GurukulOnline Learning Solutions join hands with Rajasthan Government

For skill development programmes aiming to increase employment opportunities for the youth of the state

New Delhi, July 23, 2008: GurukulOnline Learning Solutions (GOLS), the pioneer and innovator of eLearning in India recently announced its tie-up with Rajasthan Government for providing various skill development programmes like Spoken English cum Employment Readiness Skills to the youth in Rajasthan. The students coming out from various colleges of the state are gravely deficient in spoken English and soft skills. The skill development programme aims to rectify these deficiencies, besides imparting domain knowledge skills like Organized Retailing, Logistics, and Financial Services etc. Lack of these skills is known to be a major impediment in finding a suitable job especially outside Rajasthan.

Project Chaired by the Chief Minister of Rajasthan, along with GOLS aims to train over 2000 students during this financial year through the skill development programmes. GOLS has successfully conducted a pilot project of 200 students in Jaipur who were provided training on Spoken English, Soft Skills & Retail Industry. Most of these students have been placed in various retail outlets across the state. Over the current financial year, GOLS will also tie-up with various colleges across state to provide training on an eLearning platform on above-mentioned courses.

Shailesh H.Mehta, Founder & CEO, GurukulOnline Learning Solutions said, “We at GOLS aim to build the skill sets of youth through both eLearning and offline courses. Equipping the students with the required skill sets with the aim to increase their job potential has been a common aim between us and Rajasthan Government. The resultant factor of our tie-up is the rich dividends our students are reaping by embarking on a promising career in the retail industry. After the success of our pilot project, we have been mandated to provide industry specific courses on retail, logistics, Financial Services etc apart from Spoken English & soft skills across districts of Rajasthan including Kota, Jhalawar, Bundi and Baran apart from Jaipur”.

Course Details: It is a comprehensive 325 Hours course with Admission Fees of Rs 200/- only for (SC/ST/OBC/) and Rs.400 for General category. Girls shall be admitted free of cost for the course.

Eligible Age Group: Unemployed youth between 18-35 yrs.

About GurukulOnline Learning Solutions:

GurukulOnline Learning Solutions, a pioneer and innovator of eLearning in India, is leading this revolution since 2001. Their expertise in each phase of the eLearning cycle – Consulting, Installation, Integration, Deployment, Training and Support is unmatched in the industry.The Company services customers in five key markets viz., Retail (B2C), Corporate (B2B), Institutions & Universities and Mandatory Training, each of which have strong synergy with the other. GOLS has partnered with leading eLearning technology vendors like, IBM, Centra-Saba and have mastered expertise on open source different LMS. For students, the company has set up a Jobs and Careers Centre™ (JCC) which, not only provides job-oriented vocational education in a variety of domains, but also provides career-enriching courses via eLearning – a first of its kind initiative in the world.

Headquartered in Mumbai with offices in major metros of India, GurukulOnline Learning Solutions™ is the brainchild of Mr. Shailesh H, Mehta. He launched his career as an entrepreneur with various path-breaking first moves in the marketing and manufacturing industries before introducing the concept of eLearning in India.

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