In Karnataka, women employees to get one day menstrual leave every monthKarnataka has become the first state to approve a comprehensive menstrual leave policy, granting women in government and private sectors on...
10 Oct, 2025, 05.35 PM IST
The downfall of India’s hot startup is wiping out US debtholdersByju's, India’s most valuable startup, faced a corporate collapse after borrowing $1.2 billion in the US. Legal issues arose when $533 mill...
19 Jan, 2025, 04.23 PM IST
Byju’s empties offices; Made-in-India AI modelsCash-strapped edtech firm Byju’s is vacating multiple offices and tuition centres countrywide as part of a cost-cutting drive. This and mor...
11 Mar, 2024, 07.40 PM IST
The downfall of Byju's: How the world’s most valuable learning app became a trapThe group is facing an acute liquidity crunch. Amid mass layoffs and deep losses, the former billionaire founder has sold his homes to pay ...
11 Jan, 2024, 10.54 AM IST
Star founder Byju Raveendran broke down in tears as crises engulfed Byju’sByju Raveendran, founder and CEO of education-technology start-up Byju's, has been in crisis mode since his company was raided in late Apri...
27 Jul, 2023, 12.43 PM IST
Byju’s reverses decision to close product development centre in ThiruvananthapuramCompany reiterates its commitment to Kerala, says it will pursue a growth strategy in the state
02 Nov, 2022, 07.53 PM IST
Byju’s CEO emails sorry to staff for not so ‘smooth’ layoffsByju Raveendran also acknowledged in his internal e-mail that the process was “not as smooth” as the company intended. ET has reviewed a co...
31 Oct, 2022, 09.45 PM IST
Bengaluru employee union alleges Byju's forcing resignations; company denies claimsA Bengaluru-based union of IT sector employees has flagged “massive retrenchment” drive at the company where the company staff is being ask...
29 Oct, 2022, 08.39 PM IST
Byju’s picks up Rs 300-crore loan from subsidiary AakashLast week, Byju’s closed a financing round of $250 million from existing investors, including Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), which led t...
27 Oct, 2022, 09.04 PM IST
Kerala orders probe as Byju's closes its office, sacks staffByju’s had earlier said it would “rationalise” about 5% of its 50,000-strong workforce across departments such as product, content, media a...
27 Oct, 2022, 08.45 AM IST
A unicorn in the making, Centre writes to Meta over WhatsApp outage, and morePrivate equity giant Apis Partners is expected to lead the round and join in as a new investor. Apis is expected to invest roughly $65 mill...
27 Oct, 2022, 07.41 AM IST
View: The world is looking at India to show the way in EdTechWhat is common among these edtech unicorns? The founder of PhysicsWallah (PW), Alakh Pandey, comes from a modest background in Allahabad, s...
14 Jun, 2022, 10.21 AM IST
TiEcon Delhi - NCR conclave to focus on learnings from CovidHere entrepreneurs can showcase their ventures, meet investors, engage with government organizations, network with business experts and exp...
22 Jan, 2021, 03.46 PM IST
Kerala assembly passes resolution against the three Central farm laws demanding its withdrawal31 Dec, 2020, 11.49 AM IST
Byju's targets Rs 1300 crore revenue next year"We will close this year with a revenue of Rs 520 crore, over 100 % growth over previous year. Next year we hope to touch Rs 1200 -1300 cro...
21 Mar, 2018, 04.22 PM IST
How 8 students helped Byju Raveendran build his multi-crore edtech businessByju’s secured $145 million from investors last year, cornering about 82 per cent of the total funding raised by domestic edtech startups.
23 Jun, 2017, 11.25 AM IST
Byju Raveendran lesson for startups - Love your work"Success is about making a positive impact. I am an engineer by chance, teacher by choice and an entrepreneur by chance. I did not start th...
13 Apr, 2016, 04.00 AM IST