Zoho Corporation to offer a collaborative e-learning platform

Zoho Corporation launched a new business division in India – TrainerCentral, which offers a training platform built to serve the booming e-learning market.

TrainerCentral provides knowledge creators, solopreneurs, and experts from all fields a single platform to host live sessions as well as sell on-demand courses, evaluate students, build an engaged learner community, and manage their business.

It offers a tool-kit that includes a website builder, business administration console, dedicated learner portal, payments gateway, online conferencing and analytics.

In order to make the technology more accessible, the platform is available in Hindi, Tamil, and English. However, it will support other regional languages. Too.

TrainerCentral values the privacy of its users and does not show ads or sell user data. The data of its Indian users will be stored in data centres located within the country, Zoho said in a statement.

"The rise of online learning, further fueled by the pandemic-induced restrictions, has allowed thousands of knowledge creators like teachers, fitness instructors, and digital marketing professionals to monetize their expertise and connect digitally with millions of interested learners,” Aarthi Elizabeth, chief brand evangelist, TrainerCentral said.

According to an IBEF report, the edtech market is expected to reach US$10.4 billion by 2025 from $2.8 billion in 2020. According to KPMG, India has become the second largest market for e-learning after the US.