Procademia - Terms and Conditions

Terms and Conditions

By using this portal, Procademia you agree to be legally bound by the following terms, which shall take effect immediately on your first use of Procademia. If you do not agree to be legally bound by all the terms please do not access or use the portal. Access to Procademia is provided by Quadruple Education Network Private Limited and is subject to the following conditions.

Definition:
1. Portal : In the context of the Internet, a portal is refers to any commonly used website serving as an entry point to the Internet, usually with many links to a wide variety of information, data, resources and services.
2. Website : A website, also written as Web site, web site, or simply site, is a set of related web pages containing content such as text, images, video, audio, etc.
3. Webpage : A web page or webpage is a document or information resource that is suitable for the World Wide Web and can be accessed through a web browser and displayed on a monitor or mobile device.
4. First Use/Access : The first read of this “Terms of Service” and thereon agreeing to register with accepted terms of service, to further access Procademia.
5. Student : Who is pursing education or studying in any recognized institution after school education.
6. Fresher : Who has completed his/her education in any collegiate institution and is searching for his/her first job.
7. Professional : Who is currently working in a company. Based on the total years of work experience, professionals are categorized into juniors (less than 5 years of work experience) and seniors (more than 5 years of work experience). Junior professionals are not a separate user group and in portal there is no need to show this user group explicitly.
8. Academicians : Who is currently working in a university, college or any educational institution. Based on the total years of work experience they are categorized into juniors (less than 5 years of work experience) and seniors (more than 5 years of work experience). Junior Academicians are not a separate user group and in portal there is no need to show this user group explicitly.
9. Mentor : A guide who can help the mentee to find right direction and right solutions to the mentee’s career issues. Mentors rely upon having had similar experiences to gain an empathy with the mentee and an understanding of their issues. Mentoring provides the mentee with an opportunity to think and analyze career options and progress.
10. Content : Anything posted or uploaded by students, freshers, professionals or academicians in the portal.
11. Member : Portal user who is registered with our portal and successfully completed entering his profile information in Procademia. He can be a student, fresher, professional or academician user of Procademia.
12. Cookie : Small text file that may be used, for example, to collect information about web portal activity. Some cookies and other technologies may help to recall personal information previously indicated by a web user.
13. Electronic Form : Information which is generated, sent and received from one or multiple computers to another computer or multiple computers, which is later stored as an electronic record.
14. Electronic Record : Data record or data generated, received or sent in an electronic form or computer generated.
15. Upload : Transfer of data from one computer to another via HTTP or FTP protocols or any alternative protocols which is allowed for registered users only.
16. Author : The creator of the data or document who is its natural copyright holder
17. External links : Domains/Pages which are not owned by Procademia are considered as external links.
18. Legal Guardian : Natural guardians or guardians appointed by the court.
19. Registered user : A user who is logged in with a Procademia user account using an authorized Procademia cookie.
20. Subscriber : User who has successfully registered at Procademia.
21. Termination : Permanently removes the registered account.
22. Suspension : Block access to the registered account.
23. Transfer : Allows usage of Procademia registered account for temporary or permanent usage to persons who are not party to this “Terms of Service”.
Registration (For all users)
1. User below the age of 16 is restricted to register any account on Procademia.
2. Registration of students of age above 16 years and below 18 years can be done only with the help of respective legal parents/guardian who are allowed to open an account for the user
3. Students above age of 18 are entitled for registration.
4. User should agree not to give false information to Procademia and should keep account information up-to date.
5. User is not allowed to register an account at Procademia if convicted under any Indian/International Law.
6. If user’s existing account is suspended by Procademia, he/she shall not create another new account
7. If user is above 16 years and below 18 years, he/she can access/use the Procademia account only under the supervision of his/her parent/guardian.Procademia is not liable for any students/users participation in the portal between 16 and 18 years , if it is done without any supervision of parent/guardian.
8. Professional accounts can be created only by professionals (see definition 1(d) for more info)
9. Fresher accounts can be created only by freshers (see definition 1(c) for more info)
10. Academician accounts can be created only by academicians (see definition 1(e) for more info)
11. The user shall not transfer his/her account to any other person.
Acceptable usage for all users
1. Use Procademia only for Education, Mentoring, Connections and for objectives of Procademia.
2. Do not promote your own personal product or advertise it
3. Do not defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights of individuals (such as rights of privacy and publicity)
4. Do not violate any Indian/International law or laws of any country.
5. Do not impersonate other persons
Data Collected

