In this episode of The Indian Express weekly tech podcast – Our Own Devices, host Nandagopal Rajan is joined by Akshay Munjal, Founder and CEO at Hero Vired, to talk about the rise in demand for specialised short courses and the role of EdTech in providing such programs for a diverse crowd.

Introducing Akshay Munjal
Learning from the global experts (00:24)
Rise of short certifications (01:01)
Identifying courses (01:47)
Demand from industries for specialised courses (03:01)
Opportunities with AI (04:33)
Courses for using AI (06:22)
EdTech as parallel avenue (07:57)
Upskilling through EdTech (09:45)
Designing and researching courses for diverse crowd (10:47)
Democratising education through EdTech (13:29)

Edited and mixed by Suresh Pawar