Experience

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  Edutech India

  • Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

  • Business Head - Learning Solutions

    • Jun 2022 - Present
    • Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

    EdTech consultant and solution provider

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  Edutech

  • United Arab Emirates
  • Education Administration Programs
  • 400 - 500 Employee

  • Business Head - Custom Learning Services

    • Jan 2011 - May 2022

    Business Head for Custom Learning Services. Responsible for profitability of BU.In charge of:• Delivering apt training solutions for target audiences across corporate sectors (BFSI, Energy, IT, Healthcare, Manufacturing), higher education, vocational education, and K-12.• Solutioning for new enquiries (proposals) and cost estimations.• Developing & streamlining systems that enhance operational effectiveness and exceed operational goals. • Contributing significant improvements in quality, productivity, learning processes, while garnering repeat businesses through customer satisfaction, reducing costs and maintaining a positive work environment.

  • Instructional Design Manager

    • Apr 2009 - Apr 2011

    Learning solution architect for challenging and diverse training needs. Analyse, design, & develop learning solutions. Recruit, train and lead ID team.Responsible for:• Solutioning for new enquiries (proposals), effort estimations, and developing prototypes for prospective clients.• Providing appropriate training solutions based on needs analysis and client requirements.• Designing courseware with appropriate instructional strategies.• Ensuring the instructional quality of projects executed by a team of Instructional Designers and improving processes.• Staffing, training, and managing the ID team.• Managing clients, vendors, and Change Requests.

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  Satyam Computer Services Limited

  • Instructional Design Manager

    • Jul 2006 - Dec 2008

    Learning solution architect for challenging and diverse training needs. Analyse, design, & develop learning solutions. Recruit, train and lead ID team.Responsible for:• Performing training needs, audience, and task analysis.• Providing appropriate training solutions based on the analysis. • Designing the curriculums and courseware with appropriate instructional strategies.• Ensuring the instructional quality of projects executed by a team of Instructional Designers.• Staffing, training, and managing the ID team. • Creating proposals, statement of work, solutioning, effort estimations, bidding, and client support.

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  SIFY Limited

  • Chennai Area, India

  • Instructional Design Lead

    • Oct 2001 - Jul 2006
    • Chennai Area, India

    Analyse, design, & develop learning solutions. Recruit, train, and lead ID team.Responsible for: Ensuring the instructional quality of projects executed by a team of Instructional Designers.  Designing coursewares and solutioning. Preparing proposals, SOW, and estimations. Training the team on ID, Edit, and client-specific standards.  Standardizing the ID efforts for various projects, updating the requirements gathering process document. Analysing the cause for each error to ensure a downward trend for internal as well as external errors. Ensuring maximum team utilization keeping in mind the risks in the project. Creating the skill index for the team. Ensuring that the attrition rate is below 12% for the year for the team. Recruiting the right candidates through walk-in, consultant, and campus interviews.

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  NIIT Limited

  • Chennai Area, India

  • Instructional Design Executive

    • Jan 2000 - Oct 2001
    • Chennai Area, India

    Analyse, design, and develop learning solutionsResponsible for: Developing ILTs using various Instructional Theories for Microsoft Publisher 2000 Level 2 (USA Projects – Macmillan publishers, USA). Analyzing (audience and task) and mapping content. Creating course specifications documents (course outline and strategies). Creating storyboards using instructional strategies and visualized media strategies. Mastering the various aspects of CBT and WBT development using Macromedia Director, Hypersnap, Jasc Batch master, Adobe Photoshop 5.5, PaintShop Pro 6, Collage Complete, FullShot 99, and Sound Forge. Converting CBT's to WBT's using Macromedia Authorware. Co-ordinating with the entire team to ensure on-time delivery of courses. Adhering to the processes of SEI-CMM Level 5. Testing CBT's and WBT's, which are developed at NIIT, for language and functionality issues. Reviewed and edited documents.