Amit Gautam

CEO UpsideLMS

Amit is a learning technologist and a leader who has made ‘trailblazing’ his middle name. Bit by the entrepreneurial bug more than 22 years ago, he quit his job at Infosys to embark on a self-fulfilment journey called ‘UpsideLMS’ with a mission to enable businesses worldwide to manage their L&D easily and cost-effectively. With over two decades of work experience across IT and eLearning, Amit has a wealth of knowledge and hands-on experience in start-up management, project management, technology solutions consulting, and technology solutions architecting and development. At UpsideLMS, Amit continues to be a key idea generator for UpsideLMS' tech-ops team, a Sales & Marketing orchestrator, a learning technology solutions consultant for clients and prospects, and a sounding board of ideas for his team of experts and a mentor for all the function heads. An IIM and NIT alumnus, Amit is a man of a few words with an intellect and business acumen aplenty. He’s a regular in the news and media, and has been profiled by leading industry publications, including Learning Solutions magazine and Bangalore Insider. He distils his learn-tech expertise and experience into articles for SHRM, People Matters, eLearning Industry, Training Industry, Training Zone, Learning Solutions and Medium, along with sharing insights on leadership and entrepreneurship. His opinions are deeply valued and celebrated as he presides over panel discussions at leading L&D and HR Conferences. Amit’s journey so far has culminated into over a million happy LMS users today, with a clientele like Bridgestone, Gulf Oil, Times Internet, Zydus, Emcure, and ISS; more than 50 awards and recognition, and a portfolio of solutions that have been a first in their space.

Day One - 15 November

10:00 AM Building a Resilient Workforce with the Right L&D Strategies, Budget and Impact

From small and medium sized businesses to big organizations, it has been a persistent challenge to find the right balance between L&D investments and learner needs to generate a measurable and positive business impact.

For organizations to deal with this challenge and create a positive impact on their workforce & business, it is imperative for them to understand the value of strategic learner engagement, L&D budget management, and impact measurement.

Learner Engagement

·       Understanding Learner Needs: Understand how diverse the learners and their learning needs & expectations are.

·       Engaging and flexible learning programs: Keep the learning methods interactive. Let the learners have the freedom to learn anytime anywhere.

·       Personalized and self-paced learning resources: Let the learners learn at their own pace.


L&D Budgeting


·       Increase e-Learning budget allocation: The decision makers need to invest more in e-learning for improving the cost-effectiveness of overall learning budget.

·       Blended Learning approach: A good mix of classroom learning and e-learning can be very effective in upskilling the workforce while saving costs and time.


Impact Measurement


·       Evaluate with the right metrics: Ask the right questions. Before starting with the L&D process set the expectations and objectives that you want to achieve.

·       Derive actionable insights/outcomes: Gather feedback from learners and their learning expectations. With the data, find out the action points to work upon.