{"id":20521,"date":"2020-09-14T13:15:11","date_gmt":"2020-09-14T07:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mygreatlearning.com\/blog\/looking-back-powering-ahead\/"},"modified":"2025-01-20T20:26:30","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T14:56:30","slug":"looking-back-powering-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mygreatlearning.com\/blog\/looking-back-powering-ahead\/","title":{"rendered":"Our journey so far, and the road ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Over seven years back, we founded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mygreatlearning.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Great Learning<\/a> based on a simple, but strong belief - anyone with the desire to learn and willing to put in the effort should have access to high-quality education that can transform their&nbsp;careers and lives. 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We partnered with India's (IIT Madras, IIT Bombay, Great Lakes) and the world's (Stanford, MIT, UT Austin, Northwestern) best academic institutions and enabled the impact of their amazing faculty to reach lakhs of learners. We invented the concept of \"live mentored learning\", where learners get personalized attention from dedicated mentors that take them through their learning journey. We partnered with over 2000 industry experts, who joined us in our mission and discovered the joy of helping others learn. And we built a team of over 700 passionate colleagues who deeply believe in our purpose and are determined to fulfil our mission.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through these innovations, we have been able to deliver over 30 million hours of impactful learning and enable over 3 lakh learners to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"transform themselves (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mygreatlearning.com\/alumni\" target=\"_blank\">transform themselves<\/a>. 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