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SIDBI Partnered With Vijaybhoomi University For Skill To Enterprise Module

Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) has partnered with Vijaybhoomi University under its “Mission Swavalamban” campaign to promote entrepreneurial education for skilled youths who are interested to pursue entrepreneurship as preferred career choice. SIDBI has signed a MoU to train and nurture aspiring youth to venture into entrepreneurship. Vijaybhoomi University will develop a curated course to … Read more

Foreign Admits Raises Rs 3.26Cr From Unicorn India Ventures and others

ForeignAdmits, an overseas study help firm based in Bengaluru, has raised Rs 3.26 crore from Mumbai-based early-stage fund Unicorn India Ventures (UIV) and other investors. The round included Beerud Sheth, founder of Gupshup, Zishaan Hayath, founder of Toppr, and Keshab Panda, former chief executive officer of L&T Infotech. ForeignAdmits intends to use the additional funds … Read more

Edtech Startup iNurture Raises $15 Mn In Funding

ADM Capital has invested $15 million in loan and equity for Bengaluru-based edtech firm iNurture. As part of the arrangement, iNurture’s current investor VenturEast will exit the company, and ADM Capital will take over its shares. The new funds will be used to expand iNurture’s National Education Policy 2020 (NEP) programmes, improve its technology stack, … Read more

BYJU’S-Led Great Learning Acquires Singapore education firm Northwest Executive Education

Great Learning, a subsidiary of BYJU’S group, has bought Singapore-based Northwest Executive Education for around $100 million in stock and cash. Northwest, founded in 2015 by Mohit, Tamhant, and Singhvi, provides executive education in a variety of fields, including management, leadership, technology, healthcare, and innovation. It claims to have over 50 countries represented among its … Read more

Global Brand For Educational Games, Skillmatics Raises Us$ 16 Million Series B

Skillmatics, a global brand for children’s educational games and resources has raised US$16 million in Series B funding, led by Sofina with participation from existing investors, Sequoia Capital India and Jalaj Dani Family Office. The funds will be used to strengthen Skillmatics’ presence in the US, expand the brand’s product offerings to new age groups … Read more

upGrad for Business adds Ketaki Kadekar and Dolphy Dias across key Leadership positions

upGrad for Business (uGB), the B2B branch of Asia’s higher edtech behemoth upGrad, has added to its executive leadership team with significant recruits to support the expansion of its outcome-based learning approach for Indian corporations. The addition of Ketaki Kadekar as Director of Customer Success and Growth and Dolphy Dias as Director of Sales to … Read more

Byju’s will spend $200 million to extend its hybrid tuition model

Byju’s, India’s largest ed-tech firm, plans to invest $200 million to expand and grow its hybrid tuition business. Over the next two years, the infusion will take place. “We have USD 200 million to invest over the next two years for use in exponential expansion of the ‘Tuition Centre model,” Himanshu Bajaj, head of Byju’s … Read more

Edtech giant Vedantu sacks 200 employees

Vedantu, the edtech behemoth, has laid off 200 people. This news comes nearly seven months after the Tiger Global-backed firm joined the unicorn club. With this statement, the Bengaluru-based company joins over a half-dozen other growth-stage startups that have lately let off a major portion of its personnel. While Vedantu claims it is part of … Read more

EdTech Startup Mindler Raises USD 200K in Pre-Series a Round

Mindler, leading EdTech platform for career guidance and planning, has raised its Pre-Series A round of $1.5 million from investor groups associated with Edupreneur Village, Ecosystem Ventures, Inflection Point Ventures, and Chennai Angels. Edupreneur Village has invested $200K through its partner nVentures, a Singapore based VC Fund. Edupreneur Village (part of Sri Aurobindo Society) is … Read more

JAIN (Deemed-to-Be University) Announces New Program in Artificial Intelligence and Data Engineering

JAIN (Deemed-to-be University), in association with Futurense Technologies, has launched a new Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) programme in Computer Science and Engineering with a specialisation in Artificial Intelligence and Data Engineering. This course will be focused on providing students with a new way of learning through immersive model of teaching! Every medical college in the … Read more

ARAI and Chitkara University Sign MoU to Offer BE Program in Automobile Engineering

