Start-ups tap training needs of techies

Reskilling and online certification are the biggest earners in the Indian online education market

Ethans Tech, a Pune-based start-up that provides training to software engineers, has seen a three-fold growth from people who want to upgrade their skills.

Jatin Miglani, co-founder of Ethans, says, "While global multinationals are keen on reskilling their employees, the response from Indian companies has been rather tepid in recent 

times. However, small- to mid-size companies are quite keen on training their employees as they cannot afford to hire frequently. Since information technology (IT) giants can just hire according to requirement, so they don't have the same urgency to train employees." 

Reskilling and online certification are the biggest earners in the