Bangalore: Mr. Srinivas Cheedella who has been the President, has been appointed as the Managing Director of Laurus Edutech, a premier skill development company that aims to be a pioneer in the area of skill development with a focus on bridging the demand-supply gap in skills and trained manpower and to enhance training options for the unorganized and informal sectors.
Prior to joining Laurus Edutech, Mr Chedeella was holding the position of Director for Operations Support Group of the Business Process Solutions for Dell Services Delivery. From an IT & BPO career, this has been a complete shift for Mr. Srinivas to get into the skill industry. Over a decade, he has donned many hats including that of a COO, CFO, Head HR, Application Development, legal and administration and is seen as very adaptable to newer roles and businesses.
Speaking on the new assignment Mr Srinivas Cheedella said, “I’m delighted to join the Laurus Edutech family and accept this new challenge. This organization is expanding its horizons and has many exciting plans on the anvil. Laurus Edutech has an ambitious goal of training millions. It has grown consistently over the past years and I am looking forward to working with the management, who desires to build a solid base and focus growth for the future. I hope to nurture this association.”
Commenting on the appointment, Mr. Vardhaman Jain, the Founder Director of Laurus Edutech and erstwhile MD of Dell Services BPO operations said, “We are delighted to welcome Srinivas on board. His experience and expertise will be invaluable for the company. Srinivas will greatly complement the existing skills of Laurus’s operational team and ensure that the company has the capabilities to support the long term objectives.
Mr Srinivas Cheedella was also the COO of Vision Healthsource. Later he became the CFO at Perot Systems BPS and he also served as the Director of managing shared services of BPS.
“At Dell Services Delivery (formerly Perot Systems BPS), we were working with over 5000 associates and instituted very intensively structured training programs and mentorship that have helped shape career for several of these associates. This has been very delightful experience. Taking the idea of skilling on a larger scale where Laurus Edutech aims to skill train more than one million people and contribute to the society on a much higher platform was overwhelming. The company’s plan to contribute thereby to the country and seeing an opportunity in all of this sounded very exciting when I decided to take the plunge,” added Srinivas.
Skill training is one of the top most on the agenda of the Government of India initiatives. It has a gigantic goal of skilling over 500 Million people in the next 10 years and this is far higher than even the whole population of several countries like USA, Australia, Canada etc. Given the continued growth rate of the country hovering closer to the double digit, the industry has a steep requirement of resources and its today a demand driven opportunity chasing for every available skilled resource. As one of the large economies of the global landscape India has some of the sectors almost 80% unskilled workers and this creates an immense opportunity and need to get as many of them skilled.
About Laurus Edutech: Laurus Edutech is a premier skills development group formed from an acquisition of a centre with over 30 years of experience in providing high quality vocational training to students and placement services to customers across diverse industries. Laurus Edutech integrates best-in-class training curriculum, pioneering technology platforms, nationally dispersed training centres. It has several partnerships that provide unique capabilities to deliver vocational training, placements and consulting services.
Laurus Edutech also provides assessment support services through its 300 empanelled assessor’s base on a pan-India basis and has helped its clients till date to certify over 70,000 candidates from various vocational streams. Laurus currently operates about 60 vocational training centres through a combination of owned, franchised, shared and government centres under PPP all having a combined capacity to train over 4,000 people per year.
Laurus Edutech Vision is to be a global leader in the vocational training industry and an organization of choice for students and employers by using technological innovation, the best people, processes and partners. Its tagline “Skill India” demonstrates the commitment of bridging the gap between demand and supply of skilled manpower across vocational streams and provides high quality vocational training to candidates and to deploy certified candidates across small and medium enterprises in India.