The following data is collected by Procademia:
1. Details of how you used our services.
2. Information of your IP address only for analytics through Google.
3. Browser agents, Operating System, Referral details of the users.
Content (For all user accounts)
1. The user is liable for content posted/uploaded by him/her in public/private on Procademia
2. The user is liable for his/her own comments
3. Procademia can monitor/remove content or files uploaded by the user or by others
4. The user should agree to give credit to an author if he/she is using another person’s document or file
5. The user shall not upload any content which is illicit/porn or files which will violate Indian or any other country’s law
6. The users shall not upload or post links to any copyrighted document/file without prior permission of the original author of the document / file
7. The user should not create any risk to Procademia with the content he/she posts.
8. Download of any file posted by another user of Procademia that the user knows, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally distributed in such manner.
9. Procademia reserves the right for any cause or reason to remove without notice any content of the portal received/posted/uploaded by any user
10. Procademia is also against and does not support content that displays any form of illegal trading, drug trafficking, arms or ammunition trading, terrorist propagandas or ideals and prostitution. Procademia is not liable for any such claims on usage by anyone.
Liability

Under no circumstances will Procademia be liable for any of the following losses or damage (whether such losses where foreseen, foreseeable, known or otherwise)
1. Any business for consideration of money or any form which is conducted between any users
2. Loss of revenue or anticipated profits
3. Loss of business
4. Loss of opportunity
5. Any contact information exchanged between any users and the consequences or events arising out of it
6. Losses suffered by third parties; or any indirect, consequential
Neither Procademia nor any of our subsidiaries, affiliated companies, employees, shareholders, directors, Expert panel members or Procademia advisory members shall be cumulatively liable for any damages, incidental, indirect, punitive or consequential damages or loss of use, profit, revenue or data to you or any third person arising from your use of the procademia service, any platform applications or any of the content or other materials on, accessed through or downloaded from Procademia.
Third Party Sites

Third party links in this portal will allow you to leave Procademia. The linked sites are not under the control of Procademia. We are not responsible for the contents or omissions of any linked sites or any links contained in the linked sites. The inclusion of any linked sites does not imply endorsement by Procademia of the site.
Importing Email Contacts

We don't store your email password or any confidential information during this process. The email contacts shall not be transferred to third parties without your approval.
Uploading Photo:

Uploading any photo through this portal constitutes your acceptance of the terms and conditions of use outlined here.
1. Purpose and Motives
  
  Procademia profile photos of registered users are intended to create user interest and help other users to identify people in Procademia and help them to connect for knowledge sharing activity. Image uploading is allowed and encouraged if the user's motives are in accord with this purpose.
  
  To share your profile photos in Procademia:
  
  Since Procademia is a family-friendly public service portal, we reserve the right to reject unsuitable or pornographic images. If your profile photo depicts banned images, has an illegal connotation, or against the religion or sentiment of the people of India or any other society, the admin reserves the right to ban and block the user and if needed initiate legal action against the person.
  
  We do not support or endorse any form of content that is abusive, racial, gender/age biased. Procademia also reserves the right to remove such content permanently and ban the user from using the portal and its services.
2. Public Viewing & Granting of Limited Rights
  Be aware that, the photo uploaded by you in the profile photo space will be displayed to the public and you cannot hide your profile photo.
  
  By uploading, you are allowing Procademia to publish the photo on our web portal or in other electronic promotional materials. If we ever consider publishing your photo in any print media, we may or may not contact you for permission.
  
