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HughesNet Global Education |
| HughesNet™ Global Education, previously known as DiRECWAY Global Education, is a premier satellite based education and training service initiative by Hughes, for corporates and working professionals/ Students. It has live, interactive, real-time, two way video, voice and data classes, and is spread across 300 classrooms in 91 cities. |  | HughesNet™ Global Education platform has redefined the next generation of education i.e. real-time Interactive Onsite Learning (IOL). First of its kind in the country, started in 2001, this platform seamlessly integrates the strengths of the traditional method of education — classroom teaching — with the latest in technology. Several corporate customers have also used the HughesNet™ Global Education service to train their dealers, employees, customers and associates across the country. HughesNet™ Global Education offers both monetary and productivity benefits to participants. There is huge savings on locational transfers and living costs while continuing with their existing job, as the participants do not have to leave their cities or jobs to attend the program. Additionally, since the course curriculum is designed keeping in mind the needs, expertise and skills of the professionals there is focused and optimal learning from premier institutes and its faculty, giving students a career edge.
| Some of the key benefits:
- HughesNet™ Global Education offers highest level of interactivity as in a live classroom
- It has built in class-management tools that help faculty in conducting the class effectively
- It has built-in measurement and certification tools that help the faculty to monitor each student’s progress accurately and effectively.
- HughesNet™ Global Education is the ideal way to increase the reach and coverage of premier institutions without compromising on:
- Interactivity
- Control and certification
- Quality of content
- The faculty – the best faculty can now centrally reach and address participants simultaneously in various cities across the country.
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| Areas & Verticals
HCIL has access to programs in the Management and Technical domains.
These programs are typically medium to long term in duration (3 months to a year or more). Short-term programs are also available on demand.
With the partner institutions, HCIL provides services such as degree, diploma and certificate programs for the consumer end of the market. Companies (their senior managers) participate by nominating employees for workshops and management development programs on relevant topics in technology & management, human resources, finance, strategy & branding, advertising etc.
| Associations: Premier Partnerships
Since its inception Hughes has partnered with top B-Schools & Technical Education Institutions across the country and abroad to take the best of Management and Technical Education programs to working professionals and students across the country. The premier Institutes that Hughes has partnered with since 2001 are:
- Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore
- Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode
- Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta
- Xavier Labour Relations Institute, Jamshedpur
- Mudra Institute of Communication Ahmedabad
- Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi
- Indian Institute of Foreign Trade
- Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, NMIMS
- Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE)
| IIM Bangalore : After 1947, the Government of independent India focused on the development of indigenous science and technology. As a technology base was being created, it became clear that the country needed to simultaneously augment management talent and resources. A response that lead to the creation of the Indian Institutes of Management in the country. The Indian Institute of management Bangalore was established in 1973. Today, IIMB is recognized as India's best Business school. Its world-class infrastructure provides the foundation for its programs of teaching, research, consulting and other professional services
|  | .IIM Kozhikode: The Indian Institutes of Management are synonymous with excellence in the field of management education not only within the country, but worldwide, and IIM graduates are much sought-after in the national and international job market. The Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, the fifth IIM in the country, has carved a niche for itself within its short span of operation. Established in 1996 by the Government of India in collaboration with the Government of Kerala, it aims to provide education, training, consulting and research facilities in management. The Institute began its Post Graduate Programme in September 1997. The Institute distinguishes itself not only with its superior curriculum, which forms but one component for learning and professional growth, but also with its blend of information, concepts, intellectual resources and infrastructure. IIMK shapes the individual to strive for excellence through fair means and without making ethical compromises.
|  | IM Calcutta :The Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIMC) was established as the first national institute for Post-Graduate studies and Research in Management by the Government of India in November 1961 in collaboration with Alfred P. Sloan School of Management (MIT), the Government of West Bengal, The Ford Foundation and Indian industry. During its initial years, several prominent faculty formed part of its nucleus, including Paul Samuelson, Jagdish Sheth, J. K. Sengupta, among others. Over the years, IIMC has grown into a mature institution with global reputation, imparting high quality management education. It has been playing a pioneering role in professionalising Indian management through its Post Graduate and Doctoral level programs, Executive Training Programs, Research and Consulting Activities Today, the institute serves as an autonomous body, continually evolving to meet its goals in an ever-changing business environment.
IIM Calcutta will be using HughesNet Global Education platform of Hughes Communications India Ltd. (HCIL) for delivering select Executive Education Programs. The vision of the Institute is to emerge as an International Center of Excellence in all facets of Management Education, rooted in Indian ethos and societal values. Over the past four decades, IIM Calcutta has blossomed into one of Asia's finest Business Schools. Its strong ties to the business community make it an effective mechanism for the promotion of professional management practices in Indian organizations. Today, IIM Calcutta attracts the best talent in India - a melting pot of academia, industry and research. The best and brightest young men and women pursue its academic programs.
