Hyderabad, (Hyderabad) India, April 22, 2025: In a country that produces over 9.5 million graduates every year, but where only 47% are considered employable, according to the India Skills Report, 2024. Hyderabad-based edtech startup Coursevita is stepping in with a bold, necessary reset — one that bridges the gap between learning and hiring with skill-first learning journeys for students and simulation-driven hiring for companies.
Founded with a mission to solve India’s chronic employability crisis, Coursevita is introducing products that go beyond traditional online courses and training videos. With tools like Job Simulation, Portfolio Builder, and its flagship IPAT (Intensive Placement Assistance Track), Coursevita is creating a full-stack ecosystem where students become job-ready from day one, and recruiters can hire based on proof of skills, not just resumes.
“Degrees are just the starting point. What matters now is evidence of skill — and that’s what we help students build from Day 1,” says Hemanth Guthala, CEO and co-founder of Coursevita. “You can’t expect a fresher to get hired if they’ve never done the job before — so we let them do the job first, then get hired.”
For Learners: A Skill-First Curriculum That Starts With the Job
Traditional edtech models focus on delivering content, with placements as an afterthought. Coursevita flips this sequence with IPAT, where learners are job-aligned from day one.
Instead of simply choosing a course, learners start by gaining hands-on experience with simulations that replicate real-world tasks in roles such as Data Science, DevOps with AWS, Digital Marketing, UI/UX Design, and more. From building dashboards and writing marketing copy to debugging code and presenting analyses, learners gain hands-on experience that mirrors real-world work.
Each learner undergoes a psychometric assessment, receives a personalized roadmap, and starts building a mentor-evaluated portfolio using Portfolio Builder. This portfolio includes feedback, real work samples, evaluations, and projects — all designed to be shared directly with recruiters.
In their IPAT journey, learners unlock career readiness tools, including mock interviews, resume evaluation, salary prediction, and job matching, via CareerVita — Coursevita’s proprietary job discovery platform.
Learners on IPAT have reported a 47% higher chance of being shortlisted for an interview compared to peers using content-first platforms.
“You don’t have to be from a Tier-1 college to break into a good role anymore,” says Arjun Vinay Kandukuri, co-founder. “If your portfolio shows you can do the job, that’s all that matters.
“For the first time, I had something real to show. My portfolio got me into interviews that were otherwise closed to people from my college,” shares Sneha Reddy, a recent graduate.
For Companies: A Simulation-Driven, Proof-Based Hiring Platform
India’s hiring landscape has its own crisis — 71% of employers report struggling to find job-ready entry-level talent, as documented in the Aspiring Minds Report, 2024. At the same time, bad hires cost companies 30–40% of the role’s annual salary, draining both time and budgets.
Job Simulation, Coursevita’s simulation-driven hiring suite, is tackling this issue head-on.
With Job Simulation, companies can run realistic hiring simulations that mirror the actual job, whether it’s screening data analysts, performance marketers, or sales professionals. Simulations come with:
- Task flows are modeled on day-to-day work
- Tools like dashboards, presentations, mock emails, and codebases
- Rubric-based evaluation
- AI-assisted performance scoring
- A certificate of proof of the work you have accomplished
“It’s not about screening faster — it’s about hiring better,” Hemanth says. “Job Simulation lets companies look beyond resumes and see who can perform. It’s like test-driving talent before making an offer.”
Companies using Coursevita’s Job simulations are expected to see :
- 42% faster hiring cycles
- A 35% reduction in early-stage attrition
- 60% higher offer-to-join conversion due to better candidate-role fit
“We hired three interns using Coursevita’s simulation suite. It’s the closest we’ve come to making hiring feel risk-free,” says Priya Sen, HR Lead at a Bangalore-based SaaS firm.
A Unified Ecosystem for Skill-Based Hiring and Skill-First Curriculum Learning
At its core, Coursevita is more than an edtech product — it’s building the infrastructure for India’s skill economy. One where proof of work trumps pedigree, and performance drives opportunity.
For learners, it offers a career-aligned, portfolio-driven learning path. For recruiters, it provides a risk-free, skill-proof hiring engine.
Since its launch, Coursevita has:
- 1,700+ learners have built public portfolios
- 70+ companies have shown interest in simulation-based hiring pilots
- Over 1000+ simulation completion certificates have been issued across job roles
- 80% of active IPAT users have crossed job-ready proficiency thresholds
“We’re not trying to be the biggest platform,” says Arjun. “We’re focused on being the most honest. If someone learns with us, they should be ready to prove it — and if they can prove it, they deserve the job.”
About Coursevita
Coursevita is a Hyderabad-based edtech company redefining job readiness in India. With products like Job Simulations, Portfolio Builder, IPAT, and Careervita, it offers a seamless transition from learning to earning. The platform empowers learners with role-based, simulation-first upskilling and enables recruiters to hire based on performance, not just pedigree.
- Explore live portfolios: https://portfolio.coursevita.com
- Experience your first job simulation: https://simulation.coursevita.com
- For demos and business enquiries: [email protected] || 8019666972
