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Welcome to Qbend, a platform operated by Qbend Digital Content India Private Limited ("Qbend", "Company", "we", or "us"). By accessing or using Qbend's products, services, or software-enabled solutions ("Qbend Services"), you  (‘user(s)’) agree to comply with and be bound by the following Terms of Service, as well as our Privacy Policy and any other applicable policies or guidelines.  

1. Acceptance of Terms

By using Qbend Services, you confirm that you are at least 18 years old and legally capable of entering into a binding contract. If you are using Qbend Services on behalf of an organization, you represent that you have the authority to bind that organization to these Terms.

We may update these Terms periodically. If we make significant changes, we will notify you through appropriate channels. Continued use of Qbend Services after such changes constitutes your acceptance of the new Terms. By visiting and using this site you accept and agree to be legally bound by these terms of Service, including any future modifications, and to abide by all applicable laws, rules and regulations. By subscribing to or interacting with other User(s) on or entering into negotiations in respect of sale or supply of goods or services on or using the Website in any manner for any purpose, you undertake and agree that you have fully read, understood and accepted the Agreement. If you do not agree to or do not wish to be bound by the Agreement, you may not access or otherwise use the Website in any manner. 

2. Privacy 

Your privacy is important to us and we are committed to ensuring security of the same. We provide a notice explaining our online information practices and about the way your information is collected and used at this Site. You may access our Privacy Policy at https://qbend.com/privacy-policy , which forms a part of these Terms of Use.

3. Account Registration and Security

To become a registered User(s) of the Website a proper procedure has been made available on the Website which is for the convenience of User(s). User(s) can become registered User(s) by filling an on-line registration form on the Website by providing the required information (including name, contact information, details of User(s) business, etc.). Qbend will establish an account ("Account") for the User(s) upon successful registration and will assign a user alias ("User ID") and password ("Password") for log-in access to the User(s)’s Account. Qbend may at its sole discretion assign to User(s) upon registration a web-based email or messaging account (“Email Account”) with limited storage space to send or receive emails or messages. Users will be responsible for the content of all the messages communicated through the account. User(s) registering on the Website on behalf of business entities represent and warrant that: 

(a) they have the requisite authority to bind such business entity this Agreement; 

(b) the address provided by such User(s) at the time of registration is the principal place of business of such business entity; and 

(c) all other information provided to Qbend during the registration process is true, accurate, current and complete/ 

User(s) agree that by registering on the Website, they consent to the inclusion of their personal data/their organization’s information in Qbend’s on-line database and authorize Qbend to share such information with other User(s). Qbend may refuse registration and deny the membership and associated User ID and Password to any User(s) for whatever reason. Qbend may suspend or terminate a registered membership at any time without any prior notification in interest of Qbend or general interest of its User(s) without assigning any reason thereof and there shall arise no further liability on Qbend of whatsoever nature due to the suspension or termination of the User account. User(s) registered on the Website are in no manner a part of or affiliated to Qbend.

User(s) further agree and consent to be contacted by Qbend through phone calls, SMS notifications or any other means of communication, in respect to the services provided by Qbend.

User(s) agree to provide accurate and complete information during registration and to keep this information up-to-date.

User(s)are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials and for all activities that occur under your account. Notify Qbend immediately of any unauthorized use of your account.

4. Services Provided by Qbend:

Qbend Digital Content India Pvt Ltd (“Qbend”) provides specialized educational and training services in collaboration with IITM Pravartak Technologies Foundation (Technology Innovation Hub of IIT Madras). The services offered by Qbend include:

• Delivery of instructor-led live online training programs focused on Cloud Computing, DevOps, and associated emerging technologies.

• Provision of structured learning paths comprising lectures, hands-on labs, case studies, and real-world projects.

• Access to Qbend’s Learning Management System (LMS) for course content, assignments, quizzes, session recordings, and project submissions.

• Conducting internal assessments, quizzes, and a capstone project to validate student learning outcomes.

• Issuance of a joint certification upon successful course completion, co-branded with IITM Pravartak and Qbend.

• Placement readiness support services such as resume-building workshops, interview preparation guidance, and soft skills enhancement sessions (optional and based on availability).

• Email and chat-based learner support for academic and technical assistance during the course tenure.

Qbend reserves the right to modify, enhance, or discontinue specific course features, components, or delivery methods based on academic updates, industry trends, or collaborative agreements with IITM Pravartak.

5. Use of Qbend Services

You agree to use Qbend Services only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms. You shall not:

• Use Qbend Services in any manner that could disable, overburden, or impair the platform.

• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to any part of Qbend Services.

• Use any automated means to access Qbend Services without our prior written consent.

6. User Content

Qbend Services may allow you to submit, post, or share content ("User Content"). You retain ownership of your User Content but grant Qbend a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, modify, and display such content as necessary to operate and improve Qbend Services.

Some content displayed on the Website is provided or posted by third parties. User(s) can post their content on some of the sections/services of the Website using the self-help submit and edit tools made at the respective sections of the Website User(s) may need to register and/or pay for using or availing some of these services.

User(s) understand and agree that Qbend in such case is not the author of the content. User(s) further understand and agree Qbend is not responsible for the accuracy, propriety, lawfulness or truthfulness of any third party content made available on the Website and shall not be liable to any User(s) in connection with any damage suffered by the User(s) on account of the User(s)’s reliance on such content. Qbend shall not be liable for a User(s) activities on the Website, and shall not be liable to any person in connection with any damage suffered by any person as a result of any User's conduct.

User(s) solely represent, warrant and agree to:

(a) provide Qbend with true, accurate, current and complete information

(b) maintain and promptly amend all information provided on the Website to keep it true, accurate, current and complete.

User(s) hereby represent, warrants and agree that User(s) shall be solely responsible for ensuring that any material or information posted by User(s) on the Website or provided to the Website or authorized by the User(s) for display on the Website, does not, and that the products/services represented thereby do not, violate any Third Party Rights,  and ensuring that it is posted with the permission of the owner(s) of such Third Party Rights. User(s) hereby represent, warrant and agree that they have the right to manufacture, offer, sell, import and distribute the products offered and provide the services displayed on the Website, and that such manufacture, offer, sale, importation, distribution and rendering of those products/services violates no Third Party Rights.

User(s) agree that they will not use Qbend Content and/or Qbend’s Services to send junk mail, chain letters or spamming. Further, registered User(s) of the Website agree that they will not use the Email Account to publish, distribute, transmit or circulate any unsolicited advertising or promotional information. 

 User(s) further hereby represent, warrant and agree (i) to host, display, upload, modify, publish, transmit, store, update or share ; or (ii) submit to Qbend for display on the Website or transmit or sought to be transmitted through Qbend’s Services content, material or information that does not and shall at no point:

i. Contain fraudulent information 

ii. Belong to another person and to which User(s) do not have any right to;

iii. Be part of a scheme to defraud other User(s) of the Website or for any other unlawful purpose;

iv. Be intended to deceive or mislead the addressee about the origin of such messages or knowingly and intentionally is used to communicate any information which (i) is patently false or grossly offensive or menacing/misleading in nature but may reasonably be perceived as a fact; or (ii) harass a person, entity or agency for financial gain or to cause any injury to any person;

v. Violate any applicable law, statute, ordinance or regulation (including without limitation those governing export control, consumer protection, unfair competition, anti-discrimination or false advertising);

vi. Be defamatory, abusive libellous, unlawfully threatening, unlawfully harassing, grossly harmful, indecent, seditious, blasphemous, pedophilic, hateful, invasive of another’s privacy, including bodily privacy, racially, ethnically objectionable, disparaging, relating or encouraging money laundering or gambling, leading to breach of confidence, or otherwise unlawful or objectionable in any manner whatever;

vii. Be vulgar, obscene or contain or infer any pornographic products/services or any other content or otherwise promotes sexually explicit materials or is otherwise harmful to minors;

viii.  Promote discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age;

ix. Contain any material that constitutes unauthorized advertising or harassment (including but not limited to spamming), invades anyone's privacy or encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any law or regulation;

x.  Solicit business from any User(s) in connection with a commercial activity that competes with Qbend

xi. Threaten the unity, integrity, defence, security or sovereignty of India, friendly relations with foreign states, or public order or causes incitement to the commission of any cognisable offence or prevents investigation of any offence or is insulting any other nation;

xii. Contain any computer viruses or other destructive devices and codes that have the effect of damaging, interfering with, intercepting or expropriating any software or hardware system, data or personal information or that are designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer resource;

Qbend reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove any material/content displayed on the Website which in Qbend’s reasonable belief is unlawful or could subject Qbend to liability or in violation of the Agreement or is otherwise found inappropriate in Qbend’s opinion. 

In connection with any of the foregoing, Qbend reserves the right to suspend or terminate the Account of any User(s) as deemed appropriate by Qbend, at its sole discretion. User(s) agree that Qbend shall have no liability to any User(s), including liability in respect of consequential or any other damages, in the event Qbend takes any of the actions mentioned in this provision.

