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{{Orphan|date=November 2019}}
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{{short description|Indian education company}}

{{Infobox company
| name = Core Education & Technologies Limited
| logo = Core projects 190.jpg
| type = Public company
|traded_as = {{BSE|512199}}<br/>{{NSE|COREEDUTEC}}
| foundation = 2003
| location = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
| area_served = UK, US, India & Africa, and Caribbean Countries
| industry = [[Education]]
| services = [[K–12 (education)|K12]], [[Higher Education]], Vocational Training, Providing Brick & Mortar and Service model worldwide
| revenue = {{profit}} Rs. 1091 crore <small>(2011</small>)
| operating_income =
| num_employees = 3,125
| homepage = {{URL|www.core-edutech.com}} (Unavailable since company is no longer in existence)
}}
'''CORE Education & Technologies Limited''' was an Indian global education company.<ref>{{cite web |author=khalid |url=http://bellthebull.com/order-book/CORE-projects-bags-order-from-la-unified-school/ |title=Core Projects bags order from LA Unified School |publisher=Bell The Bull |date= |accessdate=2012-07-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812082429/http://bellthebull.com/order-book/core-projects-bags-order-from-la-unified-school/ |archive-date=2011-08-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Overview==
The company was founded in 2003 and had its business operations in 3 [[Continent|continents]]. Their international headquarters were located at [[Atlanta]] and [[London]]. CORE had diversified into an integrated [[education]] company and provided solutions to 7 states in [[India]], 3 [[Caribbean]] nations, 20 states in the [[United States|US]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businessworld.in/bw/2010_11_19_Teach_The_World.html |accessdate=July 29, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101123091429/http://www.businessworld.in/bw/2010_11_19_Teach_The_World.html |archivedate=November 23, 2010 }}</ref> 40 Institutions in [[United Kingdom|UK]] and 8 African countries. They had at one point approximately 3,125 employees worldwide.

CORE was listed on the [[BSE SENSEX|BSE]] (SCRIP CODE 512199)& NSE (CoreEDUTECH) and had been rated as 'The Fastest Growing IT Company' in the State of [[Maharashtra]], India.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.7x7business.com/2010/09/12/CORE-projects-technologies-celebrates-the-opening-of-its-new-office-at-the-nasa-john-c-stennis-space-center/990 |title=7×7 Business – Core Projects & Technologies Celebrates the Opening of its New Office at the NASA John C. Stennis Space Center |publisher=7x7business.com |accessdate=2012-07-26 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425062109/http://www.7x7business.com/2010/09/12/CORE-projects-technologies-celebrates-the-opening-of-its-new-office-at-the-nasa-john-c-stennis-space-center/990 |archivedate=2012-04-25 }}</ref> CORE was a [[CMMi]] Level 5 and [[International Organization for Standardization|ISO]] 9001:2008 certified Company.

===CORE milestones===

;2005
*CORE enters US Market with the acquisition of first US product company<ref name="business-standard.com"/>
*CORE acquires ECS<ref name="companydatabase.org">{{cite web |url=http://companydatabase.org/c/global-positioning-systems/global-technologies/system-solutions/radio-systems/information-services/systems-engineering/core-projects-technologies-ltd-p.html |title=Company: Core Projects & Technologies Ltd.(P) – Core Projects & Technologies Ltd |publisher=Companydatabase.org |accessdate=2012-07-26 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403204618/http://companydatabase.org/c/global-positioning-systems/global-technologies/system-solutions/radio-systems/information-services/systems-engineering/core-projects-technologies-ltd-p.html |archivedate=2012-04-03 }}</ref>

;2006
*CORE achieves a $6.6 million multi-year state contract in Special Education from North Carolina<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/core-projects-bags-jharkhand-government-contract_249858.html |title=Core Projects bags Jharkhand Government contract |publisher=Moneycontrol.com |date= |accessdate=2012-07-26}}</ref>

;2007
*CORE establishes its presence in the UK with the acquisition of Hamlet, Symbia and a division of Azzuri<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tripsguru.com/ITCompanies/CORE%20Projects%20and%20Technologies%20Limited.html |title=InfoTryst – India IT Companies, Information, Services, Outsourcing, BPO, BackOffice, ITES « IT & ITeS |publisher=Tripsguru.com |accessdate=2012-07-26 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120422131827/http://tripsguru.com/ITCompanies/CORE%20Projects%20and%20Technologies%20Limited.html |archivedate=2012-04-22 }}</ref>
*CORE acquires KC Management Group<ref>{{cite web|author=United States |url=http://business.highbeam.com/company-profiles/info/c985436/kc-management |title=KC MANAGEMENT HIAWATHA company profile, news, and business information | HighBeam Business: Arrive Prepared |publisher=Business.highbeam.com |date= |accessdate=2012-07-26}}{{dead link|date=February 2019|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

