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1 : ERA eLearning revolution for allonline applicationsolution & integratedservicesEASY world-classacademy forvocationalexcellenceWAVEB ridging the Digital Divide - Worldwide1 Hon'ble Shri. Rajesh TopeNominee Director of Govt. of MaharashtraHon'ble Shri. Suresh ShettyNominee Director of Govt. of MaharashtraMemberslPadmashree Dr. Vijay P. BhatkarChairman ETH Research Lab, PunelProfessor Ram TakwaleEx-Vice Chancellor, IGNOU, YCMOU & Pune UniversitylMr. Saharia. Nominee Director of Govt. of MaharashtralProf. Ashok KolaskarEx. Vice Chancellor, University of Pune lMr. Avinash PatilMember, Maharashtra State Board of Technical Education Patil Vice Chancellor, North Maharashtra University, JalgaonlMr. Vivek SawantManaging DirectorlMr. Umesh NagdaDirector FinanceVisionMissionGoalsBoard of Directors resources To provide universal access to people through IT To bridge the Digital Divide and resultant Knowledge DivideTo stimulate the creation of word-class knowledge To prepare people for knowledge-based economy and society To champion the cause of life-long learning with developmental orientation To develop learning, governance and empowerment systems which are world-class and value-based and which are responsive to the individual and social developmental needs of the people by bridging the Digital promote Life Long Learning (L3)

2 , amongst large and diverse population, at an affordable cost, with high quality, at fast pace,with widest accessibility as it is critical for survival, development and empowerment of individuals, communities and ProfileMaharashtra Knowledge Corporation Limited (MKCL) was promoted by the Department of Higher and Technical Education, Government of Maharashtra, India and was incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956 on August 20, 2001 as a Public Limited Company under CIN. U 80302 MH 2001 PLC 133101, to create new paradigm in education and development through universalization and integration of Information Technology in teaching, learning and educational management processes in particular and socio-economic transformative processes in a knowledge-led economy and knowledge-based societies in the world is a key to survival and development of people in the emerging knowledge believes that there is a great potential in societies to emerge as a knowledge-led economy thanks to their large but latent talent pool.

3 The challenge exists in transforming their pre-dominantly agrarian or industrial economy into a new knowledge-led Transformation can be reached by imbibing a culture of life-long learning. The severe threat of marginalization of the masses emerging from the Digital Divide and Knowledge divide can be effectively averted through mass IT literacy. Only an IT Literate society can enjoy a greater share of global business opportunities and global job is an entrepreneurial endeavor to bridge this Digital Divide and the resultant Knowledge Divide by offering actionable knowledge to masses for socio-economic transformation. MKCL's synthesis of a new paradigm of education is to offer education:lTo very large and diverse population with various diversities - Biggerl With high quality of relevance and applicability in life and work- BetterlAt an affordable cost- Cheaperl Within shortest possible time - FasterlWith wide accessibility from metros to villages - WiderlIn a mass personalized manner-DeeperMKCL attempts to address these six challenges simultaneously by exploiting IT and help lay the foundation of a Knowledge Society so critical for the survival , development and empowerment of the masses in general and youth in commenced its business operations in April 2002 over the entire Maharashtra, the most industrialized state in India admeasuring about 300,000 sq.

4 Km. with population exceeding 100 million. In a short span MKCL has emerged as a high-tech and high-touch initiative focused on design, development and delivery of innovative eInfrastructure, eLearning , eGovernance, and eEmpowerment technologies, solutions and services to its ever growing base of millions of customers in Universities, Governments, and Equity ProfileThe Government of Maharashtra (GoM), eleven Universities in the state, educational institutions, community institutions, IT and non-IT industries, etc. are among the initial major equity holders of MKCL. With GoM's equity within a range of 26% to 30%, the company has a unique blend of governmental credibility and social responsibility on one hand and entrepreneurial competitiveness, market orientation, flexibility, productivity, profitability and self-sustainability on the other. The founders conceived a unique identity of MKCL as a fast-track IT enabler and a complimenting and supplementing partner of the universities, governments and communities for the fulfillment of the new and growing aspirations of students in particular and people in general in the emerging knowledge society and knowledge-led economy.

5 2 Transformative AgendaMoving Towards a Knowledge Performance IndicatorF. Y 2008-09% Rupees in Before Tax (PBT) Rupees in as % of After Tax (PAT) Rupees in as % of Per Share in Program SummaryMKCL, in its incessant pursuit of accomplishment of its vision and mission, implements various programs under the following six categories:1 Enabling Programs2 Educational Programs3 Educational eGovernancePrograms4eGovernance Programs 5 Community Development and eEmpowerment Programs 6 International Business Development Programs 1. Enabling Programs:These programs create an enabling environment, infrastructural facilities, technological and managerial support for the other programs to take-off and sustain. They themselves are not the direct lines of business but are the lines to enable the business in other programs. These Programs Management Infrastructure Development Program Technology Infrastructure Development Technology Development eLearning and eContent Development Channel Partner Network Management Program2.

