Harbinger Knowledge Products

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Harbinger Knowledge Products
Company type Private
Industry Software Development & Elearning
Founded1990
Headquarters Pune, India
Number of locations
 Redmond, WA, Pleasanton, CA
Key people
 Vikas Joshi, Chairman & MD, Harbinger Group
Swati Ketkar, Director
Jayant Kulkarni, Executive Director — Harbinger Knowledge Products
Seema Chaudhary, President — Harbinger Knowledge Products Inc.
Website www.harbingerknowledge.com

Harbinger Knowledge Products [1] [2] is a part of Harbinger Group, which was established in 1990. It is an eLearning software products and content development services company. [3] The global headquarters and development centres are located in Pune, India while it has offices in Redmond, WA and Pleasanton, CA.

Harbinger holds patents on technologies for single-user learning interaction, [4] and multi-user social interaction, [5] which form the basis of its products (Elicitus, Raptivity, [6] YawnBuster, SiteJazzer and TeemingPod) and services (Mobile learning solutions[ buzzword ], custom eLearning solutions[ buzzword ] and Training outsourcing solutions).[ buzzword ]

Harbinger's products are used by U.S. government organizations as well as in more than 57 countries globally. [7]

An elearning project executed by Harbinger was an online learning game in medical education for Philips Learning Center, [8] [9] [10] which leveraged the cognitive benefits of game-based learning. Another involved the use of game-based media content to teach science through insects for the Entomological Foundation USA, [11] while a third project consisted of a series of animation films to spread traffic awareness in Pune on behalf of the Rotary Club. [12]

Recognitions

Harbinger Knowledge Products has been recognized by Red Herring in its Global 100 Winners list in 2009. [13] It has also been recognized by NASSCOM in its Top 50 Indian IT Innovators list. [14] Deloitte has named Harbinger Knowledge Products amongst the fastest growing technology companies in its Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific and Technology Fast 50 India programs in 2008 & 2009. [15] [16] Harbinger Knowledge Products also features in the Training Outsourcing companies and Content Development companies watchlist for 2011, announced by Training Industry Inc. [17]

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References

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  7. ↑ "Interactive e-learning software helping to propel Harbinger Knowledge Products to the head of the class". The Financial Express. 30 September 2009. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
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  12. ↑ "Traffic awareness made simple through cartoon films". Sakal Times. 28 February 2012. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2013.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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