iLOTUS is the brand name for the Interactive Publishing initiative of Lotus Learning.Lotus was founded in Bombay in December 1984 by Mina Krishnan, as the exclusive Indian Distributor of World Book International. Mina is also the founder Chairman of the Indian Direct Selling Association, and helped nurture the industry body into a full fledged organization.Lotus pioneered the Direct Sales industry in India, and built an active sales team of over 100,000 Educational Consultants. Lotus made India the largest market for World Book, second only to the USA. Lotus won the World Book Distributor of the Year Award 8 times.Lotus is now the exclusive Indian Distributor and Licensee for Linguaphone UK, and Highlights USA. Lotus pioneered the concept of Language Labs in India, and has set up over 500 Labs in schools, colleges and universities all over the country. Lotus has also partnered with the state governments in AP, Rajasthan and Maharashtra to train college students and teachers in Spoken English. Over 40,000 individuals have also invested in our programs for self study at home.Lotus launched its first Intellectual Property product with Taking Charge in 2010. Many more products will be launched in 2011.Specialties: Lotus has been a technology leader in Language learning:Speech Recognition software program to help students improve their accent and pronunciation. Student Management software for more effective monitoring of Language Labs.iLOTUS with 6 new interactive products to enhance students' learning experience, and cut costs by 60%.Programs like TECS and PEP to help institutions test their students and get free Language Labs