Franchise Partners
Partner With E-Class
Our Goal – Build a Digital Education Business With an Established Education Brand
E-Class invites entrepreneurs, education professionals, distributors and organisations to explore opportunities to work with us as Franchise, Channel and Business Partners.
E-Class is the digital education initiative of Sundaram Multi Pap Limited, backed by Sundaram’s long-standing association with the education sector.
Our digital learning solutions are designed for schools, students, institutions, government projects and education-focused organisations, with particular strength in Maharashtra State Board curriculum-aligned content.
TARGET MARKET
We will offer an area franchise to you, within Maharashtra. You can officially sell our products and earn commission out of it.
Maharashtra
State Boards
2 Crore
students
1 lac
schools
Over 10 lac +
coaching classes
Why partner with E-Class?
Education is increasingly combining traditional classroom teaching with digital content, smart classrooms, applications, assessments and technology-enabled learning.
E-Class offers partners the opportunity to take part in this growing ecosystem with established educational content and multiple delivery models.
Established education experience
Sundaram’s association with education and stationery dates back to 1985, while E-Class has been developing and delivering digital education solutions for more than a decade.
Ready digital content
Curriculum-aligned resources for Maharashtra State Board students across multiple grades and subjects, in Marathi and English depending on the product.
Multiple product opportunities
Solutions for schools, students, institutions, government projects and education-focused organisations.
Solutions partners may work with
- Digital classroom solutions
- Student self-study solutions
- School e-learning systems
- Institutional digital education projects
- Offline educational content
- ICT and smart classroom solutions
- Android and Windows learning solutions
- Government education projects
- Edzam learning platform
- CSR-supported digital education projects
Product availability and commercial rights depend upon the applicable partner arrangement and territory.
Who can become a partner?
We welcome enquiries from:
- Education entrepreneurs
- Existing school-solution providers
- IT and technology companies
- Computer and educational-equipment dealers
- Stationery and educational-product distributors
- School consultants
- Coaching and education businesses
- EdTech professionals
- Institutional suppliers
- Government tender participants
- Individuals with strong school and education networks
Prior education-sector experience is useful but may not be mandatory for every partnership model.
Partnership Opportunities
Depending upon business requirements, territory and mutual agreement, E-Class may work with partners through different models.
School Solutions Partner
Introduce E-Class digital learning solutions to private schools, educational institutions and school groups.
Potential activities may include:
- School demonstrations
- Requirement identification
- Proposal coordination
- Customer relationship management
- Implementation coordination
Student Learning Partner
Promote eligible E-Class self-learning and digital educational products to students and parents.
Products and delivery methods may include online and offline learning solutions, depending upon current offerings.
Institutional Partner
Work with the organisations below on larger digital education requirements.
- Educational institutions
- School groups
- NGOs
- Foundations
- Corporate CSR teams
- Other institutional customers
Government & Project Partner
Eligible organisations with appropriate experience and capabilities may explore collaboration for government and institutional education projects.
Such opportunities may involve:
- Digital classrooms
- ICT laboratories
- Tablets and devices
- Educational content
- Hardware integration
- Installation
- Monitoring systems
- Support services
Things provided by the company
Product & Solution Support
Understanding E-Class products, platforms, features and use cases.
Sales Material
Relevant brochures, presentations, product information and approved marketing material.
Technical Coordination
Support from the E-Class team for suitable school and institutional opportunities.
Project Coordination
For eligible projects, E-Class may assist with solution design, content requirements, technical specifications and implementation planning.
What we look for in a partner
We prefer partners who can demonstrate:
- Understanding of their local education market
- Relationships with schools or educational institutions
- Professional sales and customer-service capabilities
- Ability to conduct product demonstrations
- Ethical business practices
- Commitment to the E-Class brand
- Ability to provide appropriate local coordination
- Long-term interest in the education sector
For government or institutional opportunities, additional technical, financial or operational capabilities may be required.
Partner responsibilities
Depending upon the agreed model, partners may be responsible for:
- Local business development
- Lead generation
- School and institutional meetings
- Demonstrations
- Customer follow-up
- Local coordination
- Maintaining accurate customer communication
- Following approved pricing and branding policies
- Protecting E-Class intellectual property
- Complying with applicable laws and contractual requirements
Territory & commercial terms
Territory, pricing, commission, margins, targets, exclusivity and other commercial terms are not standardised merely by submitting a partnership enquiry.
They are determined separately, based on:
- Location
- Market potential
- Partner capability
- Product category
- Customer segment
- Expected business volume
- Existing distribution structure
- Nature of the proposed partnership
No guaranteed income
The success of a franchise, dealership, distributorship or channel partnership depends on market conditions, partner effort, local competition, customer requirements and business execution.
E-Class does not guarantee any specific:
- Revenue
- Profit
- Sales volume
- Customer count
- Return on investment
- Tender award
- Business outcome
Prospective partners should independently evaluate the business opportunity before making any investment.
Intellectual property & brand usage
The E-Class, Sundaram and related names, logos, educational content, software and marketing material are protected intellectual property.
Partners may use approved brand material only in accordance with written authorisation and applicable brand guidelines.
Partners may not:
- Modify E-Class educational content
- Copy or redistribute content without permission
- Create unauthorised advertisements
- Register domains or social-media accounts using E-Class or Sundaram names without permission
- Represent themselves as Sundaram Multi Pap Limited
- Issue unauthorised commitments on behalf of the Company
Benefits of the franchise/Dealer
- Target market is very big, and number of Students in state board are over 2 crore.
- Will help the dealer gain good revenue as the products have a good margin structure.
- Complete support from company.
- 10th standard (ssc) itself has huge numbers, for eg 2016, number of students in Mumbai : 3.8 lac and Pune: 2.7 lac who gave the examinations this year.
- Huge scope for digital products as digital India mission is gaining momentum.
- Instant delivery and government approved product.
- Strong brand name and company has been doing business since the last 6 years.
- Each area has many schools, and retail level number of students are very high for each area.
Become an E-Class partner
If you have experience in education, technology, institutional sales or school solutions and would like to build a long-term association with E-Class, we would be happy to hear from you.
- info@e-class.in
- E-Class enquiries
- 022-6116 3030
- Corporate office
- 022-6760 2200 E-Class – Sundaram Multi Pap Limited, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Website
- www.e-class.in