Mumbai, April 28, 2001 : 123India.com (www.123india.com), India's premier portal has launched “Online Seminars”. This is the first step towards converting offline seminars to highly interactive online non-restrictive events for users from a global expanse to participate. Through this mode 123India.com plans to offer users interesting and serious topics for discussion. The first discussion, which was immensely popular, was on “Shaping one’s own eLearning Destination”.

123India.com hopes eLearning will enhance education and give it a global perception. It will inevitably herald the advent of Global eLearning environments. Every educational institution will focus on developing an eLearning solution. The online seminar on 123India.com will provide users an opportunity to express what they expect and want to receive from an online learning environment.

Commenting on eLearning, Mr. Arvind Kajaria, Director, 123India.com said, “This is the first step to remove the shackles of boundaries in education. It denotes progress and as a portal who has always dwelled on innovation this is another service that we are providing our users. We at 123India.com will develop a proof of concept site after gathering important user feedback received during the on-line seminar”.

The on-line seminar’s have been launched in association with KarROX Technologies, a leading software training institute and pioneers in the field of high-end eLearning.

Mr. Sudip Sen, Vice President Operations said “This platform seeks to understand what are the needs of education and how can it be made more user friendly. We are proud to have 123India.com, the leading portal as our partner in spreading this unique concept”.  

About 123India.com:
123India.com, India's Premier Portal, is an India dedicated Internet media site that offers branded web content, serving Indians worldwide. As the leading Indian online navigational guide to the web, 123India.com is one of the largest guides in terms of users, database and reach amongst the Indian community on the Internet. Visit us at www.123india.com. The portal was visited by over 3.0 million users and served over 155 million page views in March, 2001.

About KarROX:
KarROX Technologies in coordination with Lansbridge University, the world's first private, internet-based degree granting university and Arthur D Little School of Management, USA. Is offering an eMBA. The eMBA covers topics in Business Strategy in the context of technology driven change, Business and eBusiness Process Planning, Managing New Product Development, Technology Marketing Management, Operations and eCommerce Management.