;2008
*CORE achieved a consolidated annual revenues in excess of US$100 million<ref>{{cite web|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/directorsreport.cms?companyid=4001&year=2008 |title=CORE Education & Technologies Directors Report | CORE Education & Technologies Ltd Directors Report |publisher=Economictimes.indiatimes.com |date= |accessdate=2012-07-26}}</ref>

;2009
*CORE acquires, The Princeton Review's K-12 Services division<ref name="alacrastore.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.alacrastore.com/deal-snapshot/Core_Projects_Tech_Ltd_acquires_Princeton_Review_Inc_K_12_from_Princeton_Review_Inc-558868 |title=Core Education & Technologies Limited – Company Snapshot |publisher=Alacrastore.com |date=2011-05-24 |accessdate=2012-07-26}}</ref>
*CORE collaborates with the Oxford University for Teacher Training and Capacity Building<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ciol.com/BusinessWire/Business-Science-amp-technology-Leisure/Core-Projects-Announces-the-First-Organized-Foray-in-the-Billion-Dollar-Teacher-Capacity-Building-Market-in-India-with-a-Path-Breaking-Collaboration-with-University-of-Oxford/20675/0/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120729000218/http://www.ciol.com/BusinessWire/Business-Science-amp-technology-Leisure/Core-Projects-Announces-the-First-Organized-Foray-in-the-Billion-Dollar-Teacher-Capacity-Building-Market-in-India-with-a-Path-Breaking-Collaboration-with-University-of-Oxford/20675/0/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-07-29 |title=Core Projects Announces the First Organized Foray in the Billion Dollar Teacher Capacity Building Market in India with a Path-Breaking Collaboration with University of Oxford |publisher=Ciol.com |date= |accessdate=2012-07-27 }}</ref>

;2010
*CORE established the CORE Learning Panorama, focusing on K-12 school segment<ref name="business-standard.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.business-standard.com/content/research_pdf/core_projects_020410_01.pdf |title=Core Projects |publisher=business-standard |date=2010-04-02 |accessdate=2012-07-27}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=July 2012}}

;2011
*CORE acquires ITN Mark Education Ltd through its subsidiary Core Education & Consulting Solutions UK Ltd<ref name="vccircle.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.vccircle.com/500/news/core-projects-acquires-uks-itn-mark-education-for-25m |title=Core Projects Acquires UK's ITN Mark Education For $25M |publisher=VCCircle |date=2011-05-24 |accessdate=2012-07-26}}</ref>

;2016
[[Forbes]] reports that CORE "tanked due to [an] unsustainable business model[s] and mounting debt[s]" and that its stock was suspended from trading.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/anuraghunathan/2017/07/26/indian-education-companies-crushed-by-debt/ |title=After Reaching Stratospheric Highs, Indian Education Companies Now Face Crushing Lows |last=Raghunathan |first=Anu |date=26 July 2017 |website=Forbes |access-date=2019-08-16}}</ref>

==List of acquisitions==

The table below gives some details of CORE's key acquisitions:

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
| '''Year'''
| '''Company'''
|'''Business Segment'''
|'''Country'''
|-
| 2005
| Enterprise Computing Services Inc.<ref name="companydatabase.org"/>
| Technology for Education, Healthcare & BFSI Products
|[[United States]]
|-
| 2006
|Software Technical Services<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/cpt-acquires-software-technical-services-inc_203534.html |title=CPT acquires Software Technical Services Inc |publisher=Moneycontrol.com |date= |accessdate=2012-07-26}}</ref>
| Consulting & Project Management
| [[United States]]
|-
| 2006
| Aarman<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web |url=http://companydatabase.org/c/global-positioning-systems/global-technologies/system-solutions/radio-systems/information-services/systems-engineering/core-projects-technologies-ltd.html |title=Company: Core Projects & Technologies Ltd. – Core Projects & Technologies Ltd |publisher=Companydatabase.org |accessdate=2012-07-26 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403204654/http://companydatabase.org/c/global-positioning-systems/global-technologies/system-solutions/radio-systems/information-services/systems-engineering/core-projects-technologies-ltd.html |archivedate=2012-04-03 }}</ref>
| ERP & SAP Implementation
| [[United States]]
|-
| 2007
| Emacs Technologies<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
| ERP & ITeS Consulting
| [[United States]]
|-
| 2007
| Azzurri<ref>[pdf missing ]</ref>
| Learning Management Systems
| [[United Kingdom]]
|-
| 2007
| KC Management Group<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alacrastore.com/deal-snapshot/Core_Projects_Tech_Ltd_acquires_KC_Management_Group_Global_Bus_from_KC_Management_Group-495831 |title=Core Education & Technologies Limited – Company Snapshot |publisher=Alacrastore.com |date=2011-05-24 |accessdate=2012-07-26}}</ref>
| IT products for Education Sector
| [[United States]]
|-
| 2007
| Symbia Ltd<ref>{{cite web|author=Business Standard |url=http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/core-projectstechnologies-pat-jump-153/323756/ |title=Core Projects & Technologies PAT jump 153% |publisher=Business-standard.com |date=2008-05-22 |accessdate=2012-07-26}}</ref>
| Consulting and Training
| [[United Kingdom]]
|-
| 2007
| Hamlet Computer Group<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.insideview.com/directory/hamlet-computer-group-limited |title=Hamlet Computer Group Limited – Company Profile by Insideview |publisher=Insideview.com |accessdate=2012-07-26 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120909044318/http://www.insideview.com/directory/hamlet-computer-group-limited |archive-date=2012-09-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| Assessment System
| [[United Kingdom]]
|-
| 2008
| K12 Division of Princeton Review Inc.<ref name="alacrastore.com"/>
| Assessment & Intervention products for K12 segment
| [[United States]]
|-
| 2010
| Keenan & Keenan Group<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alacrastore.com/deal-snapshot/CORE_Projects_Tech_Ltd_acquires_Keenan_Keenan_Group-627559 |title=Core Education & Technologies Limited – Company Snapshot |publisher=Alacrastore.com |date=2011-05-24 |accessdate=2012-07-26}}</ref>
| Education Staffing Solutions
| [[United States]]
|-
| 2010
| Technical Systems Integrators<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alacrastore.com/deal-snapshot/CORE_Projects_Tech_Ltd_acquires_Technical_Sys_Integrators_LLC-627129 |title=Core Education & Technologies Limited – Company Snapshot |publisher=Alacrastore.com |date=2011-05-24 |accessdate=2012-07-26}}</ref>
| Advance Technologies products for K12 segment
| [[United States]]
|-
| 2011
| ITN Mark<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alacrastore.com/deal-snapshot/Core_Education_and_Consulting_acquires_ITN_Mark_Education_Ltd_from_Ochre_House_Ltd-656837 |title=Core Education & Technologies Limited – Company Snapshot |publisher=Alacrastore.com |date=2011-05-24 |accessdate=2012-07-26}}</ref>
| Teaching assistance & Training
| [[United Kingdom]]
|-
| 2011
| Xpedite Technologies Inc
| Consulting and Training
| [[United States]]
|}

==Key alliances==

*Center for Higher Learning – NASA<ref name="economictimes.indiatimes.com">{{cite web|author=Parul Bhatnagar, ET Bureau Oct 1, 2010, 03.50am IST |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/stocks/stocks-in-news/Core-to-gain-from-demand-in-education-space/articleshow/6661692.cms |title=Core to gain from demand in education space – Economic Times |publisher=Economictimes.indiatimes.com |date=2010-10-01 |accessdate=2012-07-26}}</ref>
*Indira Gandhi National Open University<ref name="economictimes.indiatimes.com"/>
*University of Oxford, UK<ref name="economictimes.indiatimes.com"/>
* Microsoft Gold Partner<ref>{{cite web|url=http://smartinvestor.in/BSCMS/PDF/core_proj_240810_01.pdf |title=Core Projects |publisher=Smartinvestor |date=2010-10-24 |accessdate=2012-07-27}}</ref>
*Gujarat Knowledge Society & DVET<ref name="core-edutech.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.core-edutech.com/profile.html |accessdate=July 29, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308220437/http://core-edutech.com/profile.html |archivedate=March 8, 2012 }}</ref>
*Nationteacher.org<ref name="core-edutech.com"/>

==Notes==
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==References==
* [http://www.alacrastore.com/mergers-acquisitions/Core_Projects_Technologies_Limited-3974204}]{{Dead link|date=November 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

==External links==
* {{official website|http://www.core-edutech.com/}}

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