The Unisoft Story. Our founder and our CTO, in their own words.

PratigyaToh sab mujhse poochte hain ki how you started Unisoft? Toh main Oracle padhne, Oracle database certification karne aur padhne gayi Bangalore. Wahan pe mujhe ek job offer aayi jab maine apna certification complete kar liya. Aur 3 mahine wahan pe job karne ke baad, Dad ka as usual emotional, being a single girl child ghar pe, toh obviously thoda sa emotional. Dad ne bola wapas aa jao. Maine kaha wapas aake main kya karungi, mujhe toh Bangalore mein hi rehna hai, because I want to explore more technology and more things. Kehte nahi, wapas aa jao. So once I came back, I said to my father ki I want to start my own business. Toh unhone kaha kis cheez ka business? So I said okay, I'll do Oracle training, because I am Oracle certified. So I want to spread this and make people train, and they should also know what is global certification and what exactly Oracle training is. And hence I started with Unisoft in the year 2000.

PratigyaToh jaise har start karne wala vyakti vaham mein hota hai ki saari cheezein chal jayengi, lekin aisa toh hua nahi. Mujhe toh pata tha ki Oracle certification ki demand hai aur yeh exclusive cheez hai, toh yeh toh chal hi jayega. Toh mujhe aise laga pehle din ki office mein baithke shayad apne aap hi student inquiry vagaira aa jayegi. Lekin yeh mera vaham tha. Toh maine shuru kiya colleges jaana. Aur jab main colleges jaake kehti thi ki mujhe seminar dena hai, toh woh log believe hi nahi karte the, because my age was very like young, like 19-20 I was. So they used to think, aap kaise bata doge database ke baare mein, ya data servers ke baare mein, ya Linux server ke baare mein, because I was also Red Hat Linux certified at that time. So they were shocked. So they never trusted, aapse bade toh students hain, aap kaise seminar conduct kar loge?

PratigyaBut then I got a chance in one of the engineering college, that is MIET Gondia. The principal actually made me sit for 8 hours a prior day to give me a next day session in the college. And hence my seminar was conducted in that engineering college, and there were around 300 students in the class, and in the seminar hall. All were of final year and third year. Aur phir maine technical seminar diya. And from there I got the first batch of 22-23 students at my place for training in database. Uske turant baad mujhe Linux ki batch bhi mili, aur maine padhana shuru kiya. And I was very happy ki main logon ko padha rahi hoon jo mujhe aata tha. And then, aaj bhi mere se mera first student connected hai. It's almost 25 years of journey.

PratigyaToh batches shuru ho gayi, maine batches lena shuru kar diya. Uske baad aur colleges ke seminars the jo ki dene the. Toh maine ek speaker apne saath rakha, jo ki technical bhi thi. Aur uska pehla seminar tha Chandrapur ke engineering college mein, Aur wahan par bhi lagbhag campus ke seminar hall mein 300 bachche the. So then she said ki, after seeing students she said, itne saare logon mein main nahi bol paungi, I won't be able to say. I said, bolna toh tumko hi padega, because you are there for this purpose only. And she said, nahi nahi, mera gala kharab hai, main toh nahi bolungi. Then I said, okay, I will speak. I had no choice. Toh maine, phir maine 300 bachchon mein seminar diya. And wahan pe professors, assistant professors, HODs, principals, sab the us seminar mein, because unko yeh doubt tha ki I won't be able to give the seminar right. Aur as usual, woh best hua. Sab mujhe poochte ki pehli baar mein bhi tumne itna achha kaise seminar de diya? I had only one thing to say, ki mujhe yeh confidence tha ki jo maine padha hai aur jo main implement kar sakti hoon, woh sahi hai. Isliye main uske baare mein sahi se explain kar sakti hoon. Rest, I don't wanted to communicate them ki yeh karo ya yeh mat karo. I wanted to tell them ki yeh technology strong hai, isko aap kariye. Aur isko samjhane ke liye ya padhane ke liye, Unisoft aur I am available at Nagpur.