  Members agree to hold harmless and release Procademia, its staff, officers and affiliated entities from loss, claim, injury, damage or expense, including, but not limited to reasonable attorney's fees and costs, which are in any way connected or associated with the uploading of any photo to Procademia.
Uploading documents

By uploading documents in Procademia:
1. You declare that you are the sole owner and author of the document and own 100% of all copyrights pertaining to it.
2. Your submission to Procademia gives unconditional permission for us to publish your document on the portal and if featured, it may be distributed to our members.
3. If someone violates your copyright -- it will be 100% up to you to take legal action against those who abuse your copyright to protect your interests. If you do not agree to these terms, do not upload your documents.
4. It is the Procademia’s sole decision as to whether your documents can be published and for how long. There are no guarantees made that your document(s) will be published. We reserve the right to remove your document(s) and/or membership account at any time for any reason.
5. The Procademia editorial team reserves the right to re-classify your document in a topic category that may be more suitable than originally submitted.
6. You acknowledge that we do not pay for submissions to our directory and we do not require members to pay you for their use of your document.
7. You declare that you will not send in any documents with direct affiliate links in them. We reject documents with direct affiliate links.
8. Must not be a Private Label Rights (PLR) document or Contain Unattributed Content to Which the Author Does Not Have Exclusive Rights.
9. Must Not Contain Self-Serving or Promotional Content in the document Title, Body, or Summary.
10. Must Not Contain Negative Content Towards any Product, Company, Individual, or Group.
11. Must Not Contain Profanity or Pornographic Material.
12. Must Not Contain Illegal or Overly Controversial Content.
13. Must Not Contain Information that Promotes Unethical Internet Activities, Business Practices or Anything that Would Create a Poor User Experience for Web Users.
Member Profile
1. Admin can modify the details entered by user such as type of institution, college/institution, university, industry functional area and organization as it related to master database update.
2. You shall be responsible for the accuracy of the details entered by you in your profile. You may update your profile information at all times in procademia.
3. Please take adequate measures to protect your chosen password. You are completely responsible for the use of your password. After you have created your profile, Procademia will send you an activation link by e-mail to authenticate your account.
Indemnification

You shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless Procademia (including its and their officers, directors, employees, affiliates, group companies, agents, representatives or subcontractors) from any and all claims and losses imposed on, incurred by or asserted as a result of or related to:
1. Your access and use of Procademia
2. Any non-compliance by you with the terms and conditions hereof; or
3. Any third party actions related to users receipt and use of the information, whether authorized or unauthorized.
Disclosure to law enforcement

Procademia may disclose any subscriber information to law enforcement agencies without further consent or notification to the subscriber upon lawful request from such agencies. We will cooperate fully with law enforcement agencies.
Termination / Suspension

Procademia reserves the right to terminate or suspend any user account
1. For any unauthorized access or use by you
2. If the user assigns or transfers (or attempts the same) any rights granted to him/her under this agreement
3. If the user violates any of the other terms and conditions of this User Agreement.
4. For usage of account for any other purpose apart from the objectives of services provided by Procademia.
Jurisdiction

The terms of this agreement are exclusively based on and subject to Indian law. You hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of courts in Chennai, India in all disputes arising out of or relating to the use of this portal. Use of this portal is unauthorized in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to all provisions of these terms and conditions, including without limitation this paragraph.

Any clause declared invalid shall be deemed severable and not affect the validity or enforceability of the remainder. These terms can be changed by Procademia without any prior notice.
Trademarks

Procademia and our logo is trademark registered under Indian Trademarks Act. We give no permission for use of our trademark and such use may constitute an infringement of our rights. We do not endorse any logo, word, service marks posted on Procademia portal since they are the property of their respective owners. We do not endorse or affiliate any of these marks.
Company Details

Quadruple Education Network Private Limited (QEN), a private limited company incepted under the Indian Companies Act 1956 is a social networking platform that provides a facility for students, professionals and academicians to connect, interact, share and participate in skill development, knowledge sharing process and to integrate industry and educational institutions. The platform is a versatile confluence of students, academicians and professionals. A student can seek help from his mentors who are registered professional or academician users of Procademia. These mentors will be willing to guide students and share their expertise.

Growing Indian economy now faces shortage of manpower and there is a big difference between actual learning and required competencies to be employable. Our Indian higher education has to provide skilled graduates with suitable value addition in order to meet the demands of the growing economy. The portal aspires to address this growing skill-gap (we can call this as a skill deficiency in our society) by connecting industry professionals with prospective students through mentoring. By this method students will get adequate exposure to industries. It will also help them groom their career in the right direction.

This Portal will facilitate the need to “connect” students to mentors, academicians to professionals and finally help colleges to interact with industries. In the present educational scenario, academic institutions need to go beyond their exams, results and grades to improve the quality of education. This portal will enable them to have a better collaborative and communicative environment for the empowerment of the next generation. QEN provides solutions for a country to progress on the skill and talent of its most important asset - its people.

