The National Education Foundation (NEF) was founded in 1989, after consultations with national leaders including former President Bill Clinton and Intel founder Dr. Gordon Moore. The NEF is the world's leading nonprofit organization, providing high quality, affordable 21st Century online education and mentoring to millions of students and jobseekers in many countries including the U.S., India, Egypt, Jordan and Mauritius. Learn more about the NEF initiatives.

PARTNERING


Eligibility:

Any U.S. or Indian corporation/entity

STEPS:

1. Click here to view our 3,000 top quality IT and Soft Skills elearning courses grouped into 50 course packages. These courses cover:

  • IT -- 40 certifications in Microsoft, Adobe, Cisco, Oracle, Sun, Web
    Master, IT Security, A+, Net+, Security+ etc.
  • Soft Skills -- Project Management certification and courses in
    communication, marketing, sales, negotiation, budgeting, time
    management, presentation, stress management, motivation,
    goal setting etc.
  • Customized Course Packages -- We can also create customized
    course packages for you as we did for industry leaders Lockheed
    Martin and Wipro.

2. Request a complimentary ID for 24/7 access to all the 3,000 courses
by clicking here.

3. Evaluate the courses and order course package IDs for employees at $65 per course package ID (regular fee $800, discount $735, you pay only $65 for 24/7 unlimited access for 12 months). Thus, you save at least 30-50% of your training cost. We can set up your elearning academy the same day you place the order!

4. If you need blended learning (elearning courses plus onsite instructor),
we can provide qualified certified instructors at cost.

5. Provide us with a list of colleges/towns your company/entity wish to assist in India. We will provide full scholarships to a number of MIITE participants in those colleges/towns equal to the number of IDs you purchase. These scholarships will be given in your companys/entitys name.

6. Thus you will receive 100% of the PR/publicity at no cost to you. Your CEO or representative will be invited to present the scholarships to the MIITE participants in the college/town.

7. You may get additional local, national and global publicity if the college/town in India you selected is in the speaking and sprinting tour schedule of MIITE and NEF Chairman Dr. Appu Kuttan. At the colleges/towns he visits, Dr. Kuttan will first give a speech about his new book HAPPY EXECUTIVE- Nurturing Body, Mind and Soul to inspire young Indians to adopt a healthy and happy lifestyle he has practiced all his life. Then, to teach them by example, he will race the MIITE participants in a sprint race. Those who can beat the 69-year old Dr. Kuttan will receive a copy of his book or get free access to it. Your CEO or representative will be recognized as a chief guest for the event.

8. If you purchase 10,000 or more IDs, your CEO will be invited to:

  • the MITTE national launch of the project in a major Indian city by
    prominent Indian and U.S. leaders.
  • the MIITE Contest Finale live national TV award presentation
    ceremony presided over by prominent Indian and U.S. leaders.

VALUE PROPOSITION:

WHO DOESN’T WANT GOOD PR & CSR RECOGNITION AT NO COST, AND SAVE MONEY?

--An Offer You Can’t Refuse!

Dr. Appu Kuttan, Founder and Chairman, of NEF (National Education Foundation), known for his out-of-the-box thinking approach, is an international management and education systems expert, and author of several innovative concepts, such as "CyberLearning," "Management By Systems (MBS)," "Total Tennis," and "Holistic Executive." He has advised many world leaders including the late Rajiv Gandhi, and has helped to improve many socio-economic systems including traffic safety and university education in Puerto Rico, social security and healthcare in Venezuela, national plan implementation in India, U.S. tennis, and digital education worldwide. He was awarded the prestigious "2006 Champions of Digital Literacy Inspiration Award". http://press.xtvworld.com/article13272.html

Dr. Kuttan founded NEF in 1989 with proceeds from the sale of the World-famous Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Florida, and has led it to become the world's leading non-profit entity bridging the digital, academic and employment divides through digital education. NEF provides digital education to millions across the U.S., India, Egypt, Jordan, and Mauritius. NEF’s current mission is to provide IT education, certification and job placement opportunities to a million underprivileged Indians, especially women. The “Million Indians Information Technology Education” ( MIITE) project will be officially launched in India later this Fall following the successful pilot that has trained and certified 1,000 underprivileged girl students in IT in Delhi. See the recent Hindustan Times article at Making underprivileged girls computer savvy

Your Corporation / Entity has a unique opportunity to be a part of this innovatively funded project that will not cost you any resources out of your pocket but will add savings to your corporation’s bottom line -- an opportunity to be a part of bridging India’s vast digital divide and keeping India at the top of the global IT arena. The key benefits to you are:

1. WIN-WIN-WIN: Dr. Kuttan has demonstrated through his various worldwide programs that NEF can help to create WIN-WIN-WIN situations for national projects that make a difference.

a) Your Corporation WINS: You get i) 30-50% cost savings on your employee training ii) PR/publicity, iii) goodwill in your local area of operations or your hometown in India iv) local and national recognition at no cost but cost savings.
b) NEF WINS: We succeed in our mission to bridge the digital and employment divides, empower people and make a difference.
c) A Million Indians WIN: Leveling the playing field is one of NEF’s missions. The underprivileged who have been left out because they cannot afford such world class IT certifications costing a few thousand Rupees, now get a real opportunity, thanks to you and the likes of you. This helps them, their families and their communities.
d) Communities WIN: We create a give back program, with the MIITE youngsters committing to give back to their communities by mentoring needy students and adults, and doing community service.

2. Cost Savings: Your Corporation saves about 30-50% off your current employee training costs by utilizing NEF’s corporate training services just like global leaders Wipro & Lockheed Martin. NEF can provide you top quality online, onsite or blended (online + onsite) training at 30-50% below your current cost and with guarantees.

3. Scholarships in your / your Corporate Name: You pick your hometown, college or university or where your Corporation has a strong presence in India, and NEF will sponsor scholarships to underprivileged in your name or your corporation’s name to build local and national goodwill for you, at no cost to you. NEF will set up the training academy in your/your corporation’s name.

4. Reduce your Recruitment Costs: As a corporate partner you will have access to MIITE participants’ resumes and scores from the IT certifications. Hence you can pick well-trained and certified employees, reducing your overall training and recruitment cost. NEF has already arranged for and funded to provide all certified MIITE Participants additional training courses at no cost to you in much-needed soft skills such as business and project management, communication, customer service, leadership, marketing, sales, team building, time management, human resources etc,) or IT certifications in networking, security, web design etc., all for your benefit.

5. PR/ Publicity : As Dr.Kuttan’s athletic talent kicks off once again at the age of 69 to sprint with college students across India to award scholarships, you will benefit with free publicity. He has mentored world tennis champions, such as Andre Aggasi and Monica Seles. He will wear your company’s logo t-shirt or hats and hand them out as he gets national coverage in India. NEF will be doing a national campaign to kick this off and major sponsors who purchase 10,000 or more training packages will be recognized as NEF’s partners in this mission.

6. National Recognition during Awards Ceremony: On a nationally televised program to award the top-scoring 100 participants cars, laptops and iPods. NEF’s major sponsors will be invited to hand out awards.

NEF invites you to be our corporate partner. Let us join hands to give a helping hand to a million underprivileged Indian youngsters, especially women, who could not do it without our help. Let us help fulfill this mission in a compassionate spirit of giving!