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| Gradfirst – India’s first hybrid finishing school |
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GradFirst is India's first Hybrid Finishing School from Mindlogicx Infratec Limited, the company that has delivered many firsts on knowledge management domain. After having created worlds first virtual university platform, we have been busy creating "GradFist" that we have forgotten to tell the world about it. The ultimate objective of GradFirst is to transform the learner community from reactive to interactive and from interactive to proactive and make them to get "Ignited". |
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Mindlogicx is proud to have launched GRADFIRST – India's First and World's best Finishing School which operates in the virtual world of knowledge where one can set the rules, lead the way and conquer the rest - all in their "Youniverse". Knowledge is no longer scarce at GradFirst. Welcome aboard! |
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GradFirst provides online reskilling and upskilling programs for fresh graduates from colleges and universities so as to make them Job Ready by sharpening their skills in a manner that prepares them to enter the industry environment with confidence and relevant knowledge. |
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The mission of GradFirst is to "Empower every citizen of the new knowledge economy as knowledge worker so that they become 'employable' or 'self employable' or transform them from job seekers to job providers". The target group is the young population of India who has the real energy to make this mission a reality. |
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The innovative technology platform VEDAS assists the users to access, store, retrieve and reuse implicit and explicit knowledge to power their competency in a knowledge based eco system. The solutions and services are delivered under SaaS and MAS respectively by taking care of the entire life cycle of the project, thus giving absolute peace of mind to the users. Mindlogicx has a strong back end IT support system to handle such large projects which are in conformity with international standards of ITSM. |
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GradFirst, the Hybrid Finishing School from Mindlogicx is aimed at providing training though online mode using innovative tools such as content management system, learning management system, digital library, collaborative learning system and mock examination system for performance analysis and forecasting. The whole system is designed scientifically by imparting significant learning in a short span of time to bridge the skills gap so as to make them Job Ready. |
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The benefits of Hybrid Finishing Schools over traditional Schools include: |
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Most economical learning, at a fraction of a traditional cost (up to 15%) |
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Quality education through latest versions of courses |
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No need of faculty and Consistency in quality |
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Instantaneous and absolutely free up-gradations |
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Anywhere-Anytime learning with internet connection |
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Self paced learning |
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Bulletin board helps the students to ask any doubts in privacy |
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Result measurement is automatic |
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Auto tracking of the progress |
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Retention of information is high |
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Higher Course Completion rate |
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Simulates an international classroom with discussion forum |
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| The Need for Hybrid Finishing Schools |
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Mindlogicx believes that Knowledge is pervasive and should be made available to every one. That is why we have brought the power of VEDAS to deliver the knowledge @ your desktop which is the driving force behind the Hybrid Finishing School. |
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Being one of the biggest education systems in the world, India is producing 3.1 million graduates every year. The number is not a major concern; rather, how many of them are employed, is a major concern. As per the survey of National Association for Software Services Companies (NASSCOM), only 30 to 31 percent of the engineering graduates are employable in the industry. Now the question we have in front of us is what happens to the remaining graduates. |
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In India, despite having such a large number of graduates passing out of colleges each year, we are not able to fill the vacancies in the industry. This is mainly because soft-skill training among graduates is comparatively less in India. There is a huge gap between indsustry needs and and academic training. |
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Various studies including NASSCOM-McKinsey Study 2005 throws up some interesting insights to validate India’s positive human-power status. |
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The number of IT-BPO professionals employed in India grew from less than 200,000 people in 1998 to over 1.6 million in 2007. |
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India currently has around 347 institutes of higher education and 16,885 colleges with a total enrollment of over 9.9 million. These produce around 495,000 technical graduates, nearly 2.3 million other graduates and over 300,000 post-graduates every year. |
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India’s emergence as a preferred outsourcing destination has created the need for about 3.5 million professionals by 2011. Based on current estimates, a shortage of skilled knowledge workers may arise if remedial action is not taken. |
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While conventional training centres can bridge the gap between expected and existing knowledge among graduates, Finishing schools make the students Industry Ready. |
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GradFirst fits in the requirement and provides various reskilling or upskilling to the final year graduates in Science, Commerce, Engineering and Management disciplines and make them employable or Job Ready. |
