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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Three pillars, Kerala-wide
Today Cokonet serves families across Kerala through three connected pillars: Study Abroad across 22 destinations, Language Training (German, French, IELTS, OET, PTE, TOEFL, Duolingo), and the Healthcare-to-Germany pathway. Two offices serving Kerala: head office in Trivandrum (Ulloor) and branch office in Kochi (Vennala).
