals. Hardware repair,
network management, and qualification
courses such as MCSE, CCNA,
Android, and Linux are all offered by
the institute.
As the institute gained experience in
training, it completely closed the PC
resale vertical and concentrated on
training and consultancy.
ISM has taught students and corporate
customers about innovations like
hardware maintenance and network
operation, as well as credential courses
like CAN, MCSE, CCNA, J2EE,
Net, embedded networks, cellular
networking, DSP, and VLS.
ISM UNIV now offers many
specialized courses targeting the job
market for freshers. It has state-ofthe-art
infrastructure with automated
teaching tools and has established
online platforms and forums for 360-
degree training.
“Today we don't shy away saying we
are one of the premier training
institutions in India providing
authentic training with values,” says
Loganathan V, the CEO of ISM
UNIV.
Mission
Imparting industry relevant skills to
students to enhance their
employability and value.
Vision
Build world class training institution
through authoritative training.
Core Value
Strive continuously to improve process
and quality.
The Astute Leader
The respected CEO and the founder of
this institution – Mr. Loganathan, is
passionate about training and has vast
industrial and academia experience
which brings in lots of value to ISM
UNIV. His contribution to the
institution has paved the way to its
prosperity in the 26 years of its
existence now.
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Training Industry-ready
Professionals
Over the period, the institute focused
on training clients on embedded
systems, having identified its strength
in embedded system design and
development, acquired expertise in this
domain and collaborated with the
embedded industry to offer industryrelevant
training programs.
Since ISM's embedded training
business over the years was very
encouraging, the institute decided to
launch embedded consultations for its
corporate clients and started designing
their own products. Today they service
seven embedded blue-chip companies
in the country and overseas. Recently,
ISM has also bagged an R&D
(research and development) project
from a prestigious client for the next
three years.
“That being our evolution, we are
totally committed to what we do. We
sincerely adhere to the quality and
have a standalone system to evaluate
our quality,” added Mr. Loganathan.
ISM has increased in size over the
years, and now has a staff of over 150
people. The team is well-toned and
understands the company's business
goals and strives to meet their
respective goals and deadlines.
ISM UNIV Bengaluru offers a number
of courses like C, C++ programming,
core Java, advanced core Java, Struts
training, software testing, IoT and
python, embedded training system.
ISM's training contents are industry
driven. It trains on practical skills to
enable students to fit into projects
without any delay. The training adopts
a 'Learning by Doing' methodology
where the training is not bookish, but
rather all modules and techniques are
demonstrated practically following
ISM UNIV is passionate
about training engineering
professionals, considers
training as purely a service and
takes care of students during
their career building process.
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industry practices and
procedures. Students are
encouraged to put their hands on
all aspects of projects, like
planning, coding, testing, and
deployment.
Academic Programs
ISM UNIV conducts the
following courses:
a. Master in Embedded Systems
& IoT
b. Master in IoT Development
c. Master in Data Science and
AI/ML
d. Full stack Java Development
e. Full stack Python Development
The training is organized,
scheduled, and conducted by
trainers who possess an average
industrial experience of over 10 years.
All the institute's training programs are
completely planned from day one all
the way to the last day.
What makes ISM Unique?
ISM UNIV is passionate about training
engineering professionals, consider
training as purely a service and taking
care of students during their career
building process.
The institute has trained over 30,000
professionals and helped in supporting
their process of building careers. It has

Loganathan V
CEO
placed over 15,000 professionals. It is
authorised by AICTE-CEP to conduct
few training programs. It is also
authorised by ISTE to conduct selected
courses. Additionally, the institute is
training partner of 'Skill India' program
by NSDC.
Preparing for the Future
ISM UNIV has built a strong online
platform to provide online and blended
training across the country. It offers
courses in online, offline, and blended
mode. Additionally, the institute has
built online discussion forums and
video conferencing infrastructures
needed to impart such online and
blended training.
