Maharashtra Knowledge Corporation

Maharashtra Knowledge Corporation Limited (MKCL)
Public
Founded August 20, 2001[1]
Headquarters Pune, India
Key people
 Mr.Vivek Sawant,
Dr.Vijay Bhatkar,
Dr. Ram Takwale
Products eLearning, eGovernance, eEmpowerment
Parent Government of Maharashtra
Website Official Website

Maharashtra Knowledge Corporation Limited is a public limited company promoted by the Department of Higher and Technical Education, Government of Maharashtra, India.[2]

Operations

Company has its registered office and operations & Development center at ICC Pune. It has offices in India and in its subsidiaries RKCL & MKCL Arabia.The present MD (Managing Director) of MKCL is Mr. Vivek Sawant who primarily looks over operations. About 5,000 Authorized Learning Centers registered in Maharashtra, and it has a sister branch in Rajasthan named Rajasthan Knowledge Corporation Limited. MKCL's endeavor in the field of IT education is marked by courses like MS-CIT (Maharashtra State Certificate in Information Technology), MS-ACIT and many other vocational courses affiliated to YCMOU under the brand KLiC (Knowledge Lit Careers) etc.


In India

MKCL Arabia Office

MKCL has established and is establishing Joint Venture companies with the various State Governments by investing MKCL’s funds towards 30% of the initial equity. The Rajasthan Knowledge Corporation Limited (RKCL), the Odisha Knowledge Corporation Limited (OKCL) and the Haryana Knowledge Corporation Limited (HKCL) are such collaborative endeavours.[3][4]

Abroad

MKCL has also created joint ventures abroad through its subsidiary viz. MKCL International FZE, Sharjah, UAE. MKCL Arabia Ltd. (in Saudi Arabia along with its branch in Egypt) and MKCL Lanka Ltd. (in Sri Lanka) are the existing Joint Ventures.

References

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