Vision : To provide solutions contributing towards a knowledge Society globally.

Mission : Create a platform leveraging technology to integrate and inspire the stakeholders of the knowledge-sharing eco-system.
Objectives of Procademia

Procademia aims to create a platform for professional-academician-student interactions and to provide a solution to the key issues in the educational sector. Procademia promotes two key activities; participation of industry-professionals in guest lectures and similar college interaction activities and professional’s participation in student mentoring. Many educational related portals exist, but they do not address the present day skill-scarcity effectively. The portal addresses two major areas. It identifies the gaps in our present day educational-career system and focuses on providing solutions to the real issues faced by students (lack of mentoring). A professional can play the role of friend and advisor for college students and guide them in their careers, professional options in terms of industry and level of position and on many other issues that students are not aware of. We need to educate professionals to be aware of their social responsibility of passing their wisdom to younger generations to build a better nation.
Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy governs the manner in which Quadruple Education Network Private Limited collects, uses, maintains and discloses information collected from users (each, a "User") of the www.procademia.com portal ("portal"). This privacy policy applies to the Portal and all products and services offered by Quadruple Education Network Private Limited.
1. Personal identification information
  
  We may collect personal identification information from Users in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to, when Users visit our portal, register on the portal, respond to a survey, fill out a form, and in connection with other activities, services, features or resources we make available on our Portal. Users may be asked for, as appropriate, name, email address, mailing address, phone number, credit card information. We will collect personal identification information from Users only if they voluntarily submit such information to us. Users can always refuse to supply personally identification information, except that it may prevent them from engaging in certain Portal related activities.
2. Non-personal identification information
  
  We may collect non-personal identification information about Users whenever they interact with our Portal. Non-personal identification information may include the browser name, the type of computer and technical information about Users means of connection to our Portal, such as the operating system and the Internet service provider’s utilized and other similar information.
3. Web browser cookies
  
  Our Portal may use "cookies" to enhance User experience. User's web browser places cookies on their hard drive for record-keeping purposes and sometimes to track information about them. User may choose to set their web browser to refuse cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If they do so, note that some parts of the Portal may not function properly.
4. How we use collected information
  
  Quadruple Education Network Private Limited may collect and use Users personal information for the following purposes:
  1. To improve customer service : Information you provide helps us respond to your customer service requests and support needs more efficiently.
  2. To personalize user experience : We may use information in the aggregate to understand how our Users as a group use the services and resources provided on our Portal.
  3. To improve our Portal : We may use feedback you provide to improve our products and services
  4. To process payments : We may use the information users provide about themselves for membership only and to provide service to that membership only. We do not share this information with outside parties except to the extent necessary to provide the service.
  5. To run a promotion, contest, survey or other Portal feature : To send Users information they agreed to receive about topics we think will be of interest to them.
  6. To send periodic emails : We may use the email address to send User information and updates pertaining to their membership. It may also be used to respond to their inquiries, questions, and/or other requests. If User decides to opt-in to our mailing list, they will receive emails that may include company news, updates, related product or service information, etc. If at any time the User would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, they may do so by contacting us via our Portal.
5. How we protect your information
  
  We adopt appropriate data collection, storage and processing practices and security measures to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure or destruction of your personal information, username, password, transaction information and data stored on our Portal.
  
  Sensitive and private data exchange between the Portal and its Users happens over a SSL secured communication channel and is encrypted and protected with digital signatures.
6. Sharing your personal information
  
  We do not sell, trade, or rent Users personal identification information to others. We may share generic aggregated demographic information not linked to any personal identification information regarding visitors and users with our business partners, trusted affiliates and advertisers for the purposes outlined above.
7. Third party websites
  
  Users may find advertising or other content on our Portal that link to the sites and services of our partners, suppliers, advertisers, sponsors, licensors and other third parties. We do not control the content or links that appear on these sites and are not responsible for the practices employed by websites linked to or from our Portal. In addition, these sites or services, including their content and links, may be constantly changing. These sites and services may have their own privacy policies and customer service policies. Browsing and interaction on any other website, including websites which have a link to our Portal, is subject to that website's own terms and policies.
8. Advertising
  
