Indus Net Academy has recently forayed into E-Learning business to make its presence more complete in education space. We have been doing R&D on this project since last six months with great success.

We understand that knowledge concentration is increasing in bigger towns and cities due to the luxuries of urban life. There are few learned people who wish to go and spend time in the countryside (forget about dedicating a lifetime) to share their knowledge and educate the less priviledged ones.

Indus Net Academy will act as a knowledge distribution hub for masses using its state-of-the-art technology platform for rapid e-learning content development and delivery (using CDs, DVDs, E-Books, Computer Based Training Software, Web Based Training Softwares and Kiosks) at a price that even a poor farmer can afford.

We promise that -

1) Value-for-money will be re-defined,
2) Barriers to education & knowledge will fall apart,
3) Usability will be stretched to its extreme and
4) Technology will be optimally used to teach the less privileged

It is more than a venture for the Indus Net Technologies’ E-Learning Team. It’s a passion that they all share, since they know that they can together bring about the change which will have far reaching social-economical change in the society we live in. If you wish to become a part of this team, write to us at hr@indusnet.co.in

Our e-learning products will be available under the following categories:

1) IT education
2) Academic education
3) Soft skill development
4) Moral development / Entertainment / Classic series

We will soon publish our schedule of release of titles. A sample chapter from HTML/CSS training CD will be put online for your input.

For any commercial enquiries, please contact elearning-sales@indusnet.co.in

Note: Currently, we are not licensing or soliciting requests for using our e-learning platform for corporate training programs. It is purely been utilized for our own products.

Today, Indus Net Academy has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Unisol Education & Consultancy Services, a leading IT education company based in Malda (Approx. 280 kms. north of Kolkata) in the heartland of rural West Bengal.

This partnership will enable aspiring students from Malda and adjoining region to get the advantage that Indus Net Academy has extended to students around Kolkata. The “New Age Training” designed and developed by our team of experts and professionals will make graduates more employable by imparting practical and industry oriented IT education in areas of web design, web development and Internet marketing.

The training center will be operational from 1st March 2008.

Indus Net Academy has been an instant success since its launch (in July 2007), since most students shared our frustration with the current education system which churns out graduates in millions but fail to impart employable skill, thereby defeating the fundamental purpose of higher education. In last six months, Indus Net Academy has trained and placed 50+ web designers and PHP/MySQL programmers. HR Managers of Internet service companies can contact our placement desk at info@indusnetacademy.com for their hiring requirement and campus interviews.

INT’s 10th anniversary was celebrated on Sep 17, 2007 in The Sadel, Kolkata. All of us from Kolkata division (we missed the Chennai guys as it was celebrated separately over there) had a wonderful day together. In a well coordinated program by Mr. Mukul Guta (VP - Marketing & Operations) INT’s Founder/CEO Mr. Abhishek Rungta shared the achievements and vision of the organization. We had an open house, discussed new ventures and had other conversations. We also awarded achievers and new comers of the year.

Here are some photographs of the event:

Tapas Sen is our VP of Quality Assurance. He is a new year baby, but we caught up with him today and celebrated his birthday.

We wish great success in years ahead!

What does Jack Welch (The legendary CEO of GE) and McKinsey have in common when it comes to managing talent? Both of them seem to agree on the same thing when it comes to managing talent within an organization. In order to build a great company you need to employ great people.

What actually are A , B and C graders ?
“A” grade employees are people that deliver beyond what they are expected to deliver. Look at your best designer, best programmer, best sales guy, best support technician or, look at the best people with the same level (i.e. having same designation), your best manager, your best project lead. - they are the “A” graders within your company. The people whom you truly consider your assets!

“B” grade employee are people who are consistent performers. They don’t do exceptional things but they are fairly consistent at what they are doing. According to Jack Welch - “They are on the fence”

“C” grade employees are poor performers who either cannot deliver results or require too much pushing.

Why can’t you hire “A” Grader directly?
The problem is that there is no sure shot technique that will guarantee that you will have all the “A” class guys working for you. There are not many of them around! Even if you can come up with an objective shortlisting process that can help identify a super-performer from an average-performer, meeting the numbers will be quite a challenge - specially if your company is growing at 100% every year. If you think that everybody who works for you is an “A” grade gut then you have simply not raised the bar high enough.

The good news is that hiring “B” grade performers is not that difficult and as it turns out, it is a better strategy too. There are following possibilities with a guy who is at “B” grade:

1. He will turn out to be a “A” grader (Tiger within Sheep’s skin!)
2. They will remain “B” graders
3. They will actually turn out to be “C” graders

There is a real competition out there for hiring talent. McKinsey says that this “war for talent” requires a new way of thinking for attracting and retaining quality talent:

So you are in a safe position as long as you have a process to recognize and reward the “A” grade people, attract, train and upgrade the “B” grade people and most importantly, identify and get rid of “C” grade employees.

Why getting rid of “C” grade people is important?
There are a lot of reasons why you should get rid of poor performers:

1. You stand for what you tolerate. If you tolerate incompetence then you and your organization stands for it.

2. There is lot of effort required in converting “C” graders to “B” grade. At the same time remember that your “A” graders and “B” graders are spending their time on “C” graders. It’s like throwing an olympic swimmer into a pool with weights tied to his waist and then expecting him to win the race. I firmly believe that the results will be much better if a “A” grade employee spends time on “B” grade than on “C” grade.

How to avoid hiring “C” graders?

I think “C” graders are terrible at recruiting. If you believe, that a person is below average (either within the organization or amongst peers) then that worst thing that you can do is let them hire other employees. So, you should only allow your best and brightest people to select future employees of the organization. Remember, no one can hire someone better than himself. So, while “A” graders will hire “B” graders, “B” and “C” graders will hire even more “C” graders.

Let’s begin the new year by cleaning up some deadwood. Shall we!?