Masterclasses in AR-VR, IoT and Blockchain launched

Sidharth Balakrishna, IIM Calcutta alumnus, former Board Director with the Essel (Zee) Group and President of Tech Bloggers Community of Bloggers Alliance has launched a set of three courses on Spotle AI’s platform.Spotle.AI is India’s largest career network for students and recent graduates. 

These courses include the following:

·         Masterclass In AR and VR With Live Projects (available at: https://spotle.ai/learn/ar-vr )

·         Masterclass in IoT (available at: https://spotle.ai/learn/iot )

·         Masterclass in Blockchain

Sidharth Balakrishna holds an MBA from IIM- Calcutta and an Economics degree from the SRCC, DelhiUniversity. He has over one and a half decades of experience in the energy, media, and infrastructure andeducation sectors. He is Former Chief Strategy Officer of Essel (Zee) Group and a Board Director. He is also a mentor with the MIT, Boston and MassChallenge USA and Israel. He has written six books published by Pearson and SAGE; and is an Adjunct Faculty with IIM Indore, FMS, SRCC, Great Lakes and other renowned institutes. He is a columnist with the London School of Economics, Economic Times and other reputed publications and has presented papers on AI, AR and VR in 10 countries across the world. 

Sidharth’s courses are unique in the sense that they offer detailed analysis of use cases of all the technologies covered in the courses, helping students grasp not only the fundamentals in an engaging manner but also practical applications of these technologies through many case studies . They provide answers to questions often posed by interviewers wishing to understand whether candidates truly grasp the benefits and limitations of technology; as well as provide professionals and techno-managers with in-depth understanding of how these technologies can be used in their sectors. 

The courses are endorsed by senior Faculty of various engineering and management institutes as well as industry professionals of both tech firms as well as Management Consultancies.

They also provide potential access to interested students to do ‘live projects’ or internships with reputed companies in the field.

Dr Amit Nagpal, President, Bloggers Alliance shared, “Students of these courses will get opportunities to do live projects and internships with Bloggers Alliance. Best students may also get a chance to work on joint projects of Bloggers Alliance and NASSCOM Insights”. He added, “There is hardly any aspect of our life today which is untouched by digitization and technology. Every management domain is getting married to technology and terms like FinTech, HRTech and MarTech have become buzzwords. New terms like AgriTech and HealthTech are getting added to the industry sectors also.”

Sidharth Balakrishna noted, “I have always been passionate about teaching besides my regular work. Through these courses, I have tried to cover both the fundamental aspects as well as use cases of some technologies that are are-shaping various industries. I trust students will find them useful from a career perspective, while industry professionals will find themselves equipped with a new set of skills”.