Vikas Kumar is an experienced Excel Trainer with strong Visual Basic skills (VBA). He teaches basic excel, advanced excel and automation through excel, using VBA. Vikram has worked with companies like Aegis Ltd, Knowlarity Communications and Sarens Group, and he now works with Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Limited (DFHL). He is a SAS certified programmer and provides coaching for SAS Certification also.
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Here is an excerpt from the interview with Vikas Kumar.
Q1. When and how did you start as an Excel Trainer?
It was 2010 and I was working on Management Information Systems (MIS) and VBA automation. Later, I started as an Excel trainer, and I have been training students nearly for the past 10 years now. I am passionate about training people in Excel, and I believe in using my expertise to help students develop and enhance their skills.
Q2. What skills are required to become an Excel Trainer?
The knowledge of Basic, Advanced and VBA coding are essential to become an Excel trainer.
Q3. What do you think makes you stand out from other Excel Trainers on UrbanPro.com?
I use my professional career in Excel, as an example of working in real time scenarios. The module that I design for training is unique, and that distinguishes me from other trainers.
Q4. How did you come across UrbanPro.com?
I knew UrbanPro.com’s platform since the days it was known as ThinkVidya. One of my friends referred me to UrbanPro.com to use my Excel skills for training purpose.
Q5. What was the turning point in your career?
I started working in MIS and Analytics, and it helped me pursue a career as an Excel trainer. Starting from there, today I provide training in Excel, SQL, Tableau, MSBI and Power BI. Indeed, I have come a long way since then.
Q6. How did UrbanPro.com help you expand your Excel Training Classes?
UrbanPro.com helped me in finding students from various locations. I even have students from abroad, who connected with me through UrbanPro.com
Q7. What percentage of your work comes from UrbanPro.com?
About 70% of my work comes through UrbanPro.com
About the Trainer: Vikas Kumar holds experience of nearly 10 years as an Excel trainer. Vikas visited Belgium and France to pursue professional courses and automation projects on Excel, Access and SAS Analytics, from the respective universities. His students remain pleased about his long and vast, real-time experience, use of methods on shortcuts and alternative ways of achieving a task in minimal time.