“We hope to extend our activities
across India's cities and offer a costeffective
solution for those in need of
technical training facilities. We are
currently focusing on e-Learning
courses to enable the professionals to
ISM UNIV's
mission is of
imparting
industry
relevant skills
to students to
enhance their
employability
and value.
learn from anywhere, anytime,”
concluded the prominent leader,
Mr. Loganathan V.
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The
Training
Changing Face of
Learn to Upskill
and
Certification
The pandemic revamped all the aspects of
businesses, work, and workplaces. Employee
training and certification cannot be an exception.
The traditional processes and practices have evolved and
will evolve continuously.
The old training and upskilling strategies have been
reoriented around the questions of training whom, training
what, training how, training when and where, and training
how much. These questions arise from changing business
scenarios, customer expectations, technological and
regulatory frameworks because of the course of the
pandemic and an unforeseen future.
Finding answers to these questions will allow training and
certification providers to design their new programs and
modules according to the needs and requirements of the
businesses, employees, and market forces shaping the
change. Also, it will shift their focus from only present to
the present and future combined, with a bit of backdrop of
past.
Ultimately, it will prepare the businesses and their
workforce to cope with present market demands, comply
with present and future market expectations and become
evolving professionals.
Many organisations have already taken these pandemicinfluenced
challenges as an opportunity to reflect on their
employees' current strengths, weaknesses and analyse the
kind of training programs they can module to best suit their
future expectations from their working professionals.
Changing Rules and Changing Roles:
Be it financial, banking, economic, and insurance sector or
retail, e-commerce, automobile, and F&B sector, more and
more consumers are going digital rather than physically
walking in and out of the branches or stores. This has ended
many traditional employee roles on the one hand, while, on
the other hand, increased digitalization has created many
new roles. This has forced businesses to not only change
their external operational policies but also interoperability
practices and guidelines including their rules for employee
recruitment and employee training and engagement.
Thus, the HR organisations catering to workforce training
and certification, and talent management needs, had to
change their strategic approach.
#Hybrid Workplace: Critical Workforce Capabilities
There is a need for special training split into two - in-office
and remote workforce groups. Both groups can be trained
either simultaneously or separately. The key is to make
remote trainees feel as involved as in-office trainees.
Active communication and listening, critical leadership
thinking, online/offline customer focus, and
teamwork/collaborations are the essential capabilities
trainers/talent managers must focus on for development.
#Techno-Savvy Personnel: Digital Expertise
Digital tools such as social-sharing Apps, live audio chats,
and video sessions that create a deep and meaningful sense
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of social cohesion, empathy, and caring will lead to inperson
and inter-personal learning.
Thus, by building digital training modules and then
collaborating with learning partners to create a digital
ecosystem, trainers/talent managers can then produce,
deliver, and share digital content in real-time.
#Soft and Smart Skilling: Healthy and Positive
Creativity, innovation, emotional intelligence, time
management, problem-solving attitude, and adaptability are
the soft and smart skills trainers must instill in their
trainees. These are going to be a must for the employees in
the present and post-pandemic corporate world.
Trainers can also work on employees' overall behaviour and
personality traits to encourage a positive and healthy
approach.
#Learning Flexibility: Facing Future
Flexibility learning includes a no-regrets skillset, which is
useful, irrespective of the employee's current and future
specific role, and how it may evolve as per the situation.
A flexible workforce can quickly change their roles to
confront the unforeseen events and suit the new
expectations from them by their management and their
colleagues and customers.
#Learning as a Culture: Resilient Workforce
Reskilling and Upskilling:
The changing dynamics of the corporate world are not only
about digitalization, automation, artificial intelligence,
remote working, and virtual workplace, but they are more
about the focus of the business on its core strengths and
weaknesses, including its assets and liabilities.
First of all, the leadership must look at employees as people
instead of employees as mere workers. It will change their
outlook from a professional workforce to a professional
family. Only then can they create training and business
models, which will consider reskilling and upskilling of
their family members as a primary and utmost important
factor.