PratigyaThis went for a very long time. I went to a lot of engineering colleges. Saal mein I used to cover 127 approximately engineering colleges. I am talking about the year 2001 se leke 2005, 6, 7, 8. Aur main bahut saare colleges mein ghumi, main placement companies mein ghumi. I was consultant for placement to lot of companies, IT companies.

PratigyaAnd then I started appointing people for taking batches, because I was expanding, toh main batch toh nahi le sakti thi. Par mere paas kuch aise log the jinko main batches ke liye appoint karti thi. And sabse pehli shart meri hamesha yahi hoti thi ki before you start taking a batch, you should get yourself certified in Oracle, or in Linux, or as a CCNA. Before you become a instructor for all these technology, you should be globally certified, and you should undergo such kind of training. Aur kaafi trainings Unisoft used to sponsor to their trainers. And also lot of sponsorship was given to the people for such kind of certifications. And hence the team expanded.

PratigyaThen later on I started with global certifications, aur Unisoft badhta gaya. I started with franchises of Unisoft. I started with own centers of Unisoft at Bangalore, Pune, and approximately 7 to 8 franchises in the first 3 years. Aur we had in Nagpur, we had at 3 locations our centre, training centre.

NoteUnisoft’s office in Pune opened in 2016 and its centre in Bangalore in 2017. Both have since closed: Unisoft today teaches in Dharampeth, Nagpur.

PratigyaLater on I had a very technically strong member who joined me in the year 2010, that is Mr. Saurabh Joshi, who is right now CTO and FDE, at the position of CTO and FDE of Unisoft. It's almost 15 years of journey with him, and technically he is very strong. And yes, quality technical leader in my organization is Saurabh Joshi. We do lot of technical things, we work on lot of projects together, and you can say that he is the heart of Unisoft Technologies.

SaurabhHello, my name is Saurabh Joshi, and I am working at Unisoft since 2010. And usse pehle main Oracle ke saath bahut saalon se toh nahi, but 2-3 saal pehle hi jaankar hua tha ki Oracle naam ka database hai, and I joined a course in like 2009, around 2009. Aur usse pehle recession chal raha tha, so I was looking to learn some new skill, so that I could land up a job and get into technical job role. Toh Oracle database seekhna chalu kiya, pehle SQL ke saath shuruaat hui, aur ek course lagaya tha maine. Wahan se seekhte seekhte maine poora course khatam kiya, then maine apna post graduation bhi khatam kiya, aur uske baad I was looking for jobs, so recession ki wajah se I could not land anyone. And then I got a call from Unisoft Technologies, aur Pratigya ma'am ne mujhe call kiya tha, aur wahan se phir main yahan interview dene aaya. Aur wahan se meri ek junior faculty member ki tarah journey jo shuru hui, woh aaj CTO aur FDE tak pahunch gayi hai. Jo pichhle 16 saal se maine yahan seekha hai aur sikhaya bhi hai, aur yeh platform mujhe kaafi useful lagta hai, meri life ke liye bhi aur ek student ki life ke liye bhi.

SaurabhAgar aap yahan aate ho aur aap yahan kuch seekhna chahte ho, toh aap aasani se seekhte ho. Shart hai ki aap roz aana chaho, aur roz kuch naya seekho, aur apna time invest karo, other than money. Kyunki money toh sab koi invest karte hain. Sab aakar humko yahi poochhte ki aapke course ki fees kya hai, ya aapka duration kya hai, ya aap yeh padhaoge ki nahi padhaoge. But agar aap dekhoge ki course karna hai ya koi bhi skill seekhna hai, toh money is secondary, the most important part is time. Agar aap practice karte ho, aap assignments, class test aur saare hamare diye hue jo bhi instructions hain, woh follow karte ho, chahe koi bhi faculty ho. Main one of the senior most faculty hoon abhi yahan par. Iske pehle bhi kaafi faculty reh chuke hain, kaafi mere colleagues reh chuke hain, jo yahan se aaj aur achhe positions par ja chuke hain. Aaj bhi waisa hi padhate hain jaise hum 2010 ke pehle bhi padhate the. Pratigya ma'am khud bhi padhaati thi pehle, abhi woh padhane ki zimmedari se thoda hat gayi hain. Toh yahan se agar hum baat karein ki aapko kuch seekhna hai, aur agar mujhse kuch seekhna hai, toh main chahunga ki aap time invest karein. Aur time invest karne wale jo students hain, woh aaj achhe-khaase mukaam pe hain, aur aise kaafi students se main aapko milwa bhi sakta hoon, agar aap yahan aate hain, ki kaise ek skill ko aap apni life mein utaar sakte hain, aur kaise aap aage badh sakte hain, duniya mein aap naam kama sakte hain.

