CORE Projects & Technologies

CORE Projects & Technologies Ltd.

Industry	IT, Education
Founded	2003
Headquarters	Mumbai, Maharashtra , India
Website	Corporate Website

CORE Projects and Technologies Limited is India’s largest global education company that provides technology enabled education solutions to government bodies, schools and students.

Background

The company is headed by Sanjeev Mansotra, CMD and has its corporate headquarters at Mumbai, India. The company was founded in 2003 and has since expanded into 3 continents. Their international headquarters are at Atlanta and London.Since its inception in 2003, CORE has diversified into an integrated education company and are providing solutions to 7 States in India, 20 States in the US, 40 Institutions in UK, 8 African and 3 Caribbean Nations. They have approximately 1000 employees worldwide.

CORE is listed on the BSE & NSE and has been rated as The Fastest Growing IT Company in the State of Maharashtra, India.CORE is a CMMi Level3 and ISO 9001:2000 certified Company.

Board Of Directors

Name	Role
Mr.Sanjeev Mansotra	Chairman and Managing Director - Business
Ms.Nikhil Morsawala	Global Finance
Ms.Maya Sinha	Technocrat
Mr.Awinash Arondekar	Strategist
Mr.Hari Iyer	Education
Mr.V. Nambiar	International Taxation
Mr.Naresh Sharma	Full time director
Mr.S. S. Dua	Technocrat

Products & Solutions in the Education Domain

CORE has products and solutions for all stages of education - K-12, higher education and vocational training courses.They are :

• Assessment and Intervention
• Compliance and Reporting
• Student Information Systems and Campus Management
• Grants and Financial Management
• Professional Development and Consulting
• Government Consulting and Training
• e-Content Creation and Management
• Education Portals
• Child Tracking System
• Vocational Training

CORE Immersive 3D Solutions

CORE designs semi-immersive to fully-immersive interactive 3D Virtual Reality solutions to facilitate Education, Disaster Management, Research and Training.CORE's Advanced Visualization applications enable users to immerse themselves in an artificial environment simulated by a computer, with the ability to navigate though the environment and interact with objects in it.

Simulation Training can be achieved by walking through the prototype of situations that are difficult to comprehend in 2D, interacting with the virtual environment, and performing "What If" analysis. CORE has large scale visualization centers that use CAVE Automatic Virtual Environments (CAVEs), classroom and lecture hall visualization walls and desktop environments.

CORE K-12 Education

Core Projects has planned to enter the school management business. It is expected to invest Rs 150 crore for setting up schools, and to set up 30 K-12 schools over the next 3 years.The K-12 segment is one of the fastest growing industry segments in the country.

Key Alliances

• IBM
• Oxford University
• Indira Gandhi National Open University
• IL&FS-ETS
• Center for Higher Learning – NASA
• Microsoft Gold Partner

ERP Services

CORE caters to Fortune 500 customers via on site & offshore solutions, development & production support and project staffing for SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft, and JD Edwards. The services are provided by CORE in this domain are-

• Enhancements and Optimization
• Data Extraction/Data Warehousing Solutions
• Project Management
• Version Upgrades
• Web Extension of SAP functionality
• Professional Services

Logistics Services - Smart Card Solutions

In the Logistics domain, CORE provides RFID and GPS based tracking solutions, asset management and smartcard based solutions. The focus industries are retail, manufacturing, logistics, and healthcare.The services are-

E-Governance which may be defined as delivery of services and information to the public using information technology (IT).

Access Control Solution which uses contact/contact less Smart Card technology to provide additional levels of security in the form of a Smart Card that ensures secure access to software, systems and networks.

School/Campus management to provide multi-application card solutions including identification and optional cashless payment for transactions within the school campus, for students, staff and parents.

Consulting Services

CORE delivers management consultancy to 'blue chip' clients. With an overall focus on change management, the range of services delivered includes -

• 'Performance management:Developing and implementing management systems and performance frameworks that align their clients' plans and resources to their strategy
• 'Through life management:Assisting major programmes to maximise the value of their benefits from initiation to closure.
• 'Procurement and supply chain expertise:Helping clients to receive sustainable value from their suppliers.
• 'Business to business (B2B) relationship management: Ensuring that their clients collaborate effectively with their partners.
• 'Portfolio, programme and project management: Managing and assisting in the delivery of time-critical, high profile programmes and projects and their prioritisation within a portfolio.
• 'Organisational development (OD): Aligning the development of people to the organisations' business objectives.
• 'Process improvement and change delivery: Enabling organisations to meet deadlines and deliver results.
• 'Interim Management : providing short-term professional service (PS) resources to enhance and support CORE business functions.

Awards

• 2nd rank - Technology Fast 50 India 2007
• 20th rank - 2007 Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific
• Wisitex Jharkhand Education IT Ratna
• Special Jury Award
• Fastest growing IT company in 2006

Acquisitions

• KC Management Group
• CORE Education(UK)
• Hamlet Computer Group
• Aarman Inc.
• Emacs Technologies Inc
• K12 division of Princeton Review Inc
• Technical Systems Integrators LLC,Georgia
• Keenan and Keenan Group.New York

External links

• Official Corporate site
• Facebook Page
• Linkedin