Online Tutoring - an emering knowledge-service industry

Here , I would like to have a short introduction about the "Online Tutoring " industry emerging in the low-cost developing countries , like India .

Basically , tutoring services are being outsourced in this industry . It can be called " TSO" , tutoring service outsourcing bearing its similarity with BPO , KPO , LPO , etc . The industry is at a very nascent stage even in India .

Tutoring service can be outsourced in 2 ways :

( 1) Insatnt Tutoring , where the tutor interacts with the student through an interface called WhiteBoard .

(2) e-mail assignment help , where the tutor solves the problem set sent by the student and send it back to him within the deadline .

The industry is presently driven by the low-cost advantage that India has. Also , the high proportion of graduates produced by Indian Universities makes it easy for the companies to find skilled tutors .

The present market size is only $15 million , it it is expected to increase manifold within the coming 5-7 years .

Introduction

This is going to be my first entry in my blog . To start with , its better to introduce me here first .

I am born in Kolkata in 1983 . Schooling was at Nava Nalanda and B.D.Memorial . Thereafter , I joined Indian Railways in the Commercial Dept. at an early age of 18 . But , I continued my graduation from Burdwan University along with my service. In 2006 , taking 2 yrs leave from Railways , I went to JNU for a mastrers in Economics . Only , this year May , I completed my Masters .

My career goals includes : Primarily , Serving the Analytics Industry (KPO) and as a part-time pursuit , to make a small " start-up" for online tutoring .