| | XLRI:Xavier Labour Relations Institute, widely known as XLRI was born out of the vision of a Jesuit Priest, Father Quinn Enright. It was founded in 1949 in the Steel city of Jamshedpur, Bihar. Since then the Jamshedpur Jesuit Society has nurtured the growth of XLRI in keeping with its commitment to "Magis" (excellence in everything). Over the last few decades, XLRI Jamshedpur has contributed its best to the professional growth and management of innumerable institutions that serve the public, especially organized industry, labour, service agencies engaged in rural development, education, health and other public systems. Besides the focus on developing managerial competence among the pupils through acquisition of specialized knowledge and skills, the Institute emphasizes the importance of developing a sense of social justice with right attitudes and values of discipline, dedication and commitment among all its members. Over the years, XLRI has developed its own unique culture. "XL is thy name"! The culture of XLRI is such that it accelerates the members' passion for achieving excellence in everything they do. While informality, flexibility, humaneness, and espirit de corps are the hallmarks, growth and development of the whole person with integrity and ingenuity are the 'summum bonum' of the culture in XLRI.
| | MICA: The Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad (MICA) was established in 1991. MICA is the first residential institute in the country, and perhaps, in the Asia Pacific region, dedicated to meeting the Integrated Marketing Communications needs of the industry, government and the community. The institute provides specialists in the field of communications management. Its spirit lies in its contemporariness, addressing the needs of a changing environment. The MICA Brand assures the delivery of current, reliable and cost effective communications management skills. Today, it is the alma mater of professionals who are serving in the marketing, marketing research, advertising, media and communications driven businesses.
Mission " to develop innovative professionals in the practice, development and management of Communications to serve the needs of industry and society through education, training, research and advocacy."
| | Indian Institute of Technology Delhi : is one of the seven Institutes of technology created as centers excellence for higher training, research and development in science, engineering and technology in India, the others being at Kanpur, Kharagpur, Madras, Bombay, Guwahati and Roorkee. Established as College Engineering in 1961, the Institute was later declared an Institution of National Importance under the "Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Act, 1963" and was renamed "Indian Institute of Technology Delhi ". It was then accorded the status of a deemed university with powers to decide its own academic policy, to conduct its own examinations, and to award its own degrees. HRH Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, laid the foundation stone of the Institute on January 27, 1959. The Institute was inaugurated by Prof.Humayun Kabir, the then Union Minister for Scientific Research and Cultural Affairs on August 21, 1961. The Institute buildings were formally opened by Dr.Zakir Hussain, the then President of India, on March 2, 1968.
| | The Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) was set up in 1963 by the Government of India as an autonomous organization to help professionalise the country's foreign trade management and increase exports by developing human resources; generating, analyzing and disseminating data, and conducting research. The Institute visualizes its future role as: - A catalyst for new ideas, concepts and skills for the internationalization of the Indian economy.
- The primary provider of training and research-based consultancy in the areas of international business, both for the corporate sector, government and the students’ community.
- An institution with proven capability to continuously upgrade its knowledge base with a view to servicing the requirements of Government, trade & industry through both sponsored and non-sponsored research and consultancy assignments.
| Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies :(Deemed University), better known as NMIMS (Deemed University), is one of the top ten business schools in India. NMIMS (Deemed University) is in the forefront of Management Education in India, strategically located in the business capital, Mumbai. In recognition of the institute's education standards, the Ministry of Human Resource Development has granted it the status of a Deemed University. The strengths of NMIMS (Deemed University) lie in its 39-strong core and over 100 associate and visiting faculty, a reputation in research and consultancy, top-quality international linkages, a user-friendly website, decent hostel facilities, an excellent placement record and efficient administration under the guiding force of SVKM. Some key points which make NMIMS special are as follows: - NMIMS is a deemed Deemed University
- Winner of "Best Management School" Award of the Bombay Management Association for 3 consecutive years 2001, 2002 and 2003.
|  | Manipal University :The professional colleges were granted deemed university status on June 1, 1993, and thus were born the Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), the first institution in the private sector to be recognized as a Deemed University by the Government of India. Among the foremost colleges and institutions in India, the MAHE colleges are highly regarded in their sphere of expertise, be it MIT (Manipal Institute of Technology) for engineering or KMC (Kasturba Medical College) for medicine. MAHE today ranks as one of India's premier multi-dimensional educational institutions and the awarding of a deemed university status is testimonial to this fact. MAHE is also affiliated with various reputed institutes and universities abroad, for the exchange of knowledge as well as, students and faculty. For example, KMC has formal affiliations with the Loma Linda and Louisiana State Universities in USA, the University of Adelaide, Australia, the Kuopio University, Finland and the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK. These academic linkages provide for faculty and student exchange, collaborative research and development of special projects. In fact, the Manipal Group of Institutions were the first in the country to establish a collaboration with foreign universities at the degree level in Medicine, Management and Engineering. The collaborative programme is called a ' Twinning Programme' in which the students pursue the first two years study of a degree programme at Manipal, India and the last two years in the USA or Australia. The degree is awarded by the foreign university.
| | Indian Institute of Technology Delhi: is one of the seven Institutes of technology created as centers excellence for higher training, research and development in science, engineering and technology in India, the others being at Kanpur, Kharagpur, Madras, Bombay, Guwahati and Roorkee. Established as College Engineering in 1961, the Institute was later declared an Institution of National Importance under the "Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Act, 1963" and was renamed "Indian Institute of Technology Delhi ". It was then accorded the status of a deemed university with powers to decide its own academic policy, to conduct its own examinations, and to award its own degrees. HRH Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, laid the foundation stone of the Institute on January 27, 1959. The Institute was inaugurated by Prof.Humayun Kabir, the then Union Minister for Scientific Research and Cultural Affairs on August 21, 1961. The Institute buildings were formally opened by Dr.Zakir Hussain, the then President of India, on March 2, 1968.
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