DiRECWAY Global Education is the premier broadband satellite based education and training service for consumers, small businesses and enterprise markets from Hughes Escorts Communications Limited (HECL).

DiRECWAY Global Education platform seeks to define the next generation of Education i.e. real time Interactive Onsite Learning (IOL). The platform seamlessly integrates the strengths and advantages of the traditional method of education with the latest in technology. Using a very powerful interface, DiRECWAY Global Education enables a student to have highly interactive sessions with students and instructors all over the country, using video, voice and data.

The heart of the DiRECWAY Global Education service is a powerful system that allows large numbers of geographically dispersed participants to have a highly interactive, “one to one” exchange with a central instructor. This system incorporates live video, audio and data, all using the most convenient of all user interfaces – the PC, which is connected over a local area network to a satellite transceiver that in turn connects to the central studio. The instructor is always visible to the students. Interactions with the professor are spontaneous and as natural as in a regular classroom. A Single instructor can now work with students across the country, without comprising on quality of learning.

For students, there are numerous benefits – there are savings in terms of both cost & time, there is no loss of productivity, students get trained in their respective locations, at the same time, by the same instructor. DiRECWAY Global education thus has redefined the very concept of classroom Education retaining all its benefits, improving its reach and enhancing collaborative group learning.

Partners Institutes

Hughes has tied-up with the Premier Institutes of India (and abroad) which include names like:

IIM Kozhikode: In May 2002, IIM Kozhikode became the first Management Institute in India to offer a Management Program (Executive Management Education Program - eMEP) over the Hughes DirecWay platform. Over 500 professionals have taken up the 10-month Program.

IIM Bangalore: Today, IIMB is recognized as India's best Business school. The faculty from IIMB and guest speakers from industry make the programs offered by IIMB one of the most sought after programs. The faculty with their years of teaching experience help students equip themselves to face the corporate world.

XLRI, Jamshedpur: XLRI - Jamshedpur, one of India’s premier management institutes, in August 2002 announced the launch of a Post Graduate Certificate in Business Management (PGCBM). This program is designed for high potential mid-career managers moving up to the next level in business management.

IIFT, Delhi: One of the top 10 Management Institutes in India, IIFT Delhi offers to working executives one of its most sought after programs on the DiRECWAY Global Education Interactive Onsite Learning platform – Executive Masters in International Business – EMIB.

Manipal University: This largest private education initiative in India will offer a one-year Executive MBA Program on the DiRECWAY Global Education platform. Other Courses offered are – MBA-FS, PGDBM.

Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (Deemed University): better known as NMIMS (Deemed University), is one of the top ten business schools in India. The Institute has been rated as one of the top 10 Institutes in the country, with excellent Brand Value, Intellectual Capital, Infrastructure and focus towards Growth. (Business India, October 2002). PGDGM offered by NMIMS is a 14-month program designed specifically for working executives and is tailor made for all those who want an edge without quitting their current job and without compromising on the faculty or the institute from which they would like to acquire the necessary knowledge.

Cornell University: The University, a member of the IVY League, has launched its prestigious eCornell initiative in India in affiliation with Hughes DiRECWAY Global Education platform. Through this program, Cornell will bring in three of its courses in India: General Management, Human Resource Management and Hospitality Management. The next batch commences in May 2004 and will be delivered across 25 cities in India.

Hughes Escorts Communications Limited
Hughes Escorts Communications Ltd. (HECL) is a joint venture between Hughes Network Systems (HNS) & Escorts Ltd. HECL has, since, charted a mission to become a leader in providing turnkey networking solutions for corporate enterprise in India, primarily using the satellite medium.

Hughes is an Equipment Provider as well as a Service Provider of satellite broadband solutions in India. Hughes Escorts Communications Limited (HECL) is the most successful VSAT Service Provider in India, serving more than 250 enterprise customers and 39 of the top 50 brands in India. The 2001 Comsys VSAT report, the well-respected industry source, named HECL as the largest VSAT service provider in the Asia Pacific region.

DiRECWAY, Hughes’s latest offering in the satellite broadband space, is the world's leading broadband by satellite service for consumer, small business and enterprise markets. DiRECWAY is targeted at large enterprise, dealers/distributors, suppliers of corporates, professionals, small office/home office and all consumers.

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