Byju’s better half
Wearing multiple hats—teacher, entrepreneur, content developer, mother—Divya Gokulnath has helped build India's largest edtech company.
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Back to school
As we increasingly rely on online education, the network is the lynchpin connecting teachers with students.
Unacademy raises $150 mn from SoftBank, others
The deal values the Bengaluru-based edtech company at $1.45 billion, making it the latest entrant to India’s $1-billion valuation club.
Re-imagining digital education
If digital education is to be made more accessible, we may need to think of changing the way online teaching, learning, and evaluation is designed, and delivered.
The myth of the deserted campus
While online versus classroom is an interesting debate, the former is not the ‘new normal’ for education.
Covid-19 forces institutions to explore virtual teaching
In the future, online content will be integrated into the regular course curriculum as the education sector transforms with the introduction of new age pedagogy like flipped classrooms.
Upskilling is the new insurance for your career
The spread of automation is making roles more dynamic with jobs evolving at a faster pace than before. To survive and thrive, individuals will have to stay alert to emerging opportunities.
Coursera targets 100 million learners in 2-3 years: CEO
CEO Jeff Maggioncalda says India is the second-largest country after the U.S. in terms of number of users on the platform, and it is betting on a freemium model to boost its business in the country.
Edtech firm Vedantu raises $42 million
Marquee investors Tiger Global and WestBridge Capital led the Series C round of funding, which also saw participation from Prince Maximilian of Liechtenstein.
Flying into the future
Are flying cars a fantasy? No, says innovator and computer scientist Sebastian Thrun, who is making automotive technology accessible to Indian students through his online education startup Udacity.
