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Archana Venkat

Co in talks with venture capitalists for funding

Chennai March 12 If you are hooked to computer-based learning, it is time to move on.

Valued Epistemics, a Chennai-based start up company, is seeing success with its mobile phone content for GRE preparation. In talks with venture capitalists for funding, Mr Anand Kannan, Managing Director of the company, said tie-up with a mobile service provider to market the product was around the corner. Called `WIZDOM.in', the product contains interactive GRE training material in the form of sessions that can be accessed on mobile phones with GPRS connectivity. It is operator agnostic and compatible with 3G and Wi-Max technology, said Mr Kannan, demonstrating the product.

According to Ms Seethalakshmi. H, a biotechnology graduate, the software introduced her to words that were not found in Barron's, a staple reference for Wordlists.

User friendly

A senior education professional found the software user friendly once he got used to navigating it on the mobile phone. "For every word featured you can also look up synonyms, antonyms and usage. This way the learning is complete," he said.

The server also contains software that measures real-time user responses for each session. "With about 500 users so far, we are aggressively promoting `WIZDOM.in' in remotely located colleges where students may not have access to GRE coaching classes," said Mr Kannan.

Study packages

Currently, two study packages are available — Verbal Master (60 sessions) for Rs 3,000 and Complete GRE (110 sessions) for Rs 6,000. The company recently launched a `Fast Track GRE' package. Packages can be downloaded for free but subsequent usage would be charged Rs 2 an hour of GPRS airtime.

Those hesitant to try `WIZDOM.in' on their mobile phones can access its PC version on the Internet. Seamless migration between PC and mobile phone versions is also possible, said Mr Raghuram Krishnamachari, Manager — Operations and Field Support, Valued Epistemics.

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