About Cokonet | 16 Years in Trivandrum + Kochi, Founded 2010

The founding story

From one SAP class to a multi-country overseas pipeline.

Sixteen years, four chapters. Nothing dramatic, just consistent forward motion in the direction Kerala families have been asking for.

2010

Cokonet Academy opens in Trivandrum

Founder Nikhil Gopalan starts Cokonet Academy at Ulloor Junction with a single SAP classroom. The thesis was simple: Kerala IT graduates were leaving college with textbook knowledge and no enterprise skills, and the gap was costing them their first jobs. SAP filled that gap.

2010, 18

60 courses, 18,000 students

Over eight years the Academy expanded from one course to 60+ across IT (SAP, Java, Python, AWS, Azure, Data), finance (CMA, CA, Tally), language (German, French, English, IELTS, OET), and design (UI/UX, digital marketing). A pattern emerged: students who learned a language alongside a tech skill kept asking us how to take the combination abroad.

2018, 22

The Kerala overseas wave

Nursing graduates wanted German B2 specifically for Germany. Commerce graduates wanted UK or Australia. Tech graduates wanted Canada. Faculty for German were hired specifically for the Kerala-to-Germany pipeline. The Academy started fielding more overseas placement requests than language enquiries.

2023

Cokonet Overseas Pvt Ltd is incorporated

The overseas placement work outgrew the Academy structure and was spun off into a separate entity, Cokonet Overseas Pvt Ltd, with a dedicated team for visa filing, university shortlisting, and employer relationships. The defining decision: every overseas student would get one full Academy course (worth 1 lakh) bundled in for free. Nobody else in Kerala does this.

2026

Three pillars, Kerala-wide

Today Cokonet serves families across Kerala through three connected pillars: Study Abroad across 12 countries, Language Training (German, French, English, IELTS, OET), and the Germany healthcare pathway. With 1 lakh of tech training, free. Two offices now: head office in Trivandrum, branch office in Kochi.

★ Structural moat

Two arms. One owner. One promise.

Most overseas consultancies subcontract the language training and the tech upskilling to outside vendors. We own both. That is what makes the 1 lakh of free tech training possible in the first place.

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Since 2010

Cokonet Academy

The training institute. 60+ courses across IT, finance, language, and design. SAP authorised training partner. 18,000+ students trained. Full-time faculty, in-house teaching, not freelancer-stitched.

Years operating16

Courses on offer60+

Students trained18,000+

Languages taughtGerman, French, English

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Since 2023

Cokonet Overseas

The overseas placement arm. Study abroad across 12 countries, healthcare migration to Germany, full end-to-end services from university shortlisting to post-landing support. Every student gets 1 lakh of Academy training bundled in, free.

Countries served12

University partners150+

Pathways available6

Tech tracks bundled free5

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Why this matters: Most Kerala consultancies are sales offices that subcontract everything else. We are the rare exception that runs the language school and the tech academy under the same roof as the overseas placement desk. One owner, one accountability, one bill.

Leadership

The people behind the desk.

No franchise model, no acquired ownership. The founders who started Cokonet Academy in 2010 still personally oversee senior counsellor calls. That is what 16 years of continuity buys you.

Founder

Nikhil Gopalan

Founder, Cokonet Academy & Overseas

Started Cokonet in 2010 with one SAP classroom. Has personally overseen the curriculum design and faculty hiring for 16 years. Sits on senior counsellor calls weekly, especially for Germany-bound nursing students.

PG Yogarajan

Head of Overseas

Leads the overseas placement team across all 25 destinations. Personally reviews senior counsellor files for the UK, Germany, and Ireland tracks. Sits in on parent calls for first-time-abroad families.

Shruthi Sreedhar

Director, Language Training

Leads the in-house language faculty across German, French, IELTS, PTE, TOEFL, Duolingo, and OET. Goethe and TELC institutional liaison. Hired and trained the entire B2/C1 German cohort for the healthcare track.

By the numbers

Where we are in 2026.

Real figures, conservative where we are not 100% sure. Some are marked as placeholder until the operations team verifies the exact count.

