Competition
Unacademy Road Safety World Series to kickstart on March 2edit
Exchange 4 Media Iwmbuzz News 18 – Online Web
Unacademy Road Safety World Series T20 gets underway at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium in Raipur from 2nd March to 21st March, 2021. The series that was launched last year had come to a halt after four games on March 11, 2020, due to COVID19 worldwide outbreak.
Road Safety World Series 2021 To Have Unacademy As Title Sponsors, Jio As Digital Partnersedit
Republic World – Online Web
While the competition had to be halted after just four matches due to the COVID19 situation in the country, the organisers have confirmed their plans of completing the tournament this year. Unacademy and Jio also have come on board as title sponsors and digital partners respectively for the league.
10 Major Upcoming IPOs to Watch in 2021edit
Good Returns – Online Web
BYJU’s, India’s leading education site, soared to prominence during the pandemic. It is backed by Lightspeed and Sequoia and has a $10.8 billion valuation and has 70 million registered users. Byju’s can go public by listing itself both in India and the US on stock exchanges.
How startups are realigning edtech, healthtech, communications, other sectors with pandemic challengesedit
The Financial Express – Online Web
This could further provide the necessary impetus to online education technology platforms such as Simplilearn, Eruditus, INurture, TalentSprint, and BYJU’s, as they can license their platform and focus on content & pedagogy. The teachers will also require a certain level of training to be able to utilize these platforms and technologies effectively.
Industry
Wanted to get the voice of Indian language speakers on the internet: Koo CEOedit
The Indian Express – Online Web
We started working on this app since November 2019. We wanted to get the voice of Indian language speakers on the internet. Existing platforms focus on the 1 per cent who speak in English. We launched in March 2020, which coincided with COVID, Aprameya Radhakrishna, CEO and cofounder for Koo told indianexpress.com over a call.
SKILL MONKS Continues To Add EdTech Firms To Its Skilling Platformedit
Business World – Online Web
The company has added seven leading Edtech companies to its skilling platform. Driving permanence to online training and making global learning content accessible SKILL MONKS, India’s integrated market place continues to add more to the existing base of quality Edtech companies to cater to the existing demand for high quality online training programs across different domains.
Remote learning isn’t just for the kidsedit
Money Control – Online Web
There are many outlets experimenting with ways to get a handle on the online adult education marketplace, including community colleges and universities, for profit learning platforms, workshop providers and non-profit organizations. (EDTECH)
Live Learning: an effective tool for teachers, learnersedit
Telangana Today – Online Web
Live Learning, an EdTech venture founded by Krishna Gupta in 2020, offers free and anytime, anywhere classes. The web-based application enables teachers to teach on a hassle-free platform and provides them with the necessary tools and resources to make teaching fun and stress-free.
Global Accelerator Y Combinator Backs Bengaluru-based EdTech Startup Codingaledit
India Education Diary – Online Web
Bengaluru-based Codingal, an online coding platform for K12 (school) kids, today said it has been selected in USbased Y Combinators W21 cohort. Launched in September 2020, Codingal delivers highquality coding education with allstar teachers selected only from Computer Science background.
Despite strict instructions by govt, Diksha app finds only a few takersedit
The Times of India – Online Web
While several districts have shown the download numbers up to the mark, the inspection of the Diksha apps dashboard had a different story to tell. While several districts have shown the download numbers up to the mark, the inspection of the Diksha apps dashboard had a different story to tell.(LEARNING APP)