Maharashtra Knowledge Corporation

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Maharashtra Knowledge Corporation Limited. (MKCL)
Company type Public
Founded20 August 2001 [1]
Headquarters Pune, India
Key people
Dilip Walse Patil
Vivek Sawant
Vijay Bhatkar
Ram Takwale
Dr.Anil Kakodkar
Products eLearning, eGovernance, eEmpowerment
Parent Government of Maharashtra
Website http://www.mkcl.org

Maharashtra Knowledge Corporation Limited is a public limited company promoted by the Department of Higher and Technical Education, Government of Maharashtra, India. [2] and was incorporated under the Companies Act.

Contents

On 5 January 2018 the Department of Higher and Technical Education (H & TE), Government of Maharashtra (GOM) issued a Government Resolution, as per which, in place of H & TE Department, the General Administration Department (GAD) has become the Representative Department of GOM for matters concerning MKCL.

Operations

Company has its registered office and operations & Development center at ICC Pune. It has offices in India and in its subsidiaries MKCL Arabia. The present MD (Managing Director) of MKCL is Ms. Veena Kamath. Over 5,000 Authorized Learning Centers registered in Maharashtra. MKCL's endeavour in the field of IT education is marked by courses like MS-CIT (Maharashtra State Certificate in Information Technology), MS-ACIT and many other vocational courses affiliated to YCMOU under the brand KLiC (Knowledge Lit Careers), MKCL ERA (eLearning Revolution for All) [3] etc.

In India

MKCL Arabia Office MKCL office.jpg
MKCL Arabia Office

MKCL has established and is establishing Joint Venture companies with the various State Governments by investing MKCL’s funds towards 30% of the initial equity. The Odisha Knowledge Corporation Limited (OKCL) and the Haryana Knowledge Corporation Limited (HKCL) are such collaborative endeavours. [4] [5]

Abroad

MKCL has also created joint ventures abroad through its subsidiary viz. MKCL International FZE, Sharjah, UAE. MKCL Arabia Ltd. (in Saudi Arabia along with its branch in Egypt) and MKCL Lanka Ltd. (in Sri Lanka) are the existing Joint Ventures.

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References

  1. "Maharashtra Higher Education | Best Colleges, Universities".
  2. "Educational Service Provider". MKCL. 20 August 2001. Retrieved 30 August 2010.
  3. "Home". mkcl.org.
  4. "Odisha Knowledge Corporation Limited". OKCL. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  5. "About Us - Rajasthan Knowledge. Corporation Limited". RKCL. Retrieved 3 January 2015.