Chandigarh, (Aditi) : upGrad, India’s largest online higher education
company, wraps admissions for the first cohort of LL.M. in Corporate and Financial
Law, blended learning in partnership with Jindal Global Law School. It is ranked as
India’s No.1 Law School by the prestigious QS Ranking 2021. upGrad is now the
only edtech major to introduce a first-of-its-kind LL.M program in India through
blended learning for tomorrow’s legal professionals. The program has secured
enrolments from over 360 learners for the first cohort, thereby booking revenue of ₹
11 crore without having to offer any special scheme during the admission cycle.
Learners on-board carry strong profiles with an average of 4 years of work
experience in top corporate law firms, in-house counsel, independent practitioners,
and litigators in high court & Supreme Court who are looking forward to climbing up
the ladder in their professional career through the dynamic law program. Learners
from across 85 law schools have enrolled under this program from across the
country including tier I, II, and III cities/regions.
Commenting on the announcement Phalgun Kompalli, Co-founder, upGrad said: “This is
a breakthrough moment for us. We are delighted to partner with Jindal Global Law School to
aid towards upskilling and help seasoned professionals to navigate through the ever-
changing business environment. Our program structure will enable learners to continuously
evolve and develop accurate subject knowledge to attain a desired professional outcome. As
COVID-19 has already fast-tracked the edtech sector, the introduction of such a blended
online learning program will now help professionals/individuals convert the parked upskilling
programs.”
From being a Data dominated company, upGrad has massively diversified its
portfolio of online programs with strong additions on Tech & MBAs in the past few
months and the introduction of Law is another milestone achieved.