Knowledge Exchange WhatsApp (KEWA) Study Groups
An initiative for continuous learning & sharing of knowledge
Continous learning is the only way to survive in IT. Napoleon Hill says that a person who stops studying is forever hopelessly doomed to mediocrity and the way of success is the way of continuous pursuit of knowledge.
We also believe that knowledge is useless unless you share it, and the more you share the more you learn. Our study groups provide a platform for continuous learning and 24/7 sharing of knowledge, with/without a subscription fee.
Current WhatsApp Study Groups
With a single membership, you can now join multiple groups by paying only a maintenance fee of Rs. 100 per year.
All groups have the below common features:
- 24/7 always on zoom meeting for group discussions
- Learn alongside many experts and old and new students.
- Attend community sessions taken by group members
- Access to limited expert course live sessions and quizzes
- Access to live project discussions to understand real projects.
Please read this page thoroughly including core and all additional group policies and may also watch sample session recordings before enrolling in our study groups.
One-time with Deposit
₹599 / $7.25 (₹499 as deposit & ₹100 ($1.25) for maintenance)
Plan features:
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Group Enrolment Policies and Important Notes
- Enrolment with Knowledge Exchange (One-Time with Deposit): To activate your WhatsApp membership after online payment, you need to send a WhatsApp message to +91 90944 03333 with the plan purchase screenshot, your Full name, the email used to purchase the plan in the portal, and the topic of the first session you will take for the community. For offline enrolment, you can send the message without a purchase screenshot).
- Enrolment Without Knowledge Exchange (monthly, quarterly, yearly, lifetime): To activate your WhatsApp membership after online payment, you need to send a WhatsApp message to +91 90944 03333 with the plan purchase screenshot, your Full name, and the email used to purchase the plan in the portal. For offline enrolment, you can send a message with your preferred plan or any questions.
- Enrolment Response Time: We will add you to the group within 24 business hours after we receive the message.
- Access to limited expert course live sessions is given, especially if no community session happen for a week. These are formal community sessions taken by experts and is different from member community sessions taken by members as part of the Knowledge Exchange program.
- Access to Live Project. You can also view the discussions on live project and learn from them. Actual participation have more expenses in the form of Azure cloud and project management, and hence actual participation on the live project is only for students who join an expert course such as 4MCEA or 7MCEA.
By purchasing a plan or joining our WhatsApp group, you are agreeing to all of the core group policies (given in the next section) and any additional group policies listed on this page including Enrolment Policies.
Core Group Policies
- Knowledge Exchange program to skip subscription fees. You can pay a small deposit and skip subscription fees by sharing knowledge once every two months. For more details, see FAQ.
- Simple tasks to skip subscription fees. If you don't want to take sessions, you can do some simple tasks to skip subscription fees. For more details, see FAQ.
- Meeting invites for sessions. Unless a different meeting invite is shared, the meeting invite will be the 24/7 zoom meeting for the group and is present in the WhatsApp group description.
- Shared responsibility. We follow a shared responsibility model where members need to set self-reminders or remind each other about sessions and any payments. You also need to keep your membership purchase information safe including any WhatsApp messages with the admins so that you can produce it if we ever ask you. You should check the contents of this page or messages shared in the WhatsApp group at least once every week and agree to the rules, or challenge any new rule max within 14 days of publishing it.
- Identity Verification. Before adding you to the WhatsApp groups, your identity may be verified through your Facebook profile, LinkedIn profile, or offline means to safeguard our WhatsApp group members from spammers/fraudsters who join groups to spam or even steal the contact information of our members.
- Membership Termination. If you share any inappropriate content (e.g. sharing anything not technical and/or not related to the subject of the group, fighting with group members, etc.), you may be removed from the group with or without a refund. When in doubt, please ask an admin, get approval, and share content.
- Processing Fee: Processing fees for manual activities are currently set at Rs. 149 (or $3 with PayPal) per event and are paid to admins for their efforts. This is applicable even if you have exited the group by mistake as the efforts of the administrators will be there to add you back.
- Maintenance Fee. Every member (including knowledge exchange and lifetime members) will have to pay a very small maintenance fee of Rs. 100 (or $3 with PayPal) per group every year during the first week of November, irrespective of when you joined. You can also pay a bundle fee of Rs. 299 (or $5 with PayPal) for up to 5 groups. For lifetime plans purchased from the portal using a credit card, the maintenance fee is fixed at Rs. 299 (approx. $4) every year and you can join up to 5 groups. There will be a late payment fee of Rs. 100 (or $2 with PayPal) per week after the payment date and your membership may be discontinued at any time after that.
- Refund Policy: By default, there is no refund policy. However, if admins feel like you are not suited for the group based on your messages or contributions, they can remove you without a reason and if removed without a reason, a pro-rate refund may be given. For the purposes of a refund, lifetime memberships will be considered as a two-year membership (lifetime membership fee is twice the yearly fee) and a refund will be processed accordingly.
- Contributors Group (C23). Those who pay Rs. 1000 or above (apart from the subscription fee) towards helping people without jobs, or take 2 or more sessions following knowledge exchange guidelines (apart from what is needed towards meeting their community commitments), can also join a special contributors group for the year, called C23.
By purchasing a plan or joining our WhatsApp group, you are agreeing to all of the above core group policies and any additional group policies listed on this page.
Want more than just the KEWA groups?
Knowledge Exchange WhatsApp (KEWA) groups comes with many benefits such as 24/7 zoom for group discussions, an opportunity to learn alongside other experts/students, and even free subscription renewals with knowledge sharing.
You may also explore the Cloudericks.com membership plans which also include access to the KEWA groups as part of some plans, and comes with many additional benefits such as weekly webinars from Trainso trainers, online reminders for sessions, an ad-free Facebook-like community app on iOS/Android/Web, and even recordings of Trainso courses based on the plan you choose.
With a KEWA membership, you don't have to pay the subscription fees if you share knowledge. But with online app-based membership with formal sessions, we have to consider the expenses for hosting and running the apps, and even trainer fees. However, if you share knowledge with any Membership Plans that have access to the KEWA groups, you need to pay only half of the regular subscription fee.
Explore Membership PlansWant to learn formally with live projects and cloud access?
We have live and self-paced courses. You can combine offline and live quizzes with the courses to check your understanding and prepare for exams. You can also combine courses with the WhatsApp community membership to learn together with the community.
Explore CoursesFrequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Answers to your questions.
