MITSDE × Edmingle — An AICTE-Approved University Running 14,000 Enrollments a Year. Zero Burning Issues in 3 Years.
Distance Learning

14,000 enrollments a year. 10,000 active learners. Not one burning issue in three years.

How an AICTE-approved university arm chose Edmingle after evaluating Canvas and Blackboard — and hasn't looked back since.

Edmingle MIT School of Distance Education

10,000+

Monthly active
learners


0

Burning issues
in 3 years

14,000+

New enrollments
per year

Learner time
on platform

MITSDE distance-learning student
About MITSDE

Taking 40 years of MIT Pune's legacy online — one working professional at a time

MIT School of Distance Education is part of MAEER's MIT Pune — one of India's most storied private university groups, founded in 1983 by Dr. Vishwanath D. Karad with a founding vision to bring quality education to every person, including those from India's villages and smaller cities. That conviction — that geography and circumstance should not determine access to quality education — is the same conviction that led MIT Pune to launch MITSDE in 2008.

MITSDE's learner is a specific person: a working professional between 25 and 40, employed, ambitious, and unable to attend a physical campus. They want a credible postgraduate qualification without pausing their career. And they cannot wait 72 hours for a support response when they have a problem at 11 PM after a full workday. MITSDE was built for exactly this person — and the operational standards they've set reflect it.

MITSDE offers AICTE-approved PGDM programs (equivalent to an MBA) across 30+ specializations, priced between ₹70,000 and ₹96,000 — deliberately accessible. The programs run 21 to 24 months, entirely online, with live sessions, assessments, and certificates all delivered through the platform.

  • Marketing
  • Operations
  • Business Analytics
  • Finance
  • Supply Chain
  • Human Resources
  • IT Management
  • Project Management
  • Executive MBA
The Platform History

Dr. Nitin evaluated them all. Edmingle was the last move.

Before Edmingle, MITSDE had tried three other LMS platforms — each falling short on the integration, reliability, or support requirements of a university running at this scale.

Blackboard
Google Classroom
Canvas
Edmingle

Integration gaps

Limited for scale

72hr support SLA

Zero burning issues

The Platform

A look at MITSDE's digital home

MITSDE platform — desktop preview
The Context

A technologist who had already tried the alternatives — and knew exactly what he needed

Dr. Nitin Zadpe, MITSDE's operational backbone, is not a passive technology adopter. Before Edmingle, MITSDE had been through three LMS platforms — Blackboard, a Google-based system, and then Canvas, one of the world's most widely used learning management systems. Canvas lasted two years. In those two years, seamless integration with MITSDE's ERP was never achieved. And when issues arose, the support response could take 72 hours. For a working professional trying to access their course after a full day of work, 72 hours is not acceptable.

When Dr. Nitin brought Edmingle in for evaluation, he had one non-negotiable: the platform had to integrate seamlessly with MITSDE's ERP — automatically pushing enrolled students into the right courses the moment admission was confirmed, without manual data entry at scale. He got that assurance from Edmingle's team. And then he got something he hadn't counted on: three years without a single burning issue.

Edmingle's Role

Choosing Edmingle

An institution that switched from Canvas — and the reason why

Dr. Nitin's evaluation of Edmingle was rigorous. He had already seen two major LMS platforms fail to deliver on the integration requirement that MITSDE's scale demanded. When Canvas — a globally recognised platform used by top universities worldwide — couldn't resolve an integration requirement in two years and couldn't respond to critical issues within 72 hours, it was clear the problem wasn't Edmingle's to solve — it was a mismatch between international enterprise software and India's operational reality. With Edmingle, Dr. Nitin got a platform built for Indian institutional needs, responsive support, and a CTO he could call directly if something was urgent. He made the switch. Three years later, he has not regretted it for a day.


Dr. Nithin Zadpe — Head of IT, MIT School of Distance Education

"In this three years, there is peace of mind. I do not face any burning issue regarding the platform. For an institution running at our scale, that peace of mind is something which is very, very important."

Dr. Nithin Zadpe

Head of IT, MIT School of Distance Education

Edmingle at Scale

An operation that runs on one platform — entirely

MITSDE runs its full distance-learning operation — enrollment, course delivery, live sessions, assessments, and certification — on Edmingle. 14,000 new enrollments a year. 10,000 monthly active learners. All served through a single platform that stays in sync with MITSDE's ERP without manual reconciliation. What that unlocks operationally is quiet, but decisive: no data-entry team stitching systems together, no admissions backlog waiting on IT, and no course-access delay for a student who paid last night.


The Edmingle Team

14,000 enrollments a year — running on one seamless workflow

MITSDE's enrollment process is a good illustration of why integration matters so much at this scale. The moment a student completes their counselling and pays, their application form goes to the ERP. The moment the ERP confirms admission, Edmingle automatically assigns the correct courses and learning materials to that student — no manual data entry, no waiting, no errors. Simultaneously, the student's details flow to the collections department, the exam department, and student support. Every team has what they need the moment it's needed.

The contrast with the previous platform is stark. Canvas, a well-funded global LMS, could not resolve critical issues within 72 hours. Edmingle resolves most within the same working day. For a UGC-recognised institution serving 10,000 active learners a month, that difference is not a preference — it's a requirement.

The Results

Three years. One platform. No surprises.

14,000+

New enrollments per year

+43% year-on-year in FY26

10,000+

Monthly active learners

+101% year-on-year in FY26

Learner time on platform

From 1.4 hrs to 2.8 hrs/month

10,000+

Certificates issued per year

Automated at scale

96%

CSAT score

Sustained over 3 years

What MITSDE Uses On Edmingle

  • Seamless ERP Integration
  • Automated Enrollment Workflows
  • Automated Certificates
  • Live Sessions
  • Online Assessments
  • Learner Analytics
  • High-Concurrency Hosting
  • Multi-Department Data Sync