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16

years operating in Trivandrum since 2010

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18,000+

students trained across all Academy courses

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12

countries served through study-abroad and migration pathways

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60+

courses across IT, finance, language, design

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200+

Kerala nurses placed in Germany healthcare

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150+

university partnerships across 12 countries

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40+

employer partners across Germany and Europe

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4.7

average student rating, across all programs

Placeholder numbers will be replaced with operations-verified figures before launch. Real numbers are the only credible numbers.

Why this matters now

Kerala is going abroad in numbers nobody saw coming.

In 2025 alone, 1.3 million Indians chose to go abroad for study or work, a record number, and Kerala punches way above its weight in that flow. The combination that drives it is unique to our state: high English literacy, strong healthcare and STEM degrees, family networks already abroad, and a labour market at home that has not kept pace with what graduates can earn elsewhere.

Germany alone has 40,000 open nursing positions right now. The UK and Ireland are running multi-year visa-shortage lists that include nurses, doctors, engineers, and tech workers. Canada is taking 500,000 permanent residents a year through Express Entry. The doors are open. The challenge is no longer whether Kerala students can go, but whether they go through someone who actually delivers.

That is the job we have signed up for.

2026 snapshot

1.3M+in 2025

Indians who chose to go abroad for study or work

UNESCO, Feb 2026

40,000right now

Open nursing positions in Germany this year

German Hospital Association, 2026

₹3L+monthly

Average Kerala nurse salary working in Germany

Y-Axis migration data, Feb 2026

What we will not do

Values, expressed as things we refuse to do.

It is easy to write feel-good lines about transparency and trust. Harder to say what you will not do, and stick to it. Here is the list.

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We will not lock students in

No long-form binding contracts with hidden cancellation penalties. The engagement letter is short, the refund stages are spelled out, and you can step back at any phase before the recognition or visa filing kicks in.

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We will not double-dip on commissions

We take a transparent fee from one side only, you the student, or in some pathways, the partner university. We do not take both. That is what keeps our recommendation honest.

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We will not promise what we cannot deliver

No "guaranteed admission" claims. No "100% visa success" banners. We tell you the realistic probability of your case, and where the risk lies. Kerala parents have heard enough sales talk.

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We will not hide the bad news

Some destinations will not work for some profiles. Some pathways have long waiting lists. Some scholarships are oversubscribed by the time you apply. We say that on the first call, not the third.

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We will not use fake testimonials

Every placeholder photo and quoted student name on our site is clearly marked as placeholder, until we have real student photos with explicit permission to publish. Stock-photo carousels of European students smiling are dishonest.

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We will not subcontract silently

When a service is delivered by a partner (bank, forex provider, insurance underwriter, accommodation aggregator), the partner is named clearly before you sign. You always know who you are working with.

Where we are

Two offices. Kerala-wide service.

Head office at Ulloor Junction, Trivandrum. Second office at Vennala, Kochi. Counsellor calls happen by video for families elsewhere in Kerala, with periodic visiting clinics in Kozhikode.

Trivandrum HQ · Head office

Peedikayil Chambers,
Ulloor Junction,
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 695011

General: +91 6238 594143
European visa: +91 8075 266206
UK / USA / CA / AU / NZ: +91 9072 966140

Kochi office

VSRA-59, Vennala,
Kochi,
Ernakulam, Kerala 682028

General: +91 6238 594143
European visa: +91 8075 266206
UK / USA / CA / AU / NZ: +91 9072 966140

Recognition and partnerships

Credentials we hold, not borrow.

Real institutional credentials matter more than self-described awards. Here are the formal partnerships and accreditations we actively maintain.

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SAP authorised training partner

Since 2010

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TELC institutional partner

German exam centre

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Healthcare migration accreditation

German healthcare

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University partner network

150+ institutions

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Visa filing recognition

Multiple embassies

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Pearson PTE partner

Test centre

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Adobe ATP

Authorised partner

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Microsoft & AWS

Cloud training partners

Some accreditations shown are example placeholders. Final list to be confirmed by the operations team with logo permissions before launch.

Sixteen years in. Still answering every call.

A senior counsellor is on the line for a free 30-minute call. They will walk you through your specific case, no obligation, even if you eventually pick a different consultancy.

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One classroom in 2010.Kerala’s overseas partner in 2026.