Harbinger Interactive Learning: Innovate, Partner and Excel Date:   Tuesday , October 07, 2014 It is no secret that with the exponential growing trends in the technology, the way of knowledge consumption of people has also changed dramatically. The faster internet bandwidth and the evolution of portable devices like tablets and smartphones transformed learning from just learning to ‘just–in-time’ learning. The paradigm shift of technology from older flash to HTML5 has made it a compulsion for instructional designers and content developers to become more vigilant & thoughtful so that they design the content outline in order to meet different form factors of the learner’s devices. Amidst the multiplying number of learning solutions company and content development agencies, there are only a handful companies who offer highly effective, proven and cost-effective services and amongst those limited companies Harbinger Interactive Learning stands tall with its innovative instructional frameworks and technology-based rapid authoring solutions. The 1998 born Harbinger started off its content services and offerings with the name of Harbinger Knowledge Products Pvt. Ltd. As the company gained momentum in the market, Harbinger Interactive Learning Pvt. Ltd. (HILPL) spun off and started its independent journey. Being a part of the highly innovative Harbinger Group, the company is the sole provider of proprietary and patented software solutions for interactivity creation. The company offers instructionally appealing and engaging e-learning content that follows single source along with augmented reality applications, offline mobile applications, interactive ebooks and ePub. Leveraging its knowledge in instructional designing and production experience with interactive and proficient offerings, HILPL vests its in-depth research skills in offering strong skills in writing and visualizing which is also coupled with a deep understanding of learners’ psychology. With its way of technology implementation and innovations in instructional design, HILPL has witnessed many complex projects turn into a cakewalk. One of them is designing and development of large volume of HTML5-based customized & Section 508 compliant courses for K-12 (schools) for the world’s largest educational publisher. With these offerings, the brand has successfully established itself as a globally recognized outsourced partner for custom interactive eLearning, mobile, social and blended learning solutions. ‘Learning and innovation go hand in hand’. This frequently quoted phrase definitely applies to HILPL. HILPL has been leveraging its innovative products and experience in content services technology & LMS platforms to provide end-to-end eLearning content services. Themed on its core values ‘Innovate, Partner and Excel’, the brand offers innumerable opportunities to innovate and grow. The steady and regular trainings within the company sharpen their knowledge and skills in the latest technologies, related to eLearning and mLearning. In this context, the employees also have opportunities to speak about the technology initiatives of the company at various international conferences. The feedback earned does not only help to augment their success ratio, but also boost up individual’s confidence in contributing their share to success. Furthermore, the company also houses internal forums such as Innovation Factory and the Innovation Sandbox wherein the workforce can propagate their thoughts & dream-projects. These projects are assessed by experts who step forward to make employee’s ideas come true in a well-guided manner. “Harbinger R&D team’s early reading of market trend is helping to quickly adopt upcoming ideas like Augmented Reality, Mobile APP with offline content access, Tin Can support and many more, helping to stay ahead on the learning technology curve. Harbinger is ready in a true sense to deliver next generation content solutions,” affirms Jayant Kulkarni, Executive Director, Harbinger Interactive Learning Pvt. Ltd. While the company is has already established itself amongst the Top 10 providers of eLearning content services to customers worldwide, it also envisions being an enduring, innovative and advanced solutions provider in the industry. Panel: Products/ services 1. Interactive learning content creation services to help prepare self-learning material which can be used on Laptops, Smart phones and Tablets by Students, Adult learner and Corporate Learners. 2. The industries and education segments served are Educational Publishing, Universities, Corporate Universities, BFSI, Life Sciences, Retail, Manufacturing industries in USA, EU, MEA, APAC, and India. Awards/Recognitions 1. Chief Learning officer (CLO) Magazine USA Award for best content development 2. In TOP 20 of Training Outsourcing Industry List USA 3. Deloitte Fast 50 companies in India Award (2 times) 4. ELearning Edge UK Award for best content development Key Management Jayant Kulkarni - Executive Director With a Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) from University of Pune Jayant brings in over 24 years of professional experience of working in interactive content development, e-learning software, CAD/CAM software and Manufacturing software and on the like fields. He have also worked at Caterpillar U.S. in Manufacturing Engineering Applications. Offices Pune, India & Redmond, U.S. There has been tremendous change and innovation that has happened in the way of knowledge consumption by the learners. That has changed the way industry had been working. With the faster internet bandwidth, portable devices like tablet and smartphones, learning evolved from just learning to ‘just in time’ learning. Content development companies had no choice but to innovate and come up with solutions to meet dynamic requirement of learners. These learners are now eventually getting all the benefit of the innovative solutions developed by content creation companies like Harbinger. With many devices and operating systems coming to market, technology moved from older flash to evolving HTML 5 our Instructional designers are now trained and are more vigilant & thoughtful in order to design the content outline to meet the different form factors of the learner’s devices. Thanks to our R&D team, Harbinger’s early reading of market trend helped to quickly adopt upcoming ideas like Augmented Reality, Mobile APP with offline content access, Tin Can support etc. Harbinger is ready in a true sense to deliver next generation content solutions. Harbinger works with top Fortune 500 and Global 1000 companies from select verticals, such as Educational Publishing, Life Sciences, BFSI, Manufacturing and Professional Services. Customer based is spread across USA, EU, MEA, and Australia. This very valuable, wide and truly time tested experience puts Harbinger way ahead of its competition. Harbinger is already in India’s Top 10 providers of content services to customers worldwide. We aspire to maintain the position in TOP 10 but more importantly we want to be the innovative and advanced solutions provider in the Industry. Jayant S. Kulkarni Executive Director Harbinger Interactive Learning Pvt. Ltd.