Competition
Unacademy, Dream11 eye IPL 2021 title rightsedit
Hindi Business Standard – Online Web
The appointment of Bjyu’s as an International Cricket Council (ICC) partner for three years this week has left two players in the ring for the 2021 title sponsorship rights of the Indian Premier League (IPL) – edtech firm Unacademy and IPL 2020 title sponsor Dream11, sources in the know have told Business Standard.
Matter of Mind: Beating the burnout is ultimate need of houredit
The Financial Express – Online Web
Unacademy, an online education platform, has launched UCARE, a health and safety initiative to provide Covid19related relief and support to all its employees and their dependents.
Industry
Watch that lesson, homieedit
The New Indian Express – Hyderabad
Venture Intelligence report states that the investment in India’s EdTech start-ups was $1.5 billion in 2020 The Great Un-Lockdown: Indian EdTech report stated that India’s online education platforms raised over $4 billion in 2016-20
Upgrad entering govt competitive exam prep space, setting up Jeetedit
Business Standard – Bangalore
Upgrad, an online upskilling platform for working professionals, is entering the government competitive exam preparation space with a new subsidiary, Upgrad Jeet, and targetting a large pie of the ~40,000-crore market.
NEAT 2.0: The Future of Online Learning after COVID – 19edit
India Education Diary – Online Web
Professor MP Poonia indicated NEAT 2.0 helps to verify, aggregate, and deliver EdTech solutions directly to the students, thus giving them a huge choice to select a technological requirement that will suit their requirements, which will, in turn, improve the overall learning outcome.
Cyber threats in online education sector increased by 60% in H2 2020edit
Tech Hindustan Times – Online Web
Talking more about the online threats in the education sector, the report states that Zoom was the most popular software to lure users. According to a new report by Kaspersky, the educational sector continues to attract the attention of cybercriminals on the Internet, during the time of Covid19.
Commit To Online Learningedit
The New Indian Express – Online Web
One of the mantras to emerge successful through an online learning platform is to create a study space and staying committed to it. This must sound very simple and basic, but the implications are far more serious and meaningful, if taken in the right sense and spirit.
‘I wanted to try something more universal’edit
The New Indian Express – Chennai The New Indian Express – Bangalore The New Indian Express – Hyderabad
says author Kevin Missal on retelling the Sinbad story and his foray into EdTech. Seema Rajpal gets us the scoop on his next We are ever-so-slightly miffed with Kevin Missal and we tell him that right away. there is a character in there that went to India,” says the 24-year-old with delight