The Tech Takeover
WHEN MAHARASHTRA CLOSED EDUCATIONAL institutions from March 16 due to the coronavirus outbreak, Mumbai-based S.P.Jain Institute of Management & Research (Bhavan’s SPJIMR) went live with online classes the very next day. It could do so because of advance planning, but, more importantly, due to tie-up with technology enablers such as Zoom for meetings, TCS iON for enterprise resource planning (ERP), ExamSoft and eKOSH for online assessments and Padlet for collaboration among students.
SPJIMR is not alone. Technology providers are fast taking over B-school campuses with the promise of better student engagement and learning outcomes. The change has been happening for years, but the pandemic, and the need for technology to enable remote teaching, have encouraged them to press the pedal. “The pandemic made virtual examination platforms indispensable to education continuity for every institution and a lot of B-Schools started leveraging these,” says Siddhartha Gupta, CEO, Mercer | Mettl, remote proctoring and online examination partner of a number of leading B-schools.
$100 MILLION PROJECTED ANNUAL TECH SPEND AT B-SCHOOLS IN 5 YRS
The booming B-School segment
