Where serious IT careers
are engineered
Train live with engineers who've run infrastructure at the world's biggest tech companies. Practise in real labs that never close. Walk out with certifications employers actually trust.
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Skills first.
Careers follow.
This isn't a course library you forget after week two. Every path is built around one outcome: making you genuinely employable — through live teaching, real-world labs, and guidance from someone who's still building for Fortune 500 companies today.
What started as free lessons has grown into one of India's fastest-growing IT career communities — and the approach hasn't changed: teach what the industry actually hires for, and prove it in the lab.
More About the AcademyPick a domain. Master it properly.
Six high-demand specialisations — each a structured path from fundamentals to job-ready.
Engineer
Security
Security
Engineer
Data Science
Server Admin
The programs people enrol in most
Network Engineer Master Program
The complete networking career path in one program — built around the industry's most respected certifications and backed by real lab time.
Cloud Network Engineer Program
Networking depth plus cloud fluency — the rare combination that makes engineers hard to replace and easy to hire.
Cyber Security Blue Team Program
Train as the defender every company is hiring for — from security fundamentals to live SOC and SIEM operations.
Meet Chirag Jhumkhawala
Chirag is the founder of Black Elephant — a company built on one conviction: careers shouldn't stall just because the industry moves fast. His mission is to prepare professionals for what's coming next, not just what exists today.
Across a decade of mentoring, he has equipped hundreds of students with the tools, structure and direction to land roles they once thought were out of reach. His specialisation sits at the frontier — Data Science and Artificial Intelligence — where he's recognised among the leading voices in the field and regularly invited onto media panels to unpack automation and the trends reshaping tech work.
Under his direction, Black Elephant has grown into a destination for ambitious professionals — and Chirag into the kind of mentor people seek out when they're serious about levelling up.
Results, not promises
Real words from people who made the jump — hover to pause and read.
I had zero experience with math and coding. When I joined the program my CTC was ₹22 LPA — after working with Chirag, I moved to ₹32 LPA.
I was rejected for a data visualization job at ₹3.5 LPA. After working with Chirag, I was offered ₹5.5 LPA as a Data Analyst and Data Visualization expert.
Having worked with Chirag for over a year now, I must say he is an excellent professional. His expertise in this field helps students immensely. Best wishes to him.
Today I received an offer letter from Investec, Mumbai — and I'm accepting it. Thank you for referring me, and for guiding me all the way.
The way Chirag explains carries a real personal touch. Hats off to his willingness to share his own experiences and wisdom with students.
Three years stuck in a NOC role. Six months into the mentorship I cleared my interviews and joined as a Network Engineer at more than double my old CTC.
The roadmap told me what to stop learning — nobody had ever done that for me. I cleared my certification in four months and moved from support into my first cloud role.
The labs made the difference. In my final interview I was asked to troubleshoot live, and it honestly felt like just another practice session.
I had zero experience with math and coding. When I joined the program my CTC was ₹22 LPA — after working with Chirag, I moved to ₹32 LPA.
I was rejected for a data visualization job at ₹3.5 LPA. After working with Chirag, I was offered ₹5.5 LPA as a Data Analyst and Data Visualization expert.
Having worked with Chirag for over a year now, I must say he is an excellent professional. His expertise in this field helps students immensely. Best wishes to him.
Today I received an offer letter from Investec, Mumbai — and I'm accepting it. Thank you for referring me, and for guiding me all the way.
The way Chirag explains carries a real personal touch. Hats off to his willingness to share his own experiences and wisdom with students.
Three years stuck in a NOC role. Six months into the mentorship I cleared my interviews and joined as a Network Engineer at more than double my old CTC.
The roadmap told me what to stop learning — nobody had ever done that for me. I cleared my certification in four months and moved from support into my first cloud role.
The labs made the difference. In my final interview I was asked to troubleshoot live, and it honestly felt like just another practice session.
Your learning journey
From first call to first offer — structured training, real practice and career support at every step.
A counsellor maps your background and goals to the right IT path — so you start in the right place, not just any place.
Live, interactive classes with industry experts and on-the-spot doubt clearing — every session recorded for replay.
Tutorials teach concepts; labs teach execution. Configure, break and debug real topologies — the gap that separates watchers from hires.
Build portfolio projects and prepare for globally recognised certifications — with a certificate on every course completion.
Interview preparation, resume polish and job assistance — support that continues until you're placed.
One path. Two levels.
Go deep with the mentorship — then earn your seat in the room. The route only goes up.
The 6-Month Mentorship
Work directly with Chirag — who builds tech for BSE, HDFC and Paytm while training the people they hire — from roadmap all the way to the offer letter, until 12–40 LPA becomes your CTC.
- Direct mentorship with Chirag — personal check-ins, so the "next month" loop never restarts
- Weekly live, structured training with real-time doubt solving
- 24×7 hands-on lab access on real-world environments
- Certification prep + a project portfolio that proves you can do the job
- Interview & placement prep — resume, mocks, and hiring guidance CTC band by CTC band
The Inner Circle
A 3.5-day in-person deep dive with Chirag and the most serious people from the program. No webcams, no chat boxes — you're in the room.
- 3.5 days of immersive, advanced work in the core of your lane
- Real-world scenarios that separate certificate holders from engineers companies fight over
- Your career strategy reviewed face to face, not over a screen
- Lifelong access to a network of high performers across all four lanes
- Invite-only status — entry is earned, not purchased
We train people for
high-paying IT careers.
Network, Cloud, Cybersecurity, DevOps — four career tracks built around what the industry actually hires for. Live teaching, real labs, and a roadmap that gets you from where you are to where you want to be.