India’s infrastructure pioneer SKIL Infrastructure’s Group Chairman & Executive Chairman, Mr. Nikhil Gandhi has been inducted on to the Board of Directors of Everonn Education Limited, the world’s largest VSAT education network company.
This development assumes significance as SKIL has acquired a stake in Everonn as part of its diversification into the education sector.
“Mr. Gandhi’s tremendous experience in setting up infrastructure projects will be of immense help to Everonn as we roll out plans to build our very own brand of high quality educational institutions at a national level,” said Mr. P Kishore, founder and Managing Director of Everonn.
Mr. Gandhi shares Everonn vision that education will play a major role in the country’s economic development. He is an acclaimed visionary in the field of integrated infrastructure. A first-generation entrepreneur with high risk taking ability, he has embarked on a multitude of projects of national importance, each a first-of-its-kind project whether in terms of bringing private sector initiative into a hitherto public domain, or whether on account of the concept and regulatory changes that each project necessitated for the betterment of the nation.
About Everonn:
Everonn, listed on both the BSE and NSE has been a leading presence in the Indian education industry for over two decades. On a quest to capitalize on the latest in pedagogy and technology to improve learning across India, Everonn is the first education and training company to offer satellite-enabled learning using breakthrough technologies bringing knowledge to students across geographical and cultural borders. And today, Everonn is the largest VSAT Education Network in the World.
Everonn’s unrivalled reach in providing a blend of traditional and digitized content to the schools, colleges and retail segments has helped the company offer quality education to students even in the most remote parts of India. Everonn now has an extensive and well-connected network of learning centres that deliver best-in-class content through both conventional and cutting-edge modes of learning. Everonn reaches out to over 3 million students through 9689 learning centres across 27 states and works with 16 State Governments of India (30.09.10).
Everonn’s Educating India initiative is all set to revolutionize and transform the educational landscape of India by setting up and managing holistic educational institutions across India to realize its dream of an Educated India.
Everonn –
- Listed on Forbes -'Best under a Billion' Asia List 2010
- OUTPERFORM rating in Asia Small Cap Sector - ‘Top-20 picks in the region’, Dec 2010 - Credit Suisse
- Recipient of the "Learning Solution Partner” 2010 award from Microsoft
- Prometric’s “Test Delivery Partner for CAT 2010”