The second thing is that companies must design a talent
management strategy that develops employees' resilient
personality to meet unexpected challenges. The resilient
personality traits are critical, cognitive, communication and
digital capabilities, social, interpersonal, learning, and
emotional skills, and adaptability, flexibility, and attitude.
Thirdly, the times warn that instead of reducing their
learning and training budgets, companies must double down
on such funds and make a commitment that they will
genuinely look after their workforce's reskilling and
upskilling. Developing these two muscles will ultimately
strengthen the organisation to face an unforeseen future of
uncertainty and disruptions.
- Gaurav Wankhade
An orgnisation that encourages its employees to learn not
only about its values, visions, beliefs, practices, and mission
but also about the roles and meaning of their work in the
company creates a culture of learning.
This learning culture will create a resilient workforce that
can assess and analyse any situations and face all
challenges and obstacles head-on.
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Nex-G Exuberant
Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
The Training Sandbox for Innovators and Pioneers
In 2002, the CEO and the founder
of Nex-G Exuberant Solutions
Pvt. Ltd. – Mr. S. S. Bhowmick
– started the company with only five
employees. But now, after 19 years,
Nex-G Exuberant Solutions Pvt. Ltd. is
a highly reputed name in the education
and training sector.
The information and communication
technologies (ICT) sector is
transforming the world. Billions of
connections between people and
devices across the world are creating
information societies in which learning
and competence development represent
the key to success. Successful learning
cultures foster an environment where
everyday learning, informal and onthe-job
learning, and knowledge
sharing form an integral part of the
overall learning culture.
When it started 19 years ago, the
wireless telecom sector was
experiencing a revolution. At the time,
2G and 3G were the more popular
technologies at play. Now the tech has
evolved, and technologies like 4G and
5G are all the rage. We are on the verge
of a 5G revolution, which is going to
change everything.
Nex-G started with a vision of making
optimal use of the various new
revolutions in technology that are
occurring in modern times. Initially,
the company started working on 3G
technologies and later added 4G
technologies.
Today, the Nex-G team is currently
working on technologies like 5G,
Software Define Networking (SDN),
Network Function Virtualization
(NFV), Industrial Internet of Things
(Industrial IoT), Geographic
Information System (GIS), OTT TV,
digital payments technologies, fiber
optics, and many other exciting yet
disruptive innovations.
The Quintessential Playground for
Crazy Innovators and Visionaries
R&D is at the core of Nex-G’s working
model. “We are the market leaders in
this domain specially when training
comes into the picture,” said the
dynamic and cultivated leader of NexG
Exuberant, Mr. Bhowmick. “Also, we
are merging new technologies, for
example – there is a lot of OTT
streaming, 5G broadcasting, these are
also going to merge. So naturally, we
are doing a lot of research on that.”
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The Most Trusted Training & Certification Providers, 2021
“In a few years, we will see that the
streaming services that are available
on OTT platforms now, will later be
directly available, along with HD and
4K streaming from your telecom
network,” added Mr. Bhowmick.
The aforementioned are the core
domains that the Nex-G team is
working on right now. Apart from that,
the company is also doing research and
development in payments technologies
like EMV, where they came across
security concerns, and the funds are
transferred online and worked on
developing solutions to the same end.
Additionally, Nex-G Exuberant has
forayed into the fields such as fiber
optics communications, for which the
team also provides training and
consultancy for the same.
In a nutshell, the core sectors this team
of creative, innovative out-the-box
thinkers is working on are ICT,
FinTech, OTT streaming, and similar
technologies.
Aspiring to Make a Difference
“We are putting a lot of energy into the
sorts of technologies that are going to
rule in the next 5 to 10 years. That is
our fundamental primer. We don’t
work on obsolete things – those areas
which are already developed or
matured and in widespread use. We
focus on those areas which are actually
going to gain traction in the coming
years. That is the reasoning behind our
name – ‘NexG’ – next generation!
Focus on technologies which are going
to come next,” remarked the proud
leader of the pack, Mr. S. S.
