ANTHOLOGY INC. Revolutionizing Higher Education with the Power of Edtech

Anthology Inc. is a global leader in the Edtech space, known for its expertise in providing technology solutions for higher education, skill development, as well as technical and vocational training institutions across the globe. Headquartered in Boca Raton, USA, Anthology is a single entity of three turn around specialists – Campus Management, Campus Labs, and iModules. Anthology has always ascertained the proper use of technology as the corner stone of student success and educational outcomes. It strongly supports the new National Education Policy (NEP) to encourage tech-providers to take a holistic approach of fast-tracking digital adoption of campuses for technology integration across teaching, learning as well as assessment. Its innovative solutions - are designed leveraging Microsoft technologies, including Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Office 365, and Microsoft Dynamics 365.

Anthology is born with the motivation to re-define the purpose of Edtech solutions towards higher education. With constant evolution in the technology space, it is no longer about software in silos that run operations for one purpose. Never the less, while these solutions empower individual departments, an institution as a whole faces difficult times harnessing the power of information. Anthology believes the true power comes from connecting experience and sentiment to the measurement of how the actions affect outcomes. On that note, the Company helps in transforming the higher education industry, by connecting colleges and universities with real-time and cross-departmental data to drive actionable insights, that proliferate institutional missions.

Factors That Give An Edge

Anthology’s solutions map encompasses industry-leading requirements for Education 4.0 from Digital Campus, Research Excellence, Student Experience to Accreditation & Compliance. Implanting leading solutions gives better understanding of students’ experience to provide robust solutions in student engagement, faculty enablement, student retention, blended learning, library management, lifelong learning as well as career services. The ability to provide pioneering solutions is further driven, by existing leadership position in CRM solutions to support recruiting, enrollment, student success, and alumni engagement to deliver a holistic view of constituent relationships. The process concludes to, deliver data visualization and analytics to empower decision-making by institutional administrators.

The development of products and solutions is also attributed, by modern technologies. Anthology is positioned as a one-stop-solution for all Edtech Solutions in higher education, skill development as well as vocational training. It helps Institutions leverage its solutions, helping them succeed and stay aligned to the Industrial Revolution 4.0. Anthology’s solutions are powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI), Big Data Automation, etc. in fact, every advancement that Global Leading Higher Education institutions – are looking forward to strategically align themselves to developments. Their products and solutions help institutions stay student-centric, focuses on education and skills to make them more personalised and portable.

With time, student expectations, curriculum, learning and delivery has constantly changed, with student outcomes aligned to the industry needs.

Anthology’s products and solutions empower institutions to address these changes, stream lining and automating the entire process from student admission to Alumni connect and upgrade the learning process, with modern delivery models. At the end of the day, this integrates the institutional process with the next-generation industrial needs so that students can experience the modern world –mobile and on-demand.

Working With A Noteworthy Clientele

Anthology is working, with 2,100+ colleges and universities in 30+ countries, meeting the interests of all constituents of higher education. This includes some of the trending universities like IIM-U, Flame and Timespro. Along with private institutions, the Company facilitates its excellence to skill ministries and mainstream skill organizations propelling the national mission, State universities to address their challenges of institutional advancement and student success. A few names include TNSDC, Tamil Nadu Directorate of Vocational Education & Training (DVET), the MAHA IT initiative that affiliates 14 Universities under a seamless platform. All the solutions curated in these partnerships were actively powered by Campus Management. A synopsis of Anthology’s work with these 3 bodies is shown below:

TNSDC: Anthology works with the Sector Skill Councils, Training Partners, Assessment Agencies and Assessors, Ministries within the Government and Corporate bodies to meet TNSDC’s and associated state govt. upskilling missions. The Skill Development Management System (SDMS), designed by Anthology Inc. plays an integral role in this. The online platform is a Central Information vault, that manages information across all partners including trainees, corporates/SMBs seeking skilled professionals and the Govt. to keep track & monitor a candidate’s training to placement. Govt. agencies can make informed decisions at any point in time, by providing insightful reports. The approach streamlines and authenticates the whole certification process, with each citizen’s record checked against the Aadhaar number and facilitates placement by incorporating the SDMS job mechanism into the backend.

