MeritNation

Applect Learning Systems Pvt. Ltd.

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Applect Learning Systems

Applect & Meritnation

Meritnation – School Made Easy

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Complete Product Profile

Star Ratings

Competitor Analysis

Customer Feedbacks

Employee Survey

Prashant Jain [email protected]


Besides the learning and assessment solutions, Meritnation.com also provides students the opportunity

to gather interesting insights in to their personalities.

Students can take Meritnation's online personality, aptitude & interest tests and obtain insights about

their strengths and weaknesses.

The Stream Selector is yet another recent addition to Meritnation.com's list of value -adding features for

students.

Using the valuable recommendations of this scientifically designed tool, students studying in classes IX

& X can make an informed choice while deciding on the subject/ stream in class XI.

Company Description

Applect Learning Systems, a Naukri.com group venture, is a leading education company that is

promoted and led by alumni of IIM Bangalore.

Meritnation.com is the division of Applect Learning Systems that caters to the learning needs of

students for classes 1st - 12th from CBSE, ICSE and leading state boards. Meritnation.com offers

online and correspondence learning resources for Maths, Science, English, Hindi, Sanskrit & Social

Science.

The learning resources by Meritnation.com range from high-quality study material & tests to

Proficiency Tests & Olympiad Packs for specific exam requirements. In addition, Meritnation also

offers a BBA Sample Question, CPT Test Question Papers, GK & AIEEE Test Question Pack for

entrance exam preparation.

Customized learning solutions by Meritnation.com, complete with detailed feedback reports, a variety

of tests, study material enriched with videos, interactive curriculum-based puzzles and more, help take

the 'weight' off studies and make studies fun and enjoyable.

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http://www.naukri.com/

http://www.meritnation.com/

http://cbse.meritnation.com/

http://icse.meritnation.com/

Our objective is to impact the lives of students in the country through our quality learning resources and make a

difference in the way they study.

With over 10 lakh happy Meritnation.com users, the process has already started, says Pavan Chauhan, Director-

Applect Learning Systems.

Students can sample Meritnation.com study content by going through the free NCERT solutions and free study

material for first chapters of every subject.

To know more about Meritnation.com and its product offerings log on to www.meritnation.com

Applect & Meritnation.com

Meritnation is an educational initiative of Applect Learning Systems Pvt. Ltd., a leading education and technology

company it provides online and offline (correspondence courses) solutions to school students.

Meritnation's online & correspondence courses cater to students from classes 1st to 12th in subjects such as Math's,

Science and English for CBSE, ICSE and other leading State Boards.

The website provides content for Social Studies, Economics, Political Science, Hindi and Sanskrit for CBSE classes

6th to 12th and online test packs for leading entrance exams such as AIEEE, IIM-Indore IPM, BBA & CPT.

Customized learning solutions, complete with detailed feedback reports, a variety of tests, study material

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Caters to the learning needs of students for classes IV-XII from CBSE, ICSE &

leading state boards.

Meritnation.com offers online and correspondence learning resources for Maths,

Science, English, Hindi, Sanskrit & Social Science.

The learning resources by Meritnation.com range from high-quality study material

& tests to Proficiency Tests & Olympiad Packs for specific exam requirements.

In addition, Meritnation also offers an AIEEE Test Pack for entrance exam

preparation.

Customized learning solutions by Meritnation.com, complete with detailed

feedback reports, a variety of tests, study material enriched with videos, interactive

curriculum-based puzzles and more, help take the ‘weight’ off studies and make

studies fun and enjoyable.

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ContentsPrashant Jain [email protected]


Good Bad

Probably the Most Efficient in India

I have conducted quite a thorough research on my past while looking for a

good site for my nephew's studies. While most websites seem to be offering

really competent content, I was really impressed with how much Meritnation

is providing for its students. The website has a happy feel to it. All the

chapters in the course are so well illustrated and explained. I feel like going

back to school again! It's been a good experience, in all. Thanks to the Team

at Meritnation, if you're reading this!