  Ads appearing on our portal may be delivered to Users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile non personal identification information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This privacy policy does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.
9. Compliance with children's online privacy protection act
  
  Protecting the privacy of the very young is especially important. For that reason, we never collect or maintain information at our Portal from those we actually know are under 13, and no part of our portal is structured to attract anyone under 13.
10. Changes to this privacy policy
  
  By using this Portal, you signify your acceptance of this policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use our Portal. Your continued use of the Portal following the posting of changes to this policy will be deemed your acceptance of those changes.
11. Your acceptance of these terms
  
  Protecting the privacy of the very young is especially important. For that reason, we never collect or maintain information at our Portal from those we actually know are under 13, and no part of our portal is structured to attract anyone under 13.
12. Contacting us
  
  If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this portal, or your dealings with this portal, please contact us at: Quadruple Education Network Private Limited, www.procademia.com, Quadruple Education Network Private Limited, Chennai, support@procademia.com.
Payment Terms & Conditions

Procademia may charge a nominal one-time fee for per student/fresher users only, for accessing the portal extensively and its features including Ask for Assistance, Jobs, internships, events, news , knowledge library etc. apart from core Mentoring. This fee is towards the operational and maintenance expenses of the portal.
General Issues

Procademia reserves the right to modify these Terms & Conditions at any time without prior notice.
Disclaimer

WE PROVIDE THE PROCADEMIA PLATFORM FOR PUBLIC AND ALL INFORMATION AND SERVICES ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. PROCADEMIA DOES NOT CONTROL OR VET USER GENERATED CONTENT FOR ACCURACY. WE DO NOT PROVIDE ANY EXPRESS WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS.

PROCADEMIA AND ITS PARENT COMPANY DO NOT WARRANT OR ASSUME ANY LEGAL LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, OR USEFULNESS OF ANY INFORMATION OR PRODUCT REPRESENTED ON THIS PORTAL.

PROCADEMIA DOES NOT ENDORSE OR RECOMMEND ANYTHING. THE VIEWS OF THE AUTHORS THAT HAVE SUBMITTED THEIR DOCUMENTS TO THIS SITE ARE OWNED BY THEM ALONE AND DO NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT THE VIEWS OF PROCADEMIA, ITS MANAGEMENT TEAM OR OWNERS.

WHEN USING THIS PORTAL, YOU MAY FIND MANY LINKS TO 3RD PARTY INTERNET SITES. PROCADEMIA IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTENT OR AVAILABILITY OF THESE 3RD PARTY SITES. PROCADEMIA DOES NOT WARRANT OR GUARANTEE THE PRODUCTS, SERVICES, OR INFORMATION FOUND ON EXTERNAL OR 3RD PARTY SITES.

INFORMATION PRESENTED ON THIS PORTAL IS FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR OWN ACTIONS SHOULD YOU USE ANY INFORMATION FOUND ON THIS PORTAL.

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, WE DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND REPRESENTATIONS, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, ACCURACY OF DATA, AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED OR HARMED BY PROCADEMIA OR ANYTHING RELATED TO PROCADEMIA, YOU MAY CLOSE YOUR PROCADEMIA ACCOUNT BY SENDING AN EMAIL TO support@procademia.com ASKING FOR TERMINIATION WITH REASONS FOR ACCOUNT CLOSURE.

PROCADEMIA DOES NOT GUARANTEE THAT THE SERVICES IT PROVIDES WILL FUNCTION WITHOUT INTERRUPTION OR ERRORS IN FUNCTIONING. IN PARTICULAR, THE OPERATION OF THE SERVICES MAY BE INTERRUPTED DUE TO MAINTENANCE, UPDATES, OR SYSTEM OR NETWORK FAILURES. PROCADEMIA DISCLAIMS ALL LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES CAUSED BY ANY SUCH INTERRUPTION OR ERRORS IN FUNCTIONING. FURTHERMORE, PROCADEMIA DISCLAIMS ALL LIABILITY FOR ANY MALFUNCTIONING, IMPOSSIBILITY OF ACCESS, OR POOR USE CONDITIONS OF THE PROCADEMIA PORTAL DUE TO INAPPROPRIATE EQUIPMENT, DISTURBANCES RELATED TO INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS, TO THE SATURATION OF THE INTERNET NETWORK, AND FOR ANY OTHER REASON.