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CORE Projects and Technologies Limited is one of India’s largest global education companies. Listed on the BSE and NSE and rated the fastest growing IT company in the state of Maharashtra, CORE is a CMMi Level3 and ISO 9001:2000 certified company, achieving over 100 percent annual growth with annual revenue of USD145 million in FY09-10.

Under the leadership of Prakash Gupta, CEO, the company has seen exponential growth since its founding in 2003 in Mumbai. In 2007, CORE acquired US-based KC Management Group and UK-based Azzurri Education and Hamlet Computer Group which brought about additional revenue of USD 45 million.

CORE provides an exhaustive range of technology-enabled education products and solutions to government bodies, schools and students. The company has evolved as an integrated education services provider with presence in more than three continents. CORE’s education customer base is spread across the USA, UK, Africa, Sri Lanka, Bahamas, Caribbean and India.

Over the years, CORE has established key alliances with several prestigious learning institutions such as: Center for Higher Learning – National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Indira Gandhi National Open University (INGOU) and Oxford University. The company has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with IGNOU to set up visualisation labs that aim at creating educational content using space age technology Cave Automatic Virtual Environment (CAVE) developed by NASA. The company also has an understanding with IBM to provide educational IT solutions in India.

CORE has been awarded a prestigious contract with the State Government of Jharkhand under the Education for All programme (Sarva Shikhsa Abhiyan). It has also featured in Forbes Asia’s ‘Best Companies under a Billion’.

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