6 Educational IT Literacy and Functionality MKCL Finishing Schools Development World-Class Academies for Vocational Excellence Edutainment and Infotainment Program3. Educational e-Governance Programs Application Solutions & Integrated Frameworks for Educational Institutions (Digital College, Digital University, Digital Directorate)4. e-Governance Programs5. Community Development & eEmpowerment Nurturance Long Learning (L3) CommunitiesDevelopment Habitat Model Development Development Program6. International Business Development Programs MKCL FinancialsMKCL has created self-sustaining and wealth creating operations right from its inception. The turnover of the company has exceeded INR Million ( Rs. Crores or US$ Million) in the financial year 2005-06, Million (Rs. Crores or US $ Million) in 2006- 07 and INR Million ( Crores)in has an equity base of about INR Million ( Rs.)

7 Crores or US$ 2 Million) and it has paid decent and progressively increasing dividends to all its shareholders right from the second year of its inception and also issued bonus shares twice in last five years. For the Financial Year 2008-2009 the Company has declared 20% final dividend (including 10% of Interim Dividend).Enabling ProgramsInfrastructure Development ProgramMKCL's seven offices with world-class environment for hosting its above mentioned programs and team of over 200 knowledge workers located in viz. Pune and Mumbai. While Pune is the educational and cultural capital of the state of Maharashtra, Mumbai is traditionally recognized as the financial capital of India and a hub of international business. Information Technology Infrastructure Development ProgramMKCL has successfully catalyzed the process of setting-up and managing a large server infrastructure and web-hosting facility, a base of about 25,000 desktops connected in about 5000 LANs, State-wide Distributed Classroom at locations across Maharashtra, Broadband VPN, nation-wide Multipoint Video Conferencing Facility for delivery of high-end courses, eLibrary of structured eLearning and archived video content, State-wide Asset Management and Monitoring System, SMS and IVRS Gateways, Instant Messaging Solutions, Security, Back-up and Recovery Solutions.

8 These facilities are the largest and one of their kinds in the Indian academic Technology Development ProgramMKCL has emerged as a software technology powerhouse that has designed developed and successfully deployed state-of-the-art software frameworks, at highly affordable costs at grass-root , a framework for comprehensive Web-based Management of large network of authorized training centers under the public-private partnership (PPP) lWORM: IT-Infrastructure Asset Monitoring Framework for this networklBiz Client : Offline Admission Management Software 5000 Channel Partner Network Management ProgramIn Maharashtra more than 5000 IT education institutes are connected and managed through CPNMP. The coordination of this network is done through a fully web-based management framework viz. SOLAR designed and developed by MKCL. This framework has brought the uniqueness to MKCL management model as it enables almost paperless management of such a massive network in a time-bound manner and on a large geographical region amidst occasionally adverse conditions beset with power outages, telecom link failures, paucity of bandwidth, and eContent Development ProgramMKCL's eLearning Suite falls under Enabling Program category and is available to customers under the brand name ERA ( eLearning revolution for All) ERA includes the software frameworks for.

9 LBorderless Collaborative Content Development and Integration Framework lLearning Management System (LMS) lLearning and Content Management System (LCMS) lAssignment Management System (AMS) lOnline Evaluation and Instant eCertification System (OES) lDistributed / Virtual Classroom Solutions IT Literacy and Functionality ProgramThis program of IT literacy is only of its kind in India that is available at affordable cost. It has received a wide acclaim all over Maharashtra state and has attracted over million learners in the last 7 years including students and teachers, professionals and entrepreneurs, farmers and workers, housewives and senior citizens, etc. As a first step to accomplish the mission objective to integrate in a self sustainable manner the IT education and the IT enabled education with the basic teaching, learning process and its management, MKCL launched a state-wide IT Literacy drive in the form of Maharashtra State Certificate in Information Technology Program - MS-CIT wef.

10 July 2002. Educational Programs45 This program is implemented across the state through a private-public-community partnership (PPCP) network of about 5000 Authorized Learning Centers (ALCs). This has emerged as the single largest network of the IT Training Centers in India. The coordination of this network is done through a fully web-based management framework viz. SOLAR designed and developed by MKCL. This framework enables almost paperless management of such a massive network in a time-bound manner and on a large geographical region amidst occasionally adverse conditions beset with power outages, telecom link failures, paucity of bandwidth, etc. All ALCs utilize MKCL's brand identity and there by benefit from it's high credibility among the masses. Under the MS-CIT Program, MKCL offers a novel curriculum, excellent study material in the form of highly illustrated books supplemented by ERA, an interactive multimedia learning and content management system with rich voice over in English, Marathi and Hindi containing both inform and perform types of revolution for All(ERA)includes teachers' resource material, day-wise monitoring of curriculum schedule, hands-on assignment planning and question banks leading to intermediate formative skill tests recommended by final online summative examination and instant e-Certification jointly with the Maharashtra State Board of Technical Education (MSBTE).