Major Players in the Indian e-learning Market

E-learning has attained a tremendous growth since 2000 and it has always continued to attract companies to enter the market. Some e-learning companies focus on diversified target segments and a few players focus on a specific e-learning sector.

The following is a list of some prominent e-learning companies in India.

• NIIT Technologies was set up in 1981 to provide training solutions for IT industry and now it has clients across 40 countries. This company is a pioneer in Indian e-learning industry and provides specialized learning solutions for corporations, government sectors, colleges, schools, and individuals. NIIT acquired ElementK, a leading US-based e-learning company, which provides a tailored catalogue of courses to corporate clients across the globe.
• IBM India has a well established Learning Development division and has thousands of e-learning experts located in 55 countries across this globe.
  In India, they have-learning development centers at Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Pune, Gurgaon, Noida, and Hyderabad. IBM has also setup a Knowledge factory at its Bangalore location to analyze the external and internal training requirements and provide innovative-learning solutions.
• Tata Interactive Systems (TIS) is part of the Tata Group and was started in the year 1990. This company had a steady growth over years and has around 600 multi-disciplinary specialists today across the globe. With 19 years of experience, this company has established its presence worldwide and has developed e-learning content across 1500 projects to cater corporate, education, and government sectors.
• Skillsoft is an Ireland based leading provider of e-learning products and has a center established at Bangalore. SkillSoft's Books24x7 is one of the largest online, on-demand book resources with more than 20,000 titles. It provides on-demand e-learning and performance support solutions to global destinations and local Indian clients in key cities of India, such as Mumbai, Bangalore, Delhi, and Hyderabad.
• Sify E-learning was formed in December 2000 and in India it has office locations at Chennai, Delhi, Mumbai, and Bangalore. With eight years of experience in this domain, Sify e-learning has developed over 5000 hours training so far and it focuses more on the corporate sector.
• Lionbridge India has set up development centers at Mumbai and Chennai, and employs highly skilled engineering and content development teams. Apart from e-learning services, this company also provides translation and localization services. This company has opened a translation institute in India, Aksharmala, to provide professional translation services for Indic languages.
• Educomp Solutions was incorporated in September 1994. This Delhi-based education company is the largest provider of technology education and learning services for the K-12 market in India. It serves approximately eight million students worldwide and employs around 4000 employees. It also provides online tutoring services since 2005.
• Tutorvista was founded in 2005 at Bangalore. This company provides 24x7 personalized online tutoring services to students from K12 to graduate level across the globe. It has around 1500+ online tutors from various cities in India.
• GurukulOnline headquarted in Mumbai is one of the largest providers of online library courses and over the years has developed around 5000 hours of learning content across 16 industry domains.
• Harbinger Knowledge Products is a part of Harbinger Group and serves customers across 45 countries, including India. This company has its corporate headquarters at Pune, and also has units established in Mumbai and US locations.

Apart from these major players, there are several smaller companies in this segment, which play a powerful role in developing innovative e-learning solutions to the domestic and international market.