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What Is The Business Model? |
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The business model is to provide various reskilling and upskilling programmes through GradFirst in order to make the final and pre-final year students of universities and colleges "employable" or "self employable" or enable them to transform themselves from being job seekers to job providers. The target is the millions of graduates who have the real energy to make this mission a reality. What is needed is "hand holding", a mentoring process by which we can make them become "Job Ready". The business model is to convert the human population into human potential and make them become employable in the areas of their expertise. |
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GradFirst has developed many programmes for each category of students in science, commerce, engineering and management disciplines and have tied up with prospective employers who are interested in hiring this "skilled" workforce. GradFirst plays the role of an enabler in the whole business model. On completion of the program, a certificate is issued to the student and candidate’s profile is uploaded in the online database. This database can be accessed by employers anywhere in the world. So it acts like a passport for employment for the students anywhere in the world. Further, this database provides an easy access to the authentic skilled manpower to the employers. |
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Programs Provided at GradFirst |
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The Hybrid Finishing School is set to partner the youth as they find their destiny in an emerging knowledge-based society. It builds a bridge from Campus to Careers in the form of online programs that impart actionable knowledge for rewarding careers. |
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To train graduates and working professionals, the Hybrid Finishing School has designed a unique set of training programs. The purpose of such training is upgradation of their skills and knowledge so that they become job ready. The requirements for these programs vary from one level to another. |
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Graduates need career guidance, study abroad counseling, personality developments and some skills development. |
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Professionally qualified engineering & management students, seek personality development, soft skill development and programs on specialized skill enhancement related to their domain of study. |
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In GradFirst Hybrid Finishing School, the programs offered are divided into two broad categories, as Reskilling and Upskilling Programs. While, the reskilling programs concentrate on skill enhancement in the specific domain of qualification of the candidate, the upskilling programs provide an opportunity to learn the subjects of candidate’s choice irrespective of what they studied in their university education. |
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In addition to the Reskilling and Upskilling Programs, GradFirst also provides a range of Softskill Programs. A variety of dynamic softskill programs are provided at the HFS to improve the quality and character of interpersonal communication. These softskill programs include: |
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Growing Leadership Style |
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Effective Interpersonal Communications |
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Presentation Styles |
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Writing in Plain English |
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Time Management |
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Stress Management |
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Writing Effective Business Communications |
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Team Building |
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Adopting an Entrepreneurial Attitude |
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Networking for Winners |
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Root-Cause: Problem Solving |
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Active Listening Skills |
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Conflict Resolution |
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Though this is not an exhaustive list of the softskill training provided to students at GradFirst, the purpose of these programs is to provide the opportunity for specialized skills enhancement to the candidates in order to equip them to face the challenges on various job assignments in an effective manner. |
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Business & Delivery model of GradFirst |
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We have built the unique business model for GradFirst in the form of a golden triangle and the delivery model has three layers in the pyramid as shown in the figure below. We have designed the pyramid in such a manner that three layers of services are delivered to the students. The BoP takes care of the basic needs of the students in the form of softskilling while the MoP and ToP take care of the mid and higher layer of the skills empowerment by way of suitable reskilling and upskilling. The subjects are designed in line with the course curriculum of the students’ viz., Science, Commerce, Engineering and Management etc. |
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The services of GradFirst are delivered through the patent pending Educards, acclaimed as the Business Process innovation of the decade. |
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We believe that every student is unique in his or her own way and needs specialized services to give them the comfort and feel of being treated uniquely. That is why we thought we could make a difference - A difference that can have real impact in their life and hence have created Educards to give them the personal touch of being themselves. The “I” factor is very important in every one’s life as we are in the world of iPod, iRivers, iRevolution and its that "I" we thought we should emphasize on. Here we have the innovation working for every one to deliver the knowledge @ the desktop.
Educard has been designed to enable every one to get the power to traverse in their "Youniverse" to set their own terms and at their own pace.
The Educard is the "e" power in the palm of the user through which users can access the knowledge network anytime and anywhere. Educards are the medium which facilitates the user to access our secured server for various knowledge
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