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Directorate of Vocational Education & Training (DVET): In this partnership, Anthology Inc. has developed a web-based decentralised government platform that can cover all 35 districts and sub-districts and supervised, by 6 divisional offices. The platform enabled a sound functioning of DVET’s academic framework, from admission to providing Job opportunities after course completion. The platform has effectively accrued 4 lakh, 70 thousand registered candidates, to date – bridging urban and rural obstacles. Furthermore, it accommodates 15 allocation metrics to include ethnicity, religion, social strata of candidates, people with disabilities, academic scores, athletics, defence background, etc. through 6 applicant iterations, for the choice of program. All 900+ institutes under DVET in Maharashtra are covered under this solution.

MAHA IT INITIATIVE: Working in this partnership, Anthology Inc. devised India’s first University Management System. The platform is foreseen to be India’s fore most state-wide University Management System covering 14 universities of Maharashtra, 4700 constituent and affiliated colleges. The cloudbased solution works on the CampusNexus platform, enabling the Govt. to propagate education and skill development across 27 Lakh aspirants in the state. The trajectory includes implementation of an end-to-end ERP Solution that covers students, faculty, operations and finance.

ANTHOLOGY – A BLESSING TO INDIA’S NATIONAL MISSION

Anthology is highly driven on the nation’s mission to empower quality education across the country. It has built progressive relations both in Govt. and Private foundations, propelling their institutional success with scalable technologies. Its services are utilized, by more than- 8000 Institutions and 20,000+ learning centres, accumulating around 1.6 crore students across India. Anthology is a one-of-a-kind organisation for its holistic solution and enjoys No. 1 market share. The Company has achieved a mandate to digitally transform 16 major universities in India. Their SDMS platform is a significant tool for NSDC assisting in employment of the youth and are also used, by 18,000+ training partners and 12 million candidates, registered in the programmes.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Anthology incurred a massive collection. The education industry faced a paradigm shift and was compelled to adapt to a remote framework, for training and learning. Many institutions weren’t ready for this, with respect to knowledge and infrastructure. Anthology came to assist these challenges, facilitating institutions with tailored digital solutions.

Formidable Prospects

With its base of operations in India, the US-based tech entrepreneurship foresees to augment India’s higher education framework increasing student success and operational efficiency, through effective technology. The Company is already in conversations with state governments, to deploy university management systems to address their student intake and streamline operations, for better transparency and compliance. The solutions will play an integral role in identifying employment opportunities for students coming from higher education or vocational institutes.

Moving ahead, the Company is also planning to establish in Tier 2 Cities of India and augment its workforce standing with 600+ employees – more than 50% of its global workforce.

Celebrating Four Decades of Educational Excellence Marching ahead under a Visionary Leadership

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The pioneer in educational excellence, Dayananda Sagar College of Arts, Science, and Commerce (DSCASC) is one of the premier educational institutions located in Karnataka, Bengaluru. The institute was established in 1978 under the aegis of the MGVP trust. Currently, it offers 3 PG programmes (MBA, MCA, and M.Com.) and 4 UG programmes (B. Com, BBA, BCA, and B.Sc.) that are all affiliated with Bangalore University.

Shri R. Dayananda Sagar, a visionary educationist, industry leader, and philanthropist, was the founder and Chairman of this College. He founded Mahatma Gandhi Vidya Peetha (MGVP) trust in early 1960. A series of educational institutions were started under this trust, aptly called Dayananda Sagar Institutions. Today, it is headed by the able successors of the founder Dr D. Hemachandra Sagar, and Dr D. Premachandra Sagar to take it to new heights of Educational Excellence.

The institution has an imposing history of innovative education, with a comprehensive range of programs right from KG to PG to PhD in a broad spectrum of disciplines that include Engineering, Dental Sciences, Biological Sciences, Pharmacy, Health Care, Nursing, Allied Health, Information Technology, Arts, Commerce, Business Management, etc.

THE VISIONARY – DR NAGARAJ SHENOY

Under the leadership of Dr Nagaraj Shenoy, Principal & Director of DSCASC, the institute is honing future leaders and entrepreneurs. He has over 25 years of experience in Engineering and Management colleges. In academics, the visionary did his graduation in Civil Engineering and earned Two Doctorate Degrees for Research Works in the Management domain. He was honoured with the prestigious “Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Award” in 2018 and received fellowships from The Institution of Engineers (India) and the Centre for Education Growth and Research (CEGR).

USPs OF DAYANANDA SAGAR

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A unique business incubation centre, called ‘DERBI’ encourages entrepreneurship among students. Through this centre, many students have started their own businesses and received funding. AIMA Biz Lab - a Business Simulation lab for Commerce and Business Management programs, has been initiated by the institution. In Bengaluru, this is the only second lab of its kind. This would provide the students with a business-like scenario to experiment with. They can access this feature on both their laptop and mobile device.

