To build something truly remarkable, the pre-existing foundations need to be heavily restructured. And for that, it requires an insurmountable amount of compassion, faith and resilience. Society has pulled out the changes of time, where the wind has brought with it every latest trend that the economy requires. But sometimes to be able to level with time, situations demand a lot from mankind itself. Sometimes it poses a challenge to ensure that correct progress is imperative. But never did it stop humans from achieving great deeds and the pages of history still gives us goosebumps to feel inspired from those tales.
From the several pillars of society, education has always been the Holy Grail. It shapes an individual to be the most contributing factor for scaling an economy. And every student in the books of education needs teachers, who selflessly devote their lives for the greater good of serving knowledge to the pupils. Business Outreach Magazine brings to our beloved readers, the story of Slikun Institute of Management and Technology, the destination where education meets values.
Slikun Institute was founded in 2018 and was upgraded from a MSME to Pvt Ltd in 2022. But these spans of time have a lot to express than just a few words and numbers. Dr. Vishal Ghag, the Founder and Managing Director of Slikun Institute, developed the holistic foundation to address the demand for industry experience education that is lacking in our current educational system. Despite several education policies, students still thirst for modules in a program that will give them the practical know-how of the market. The early years were very taxing, when Dr. Vishal had to knock on doors of universities and colleges to showcase his program structure to the students in workshops that costed as little as Rs. 100 for a 3-day workshop and only about Rs. 5,000 for an annual training. Although students really appreciated and enthused involvement, Slikun Institute’s entire business structure underwent extensive rework. With the help of over 600 professionals, corporate donations, and a strong network of more than 150 brands, a collaboration was made by Slikun Institute with Pratibhashala Foundation. The free seminars were handled by the foundation, while Slikun looked after the certification programs. Smalls firms also partnered with Slikun Institute which looked after accounting, tech support, back office, etc. The revenue got divided among the subsidiaries and the outsourcing initiative helped remarkably in making the business operate efficiently.
Through Pratibhashala Foundation, several working professionals who lost their jobs in the pandemic, gained training and joined the team for several projects. Slikun today offers 33 elite programs starting from as low as Rs. 7,500. The MBA program launched by Slikun Institute is probably the most affordable of its kind, priced at Rs. 65,000 where lectures, assignments and exams are completely case study based. The program is flexible enough for students to learn and pay for the course at their own pace. To top that, Slikun Institute offers a certification route of completing the MBA degree in steps, which is found only in international universities. In 2022, Slikun Institute opened a branch in London, and there are talks going on with universities in the UK and Slikun to offer international education at an affordable package to our Indian students. In about 4 years, over 1,200 students have been taught by the institute who are employed at firms like Infosys, Wipro, Deloitte, TCS, JP Morgan, Barclays and many more. Through its trainings in 5 domains viz. Data Analytics, Business Management, Psychology, Digital Marketing and Software development, the institute has provided its alumni and current students, the proper employable skills to excel in their career.
Slikun Institute attempts to battle an important prejudice of our society that quality education is always costly. But they believe in their journey, where Dr. Vishal quotes, “People choose to rejoice in mediocrity, for greatness to them is a myth”.