With the need for sustainable mobility solutions gaining a lot of ground and the Government of India pitching in by incentivizing the adoption of EV and Hybrid Electric vehicles, the need for professionals who can handle these emerging technologies is on the rise. To support the initiative of Government, Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) has tied … Read more

Bodhi Tree Systems invests $600 Mn in Kota-based ALLEN Career Institute

ALLEN Career Institute (ALLEN) and Bodhi Tree Systems have announced a strategic partnership with the goal of building the world’s most admired and trusted education brand. ALLEN is an education powerhouse with an unparalleled track record of success in the world’s most competitive college entrance examinations and Olympiads. ALLEN has a pan-India footprint with a growing … Read more

Edutech Start-up ‘First In Class’ Launches Free Education Platform for One Lakh Martyrs Families

First In Class edutech platform has signed an MoU with Rotary India Literacy Mission (RILM) to create the largest free-of-cost edutech initiative in India and the world. One Lakh (1,00,000) tablet PCs will be distributed free-of-cost. All the tablets will be loaded with fully functional e-learning platforms also free-of-cost provided by First In Class. This is being done … Read more

Pearson acquires leading online language learning platform

Pearson, the world’s leading learning company, today announced it has acquired Mondly, a global online language learning platform. The acquisition will allow Pearson to offer a full range of ways for people to learn and prove their English skills – adding online self-study to its existing diagnosis and learning tools and assessment portfolio. Mondly is … Read more

upGrad Vietnam Launches Bilingual Courses and Local Partnerships to Spearhead Country Growth

upGrad, Asia’s higher EdTech major with a strong presence across the APAC doubles down on the Vietnam region to address the strong local demand for digital-first education, as the country heads towards Industry 4.0. The Edtech major has recently appointed Ex-OYO Dushyant Dwibedy as the Vietnam Country Head with a mandate to build a strong … Read more

iNeuron acquires YouTube Influencer Hitesh Chaudhary’s Learn Code Online

iNeuron, India’s leading affordable technology education EdTech company, has acquired a 100 percent stake in YouTube Influencer Hitesh Chaudhary’s initiative ‘Learn Code Online.’ Hitesh Chaudhary has over 700,000 education subscribers on his channel, will also come on board as the Chief Technology Officer of iNeuron. LCO (Learn Code Online) will now be managed by iNeuron … Read more

‘Samsung Smart School’ Programme Launched At Navodaya Schools

At Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV) schools across the country, Samsung has launched its new flagship global citizenship programme, ‘Samsung Smart School.’  The Samsung Corporate Social Responsibility Program, which is part of Samsung’s ‘Together for Tomorrow! Enabling People’ vision, aims to develop tomorrow’s leaders by providing less-privileged students in India with access to the benefits of digital education and Samsung’s own transformative innovations. At its initial year, the programme is being tested in ten JNV schools.   In Varanasi, Gwalior, Raipur, Udaipur, Kangra, Sambalpur, Faridabad, Dehradun, Patna, and Dhanbad, Samsung Smart Schools have been established in JNV schools.  Many of these schools are found in rural areas surrounding major cities. Entrepreneur News Network Bureauentrepreneurnewsnetwork.com

Pernod Ricard India Foundation in partnership with the TISS Launches India’s 1st Academic-Corporate Fellowship Program for Transgender Persons

Pernod Ricard India Foundation today announced its partnership with the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), and the Collective Good Foundation (CGF) to launch India’s first Academic-Corporate Fellowship Program for the transgender community. This program will systemically enable transpersons from underserved communities across India to craft their career paths in the corporate world. With inequitable access to education and … Read more

Vedantu named in Nikhil Rungta as Chief Growth Officer

Nikhil Rungta has been appointed as Chief Growth Officer of Vedantu. Rungta will report directly to Vamsi Krishna, CEO and Co-Founder, and will be in charge of growing and driving growth across all business divisions. Brand, social, and digital marketing, strategic partnerships, public relations, and YouTube will all be part of his remit. Rungta will … Read more

Cuemath named Varun Jha as Chief Marketing Officer

Varun Jha has been named the new Chief Marketing Officer of Cuemath, a global math tuition platform. Jha will play a key part in Cuemath’s success by planning, developing, and implementing the brand’s strategic marketing strategy. He will also play a key role in the company’s global expansion. Jha is a consumer Internet industry veteran … Read more