Indian telecommunications firm Bharti Airtel Limited partners with Coursera to provide employees with online certification programs to equip them for future

Briefing

December 5, 2017

Briefing	Airtel-Coursera Partnership – Indian telcommunications company Bharti Airtel Limited partners with online education and learning firm Coursera to provide employees with world-class online certification programs that would make them future-ready Coursera for Business – Online platform for enterprise customers complete with over 2,000 online courses to give employees emerging skills sets Courses Curated for Airtel – Include machine learning, data science, digital technology, cybersecurity, cloud, and Internet-of-Things along with some soft skill courses on leadership and HR, among others Intended Outcome – Create rich pool of talent across verticals ready to keep up with fast-paced digital world triggered by emerging technologies Other Coursera Customers – Over 100 large enterprise and government customers worldwide, including Axis Bank, Tata Communications, Infosys, AXA, L’Oreal, PayPal, Danone, JP Morgan Chase, and AIR France-KLM
Market Disruption	Up-to-Date, Specialized Skills
Business Model and Practices Business Model and Practices	Smart, Creative People
Sector	Education
Organization	Bharti Airtel Ltd., Coursera Inc.
Source	Dasgupta, B., "Bharti Airtel partners with Coursera to build future-ready workforce", The Economic Times, https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/; "Airtel, Coursera to build a future-ready workforce," CXOtoday.com, http://www.cxotoday.com/; AcceleratingBiz analysis
Original Publication Date	November 28, 2017

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