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AAFT Group launches its start-up venture AAFT Online

  • Reimagines professional education by imbibing a tech-backed platform with a 30-year legacy 
  • Offers a vast repertoire of fashion, photography, design, music, lifestyle and nutrition courses, among other non-conventional courses for creative minds 
  • Registers a CAGR of 86%, witnessing hyper-growth since the launch of its beta phase in April 2021

 

30-year-old stalwart in professional education, AAFT Group, has launched its start-up venture, AAFT Online. Under the able leadership of Akshay and Mohit Marwah, AAFT online offers all-encompassing fashion, photography, design, interior design, music, jewellery design and other non-conventional courses. The platform’s overarching goal is to reimagine the education system by offering a tech-led platform with an array of courses backed by the legacy brand and its trusted partners.

AAFT bolsters growth by entering into edtech with AAFT Online, which has been riding a steady wave of hypergrowth, garnering 86% CAGR. The comprehensive EdTech platform has attracted students from across the globe, including Australia, Malaysia, UAE, Singapore, Malawi, South Africa, Sri Lanka, and Saudi Arabia, among others. The platform has also introduced exclusive AAFT Online locations in Gurugram, Noida, and Mumbai.

Dedicated to merging progressive education and creative expertise, AAFT Online makes individuals industry-ready by boosting employability through contemporary training. To this end, it has hosted 60 celebrity speakers under its diploma programs, including Ricky Kej – Musician (two-time Grammy Award winner), Sussanne Khan – Interior Designer, Ehsaan Noorani – Music Director, Maheep Kapoor – Jewellery Designer, Chetan Bhagat – Writer & Speaker, Tim Langford – Award-Winning Documentary Maker from the UK, Nimrat Kaur – Actor, and Ujjwal Dubey – Fashion Designer.

Growing at a healthy clip, AAFT Online currently boasts more than 130 expert speakers delivering 50 live sessions spanning 200 hours every week. In 2022, the platform expects 3X growth in learners and 20X growth in users. To meet the fast-growing demand for non-conventional courses, the platform has launched new programs in fashion, music, and event management with exciting options like filmmaking in the pipeline. Currently, Interior design is topping the charts as the platform’s most sought-after course.

Mohit MarwahCo-Founder & Co-CEO, AAFT Online, said, “We are excited to revolutionize the education space with our start-up AAFT Online. Backed by our 30-year legacy and bolstered by new-age technology and contemporary courses, the platform has already witnessed hyper-growth. We intend to sustain this momentum by introducing new and exciting courses and sessions with the most renowned industry leaders. We are also eyeing key collaborations to expand our footprint and create a base of creative professionals nurtured by AAFT Online worldwide”

Akshay Marwah, Co-Founder & Co-CEO, AAFT Online, added, “It’s no doubt that Indians are bursting with creativity. With AAFT Online, we’re helping passionate individuals hone their creative skills and become industry ready, no matter where their interest lies. From jewellery design to music to photography, we offer courses across almost all creative domains. We’ll continue to add new courses like filmmaking to our portfolio to help students and professionals materialize their dream careers!”

AAFT Online is born out of AAFT Group, a professional education company launched in 1993 with a strong alumni base of 30,000-35,000 professionals. The group has made an indelible mark on the Indian creative arts education ecosystem and is now set to replicate its leadership stance in the EdTech market with AAFT Online.

About AAFT Online

Led by the promoters of AAFT University, AAFT Online boasts of a team of media professionals, movie studio entrepreneurs and experts from varied domains of creative arts, all working towards a unified goal of providing comprehensive and holistic learning to the Online Learning ecosystem.

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