Bhowmick.
The company follows a simple 3-step
process to initialize the training and
consultancy services of a given
technology or sector as such:
1. Do research on next-generation
technologies – specifically IT and
communication technologies.
2. Convert them into training modules.
3. Do skill enhancements of
individuals and corporates.
The company started working on 5G in
2013 itself – back when this
technology was still in its infant stages.
Nex-G’s first presentation on 5G was
uploaded on YouTube back in 2013.
Now, Nex-G Exuberant Solutions is
doing research on 6G, which will be
prominent sometime around 2030 –
around 8-9 years from now.
An Evolved Vision
Initially, the mission statement of
Nex-G was:
‘Creating resources which can work at
par with the industry.’
But now, as the company has grown
over the years, it is not only helping
individual students but also corporates.
Corporates, who are working on new
projects and have to deal with new
technologies all the time, also need
handholding. They require expertise to
traverse the swiftly changing dynamics
of the tech industry.
“We have also provided our assistance
and services to government
organizations from India, Palestine,
Malawi, Rwanda, Nigeria, Malayasia
and many others. We worked with
them on many projects and also
delivered training and consultancy to
them on different domains,” added Mr.
Bhowmick.
The Visionary Leader
Mr. S. S. Bhowmick is a computer
engineer who started his career in 1998
with IIT-Chennai and a reputed
communications organization. He
counts himself lucky for getting a start
to his career in research and
development environment in the
tutelage of renowned scholars such as
Prof. Ashok Junjhunwala. Prof. Ashok
Junjhunwala has always been an idol to
Mr. Bhowmick. Being mentored by the
professor has led to his complete
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We have also provided our assistance
and services to government organisations like
Ministry of Defence, DRDO, Indian Navy,
NTRO, and many others.
transformation from that point onward:
coming out with new technologies,
serving the common man, taking the
technology to the last mile. All these
were his driving forces.
Such high ideals to strive for and
dreams of living up to motivated Mr.
Bhowmick to start something of his
own in the field of technology and
communication services. And finally,
in the year 2002, he did! And the rest is
history.
The Nex-G Advantage
“We are research and developmentbased
technology training company.”
Nex-G Exuberant Solutions are
focused on optimizing its customers'
investments in information technology.
It helps customers envision and shape
their future around the key drivers of
technology, productivity, and costeffectiveness.
Many other companies follow this
pattern of – a market which already
exists at large, people start following
that market and launch training
programs in that domain. Nex-G is
completely the opposite in this regard.
“Whenever we see that there is a
mature market and there are already a
lot of players in that market, we leave
that technology,” remarked Mr.
Bhowmick. He adds, “We discontinue
those training programs. We always
work on trainings, which are not
delivered by many companies. We are
never working on very common things,
always working on uncommon things.
That’s actually something that the
companies also ask, how do you learn
all these things? Because this is
something new.”
The company does it by spending a lot
of time and investment on the learning
part. Learning new things, developing
the setups for them, doing R&D on
them all well in advance, most of the
times years in advance.
All this effort has bore fruits in the best
of ways for Nex-G Exuberant
Solutions. One of its most noteworthy
achievements is being honoured as one
of the ‘Top 100 Companies of Asia’
award by Red Herring – a feat which is
even more impressive given that Nex-
G is the only training solution provider
who made it to this auspicious list.
Nex-G Consultancy Services
The Nex-G Consultancy Services gives
technology consultancy to different
companies, mainly in telecom and IT.
It offers solutions in next-generation
information and communication
technologies – Industrial IoT, SDN,
NFV, 5G, Network Security, Network
Applications, Apps (Web/Mobile), Big
Data, Machine Learning, Deep
Learning, Cloud Computing, Network
Simulations, Image Processing and
GIS.
What comes next?