Bad First Impression

I just took a subscription of 8990, but my computer is showing that I have

subscribed class 8 and 9 online course till APR 2015. And it is showing that

merit nation live for class 10 is till 2016 but it is showing that all inclusive

course for 10 is valid only till 2015. but I am now in 9th and I would need

that course after this time period. Please help me.

Very Good Site & Study Material

I was looking for a good education site for my child . While I came across

meritnation, the experience was wonderful, you get a full Q & A, videos and

interactive materials . I got so many ideas to teach my kid and so I finally

purchased the paid subscription. Till now, I am fully satisfied with thequality

and their customer support.

Education

Well meritnation was good, it was helpful for self-learning and sharing

educational resources but nowadays technology is increasing day by day

coming up with new innovations, learners demand which is convenient to

abstract the learning resource easily. I found one portal known by flinnt

which I think its suits to our generation. May be this video can give us better

overview

Good Online Material & Great Offline Sessions

The offline material I saw at their center was excellent. Prerna at Gurgaon

center helped me go through the process of learning - basically demonstrated

how each topic is assessed and trouble areas are taken care of. The ubuntu

based offline system was impressive. Excellent stuff.

People generally provide reviews when they are pissed off. They assessed my

child and provided me with the assessment and the areas my child needs to

improve on. As a complementary gift they provided me with some tests -

EVS and maths that would help in the upcoming Olympiads. I will definitely

try one of their systems - online or offline one day.

Meritnation Sucks

I had worked with this company and am very upset with this. and my boss

sucks . cold calling and nothing else . I just want to advise u dont waste ur

time in this company. people join this for training period only and after that

they do kick the job. they are hiring on bulk. and people are very upset with

this job

Meritnation is an Awesome Resource to Study Anytime Anyplace.

It has all the study material for my cousin's class 9 Maharashtra Board. In

addition to textual content they have really nice animated videos to explain

concepts & build foundations.They also have sample papers & practice

questions which are very helpful in prepping for exams.

My cousin uses them on his laptop as well as his android phone using their

app. He says Meritnation has replaced his entire bag full of books with one

simple application on the phone:)

Quality is Not Great

I did not find meritnation great. They answer questions but the quality of

answers for higher standards are not up to mark.

They are too simple and the answers given in English or Social Studies are

suitable for lower standards even if it was meant for 11th or 12th. They need

to improve a lot for the amount they charge.


Good Bad

Amazing Customer Service, Website is Pretty Good

I used meritnation only for one year in 12th but my younger brother has been

using it for 2 years. I must say more than anything, it has made our

homework sessions so exciting. That we used to fight over who would use the

lappy! haha!

I usually used it 4 d ncert solutions while my bro sees the videos and

animations for learning. He seems very happy to use a computer to study, I

can say one more thing, I was happy with how quickly I was able to start

using my account, only 1 or 2 calls with the meritnation people was enuf!

Meritnation - Cheating the Parents

I inquired about the Meritnation in World Book Fair 2014 in February for my

son for 11th Standard. Thereafter, I got repeated calls from Meritnmation to

get the subscription as soon as possible.

Every time I got a call, I replied firmly that we are waiting for his 10th results

to come. Still Ms. Priya kept on calling us mentioning the benefits and

discounts being offered. I repeatedly told her that we are not sure if he would

opt for Medical, Non-Medical or Commerce stream.

After an assurance from her that if we register even before the declarations of

the results they would provide the solutions for all the subjects he may

choose. He can at any given point of time may change his stream and

Meritnation will provide the solution for 11 standard.Whereas now, when he

is trying to open Biology it is found to be blocked. Even after repeated calls

to Meritnation executives we are unable to found the solution.

We have been cheated.Now they are asking us to pay extra amount to get the

biology section.

Made Studying So Much More Fun For Me!

I have used meritnation.com for Maths and Science only, but the kind of help

I got from the website impressed me very much.

My friend had told me about this website and that it provides lot of free notes

and stuff, so I went and checked myself. The NCERT solutions I saw were

too good and I became a paid member.

Nowadays, homework, and even revision for exam has become interesting.

