15 Most Creative Indian Start-ups - Part I


The mechanic works on motors, the accountant has his computer. If a school student works on a machine or device, what should it be called? Edutor, decided the group of engineers, all alumni of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras, when they founded Edutor Technologies in August 2009.

The group wanted to enhance the learning experience in schools with an interactive digital medium that could be used within and outside the classroom. They created a solution that digitizes school textbooks and other learning material so that students no longer need to carry as many books to school and back as before, but can access study material on their touch screen tablets. They can even take tests and submit them digitally using the same tablets, and the teachers in turn can download the tests using the company's cloud services. The teacher can act on the data rather than having to collect it.