New Delhi, June 7 (Agency) To expand its footprints all across India, D2L a global learning technology company has announced its expansion programme and said it will reach out to 1000 higher institutions in the coming years. The expansion plan was announced by Senior Vice President, International of D2L Elliot Gowans, here in New Delhi. “We are thrilled to deepen our commitment to India as we expand our mission to transform the way the world learns,” says Elliot Gowans.
He added that “We are building on a solid foundation in the region by investing more directly in on-the-ground operations. We are committed to empowering India’s learners, talented educators, and top companies with better learning experiences – that are mobile friendly, personal, and highly accessible”. D2L is the developer of the Brightspace learning management system, a cloud-based software suite used by schools, higher educational institutions and businesses for online and blended classroom learning. In a statement, the company said, “D2L’s future investments in development and support, talent acquisition, local cloud infrastructure and plans for an Indian entity will help expand D2L Brightspace across more of the education market”. “Brightspace is already one of the fastest growing premium learning platforms in many markets globally and is UGC (University Grants Commission) and NEP (National Education Policy) compliant to better support Indian clients” it said. Explaining the expansion plan =, Rajesh Talpade, Senior Vice President of Product Management said that “There are many organizations in India who have already chosen D2L Brightspace, and they are seeing the difference that these platforms and products can make in the lives of learners”.
“D2L’s expansion will help create further growth opportunities for the 40+ Indian organizations who have already adopted the award-winning technology” it said. “Together, with our current and future customers and partners, we can help expand access to one of the best possible learning opportunities, empowering even more learners in India of all ages and abilities,” he added. About the commitments in expanding its local operations, the company said, “Fully UGC and NEP-2020 compliant, Brightspace has a highly responsive design with leading learning activity creation and collaboration tools, adaptive learning, assessments and artificial intelligence”.