Plus I made a lot of chatting friends on the website too. Good fun after a

tiring study session.

There are lots of sample papers, exactly like sample paper books. And the

chapters have audio too, which I prefer for studying.

Beware of Interacting With Meritnat Telemarketers

My son is in the ICSE VIII std, and we had reviewed the site and content.

Have not used the service/product - we stopped before that.

The offer from the marketing guys at Meritnation were content upgrade on

request, if required and Encyclopedia.

But the calls were too frequent and Vikas or someone who had kept asking us

for time kept pressing asking for a confirmation as this is a limited period

offer, as he said.

He began to sound desperate and aggressive and we doubt the orientation and

model of this product. Based on just their promises that it has the capability

and parent professionalism of the Naukri business house.

We looked up Mouthshut and found some similar negative reviews and

experiences and let the marketing person (Sr. educational consultant) know,

and he could only laugh it off.

So here is the review -ask them to take a walk back to Delhi/Noida. There are

surely better people and options available. Despite their silly ads.


Good Bad

My Maths Has Really Improved with Meritnation!!

My maths had always been so-so, but in the last class, my marks

were very low. I had to practice a lot to make my maths better, and

this is where meritnation.com came to my rescue. For maths, and

also some science subjects, meritnation is the best option. Just enter

the site and you will see so many features. there are sample

questions, and online quizzes also. when you have doubts, you can

open the explanation notes as well. The special part is the videos

which have made mylife easier.

Advanced way to study

Long term offers from meritnation -A big NO NO....

Meritnation had called up the day I posted on mouth shut and extended the course till class IX.

I won't say I am a loser for the money I had spent but it ended up as a breach of trust. I did not

request them for any extension to class X although I know it was my right as a customer.

I will be cautious in future.

I had taken a three year course for my daughter(ICSE Class VIII, IX and X) under a offer from

meritnation. It was started in 2013 and was supposed to be valid till 2016 and renewed every

year. When I made the payment I just received a mail that the payment has been received and

your course is active. the duration of validity was not confirmed anywhere.

I had however taken a confirmatory email from the meritnation staff just to ensure that I have a

mail saying clearly that the course was valid for three years and will be valid till 2016.

In 2014 the course automatchandru021y got renewed for class IX but we got transferred and I

requested the change of board to CBSE as my daughter had shifted to CBSE school. That is

when the problem started. First the staff could not activate the course for almost a week when

my daughter was giving a unit tests and then I got a shocker from their staff that the course that

was registered was only valid till class VIII and no further extension was possible. It was also

told first meritnation at best offers only 10-15% discount and nothing more than that.

I sent them the mails clearly showing the offer( 50% discount) and the confirmatory mail from

meritnation staff confirming the three year validity. I even told that the validity in meritnation

system also got renewed to 2015 as well and there seemed to be some error in their

understanding. The counselor also confirmed that what I said was right but the mail was not

from @meritnation.in instead it was sent from the personal account of the meritnation staff and

hence was not valid.

I wrote to the meritnation customer care but instead of going in depth with half an hour received

a mechanical reply just confirming that the course was no longer valid.

I therefore warn all the users to refrain from choosing any promotional event from meritnation

or a long term course as it is likley that their internal systems are not tuned to keep the database

and there is a high probability that it may get cancelled without any prior notice or call from

meritnantion .


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Good Bad

The Colorful Pics & Videos Are Good

I have been using Meritnation.com as an additional guide for my son, who is

studying in class 5. There are so many things one can do on this website! The

English part is only grammar, but the Maths and Science subjects notes,

videos are great. Plus, I am happy to be paying what I did as the facilities

received are much more.

Forced to register!

The website forces you to register by providing your email. Further you are

asked to send a missed call to their number so that your mobile number gets

registered with them. And finally when your in, they tell you that you have

toPAY to get the sample worksheets n other stuff!

This is totally unprofessional. Provide the customer with details of your

product/service before you glean information from them. Let the customer

decide if they want to register with you after you have given them all relevant

information (like in this case, that the worksheets are to be paid for).

