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Russia-India business dialogue at SPIEF: Energy, transport, information technology, science & education in focusRussia and India convened at SPIEF to boost economic ties. Discussions focused on joint projects in energy, transport, IT, science, and edu...
Diversity hiring jumps 21% despite slowdown in white-collar recruitment: founditWhite-collar hiring in India saw a slowdown in May 2026. However, diversity hiring experienced a substantial surge. This trend highlights a...
upGrad appoints Deepesh Dhakad as Chief Product and Technology OfficerEdtech firm upGrad has appointed Deepesh Dhakad as its new Chief Product and Technology Officer. Dhakad will lead product, design, and tech...
Know the categories: ET AI Awards 2025 spans 46 categories across innovation, functional excellence, leadership, and special awardsWith Innovation & Impact, Functional Excellence, Leadership, and Special Awards as its four pillars, the ET AI Awards 2025 presents 46 dist...
Gautam Thakar steps down as head of Prosus’ global edtech verticalThakar oversaw Prosus’ investments in companies such as OLX Brazil, Takealot in South Africa, Stack Overflow and Brainly in the US, Goodhab...
Expansion goals: Coaching biggies and edtech cos catering to K-12, JEE, NEET and CUET segments move beyond faculty warsAllen, Infinity Learn by Sri Chaitanya, Motion Education and Career Point are among those beefing up their leadership teams, with talent no...
Tech Mahindra appoints Richard Lobo as its chief people officerLobo served as an “exclusive” advisor to troubled edtech Byju’s and was with Infosys for 23 years before that.
Byju’s appoints Arjun Mohan as India CEO; incumbent Mrinal Mohit on way outInternally, the decision was announced on Wednesday. Mohit is leaving after spending nearly 10 years at Byju's. He was a close lieutenant o...
Prosus undertakes internal reorganisation, appoints separate leaders for edtech and food deliveryAs part of the reshuffle, Larry Illg, who was acting as the chief executive of the combined segment (food delivery and edtech), will be ste...
FIR filed against 4B Networks founder Rahul Yadav; Prosus announces org changes, shuffles top deckMumbai Police’s Economic Offences Wing (EOW) has registered an FIR against 4B Networks founder Rahul Yadav and senior executive Sanjay Sain...
Blume Ventures elevates Arpit Agarwal, Sajith Pai as investment partnersAgarwal, who joined Blume in 2014, heads the emerging tech vertical at the firm, including electric vehicles and climate tech. Pai, along w...
Scaler appoints Manish Pansari as senior VP to strengthen data science, machine learning verticalsPansari will lead the data science and machine learning business, providing differentiated and aspirational offerings for technical skillin...
Khan Academy India appoints Swati Vasudevan as the country directorSwati Vasudevan, an engineer from IIT Delhi and an MBA from Chicago Booth, started her career as a field engineer, working on oil rigs with...
Physics Wallah makes two new acquisitionsThe acquisitions have come at a time when Physics Wallah is eyeing new acquihires this year, as it looks to expand geographically, strength...
Soonicorns building up executive muscleOffer sweetened deals to draw in senior leaders amid expansion, launches and listing plans.
Mercer|Mettl has appointed Amit Pal Singh as CTO to lead its technology and engineering functionsAs the CTO, he will be working closely with business, product, and operations to align technology with the organisation’s objective. He is ...
Harappa looks to double its headcount in FY22Harappa, a homegrown edtech startup, is looking to grow its team by two times by adding nearly 150 new employees in FY22 across verticals, ...
Simplilearn expands senior leadership team with four new appointmentsSimplilearn, an online bootcamp for digital economy skills training, has announced the appointment of four senior leaders to further streng...
Byju’s to Unacademy, Indian edtech startups step up hiring in 2021Seven leading edtech startups—Byju’s, Talentedge, upGrad, Unacademy, Simplilearn, Udemy and Scaler—plan to nearly double their total headco...
Edtech firms chalk out aggressive expansion plans amid revenue, signups boostUpgrad and Toppr are looking at doubling their headcount by the end of this fiscal year from 1,000 and 1,500 respectively. Simplilearn and ...