Harbinger Knowledge Products

Harbinger Knowledge Products
Private
Industry Software Development & Elearning
Founded 1990
Headquarters Pune, India
Number of locations
 Redmond,WA, Pleasanton,CA
Key people
 Vikas Joshi, Chairman & MD, Harbinger Group
Swati Ketkar, Director
Jayant Kulkarni, Executive Director — Harbinger Knowledge Products
Seema Chaudhary, President — Harbinger Knowledge Products Inc.
Website www.harbingerknowledge.com

Harbinger Knowledge Products[1][2] is a part of Harbinger Group, which was established in 1990. It is an eLearning software products and content development services company.[3] The global headquarters and development centres are located in Pune, India while it has offices in Redmond, WA and Pleasanton, CA.

Harbinger holds patents on technologies for single-user learning interaction,[4] and multi-user social interaction,[5] which form the basis of its products (Elicitus, Raptivity,[6] YawnBuster, SiteJazzer and TeemingPod) and services (Mobile learning solutions, custom eLearning solutions and Training outsourcing solutions).

Harbinger's products are used by U.S. government organizations as well as in more than 57 countries globally.[7]

An elearning project executed by Harbinger was an online learning game in medical education for Philips Learning Center,[8][9][10] which leveraged the cognitive benefits of game-based learning. Another involved the use of game-based media content to teach science through insects for the Entomological Foundation USA,[11] while a third project consisted of a series of animation films to spread traffic awareness in Pune on behalf of the Rotary Club.[12]

Recognitions

Harbinger Knowledge Products has been recognized by Red Herring in its Global 100 Winners list in 2009.[13] It has also been recognized by NASSCOM in its Top 50 Indian IT Innovators list.[14] Deloitte has named Harbinger Knowledge Products amongst the fastest growing technology companies in its Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific and Technology Fast 50 India programs in 2008 & 2009.[15][16] Harbinger Knowledge Products also features in the Training Outsourcing companies and Content Development companies watchlist for 2011, announced by Training Industry Inc.[17][18]

References

  1. ↑ "Company Overview of Harbinger Knowledge Products". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  2. ↑ "A new dawn in education". Indian Express. 13 July 1998. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  3. ↑ "Harbinger introduces mobile learning applications". Business Standard. 23 February 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  4. ↑ Joshi, Vikas. "System and a Method for Interactivity Creation and Customization" (PDF). FreePatentsOnline. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  5. ↑ Joshi, Vikas. "Interactive Contribution Widget" (PDF). FreePatentsOnline. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  6. ↑ Ganci, Joe (14 April 2010). "Harbinger Raptivity: Packaged Interactivity". Learning Solutions Magazine. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  7. ↑ "Interactive e-learning software helping to propel Harbinger Knowledge Products to the head of the class". The Financial Express. 30 September 2009. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  8. ↑ "Medical Games". Philips Learning Center. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  9. ↑ "International award for Harbinger Group". Indian Express. 8 October 2008. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  10. ↑ Howard, Doug (11 February 2009). "Top Training Outsourcing Deals for 2008 (Feb 09)" (PDF). Training Industry Inc. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  11. ↑ "Harbinger Group to promote science learning with insects". 19 February 2008. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  12. ↑ "Traffic awareness made simple through cartoon films". Sakal Times. 28 February 2012. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
  13. ↑ "First product company in Pune to win the Prestigious Global Award". NASSCOM. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  14. ↑ "Harbinger Group listed in NASSCOM Top 50 innovators". Indian Express. 14 May 2009. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  15. ↑ "Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific 2008 Ranking and CEO Survey" (PDF). Deloitte: 21. 2008. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  16. ↑ "Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific 2009 Ranking and CEO Survey" (PDF). Deloitte: 20. 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  17. ↑ "2011 Content Development Companies Watchlist". TrainingIndustry.com. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  18. ↑ "2011 Training Outsourcing Companies Watchlist". TrainingIndustry.com. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
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