Start up rolls out customised learning solutions

City-based start-up has come up with a customised Android tablet called Edutor Student Tab which is pre-loaded with its learning platform Ignitor. Ignitor can also be deployed on various makes of tablets to deliver enhanced learning experience enriched with well-researched content. It helps the tutor to engage with students and also empowers them to make the learning experience go beyond rigid boundaries of the past.

The main components of Ignitor are mobile learning environment, course delivery engine, content security and mobile device management. Students can access the content offline anytime, anywhere and the content delivery platform provides content from top publishers like Pearson, Orient Blackswan and Cambridge University Press. Ignitor works with schools for solution integration and students are instructed to ‘Bring Your Own Device’ (BYOD).

The Ignitor platform and courseware are installed on the student devices which are then used in the classroom and at home. Edutor also works with test preparation institutes to solve the challenges that are faced by these institutes due to changing exam patterns, evolving assessment paradigms and the sheer growth in the number of students appearing for these competitive exams.

It also provides solution for distance-based learning with a video-based course delivery network through Ignitor. Ignitor offline-online assessment engine offers end-to-end automation of assessment process for institutes. Edutor also provides solutions for higher education institutions like learning management systems, communication and collaboration and assessments – all integrated around digital book and content.

Edutor Technologies is an e-learning platform, which provides interactive learning solutions for K12 schools, higher education institutions and for test preparations. The company works with all the key stakeholders in the education system — students, parents and the education institutions. Edutor was launched in 2009 by Ram Gollamudi, Prasanna Boni and Ramesh Karra. They started by introducing tablets and tablet-based learning.

According to yourstory.com, in March 2012, Edutor Technologies had raised Rs 2 crore from Hyderabad Angels, led by serial entrepreneur Sashi Reddi. Edutor has 40,000 students as paying customers. It has expanded its geographical footprint and has been offering its products to the US and Europe market in the last two years and have a good amount of traction.

Though the test preparation market is growing at a rapid pace with multiple players like 100marks,MeraTestBazaar, Testbook, Embibe and Toppr trying to make a mark, the sector has only seen a few exits in the recent past.