Edtech firm Vedantu cuts 385 jobs in fourth round of layoffs this yearThe company had previously laid off 100-full time employees from its sales team in July and another 624 full-time and contractual employees...
07 Dec, 2022, 06.33 PM IST
Over 22,000 techies lose jobs in US, more than 12,000 in Indian startupsStartups now say it is much more difficult to raise new funding in this gloomy environment.
03 Jul, 2022, 11.21 AM IST
Over 50K startup employees stare at job loss as India prepares for 200 unicornsNearly 12,000 startup employees have been shown the door to date, let by companies like Ola, Blinkit, BYJU's (White Hat Jr, Toppr), Unacade...
30 Jun, 2022, 09.37 PM IST
Cars24 fires 600 employees across departmentsCars24, backed by Japan’s SoftBank and Alpha Wave Global, has joined a growing list of startups such as Unacademy, Vedantu, and Meesho that...
19 May, 2022, 08.23 PM IST
Edtech unicorn Vedantu lays off 200 employeesAbout 120 of these employees were on contract while 80 were full-time employees, Vedantu told ET. Almost all were from the company’s academ...
05 May, 2022, 08.59 PM IST
Indian unicorns set to continue their hiring spree in 2022Meesho, Acko, Razorpay, Zeta, Spinny, Apna, Vedantu and Cred are among those looking to scale up their teams by up to 100 per cent in the c...
16 Jan, 2022, 04.39 PM IST
Omicron unlikely to impact unicorns’ hiring spreeIndian unicorns – led by the newly-minted ones – are set to continue their hiring spree in 2022, with the third wave of Covid-19 unlikely t...
12 Jan, 2022, 03.25 AM IST
Tech-savvy teachers pick edtech startups over return to schoolStudents might enthusiastically be heading back to school for in-person classes but at least some of their teachers are choosing to continu...
18 Nov, 2021, 12.45 PM IST
Indian startups' hiring spree continues amid record funding this yearThere are nearly 70 unicorns — startups valued at $1 billion or more — in India and these are likely to create 125,000-160,000 white-collar...
27 Oct, 2021, 06.56 PM IST
Growth-stage startups set to create about 100,000 white-collar jobs in 2021The estimate is based on the recruitments done by these companies till the end of August and their hiring plans for the rest of the year.
23 Sep, 2021, 06.00 AM IST
Unicorns, soonicorns on a hiring spree as Covid-19 accelerates digital adoptionDuring the pandemic, the unicorns offered jobs to more than 45,000 people, while soonicorns hired nearly 20,000.
10 Jul, 2021, 06.44 AM IST
Bigger green shoots in white-collar job marketCapgemini, Whirlpool, Tata Steel, Vedanta, Philips, Nestle, Deloitte, Livspace, PepsiCo and Myntra were among the companies that told ET th...
03 Nov, 2020, 10.07 AM IST
A class apart: Ed-tech sector steps up hiring as online learning booms during pandemicThe companies have also been witnessing steep growth in business for the past six months, as thousands of new users signed up for online co...
15 Sep, 2020, 06.54 AM IST
Situations Vacant: 12,000 jobs on offer in edtechThere are currently around 12,000 active openings for permanent job roles across levels at leading edtech companies, according to an estima...
03 Jun, 2020, 03.59 PM IST
Ed-tech firms go on hiring spree, look at creating 3,000 new jobs next yearThis sector has attracted more than $1.5 billion of investments. The most recent investors include Facebook, Tiger Global, Matrix Partners ...
10 Mar, 2020, 12.37 PM IST
When a Virat Kohli shot becomes a maths lessonByju was a student in a Malayalam-medium school who learnt English through football and cricket commentary on BBC radio.
16 Jul, 2017, 10.34 AM IST
Students aren’t too young nor too busy to E-learn; Edureka, Vedantu offer coursesExperts say online classes bridge the gap between small town students and larger cities making it a high potential market.
10 May, 2014, 09.17 PM IST