Hero Vired launches ‘Vired for Business’ to upskill employees
About 250 learners have signed up for the offering so far, the company told ET on Tuesday.
Hero Vired for Business assists enterprises in upskilling employees, sourcing talent, recruiting new employees, implementing internal learning programs, and setting up internal knowledge academies. It offers a curriculum in areas such as full-stack development, data science, machine learning, artificial intelligence, finance and fintech, game design and leadership, entrepreneurial thinking, and innovation.
“The need to continually upskill employees is a pain point experienced by every human resource and business leader. Hero Vired for Business offers the perfect solution to that conundrum,” said Srikrishnan V, vice president (enterprise business) at Hero Vired. “Through the bespoke programs we build for organisations, they can enhance their employees’ career paths and prepare them for the next big thing.”
In April,
Hero Group launched Hero Vired, targeting students who have completed schooling. The platform offers interactive support, peer-to-peer communication and engagement-driven online instructor-led classes. The edtech startup has partnered with Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, and New York-based Codecademy for its courses.
Investment in Hero Vired has come from the parent company, Founder CEO Akshay Munjal had said in April. “The (Munjal) family has supported the venture with upwards of $10 million. That’s one of the good things about being part of a large group. You don’t need to worry about your bank balance.” Hero Group entered the education sector in 1964. In 2014, the company set up the BML Munjal University in Gurugram.
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The talent crunch in India—
exacerbated by the pandemic—has forced tech companies to hire
skilled workers at a higher cost and
change the way they onboard freshers.
The edtech space, however, is attempting to fill this talent gap.
upGrad
recently acquired KnowledgeHut, which provides short-duration upskilling and reskilling courses to professionals. According to the company, the upskilling and reskilling market has a potential of more than $58 billion. Scaler Academy, another upskilling platform,
recently acquired coding startup Coding Elements in an all-cash deal worth about $1 million.
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