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Vamsi Krishna on 2020, rise of online education, and 2021; The path ahead for India’s logistics sectoredit
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Drive into the New Year is a YourStory series featuring leaders as they rev into 2021. Today, we have Vedantu CEO Vamsi Krishna in the driver’s seat. Vamsi Krishna on rise of online education vamsi krishna Drive into the New Year is a YourStory series featuring leaders as they rev into 2021.
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WhiteHat Jr student from Odisha clears Microsoft Technology Associate examsedit
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7-year-old Venkat Raman Patnaik, student of WhiteHat Jr, residing at Balangir in Odisha, has cleared the Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA) Examination for Introduction to Programming in Java, JavaScript, Python, HTML and CSS; and for Database Administration Fundamentals.
2021 has the makings of an exciting yearedit
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Byju’s now one of the country’s top startups and it will soon face competition from Embibe which has been bought up by Mukesh Ambani who clearly believes the edutech sector is worth his attention. In the financial sector, even older folks have learnt how to pay with PhonePe or PayTM.
Edtech startup Practically raises $4Mn for its AR and 3D simulations approach to online learningedit
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India’s growing edtech market has invited players that offer varying levels of specialized features. One platform that has managed to make a name for itself in a market dominated by the likes of Byju’s and Unacademy, Practically, has raised $4 million in Pre Series B funding round.
Dhimant Vyas joins BYJU-S as Chief Creative Directoredit
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Edtech company and the creator of school learning app BYJUS has announced the appointment of Dhimant Vyas as Chief Creative Director. As Chief Creative Director, Vyas will be responsible for leading ideation and creation of quality interactive learning experiences for students across products. His focus will be to build and enhance their offerings.
Coding for Kids: Is WhiteHat Jr. muzzling its criticsedit
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WhiteHat Jr was launched in 2018 and acquired by Bengaluru-based edtech startup, Byju’s, in a US $300 million deal in August 2020, Mint reported. Since the merger, the company has drawn criticism on its allegedly unethical and aggressive advertising from tech vloggers and YouTube content creators.
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Outlook 2021: What happened in ecommerce in 2012 is happening in edtech now, says Pankaj Makkar of Bertelsmann India Investmentsedit
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Pankaj Makkar, MD, Bertelsmann India Investments, tells YourStory about the trends that will dominate Indian edtech in 2021: massification and privatisation of education, content production and distribution, and a blended learning approach.
The edtech founder who wants students to discover their innate talentedit
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I spent four years learning something that was not my passion, says serial edtech founder Saxena Six months into his first job, he understood his interest was in education He could see the gaping holes
Meet the Hyderabad students whose fresh ideas won one of the toughest idea-pitching eventsedit
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Even though students are confined to their houses in these Corona times, they’re receiving enough challenges to keep them on their toes. One such opportunity was provided by Metamorphosis-Edu, an EdTech platform, in the form of their third Global Schoolpreneur Summit 2020.
EdTech startup Practically raises $4M from Siana Capitaledit
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Our progress so far is inline with our strategic growth plans and we are very well placed to tap the accelerated growth that the EdTech industry is witnessing today, said Subbarao Siddabattula, Founder & CEO, Practically.
For online classes minus bandwidth challengesedit
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Zermelo Technologies, an award-winning edtech startup announced that its platform ZeClassroom has been designed to conduct online classes in the rural and urban areas where internet and bandwidth availability is a challenge.
Edtech startups want to reform education in Myanmar, but systemic challenges hinder mass adoptionedit
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Hla Hla Win, founder and CEO of a local edtech firm 360ed, agreed that rote learning features prominently in Myanmar’s education system. She said the education system is mostly teachercentric, leaving students to obey the orders of the teachers, with little emphasis on independent thought.
Edtech platform for higher and professional education Enhelion onboards 50,000 students till dateedit
Business World – Online Web
Enhelion, India’s leading edtech platform announced that since inception, it has trained about 50,000 students and professionals across the nation. The company, founded by two lawyers Rodney D Ryder and Ashwin Madhavan in 2013, today offers over 400 online legal and interdisciplinary courses to students and professionals panIndia.
Why 2021 could birth many IPOs by local startupsedit
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Digital education, enterprise software, content and logistics were the biggest beneficiaries, while sectors such as cab and bike aggregation and financial technology struggled to attract capital. Some of the biggest fundraises included $660 million by Zomato; $500 million by Byju’s; $300 million by Firstcry; and $225 million by Dream11.