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Gaurav Mundra, Co-Founder & CEO and Madhup Bansal, Co-founder & COO, myly share with

Elets News Network (ENN) about the need of mobile apps in educational institutions, myly’s unique

proposition, benefits for educators, students & parents and more

Why Do Educational Institutions Need Mobile Apps?

First, myly is completely FREE

for educational institutions, stu-

dents and parents. We guarantee

our customers that the current

offering will remain free for life.

We will introduce various op-

tional value-added services that

customers may use at a small fee.

Second, myly is useful for all

types of educational institutions:

schools, colleges, universities,

tuition classes, coaching centres

and hobby classes.

Third, myly is transaction-enabled. It is

designed to allow payments via net bank-

ing, credit/debit card and mobile wallets.

Fourth, myly is extremely easy to setup

and use. Our typical turn-around from

sign-up to go live, including training, is

only two days.

Please share the vision and mission

behind myly?

myly was born out of the common frustra-

tion of co-founders Gaurav Mundra and

Madhup Bansal, about not getting timely

information from their kids’ schools. The

conventional means of communication

like diary and circulars are grossly inef-

ficient in this digital age. Even SMS and

email leave too much to be desired. This

is why Gaurav and Madhup left their full-

time engagements and started myly.

Their vision is to have myly in hands of

every educator, student and parent across

schools, colleges, universities, tuition class-

es, coaching centres and hobby classes.

myly’s mission is to connect, engage and

facilitate learning over a seamless mobile

platform.

How is myly benefiting educators,

students and parents?

For educators and institutions:

Saves communication cost and staff

What is the need for mobile apps in

educational institutions?

Although education leads to technology im-

provement, but the implementation of tech-

nology for improvement of education deliv-

ery has been in a sorry state till now. Most

of the educational institutes are still using

age-old methods, even in this digital age.

Educational institutions need to adopt

mobile app solutions not just to look smart

but to actually act smart. Mobile apps lead

to better, cheaper and faster communication

and transaction enablement. Mobile apps

enable customised and personalised learn-

ing, content delivery, assessment and feed-

back, improving quality of learning, etc.

Which type of educational institutes

can use a mobile app?

Any and all types of institutes can and must

use mobile apps – schools, colleges, univer-

sities, tuition classes, coaching centres and

hobby classes. There is no restriction of min-

imum number of students to adopt an app.

What are the key features that

educational institutions must look for

in a mobile app?

There is no limit to features you can have in a

mobile app. To begin with, any app must have:

Bi-directional messaging between

educators and students/parents;

Ability to share homework, circulars

and exam schedules;

Attendance notification of student’s

absence;

Ability to create events’ and holi-

days’ calendar;

Gallery for sharing images and videos;

Fees payment via multiple online

channels.

With several players in institute-home

communication space, what is unique

about myly?

time by up to 90 per cent;

Improved brand image and higher

brand visibility;

Share messages, documents, images

and videos;

Complete audit trail on what was com-

municated, and when;

Comprehensive data repository is cre-

ated on a secure cloud;

Accessible anytime, from anywhere;

Saves paper, helps the environment.

For students and parents, myly app al-

lows to:

Get all communication even when

they are absent;

Access all information in one single

repository;

Access images and videos shared by

institute;

Apply for leave from the app;

Make fees payments via net banking,

credit/debit card and mobile wallets;

Get advance information about events

and register for them.

Overall, it increases the participation of

all stakeholders in the student’s learning

improving outcomes.

Visit: www.mylyapp.com

For full interview: log on to

http://digitallearning.eletsonline.com/

Gaurav MundraCo-Founder & CEO, myly

Madhup BansalCo-founder & COO, myly

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