Questionnaire for Franchisee Prospect-1

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QUESTIONNAIRE FOR PROSPECTIVE NEWHORIZONS BUSINESS PARTNER

1) What is the background (personal/professional) of the

Proprietor/Partners who will be heading the New Horizon Franchisee? What

have been their key achievements in the professional front?

Educational Background:B.E ( Computer Science)MBA ( Global Management) from Arizona, USA

PhD ( Pursuing) from University of Rajasthan

Professional Background

Director at Sapience World School (April 2010 - Present)Spearheaded the project since conceptualization and played a key

role in various stages including infrastructure planning, curriculumdesign, recruitment of human resources, Teacher Training andDevelopment and Parent School Partnership Program. Valuation Consultant at Merrill Lynch ( January 2007 - July 2009) Various Roles at Thunderbird School of Global Management Strategy Intern at Deutsche Post World Net, Germany ( June 2006 -

August 2006)

2) Will the proprietor be involved in the business full time?

YES

3) What is the scope for Certification courses how many B Tech

/BCA/MCA colleges in the city? Give Details

There is a very bright scope of certificate courses in Jaipur as it isbecoming the hub of education in Rajasthan and Northern India.Increasing focus of the government of Rajasthan on investor friendly

policies has led to more and more companies set up their operations inRajasthan. This has created more job opportunities for engineeringgraduates as well as the need for professional certificate courses like theones offered by New Horizons. Besides, awareness for education inRajasthan is resulting in terms of migration of thousands of students toJaipur from small cities and rural areas of Rajasthan as well as otherstates. Considering all this, there is no gainsaying that there is a large

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segment of student/graduate population that needs to be trained withprofessional courses so as to improve their employability.

Jaipur has more than 53 Engineering colleges offering close to 14,000seats, 12 MCA colleges ( approved by AICTE), over 100 colleges offering

BCA, 40 Business management institutes, 15 Pharmacy Institutes, 4hotel management Institutes, 3 Medical colleges and 6 Dental colleges1.It also has 8 universities including the Rajasthan University. NationalInstitute of Agricultural Marketing, Jaipur, Malaviya National Institute ofTechnology, Jaipur ,The LNM Institute of Information Technology, Jaipur (Deemed University ) Jaipur National University.

4) What is the scope for Career Oriented courses how many degree

colleges? Give details on career courses in demand?

There is an immense scope of career oriented courses in Jaipur. Jaipurhas become a developed centre for education. The city is very peacefuland many north Indian families prefer to send their offspring to Jaipur forhigher and technical education. Thousands of students are pursuingtechnical education and are graduating every year from colleges inJaipur with degrees including BCA, B-Tech and MCA. There is nogainsaying that in order to bridge the gap between the knowledge andskills they acquire at colleges and the skills required and desired by theindustry, the students need to pursue career oriented courses.It is envisaged that professionally qualified graduates with a soundknowledge of their core disciplines and expertise in a concerned skill willhave more openings in service, industry and self-employment sectors.Demand and scope for such professionally trained graduates are visible

in the applied fields of almost all basic/core disciplines and faculties inthe current changing global scenario and is likely to increase in thefuture

There are approximately 235 degree colleges in Jaipur2.

Government Colleges: 9

Private Colleges: 226Career oriented courses in demand:

Certificate/diploma/advanced diploma programme in IT

Web Designing and Graphics

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MCSE Networking

1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaipur

http://www.rtu.ac.in/academics/mcacolleges.phphttp://www.rtu.ac.in/academics/List_of_All_Institute_Nov._05.11.2011.pdf

2http://www.collegeeducation.rajasthan.gov.in/httpdocs/Unaided.pdf http://www.collegeeducation.rajasthan.gov.in/httpdocs/govtcolleges.htm http://www.collegeeducation.rajasthan.gov.in/httpdocs/aided.htm

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajasthan_Universityhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niamhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niamhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mnithttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mnithttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LNMIIThttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deemed_Universityhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaipurhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaipurhttp://www.rtu.ac.in/academics/mcacolleges.phphttp://www.rtu.ac.in/academics/List_of_All_Institute_Nov._05.11.2011.pdfhttp://www.collegeeducation.rajasthan.gov.in/httpdocs/Unaided.pdfhttp://www.collegeeducation.rajasthan.gov.in/httpdocs/Unaided.pdfhttp://www.collegeeducation.rajasthan.gov.in/httpdocs/govtcolleges.htmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaipurhttp://www.rtu.ac.in/academics/mcacolleges.phphttp://www.rtu.ac.in/academics/List_of_All_Institute_Nov._05.11.2011.pdfhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajasthan_Universityhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niamhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niamhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mnithttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mnithttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LNMIIThttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deemed_Universityhttp://www.collegeeducation.rajasthan.gov.in/httpdocs/Unaided.pdfhttp://www.collegeeducation.rajasthan.gov.in/httpdocs/govtcolleges.htm


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5) Which computer institutes in the city doing well? Where are they

located? What would be the average turnover of the top 5 computer

institutes?

HCL Career Development CentreNIITArena MultimediaPicasso

Cistems School of Computing,

6) Does the city offer enough jobs in the IT domain? Which are the

popular companies where students want to get jobs, and at what salaries?

Yes, the city offers enough jobs in IT domain. Increasing focus of thegovernment of Rajasthan on investor friendly policies has led to moreand more companies set up their operations in Rajasthan. This hascreated more job opportunities for engineering graduates

7) Which is (are) the location(s) where you are interested in putting up

the institute? What size? How far from good competition institutes?

Jaipur (Rajasthan). We have our own building at a prime location, carpetarea of over 7000 sq. feet.

8) Which are the cities you are planning to open centers in Jammu &

Kashmir? Please mention the timeline for the same.

N.A

9) What is the kind of turnover you are targeting from this business inthe 1st/2nd/3rd year of operation? How do you plan to achieve the same?

10) What kind of funds you plan to put in the business? What is the

source of the funds?

It will be self financed.

11) What kind of Business Development initiatives you plan to do when

you start the business? Give details

Leverage on the strong and large social network in the city.

Liasioning with engineering colleges; offering engineering studentsthe appropriate training so as to improve their employability.

Liasioning with government sector

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Targeting degree colleges to offer training to individuals looking toenhance their IT skills.

Targeting corporate houses for their IT training needs.

12) What is the kind of support you expect from New Horizons to run the

business?

Marketing supportBranding supportTechnical supportTraining SupportLearning ResourcesE-Learning Resources

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Questionnaire for Franchisee Prospect-1