# StarAgile Celebrates 10 Years of Excellence in Professional Training and Transformation — retained record > Retained news record from news:india-yourstory. Canonical: https://highsignal.app/data/records/bb6bf0f2a4612622 [← sources](https://highsignal.app/data) source: [news](https://highsignal.app/data/news) (news:india-yourstory) published 2026-11-13 09:13 ingested 2026-11-14 03:05 [original source ↗](https://yourstory.com/2026/11/staragile-celebrates-10-years-excellence-professional-training--transformation) ## retained text ``` StarAgile Celebrates 10 Years of Excellence in Professional Training and Transformation A decade after its founder left a 16-year IT career to build a training company, StarAgile has trained professionals across 100+ countries and is now preparing learners for the AI era. Every journey has a starting point. For StarAgile, it began with a simple idea: learning should lead somewhere. Ten years on, that idea has grown into a community of 3,00,000+ professionals in more than 100 countries, each one building a better career, one skill at a time. In 2016, Narshimma walked away from a 16-year career in IT. The founder grew from a software professional into a project manager and Agile coach, with a stable job and a young family at home. What came next was a two-seater coworking space, one colleague from sales, no investors, and a plan to deliver Scrum training people could actually use. Its learners include first-time Scrum Masters, project managers preparing for PMP, testers moving into automation, and engineers learning DevOps and cloud. The company says the milestone belongs as much to them as to the team behind it. The vision behind StarAgile The idea began while training people who joined the founder’s projects. Teaching turned out to be something Narshimma loved, especially watching people put new skills to work the very next day. That raised a question: what if learning was about building skills people could take straight back to their careers? “I genuinely loved teaching,” Narashimma says. “And I loved something even more, seeing people learn something today and use it in their work in the future.” That thinking still shapes every course. Sessions are built around real projects, case studies, and capstone work, so learners practise what they will face at work. Key milestones in StarAgile’s journey The early days were quiet. The first enrolment came from a former colleague, and the first batch had nine students. For the team, those nine proved something real had begun. Growth came by word of mouth, as each satisfied learner recommended another. A few numbers show the scale of the journey. StarAgile at 10 - 3,00,000+ professionals trained - 100+ countries reached - 300+ hiring partners - 50,000+ enrolments in Certified Scrum Master alone - 4.7/5 on Truspilot and 4.8/5 on Google Beyond Scrum, Leading SAFe Agilist has crossed 25,000 enrolments, and PMP certification has drawn close to 21,000 learners. The company has also received recognition along the way. It has been named Best Skill Learning Institute of the Year by Brands Impact, Edutech Company of the Year by The Corporate Titan, and Institute with the Best Placement by Mantra. Responding to evolving needs The skills employers want today are not the ones they wanted in 2016. Back then, learners asked about Scrum. Today, they ask about agentic AI. Agile was once a software team’s concern. Now it is used in banks, hospitals and marketing departments. StarAgile has adjusted its catalogue accordingly. Learners can now choose from Generative AI and Agentic AI programs, AI-focused micro-credentials for Scrum Masters and product owners, and AI-Powered versions of project management and analytics courses. Several advanced programs are offered with Vishlesan i HUB at IIT Patna. The company has also worked to make learning more accessible. Beyond live instructor-led classes, it offers self-paced courses for busy professionals, interview preparation bootcamps, and DevOps training in Hindi, Telugu, and Kannada. Corporate training programs help companies upskill whole teams. Offering Industry-relevant certifications StarAgile’s catalogue now runs across Agile and Scrum, project management, DevOps and cloud, AI, data science, software testing, software development, digital marketing, quality management, and IT service and architecture. Learners can prepare for well-known credentials, including CSM, CSPO, SAFe, PMP, PRINCE2, ITIL, TOGAF and Lean Six Sigma. These are credentials that employers already know and trust. Whether someone is looking for a first job, a promotion, or a career change, a recognized certification gives them something concrete to show. StarAgile’s role is to teach it in a way learners can use at work from the very first week. Placement support is part of that approach. Programs in DevOps, data science, and automation testing include placement preparation, and the company says its learners have gone on to roles at well-known organizations. Building trust through quality, expertise Training is a trust business, because the people spend their money and time, and demand good results. StarAgile has earned that trust through experienced trainers, clear pricing, and easy-to-find information on its site. Trainers carry much of that reputation. Many have years of hands-on experience, and learners often mention in their reviews that trainers turn difficult frameworks into everyday language and stay available for questions after class. StarAgile says it will keep investigating trainer quality as the catalogue grows. “StarAgile wasn’t built overnight,” Narshimma says. “It was built through belief, persistence, and the courage to keep going.” Looking ahead The next 10 years will bring hard-to-predict changes, but StarAgile already knows where it wants to put its energy. AI will stay central. As it keeps reshaping how people work, StarAgile plans to keep refreshing its courses, so learners joining in 2030 aren't studying yesterday’s tools. Access will widen. Companies want to bring more programs to learners in regional languages, and StarAgile will build on its DevOps courses in Hindi, Telugu, and Kannada, so language is never the reason someone misses out on a better career. Collaborations will deepen StarAgile's aim to work more closely with academic partners such as Vishlesan I Hub IIT Patna, and with companies that need skilled teams, through corporate training built around what each team actually needs. (Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of YourStory.) ``` document fetched 2026-11-14 03:05