BWI: HCL My EduTab Wins ‘Best Tablet Providers in Education’ Award at the World Education Awards 2012

Press release from Business Wire India
Source: HCL Infosystems Ltd
Monday, August 06, 2012 05:40 PM IST (12:10 PM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest, People; Business: Business services, Education & training, Media & entertainment, Telecommunications; Technology
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HCL My EduTab Wins 'Best Tablet Providers in Education' Award at the World Education Awards 2012
HCL Learning bags its fifth award in succession

New Delhi, Delhi, India, Monday, August 06, 2012 -- (Business Wire India) -- HCL Learning, the education & learning division of HCL Infosystems Ltd., India's premier hardware, services and ICT Systems Integration and Distribution Company, bagged the Public Choice Award for the 'Best Tablet Providers in Education' for My EduTab at the World Education Awards 2012, held recently as part of the World Education Summit in New Delhi. HCL's My EduTab received the maximum votes from the people and emerged as the winner amongst competition by a huge margin of public votes. HCL Learning continued its winning spree by bagging its fifth award since December 2011.

The HCL My EduTab comes in two versions: K12 and HE (Higher Education). My EduTab- K12 version enables students, teachers & parents to connect, collaborate and share information as well as content over the Cloud. The tablet comes along with high quality engaging content and packaged with K12 curriculum mapped digital content, educational applications & games, videos and ebooks which make revision fun & home learning- a self paced and enjoyable experience. My EduTab - Higher Education (HE) Version is an edutainment platform which brings together world class rich multimedia content on technical and professional skills, assessments and Apps. This enables networking and collaboration and leads to an all round development and employability enhancement for students.

Speaking about the award win, Mr. Anand Ekambaram, Sr. Vice President, HCL Infosystems Ltd. & Head, Learning Business said "We are delighted to receive this prestigious award for being the best education tablet providers and the fact that it is the Public Choice Award makes it even more special. The award is an acknowledgment of our robust and impactful learning solutions including Education Tablets that have created a niche among students, teachers, educational institutes and even parents. Recognitions such as this will encourage us further to bring in more innovations. My EduTab is an innovative device for the 21st Learner and is making learning an interesting and engaging activity."

Earlier in December 2011, HCL Learning bagged the prestigious Jury Award for the Best Open and Distance Learning Practices in Higher education for their Xcelerate (Xcelerate is a joint initiative between HCL & Resonance) program, at the 7th eINDIA awards held in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. HCL Learning also won awards in the "Best ICT Enabled Content for K12 Education" & "Best Technology Based Solutions for Higher Education Institutes" categories for their Digischool & Digicampus programs respectively at the Star News National Education Awards function held in Mumbai. Another award bagged by HCL Learning in 2012 was for its Institute Management System (IMS) program which won the award for "Best Cloud Based Education Institute Management System" at the Bloomberg UTV B-School Excellence Awards.

About HCL Learning

HCL Learning covers the entire spectrum of education and training requirements across schools, colleges, individuals and enterprises. Leveraging the three-decade-plus rich expertise of the HCL Enterprise and strategic national and international tie-ups, HCL Learning offers competitive learning programs and solutions for a diverse client-set.

Our initiatives are driven by the latest innovations in Information Technology and we envision transforming the Indian education space to compete with the best in the world. HCL Learning is a part of HCL Infosystems, a $2.4 billion ICT Enterprise.

For more information please visit www.hcllearning.com

About HCL Infosystems

HCL Infosystems Ltd, with revenue (LTM) of US$ 2.4 billion (Rs.10,754 crores) is India's premier hardware, services and ICT systems integration company offering a wide spectrum of ICT products that includes Computing, Storage, Networking, Security, Telecom, Imaging and Retail. HCL is a one-stop-shop for all the ICT requirements of an organization. India's leading System Integration and Infrastructure Management Services Organization, HCL has specialized expertise across verticals including Telecom, BFSI, eGovernance & Power. HCL has India's largest distribution and retail network, taking to market a range of Digital Lifestyle products in partnership with leading global ICT brands, including Apple, Cisco, Ericsson, Kingston, Kodak, Konica Minolta, Microsoft, Nokia, Toshiba, and many more. HCL today has India's largest vertically integrated computer manufacturing facility with over three decades of electronic manufacturing experience & HCL desktops is the largest selling brand into the enterprise space. With India's largest ICT services network that reaches to every corner of India, HCL's award winning Support Services makes it the preferred choice of enterprise and consumers, alike. For more information please visit us at www.hclinfosystems.in.


CONTACT DETAILS
Ashutosh Bhattacharya, Head - Corporate Communications, HCL Infosystems Ltd, +91 9811920415, ashutosh.bhattacharya@hcl.in
Moumali Majumdar, Hanmer MSL, +91 9650596337, moumali.majumdar@hanmermsl.com

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