Twenty-five years ago, CommLab India wasn’t a global name. There was no roster of Fortune 500 clients, no courses delivered across continents—just two people and a shared conviction that corporate learning could be faster, smarter, and more impactful. RK Prasad, MBA, PhD, the dreamer, imagined the possibilities; Ayesha Habeeb Omer, MBA, PhD, the doer, made them real.

From those modest beginnings, CommLab India grew into the quiet powerhouse behind global L&D teams, helping them deliver training that’s not just faster and better, but transformative. We’ve become the partner who crushes impossible deadlines, trims development costs without trimming quality, and proves learning’s worth in measurable business results.

As we celebrate 25 years, we’re not just honoring the journey—we’re gearing up for the future, ready to shape the next era of learning.

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From our first self-paced courses to leading comprehensive learning ecosystems, CommLab India’s 25-year journey reflects a relentless drive to innovate, adapt, and deliver impactful training for the world’s leading organizations.

Here’s a snapshot of our incredible 25-year journey — a story written with the trust of our customers, the passion of our employees, and the support of everyone who walked with us.

Milestones in CommLab India’s eLearning Evolution

Launching Self-Study Online Learning

We began our journey with a Financial Accounting course, transforming recorded classroom lectures into engaging, self-paced online modules. Using HTML and Flash, we added interactivity that went beyond static slides—clickable elements, animations, and simulations that made learning active rather than passive. This early work proved that technology could not only deliver content but also replicate the engagement of in-person sessions.

Finding Our True Arena

When our first orders came from universities, we were thrilled. But the real revelation came soon after—we realized the true training battlefield wasn’t in academic halls, it was at the front lines of business. Corporate training emerged as the pressing need, with organizations requiring fast, effective solutions that could keep pace with rapid change. That insight shifted our focus and set us on the path to becoming a trusted partner for Fortune companies.

Partnering with Fortune Clients on Compliance

Our next leap came when we began working with Fortune 500 companies—a turning point that demanded both scale and precision. We were entrusted with developing lengthy, fully locked-down compliance training courses that left no room for skipping ahead or bypassing critical content. Every module had to meet rigorous legal and regulatory requirements while keeping learners engaged, a challenge we embraced with creativity and technical mastery.

But the work didn’t stop at development. Compliance knows no borders, so we leveraged our eLearning translation expertise to deliver these eLearning courses in 20 different languages, ensuring cultural accuracy, clear communication, and legal integrity for global workforces.

By delivering high-stakes training for 10 Fortune clients, we proved that CommLab India could handle complexity, safeguard compliance, and operate at the scale of the world’s largest enterprises.

Scaling with Fortune Customers Through Technical Training

As our relationships with our clients deepened, they trusted us with an even more specialized challenge—technical training for their global sales and service teams. These weren’t just “how-to” modules; they were high-value training assets designed to empower employees to sell and support complex products with confidence.

One of our biggest transformations was turning live webinars into polished, self-paced eLearning courses. This shift meant sales reps and service engineers could revisit critical training anytime, anywhere without being tied to a live session or time zone.

Tech: We relied on advanced eLearning authoring tools to convert large volumes of technical content into engaging, interactive learning experiences. These tools allowed us to interactivities that made even the most complex topics easy to understand.

This combination of methodology, technology, and collaboration allowed us to scale training quickly, ensuring global teams had the skills and confidence to perform at their best.

Modernizing Legacy Courses Post-Flash

When Adobe announced the end of Flash, it sent ripples across the eLearning industry. For us, it was more than a change in technology. We helped organizations future-proof their training by transforming legacy courses using the 4Rs of rapid eLearning. Depending on the content relevance and source file availability, courses were Republished, Re-recorded, Rebuilt, or Redesigned—ensuring they were accessible, engaging, and aligned with modern learning needs.

Accelerating Learning Delivery in the Post-Covid Era

The pandemic became a turning point for online training adoption. Suddenly, we didn’t need to explain the advantages of eLearning or VILT—everyone had experienced them firsthand. Organizations quickly recognized not only the flexibility but also the massive cost savings of moving away from traditional classroom training.

During this phase, CommLab India strengthened its Instructional Design strategies, expanded its library of customized training solutions, and introduced game-based templates to make learning engaging, interactive, and results-driven. This period set the stage for scaling digital learning like never before.

Leading the Way in AI-powered Learning

CommLab India entered a transformative phase by harnessing the power of AI tools for design, development, and delivery. This era is marked by speed, creativity, and intelligence — where content creation, translations, voiceovers, and assessments are powered by advanced AI.

From ChatGPT, CoPilot, Jasper, and Claude AI for ideation and content generation, to Murf AI, WellSaid Labs, and Eleven Labs for lifelike voiceovers, to Canva, Midjourney, Vyond, Flexclip, and Synthesia for stunning visuals and videos — AI has reshaped every stage of eLearning. With Google Translate, DeepL, and Smartcat, global translations became seamless, and with Qstream, Quizgecko, and Quillionz, assessments turned smarter and adaptive.

This phase reflects CommLab India’s commitment to staying ahead of the curve — blending human expertise with AI innovation to deliver impactful, scalable, and future-ready learning.

The Future We’re Shaping

Our 25-year journey has been nothing short of extraordinary filled with milestones, challenges turned into opportunities, and innovations that have shaped the way the world learns. But none of it would have been possible without the heart and soul of CommLab India—our people. Their passion, resilience, and relentless drive have powered every milestone, turning our vision into reality and our challenges into triumphs.

And so, while this blog celebrates the path we’ve taken, the next blog in this series will shine the spotlight where it truly belongs—on OUR employees, their voices, and the stories that make CommLab India what it is today.