How We Built a Budget-Friendly LMS for Harvinn Technologies — A BRC Web Case Study
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When Harvinn Technologies came to us, they had a clear vision but a familiar problem — they were running a fast-growing internships and training business with 4,000+ students, 2,000+ internships completed, and 500+ mentors, all glued together with WhatsApp groups, Google Drive folders and a couple of overworked spreadsheets. They didn't need an enterprise platform that costs ₹15–25 lakhs a year. They needed a clean, branded, budget-friendly Learning Management System that actually fits the way an Indian EdTech runs in 2025. So we built one — together.
Who is Harvinn Technologies?
Harvinn Technologies is a Future-of-Learning brand offering hands-on internships and career-boosting training programs. Their tagline says it best — Live Projects · Mentors · Recognized Certificates · Career Support. A few numbers from their site that show the scale we were designing for:
• 4,000+ students trained • 2,000+ internships completed • 100% certification support • 200+ companies connected • 500+ industry mentors (Salesforce, Oracle, Infosys, HCL, Microsoft, L&T, Mahindra, NTPC, Reliance, Sun Pharma)
Step 1 — Discovery: figuring out what they actually needed
Before writing a single line of code, our team at BRC Web sat down with the Harvinn founders for two long discovery calls. Most LMS vendors throw a 200-feature demo at you and bill accordingly. We did the opposite — we asked what they would actually use in the next 12 months.
After two workshops, the must-have list looked like this: • Course catalogue with categories (Internships, Bootcamps, Short Courses) • Video lessons with progress tracking • Quizzes & assignments per module • Auto-generated certificates with verifiable QR codes • Mentor profiles + 1:1 booking • Razorpay & Paytm payments in INR (with GST invoices) • Coupon codes & referral discounts • Brochure downloads & lead capture • Admin dashboard with revenue, enrolments and drop-off analytics • Mobile-first UI (90% of their traffic is mobile)
We told them what they didn't need just as clearly as what they did. That alone saved roughly 40% of the budget.
Step 2 — The pricing problem we had to solve
Off-the-shelf LMS platforms in India typically cost: • Moodle Cloud / TalentLMS: ₹40,000 – ₹1,20,000 per year + per-student fees • Thinkific / Teachable: $49–$199/month + transaction fees in USD • Custom enterprise builds: ₹8–25 lakhs upfront For a growing EdTech that's already reinvesting every rupee into mentors and content, none of those numbers worked. So we proposed a one-time build with full source-code ownership at a fraction of those numbers — and structured the payment in three milestones so cash-flow stayed healthy.
Step 3 — Building it (without the bloat)
We made deliberate engineering choices to keep the cost down without cutting corners on quality: • React + Vite frontend — fast, SEO-friendly, easy to skin for any brand • Supabase backend — Postgres + Auth + Storage in one, no separate DB hosting bills • Razorpay + Paytm split-payment integration — students pay in INR, instant settlement • Cloudflare CDN + R2 storage for video — pennies per GB instead of expensive SaaS video hosts • Role-based access — Student, Mentor, Admin, Super-admin • Clean component library so future pages take hours, not weeks
End result: an LMS that loads in under 2 seconds on a 4G phone, handles thousands of concurrent learners, and costs Harvinn roughly the same per month as their old WhatsApp-Business + Drive setup — but actually scales.
Step 4 — What's inside the LMS we shipped
The final platform that powers harvinntechnologies.com today includes: 📚 Course management — drag-and-drop curriculum builder, video lessons, downloadable resources, prerequisites 🎓 Student portal — personal dashboard, progress %, upcoming live sessions, certificate wallet 👨🏫 Mentor module — public mentor profiles, calendar booking, 1:1 video session links, mentor payouts 📝 Quizzes & assignments — auto-graded MCQs, manual review for projects, plagiarism flags 🏆 Certificates — auto-generated PDF with unique verification URL + QR 💳 Payments — Razorpay, Paytm, UPI, EMI on cards, automatic GST invoices 🎟 Coupons & referrals — discount codes, referral wallet credits, affiliate tracking 📊 Admin analytics — revenue, top courses, drop-off points, mentor ratings, lead-to-enrolment funnel 🔔 Notifications — Email + WhatsApp Business API for enrolment, reminders, certificates 📱 Fully mobile-responsive — designed mobile-first because that's where students actually learn
The result
Within 90 days of going live, the Harvinn team reported: • 3.2× faster checkout completion (from cart to paid student) • 60% drop in support tickets — students could now self-serve receipts, certificates and re-watch lessons • Time saved on admin work: roughly 25 hours a week across the founding team • Brand consistency — every page, email and certificate now carries the Harvinn purple identity • Ready-to-scale architecture — adding a new course type or batch takes minutes, not days
BRC Web didn't just build us software — they built us breathing room to actually grow. — Harvinn founding team
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Final word
EdTech in India doesn't need bloated SaaS — it needs platforms that respect your budget, your brand and your students. That's exactly what we did for Harvinn Technologies, and it's what we'd love to do for you next. If you're sitting on a Drive folder, a WhatsApp group and a dream of running real courses — let's talk.