SaurabhAur agar main apni baat karoon, toh main jitna bhi seekhta hoon, ya jitna bhi mujhe mauka milta hai, Unisoft mein, The Pride School mein, aur ab toh NS Mentors ke through bhi milta hai, jiske teenon ke founder Pratigya ma'am hain, aur teenon mein mera job role almost similar hi hai. Aur kabhi bhi kisi bhi company mein mujhe switch hona padta hai, ki aaj Unisoft ka kuch karna hai, aaj Pride School ka kuch karna hai, ya phir aaj kuch random bhi karna hai. Toh aapko pehle problem statement samajhna padega, aur aapko aapki skills usmein kaise apply hogi, woh dekhna padega. Journey kaafi lambi hai meri.

NoteThe Pride School was founded in 2008 by the late Atmesh Sinha, Pratigya Thakur’s husband. She is its co-founder, and today its Founder and Chairperson.

SaurabhToh batane ke liye toh bahut kuch hai, lekin agar recent kuch learnings main bataun, toh I guess jab se AI era shuru hua, 2021 and beyond, like ChatGPT ka innovation ya Transformers ka innovation, November 2022, I guess, and then I started exploring this area, ki AI can generate stuff, including text, image, video and what not. Aur phir aaya aapka Claude Code, jaise Anthropic ke tools aa gaye, waise toh sabke aa gaye abhi, lekin agentic AI and all the Claude or any kind of LLM that can generate text and write code as well. Toh woh jo era aaya hai, wahan se jo journey twist hui hai aur jo learning twist hui hai, it has gone like 10x. Kyunki aaj ke date mein aapko code karna nahi hai, aapko sirf sochna hai, ya aapko sirf idea propagate karna hai, aapko prompt likhna hai.

SaurabhAur aajkal toh shayad prompt bhi nahi likhna hai, aapko sirf sochna hai, aur aapko bas poochhna hai ki kya yeh possible hai, aur kya isko kaise kiya ja sakta hai. Aur sabse important hai deployment and security, kyunki yeh do aspect abhi bhi aapko khud hi dekhna hoga, ki kahan isko deploy kiya jayega, aur isko kaise secure kiya jayega, kyunki code likhna toh ab future hai hi nahi. Aap kisi bhi IT company mein chale jaiye, aapko code nahi likhna hai. Aapko logics aane chahiye, aapki reasoning achhi honi chahiye, aapki English achhi honi chahiye. English bhi chalo secondary hai, aap doosri bhasha mein bhi agar prompt kar sakte hain, aur accurate prompt kar sakte hain, aur sateek aap usko workflow de sakte hain, toh you can still develop any application, any game, anything, you can even edit the videos, you can do whatever. You just have to take a paid subscription, aur aapko jitna aapka knowledge hai, woh aap agar uske saath share karenge, aur usse seekhenge, toh aap almost kuch bhi bana sakte hain. So that is something I would add, ki aap seekhiye pehle. Agar aap seekh lete hain, toh aapko aage chalke code likhna nahi hai, but aapko code seekhna toh hai. Chahe koi bhi skill ho, chahe koi bhi field ho, chahe koi bhi language ho, chahe koi bhi sector ho, aapko seekhna zaroor hai. Seekhne ke baad kaam aapko karwana, aaj ke date mein aisa hi hai, aur white-collar jobs jo hain, woh dheere-dheere kam hone wale hain, kyunki agar aap intellectual level par AI use nahi kar sakte, toh aap AI use hi nahi kar rahe hain. And that is what I would say and conclude. Thank you.