I hope the website reads this review and does not disturb me on my email or

mobile number.

Besst 4 Homework

If you are looking 4 homework help, go 4 it! Many answers for almost all

Science subjects and found some for SST as well. The videos are interesting

2 see. Good pass time too! Lol! But seriously, meritnation English is very

simple in all answers, so that students dont struggle in understanding what is

written. Thanks Meritnation.com 4 makin everyday studying simple.

Meritnation - Fraudulent

Totally a fraudulent company. I worked in the con company for 12,000 per

month. But at the time of salary collection, they deleted my record and did

not paid me anything. The sales department is totally pathetic consisting of

fake cons. They don't pay extra for stretch timings. 0% growth and the HR

vice president Mansi Battacharya don't shows any power or ethical

responsibility. HR members Ashwarya, Kundan, Ankita, Kunwar all are

culprits. Team incharge Abhiraj Bakshi and Coordinator Churandip don't

show any respect to freshers. They flirt with fresher girls and for fresher

boys, they make fun of them. Smoking in the office. Adverse environment.


Good Bad

Boosts your morale and builds your confidence

Well I have a younger brother in 8th class. he used to score 70% but after

subscribing to it he has improved drastically. now he's getting around 85%.

and I hope till 10th he clears his concepts and top the board examination. I

am very much satisfied with the overall performance of my brother.

Its cool and user friendly website. Plus so many extra add-ons are added in

this like vedic maths and general knowledge.

Questions Answered Well

Hi my name is Varun. I'm student of class 7. I was going through the site

Meritnation, because I wanted sum guidance in Maths subject.

I saw this ask n answer thing and entered it. I was amazed to see so many

questions being answered. Some of them were the very questions that I was

looking for!

Homework jaldi se kar liya.

Much Better Than Other Sites For CBSE

I have gone and checked other websites for my ward’s class 4 course.

Though there are many other sites, on comparing I found out that

Meritnation.com gives most complete answers. I also tried to make my son sit

with me and was happy to see that he was excited to see all the animations.

Also, I find mostly all the topics in my son's course being covered.

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Designation Title Comment

Senior Executive

(Current Employee),

New Delhi, DL –

October 4, 2014

About the Company Personal Improvement

Typical Day Every Day

We Have To Go One Place To Another Place For Event If The Place Is Too Far That Day Is

Become Too Hat Tick For Us.

I Learned How Manage And Handle Things.

We Have Seen Almost Place Of Delhi Ncr That Is Very Enjoyable Part.

Senior Education

Counselor (Former

Employee), Noida,

Uttar pradesh, India –

March 29, 2014

Nice Environment & a Healthy

Culture

Our job was to call to the students/parents registered with us and make them convince to

study from meritnation.com.

Learned like how we can convince to the students and there parents after telling the benefits

of the products.

Management is also cooperative.

Co-Workers are very helping, like if you are busy on a call and there at the same time you

have to call another student on that time coworkers will help out.

It’s a sales job so hardest and challenging part was closing the deal.

Counseling and giving the demonstration to the students was the most enjoyable part of the

job.

Tele Sales Executive

(International)

(Former Employee),

okhla phase 1 , delhi –

January 5, 2014

Handsome Salary Pros: handsome salary and as its a sales process gets to learn a lot of things

Cons: no job security and hectic life style

good incentive plan and target based job .as its a sales process gets to learn a lot of things .no

job security and hectic life style



Freelancer (Current

Employee), At home –

August 11, 2013

Creative & Educational

Experiences

The organization provides all the training to manage the content and to answer in proper way.

All the top experts and employees are helpful and polite and make the new comers very

comfortable while working with the organization.

It is very clear about all the rule and regulations.

