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Vedantu announces technology to bring down cost of online learning

Ai Live will give Vedantu an edge over competitors Byju's, Unacademy, Simplilearn, UpGrad and Amazon Academy, says company.

Online higher education, lifelong learning mkt to hit $5bn by 2025: Redseer

Relaxation in rules governing degrees, supply-side capacity gap will be key drivers of this growth, going forward

Scaler buys edtech firm AppliedRoots for $50mn to expand online courses

Last year, Scaler acquired Coding Minutes and CodingElements, both online tutors.

Lockdowns and learning curve: Digital access doubled, but outcomes uneven

With schools having been closed for long periods, learning has inevitably taken a hit

Star-studded startup Socialswag gets IMEF on board for next stage of growth

Its promoters and founders include celebrities such as actors Akshay Kumar and Rana Daggubati as well as tennis ace Mahesh Bhupati among others

Working with AWS to meet growing demand for online learning: upGrad

upGrad has moved the vast majority of its IT infrastructure to AWS, a move that has helped the higher education technology provider rapidly scale to meet the burgeoning demand for online education

Vedantu announces buyback of ESOPs worth $3 mn for eligible employees

Founders will not participate in buyback

Vedantu, Australian design firm Canva tie up to tap creativity in students

The two launch a first-of-its-kind Design Challenge in India, with a bootcamp to educate scholars on essentials of creativity and design thinking

Meet Byju's content team, which is helping children learn better using tech

A talented and diverse team of experts and technologists collaborate to write the scripts for content and video at the world's most valuable edtech company

WhiteHat Jr's music lessons for all ages; customised course for 18-plus set

Pandemic has shown how music can uplift one's health and wellbeing, help bond with others and offer several cognitive benefits for older adults, says the company

Larsen & Toubro launches new app-based learning platform

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) on Friday announced the launch of a new application-based learning platform to help create industry-ready talent. L&T EduTech a new industry-led, application-based, practical oriented learning platform, strongly rooted in technology, will straddle the entire gamut of engineering & technology verticals to help create industry-ready talent, the company said in a statement. L&T EduTech aims to future-proof L&T's businesses and bridge the gap that exists today between the competence of young engineers and industry expectations, it said. L&T EduTech will channelise L&T's storehouse of knowledge and expertise gained of having executed some of the most complex and demanding projects over the decades to empower both students and professionals with real world professional skilling to enhance their employability, the statement said.

Hybrid learning here to stay, like work: Re­port by PwC and CII

The management of the institutes are actively looking to partner with edtech firms, according to the report

Learning disabilities

Govt must reopen primary schools immediately

Google-backed Cuemath appoints former Swiggy COO Vivek Sunder as CEO

As a chief operating officer, Sunder had scaled Swiggy's business manifold.

Aakash transforming into hybrid edtech firm after Byju's $1 bn acquisition

Aakash Educational Services will launch 106 new centres across the country in the next 5 months including reaching Tier-3 and Tier-4 cities and towns.

India's edtech firms aim global as a massive consolidation plays out

Some players are worrying about factors that could topple over this nascent edifice

Ed-tech giant Byju's eyes $1 billion revenue in US in three years

Byju's has quietly moved into other global markets such as the UK, Australia and New Zealand

New crop of niche edtech players help solve less obvious problems

Some use behavioural science and cognitive skills to help execs level up across crucial career cusps, others bank on AI-enabled counselling for students

A tune of the times: Online classes hit the right note amid Covid blues

Virtual distance helps aspiring musicians to shed their inhibitions and reach out to learn from the best

Vedantu ties up with AI-based interactive digital books platform Pedagogy

The Tiger Global-backed edtech firm intends to make Pedagogy's unique product accessible to Vedantu's 30 million students at an affordable price.