The “Blacbook Thought Leader Speaker Series” is a unique opportunity for students to meet with young & successful firms, during which entrepreneurs who have been featured in Forbes’ “30 under 30” list, share their experiences and key takeaways with the students. This activity aims to inspire young minds to think creatively, investigate societal issues to offer answers, and find a niche for their business pursuit.

“DSI Insights” - a knowledge portal that features the latest business opinions and thoughts from distinguished experts on the most critical business subjects. Students, professionals worldwide, and managers can use it for free to find solutions to the most recent problems in finance, marketing, strategy, supply chain management, and technology. These initiatives have made DSCASC an Institution of high reputation.

On the campus of Dayananda Sagar Institutions, there are students from several states and different countries. Students from any location or linguistic background can feel at home in this diversified setting. In addition, the institution houses centres to teach a few prominent foreign languages. The institution’s culture has been carefully developed to be one in which individuals can communicate, express themselves creatively, and grow while using a variety of languages.

Government Initiatives In The Education Space

To promote higher education, the government is launching several initiatives. This includes providing scholarships to underprivileged student communities and providing particular book banks. Additionally, the government encourages students to enroll in MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) on platforms like NPTEL and Swayam. DSCASC is effectively using all these measures by Government. They have currently become a guiding light for all the underprivileged students to avail various scholarships and make the best use of the books in the library.

SIGNIFICANT OBSTACLES IN THE POST-COVID ERA

The education industry has experienced significant disruption due to COVID. Only online classes were an option, and numerous extracurricular and nonacademic activities were carried out via the Zoom meeting platform using the students’ creativity. The primary obstacles in using the online teachinglearning model are maintaining focus and keeping students’ interest. They have been holding several counselling seminars and soft skill training workshops to assist students and staff in comprehending and adjusting to the altered situation.

The Evolving Marketing Trends

Ever since the technological changes started taking unprecedented rapid pace, the whole market situation, flooded with disruptive innovations, created a VUCA (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity) world. DSCASC encourages students to be highly flexible, multi-skilled, and innovative to survive and excel in this trend. Their main aim is to help students acquire critical thinking abilities, problemsolving skills, and entrepreneurial attitudes to maintain their competency in a relevant and long-lasting manner.

INSIGHTS ON THE SIGNIFICANCE OF R&D

The education system primarily performs two functions: disseminating existing knowledge and creating new knowledge. The first one in this is accomplished through classroom lectures, but the second one is achieved only through the conduct of research. Without research, an institution stagnates and could eventually become obsolete. The story of Nokia, the No. 1 brand in the world, which went out of business in 5 years is a classic illustration of the effects of ignoring research.

The faculty members at DSCASC are required to produce research articles routinely. Under the supervision of faculty members, students are also encouraged to present research papers at national and international conferences.

Facilities Offered By Dscasc

Located in the heart of the city, on a spacious, green campus. DSCASC has all the student-related amenities within the campus. It has–

• State-of-the-art Digital Library

• e-Learning Resources

• Wi-Fi-enabled campus

• Excellent, unmatched sports facilities

• Environment That Supports Entrepreneurship

• Incredibly diverse, heterogeneous mixture of students

Achievements And Milestones On The Way

The institution gained the Grant-in-aid status in 1983. New programs were being introduced to meet the demands of the market. The institution received 2F and 12B recognition from the UGC in 2015. The institution successfully finished its third cycle of NAAC accreditation in 2018. It is ranked among the ‘Top 10’ degree colleges and has developed a reputation as one of the most prominent Educational Institutions in Bengaluru.

PAINTING THE CANVAS OF DSCASC’S FUTURE

In the next five years, the institution is planning to attain an Autonomous status. This would pave the way for the college to implement all the ideas for an Institution of Excellence. Then, the college wishes to reach within the ‘Top 50’ in the NIRF ranking. They plan to increase their research output with funded projects, consultancy, and training. They plan to enhance students’ social orientation to make them the assets of society.

Giving Back To The Community

The institution has established an ISR (Institution Social Responsibility) Cell to educate students about the many societal issues and encourage them to act on them. In accordance with it, students frequently go to Government Schools to learn about their problems and offer solutions. The institution organizes student visits to orphanages and old age homes to donate some needy materials. Additionally, it intends to sensitize the students toward Social Service.

Words Of Wisdom

Always keep learning and keep moving throughout your life. This is the only way you can keep growing irrespective of the disruptive changes in the World.