VANS Skilling & Advisory acquires the “Student Development” division of Ozone Education Consultants
Mumbai : VANS Skilling & Advisory, a Mumbai based niche company that focuses on serving the needs of start-ups, MSME and fast growing organisations, has acquired the “Student Development” vertical of Pune based educational consultancy firm -Ozone Education Consultants, in an all stock deal or a slump sale.
Ozone has two business verticals namely “Corporate Solutions” and “Student Development”. The acquisition of the ‘Student Development’ division will help VANS Skilling, led by former OLA Senior advisor Dr. Srinivas Chunduru, to widen its offerings and customer base.
Post acquisition, Shantanu Sen Sharma, former IT leader and founder of Ozone Education Consultants, will take charge as Chairman of the advisory board for YUGMA.
“This is an excellent addition to our portfolio of offerings for B-schools under our platform YUGMA. We have been associated with Ozone, as strategic partners, since its inception and we have common values and ethos that has made this acquisition seamless and more valuable. This will help us in widening our offerings and customer base. Shantanu, who has been our advisor since inception, will continue to guide us in his new role as the Chairman of the advisory board for YUGMA,” said Dr. Srinivas Chunduru, founder of VANS Group.
YUGMA, over the last one year, has seen traction with about 20,000 MBA students representing over 150 B school in India through innovative master classes, hackathons, dial-a-mentor, case studies, master classes and placement support drive. YUGMA has over 60 industry mentors including CXOs from varied sectors, in a quest to improve the employability of the students and present “experienced freshers” to the industry partners.
“This is a very complimentary alliance. YUGMA brings in a platform, Digital expertise and technology approach. Ozone practice brings in deep experience of mentoring over 15,000 students in placement preparedness for over 11 years as well as deep client relationships. I’m very confident of the growth ahead and I’m excited with my continued association with YUGMA, both for existing B2B Clients as well as fresh ones” said Shantanu Sen Sharma, founder of Ozone Education Consultants.
Ozone, an 11-year-old company, through its unique home-grown offerings like the last mile support, Discovery Interviews, sector specific mentorship, Gallup’s Clifton Strength Finder and Alpha batch has mentored and groomed over 15,000 students across several B schools in Mumbai and Pune, with the objective of making them placements/careers ready.