Recently, Career Launcher, a Delhi-based company, and Crestcom International, a global management training and development company, based in Denver, Colorado, have launched a management training programme called Bullet Proof Management, in New Delhi.

``Crestcom imparts video-based training programmes in the areas of sales, employee development and particularly management development,'' says R Satya Narayan, chairman, Career Launcher. The programme has succeeded so dramatically that today it is run in 53 countries in over 24 languages, says Satya.

According to him, there is a prime need for such programmes, and in India this programme is available at Rs 48,000 (US$ 1,000, for twelve sessions, one session per month), which is one-fourth of the cost of doing the course in the US.

"Also, with this programme now available in India, companies with their offices outside the country can pay the fee here in Indian currency and get their middle and senior level managers trained wherever they are based, both in corporate houses as well as private sectors," says Satya. According to Gautam Puri, managing director, Career Launcher, "After a certain success, education takes a larger role and teaches us `how to live'. The programme is supremely effective at this facilitation.''

Right now, Career Launcher holds franchise rights for North India. These programmes feature internationally renowned business authorities such as world renowned speaker and author Zig Ziglar, customer service authority Patricia Fripp, management strategy expert Nido Qubein, etc.

Satya adds that Career Launcher is dedicated to the field of education and is pursuing a business model that is described as the `Life Path Integration Model', and with this tie-up, the company enters the executive education arena with this world-class programme.

Crestcom is rated the number one management skills training franchise in the world by international magazines like Entrepreneur, Success, Income Opportunities, etc.