Infosys, Harvard collaborate to offer digital courses
Under this collaboration, Infosys’ Springboard will now host free articles, videos and podcasts from Harvard Business Review (HBR), as well as 10 courses on topics such as project management and change management offered under Harvard ManageMentor.
Infosys has collaborated with the Harvard University subsidiary, Harvard Business Publishing (HBP), with an aim to offer free digital and life skills courses through the former’s digital corporate education platform, Springboard.
Courses target students and young adults
According to a joint media statement issued by Infosys and HBP, the courses under this partnership will target “students and young adults" in tier-II and tier-III cities in India. Under this collaboration, Infosys’ Springboard will now host free articles, videos and podcasts from Harvard Business Review (HBR), as well as 10 courses on topics such as project management and change management offered under Harvard ManageMentor.
Harvard ManageMentor is an online learning division managed by HBR, which offers a total of 42 courses and additional online resources designed to add management skills to a young professional’s portfolio. Candidates interested in courses must note that the Harvard ManageMentor portfolio is generally available for users to subscribe. Users are required to pay INR 3,900 per year for each course, INR 9,700 per year for four courses, or the entire resource pool from ManageMentor for about INR 52,000 per year, the statement informed.
The suite of online courses is designed to help “drive employability among underserved students and youth, said Vinay Hebbar, senior vice-president and head of international markets at HBP
Infosys to partner with schools and colleges to make courses available
However, to make the course available, Infosys has decided to directly approach schools and colleges across India and partner with them, to give access to HBP and HBR’s courses via Springboard.
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