NEW DELHI: Munjal family-led Hero Group’s ed-tech venture Hero Vired Tuesday joined hands with MIT Open learning, the digital arm of the famed MIT, to offer courses in emerging and future technologies. MIT Open Learning is the digital education arm of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). “Hero’s decades of research and understanding of the Indian education and job landscape, combined with MIT’s advanced expertise in science and technology, is poised to bring…specialised programmes to Indian job seekers," Hero Vired said. “At Hero Vired we are …particularly excited about integrating the MITx MicroMasters® programs into our PG Certificate Programs, as HeroVired students who complete an MITx MicroMasters program will be able to apply to Master’s programs at universities around the world that offer an accelerated path to degree completion to admitted MicroMasters credential holders," said Akshay Munjal, founder and chief executive of Hero Vired. We are excited to see MITx courses and MITx MicroMasters Programs being integrated into larger, specialized programs…that Hero Vired is launching for professionals in India."

Source: Mint August 17, 2021 09:10 UTC