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SVKM’s NMIMS appoints Dr. Kaiwan Mehta as Dean of Balwant Sheth School of Architecture

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SVKM’s NMIMS has announced the appointment of Dr. Kaiwan Mehta as Dean of Balwant Sheth School of Architecture, Mumbai. Dr. Kaiwan Mehta’s professional journey of over 23 years spans the roles of an educator, researcher, trainer, consultant, and institution builder. With his multidisciplinary commitment to research and development, he holds proficiencies in the fields of Architecture (B. Arch), Literature (MA), and … Read more

SumTotal, a Skillsoft Company, Announces Strategic Partnership with Udemy Business

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SumTotal Systems, a Skillsoft  company and global leader in talent acquisition, onboarding, learning management, and talent management solutions, today announced it has entered into a strategic partnership with Udemy Business, the corporate training division of Udemy (Nasdaq: UDMY), a leading destination for learning and teaching online. Through this, SumTotal becomes the first Learning Management Experience Platform … Read more

Ednovate, Ed-tech Startup raises fund for growth plans to operate PAN India

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Dr. Vinay Jain of Witty Group of Institutions has invested an undisclosed amount in Mumbai-based edtech startup Ednovate in a Series A fundraising round. Other angel investors in the round were Ajay Sarupria and Kaushik Mehta. The new funds will be utilised to grow the company’s operations in India and around the world. In the … Read more

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

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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

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

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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

iNeuron acquires YouTube Influencer Hitesh Chaudhary’s Learn Code Online

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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

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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.

BYJU’S named Vedhanarayanan Ganeshkumar as VP – Technology

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BYJU’S, the leading edtech business, today named Vedhanarayanan Ganeshkumar as Vice-President, Technology, as part of its drive to further enhance its technology vertical. BYJU’S has been investing in the powerful synergy of technology and innovation by scaling its robust tech staff as a tech-driven worldwide leader in education. This new appointment is part of BYJU’s … Read more