Marketing executive

(Former Employee),

UP – November 16,

2013

Meritnation. com is a Good Co

But Working Environment is Not

Good

I would like to say only one thing that I was not satisfy over there was very less job satisfaction

Former Employee

SME

in Okhla (India)

Positive Startup Culture I worked at Applect Learning Systems fulltime (more than 3 years)

Pros Things are action packed and move fast Very down to earth culture people with good

backgrounds not a political place

Cons location not great facilities should be better lack of proper training

Advice- spend more on training people



Former Employee

Software

Engineer in Delhi

(India)

Good Environment I worked at Applect Learning Systems fulltime (more than a year)

Pros 1. Good Team

2. Good technologies,

Cons 1. Too much politics

2. Worst location okhla ph. 1

3. Poor convenience

4. No salary hike

5. ok for till 3 years professionals

6. Dummy managers

Advice Please higher new talent and retire some old technical guys

Current Employee

Senior

Software Engineer in

New Delhi (India)

Work Environment is Good, You

Can Share Your Ideas With

Seniors.

Management is Good.

I have been working at Applect Learning Systems fulltime (more than a year)

Pros They listen to your problems and act accordingly. They pay salary on time.

Cons Some time you have to put extra hours to meet the deadline.

Advice Provide some training program to your employees.

Current Employee

Sales

and Marketing in

Pune (India)

“Great Company, Bad Working

Style ”

I have been working at Applect Learning Systems fulltime (less than a year)

Pros 1. they pay on time.

2. have a great product.

Cons don't listen to new ideas

Advice when a good guy leaves, look to his manager



Former Employee

Senior

Engineer in New Delhi

(India)

Friendly Company I worked at Applect Learning Systems fulltime (more than 3 years)

Pros 1. You learn a lot and are given opportunities

2. Salary is above average

3. Atmosphere is non political

You get new technologies to work on. There is sharing of knowledge

Cons Infra can be better. There can be more benefits. There should be regular get together

and offsites

Advice Spend more on training

Former Employee

Senior

Biology Expert in New

Delhi (India)

Review I worked at Applect Learning Systems fulltime (more than a year)

Pros 1. Good work environment, got to meet some nice cooperative team mates.

2. Good if you are into typical corporate politics

Cons 1. Do not value the content department or the employers, poor HR, too much work

pressure constantly over the year, calls on all Saturdays in February and March for no reason

and without extra pay or bonus hours thing.

2. No appreciation of work or motivation, poor salary

Advice Value the people working for you, appreciate the work and offer reasonable salaries

atleast

Current Employee

Anonymous

Employee in New

Delhi (India)

A Great Employer I have been working at Applect Learning Systems fulltime (more than a year)

Pros Cool Culture, Niche, Domain, Great Intellectuals to work with, Transparent and non

hierarchical approach, Nice HR practices

Cons I have not come across a single incident that can change my views about this company.

Advice The Management is quite focused on building a great culture. They bring a lot of

knowledge to the table and are quite approachable. It is a great experience working with

some of the seasoned leaders in the industry.



Current Employee

Middle

Management in New

Delhi (India)

Genuine People To Work With &

an Environment That Fosters

Innovative Work

I have been working at Applect Learning Systems fulltime

(more than a year)

Pros The company and people provide the environment of a true startup spirit (no politics,

meritocratic, and encourage risk taking)

Innovative work in the edtech space

Great product that achieves to make education truly better and best of all, it is genuine

sincere people that work really hard to make a difference!

Cons Nothing I can think of now.

Advice Dream even bigger..

Former Employee

Anonymous

Employee

Repetitive work I worked at Applect Learning Systems

Pros Flexi timings, sat n sun off, good team members, exposure to the elearning in content,

availability of canteen and cab facility, annual trips

Cons No learning, very less growth, less compensation and opiniated management,

mechanical work, rigid targets, demotivating management and no transparency in decisions

Advice Appreciate and give recognition for good work

Current Employee

Testing

Engineer in New Delhi

(India)

I have been working at Applect Learning Systems fulltime (more than 3 years)

Pros It nice to be part of applect , place seems to be like very friendly alongwith people

around. Company work on rare domian elearning.

Cons Being a start up , company needs to grow in different aspect .. Although company is

growing well , some department to have re imbursement kind of thing.

Advice Going Well, Need to more process oriented



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