In the next 2-3 years, there are going to
be a lot of innovations. So, in lieu of
the already depleted technologies and
markets, the Nex-G team has started
research and developing models of the
sorts of technologies that are going to
be all the rage, like 6G, V2X (‘Vehicleto-everything’
tech with its subsidiaries
such as V2I – vehicle to infrastructure,
V2N – vehicle to network, V2P –
vehicle to pedestrian, V2D – vehicle to
device, V2G – vehicle to grid, etc.),
telecom broadcasting, and
advancements in video streaming.
Scaling the Future
“We want to grow our company and
move more towards the corporate
sector. And add new companies to our
portfolio with whom we can work and
provide technology consultancy to
them. Additionally, we want to develop
new products and make our services
ever more efficient, whilst also
researching and developing training
modules for the new and exciting
technologies of the future,” concluded
Mr. S. S. Bhowmick.
It’s an exciting time right now to be
working with Nex-G Exuberant
Solutions. An exciting time!
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COVID-19
Welcome Change
For a Better Change
“
Madam!” I turned by loud
happy voice to face the
sweets offered by a final
year student who got selected in a big
company. I congratulated him from the
bottom of my heart. This used to
happen every year. Final year students
greet and get blessed with sharing the
job news.
Many students graduated from
different disciplines across the country
get jobs in different companies. May-
June is the time of the final
examination. It ends with the result and
then joining the company starts in July-
December. Until then, students and
parents work on different plans while
waiting for the offer letter, joining
letter. The parents feel happy and
proud about their ward. Youth have
enormous enthusiasm, a dash of talent,
a lot of curiosity about the corporate
field and the feel of the conquered
world.
But .....now? Circumstances have
changed by 360.
The reason is the global upheaval that
has taken place in the last 2 months.
My whole life has changed from start
to end. The context has changed.
To cope with this change, the young
degree holders must be mentally,
physically and financially prepared to
enter the new corporate world. These
youth and their parents come with a lot
of questions about the future. They
have worries, fears, anxiety and
whatnot. What exactly to do? How to
face this change?
I think it is necessary to shed light on
this.
Now in this current situation, the
graduates who have been selected and
placed in the company and have
received the offer letter may not be
immediately allowed to join. In fact,
they will have to wait for a few
months. All the factories, IT companies
have changed their calculations.
Industries are closed till date. So, they
will not issue an appointment letter and
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if they do, the number of trainee
engineers will be considerably less.
Initially, they will try to reduce costs.
The industry must survive first.
Suppose even if the joining letter is
received, are graduates ready for
working and living in such a situation in
the metro city? And are parents ready to
send their son/daughter? That is the
question.
The crux is fresh graduates won't get
new jobs at the moment. Coming two
years, there is a total change expected in
all areas. This is an expert's opinion.
Changes are inevitable in living
standards, expenditure, jobs, industry
and technology, various occupations,
tourism, hotel, education, agriculture,
automobile industry, health,
infrastructure and many more. Again,
there may be lots of opportunities for
Indians but it will take time.
In this scenario, youth should try to
develop their skills by analysing
themselves. There are many courses
available online. Any relevant course
certification can make value addition to
your own profile. This may help in future
for sure.
One has to check the possibility to raise
a business in their own village or at the
native place with available resources.
Now, the flow to metropolitan areas has
a fair chance to go down.
Calculate all kinds of costs and cut them
wherever it is possible.
Contemplate, how to grow? Everything
is going digital. We need to know the
exact needs and steps of the hour.
Welcome and be ready for the expected
and unexpected changes that will take
place in the next five years. All these
should be studied in-depth, with the help
of parents, mentors and teachers.
One should always try to keep positive.
Change is about to happen. It is not
avoidable.
Nature is great and has taught us a
lesson. The rule applies to everyone
same here.
When you were a kid, you used to play a
puzzle by matching pieces to create a
picture.
This is a puzzle created by nature.
Everyone will be forced to understand
and accept. Where and how to put and
place themselves in this nature's puzzle?
Being said so, that the decision can be
taken and one can make it right in the
course of time by working hard and
smart.
Prof. Sanjivani Apte
Specialist's
Viewpoint
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