User(s) understand and agree that the Website acts as a content integrator/collaborative platform and is not responsible for the information provided by User(s) displayed on the Website. 

User(s) represent that user(s) have all necessary rights to grant this license and that your User(s) Content does not infringe any third-party rights.

7. Intellectual Property

Qbend is the sole owner and the lawful licensee of all the rights and Website and its content (“Website Content”). Website Content means the design, layout, text, images, graphics, sounds, video etc. of or made available on the Website. All title, ownership and intellectual property rights in the Website and the Website Content shall remain in Qbend, its affiliates or licensors of the Website content, as the case may be. All rights, not otherwise claimed under this Agreement by Qbend, are hereby reserved. Any information or advertisements contained on, distributed through, or linked, downloaded or accessed from any of the services contained on the Website or any offer displayed on or in connection with any service offered on the Website ("Website Information") is intended, solely to provide general information for the personal use of the User(s), who fully accept any and all responsibility and liabilities arising from and out of the use of such Information. Qbend does not represent, warrant or endorse in any manner the accuracy or reliability of Website Information, or the quality of any products and/or services obtained by the User(s) as a result of any Website Information.

8. Termination

We reserve the right to suspend or terminate your access to Qbend Services at our sole discretion, without notice, for conduct that we believe violates these Terms or is otherwise harmful to other users or Qbend.

9. Disclaimers and Limitation of Liability

The Information is provided “as is” with no guarantee of completeness, accuracy, timeliness or of the results obtained from the use of the Information, and without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including, but not limited to warranties of performance, merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, that this Website and its Content is free of viruses and other harmful components or that this Website and its Content is accurate or error free. We do not guarantee that Qbend Services will be uninterrupted or error-free.

 Nothing contained in the Agreement shall to any extent substitute for the independent investigations and the sound technical and business judgment of the User(s). You acknowledge that Qbend is not liable for any delays, inaccuracies, failures, errors, omissions, interruptions, deletions, defects, viruses, communication line failures or for destruction, damage or unauthorized access to your computer system or network or for any losses caused due to any breach/misinformation provided by the Users on the Website. For the avoidance of doubt, it is clarified that Qbend is not responsible or liable for the information/products/services/opportunities listed on the Website, and not liable for any loss caused therefrom or any defamatory, offensive or illegal conduct or material found in connection with this Site and its Content, including such conduct or material transmitted by any means by any other person.

In no event shall Qbend be liable for any damages, including without limitation, direct, indirect, incidental, special, punitive, or consequential damages of any kind whatsoever with respect to Qbend’s Services. 

User(s) hereby acknowledge that any reliance upon the Information shall be at their sole risk and further understand and acknowledge that the Information has been compiled from publicly aired and published sources. Qbend respects the rights of such entities and cannot be deemed to be infringing on the respective copyrights or businesses of such entities. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Qbend shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, or consequential damages arising out of or related to your use of Qbend Services.

Qbend reserves the right, in its sole discretion and without any obligation, to make improvements to, or correct any error or omissions in any portion of the Information. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Qbend shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, or consequential damages arising out of or related to your use of Qbend Services.

Under no circumstances shall Qbend be held liable for any delay or failure or disruption of the content or services delivered through the Website resulting directly or indirectly from acts of nature, forces or causes beyond its reasonable control, including without limitation, Internet failures, computer, telecommunications or any other equipment failures, electrical power failures, strikes, labour disputes, riots, insurrections, civil disturbances, shortages of labour or materials, fires, flood, storms, explosions, Acts of God, natural calamities, war, governmental actions, orders of domestic or foreign courts or tribunals or non-performance of third parties. 

The total liability of Qbend or the Company shall not exceed Rs. 10,000/-.

10. Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of India. Any disputes arising under these Terms shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

11. Contact Information

For any questions or concerns regarding these Terms, please contact us at support@qbend.com.

12. Severability

If any provision of these Terms is found to be unlawful, void or unenforceable under any applicable law, then such provision is deemed severable from the other Terms and does not affect the validity or enforceability of  the remaining provisions.

13. Variation Of Terms

Qbend is permitted to revise these Terms at any time as it deems fit, and by using this Website you are expected to review these Terms on a regular basis.

14. Entire Agreement 

These Terms constitute the entire agreement between Qbend and you in relation to your use of this Website, and supersede all prior agreements and understandings.