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Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Amid dismal core-business revenue, the edtech startup’s hybrid model of learning has fallen short of expectations.
Savankumar Darure sounds defeated over the phone. This is our fourth conversation in nearly a month and I’ve heard his tone change from disbelief and anger to disappointment and disillusion. Darure is the founder and chairman of Late Balasaheb Darure International School and Junior College in Maharashtra’s Mallewadi village. His life has turned upside down in the last three months.
“I don’t want anything from [Vedantu]. We can’t do anything about the time students have already lost. It should just return their money. That’s it,” he says.
On 31 August, edtech startup Vedantu shut down its hybrid business in Maharashtra …
AI is set to disrupt the sector. While the path ahead looks tough for legacy publishers like S Chand Publishing and Arihant Publications, things don’t look encouraging for others in the industry either.
Co-founders Alakh Pandey and Prateek Maheshwari made Physics Wallah the company it is today by keeping their focus on the digital media, test-prep business. With fresh funds at its disposal after the IPO, it is making the mistake of believing it is an education company.
As AI advances rapidly, leadership, judgment and strategy matter more than ever. Today’s MBA is evolving to shape leaders for an AI-led world.
