Education & Training
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 2 min readMobile-first learning management platform, Byndr has raised US $700,000 seed funding from the Education Design Studio (Ed-tech accelerator at the University of Pennsylvania), Ben Franklin Technology Partners, and a group of angel investors. The firm will utilize these funds to expand its sales and development team and grow the product scope in terms of giving ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 1 min readAn edu-tech startup, Stoodnt has managed to pump funding of Rs 2 crore from Rajan Anandan, MD, Google India. The recently floated startup bridges the gap between students and admission counselors and education institutes by providing them an online platform to facilitate their interaction.Recently fetched investment will be utilized in enhancing it users’ experience, strengthening ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 2 min readIn its recently concluded funding round, Byju has managed to secure US $50 million funding. The round was co-headed by Mark Zuckerberg’s and Priscilla Chan’s investment arm The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) and Sequoia Capital and was followed by other investors such as Sofina, Lightspeed Ventures, and Times Internet Ltd.Pumped-up by the funding round, the ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 1 min readBaba Ramdev, India’s Yoga Guru, has once again requested the HRD Ministry to setup Vedic Education Board which will work alongside the existing education system. Earlier, Ramdev had put the similar request in front of Smriti Irani, Former HRD Minister, but after giving a second thought on the proposal, she had dismissed the request.However, the ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 1 min readFixNix has taken the cover off from its mega project ‘FixNix University’ to fetch talent from small town and villages. The move can be marked as an inspiration from Zoho University and its founder Sridhar Vembu’s effort in mobilizing talent from polytechnics.FixNix University has been launched as a non-academic initiative to create talent to build ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 1 min readPaytm, India’s leading online payment solution provider is now gearing up to support engineering students. In its latest bid, the company will be rolling out #StartInCollege scholarship programme to back the engineering students who have enrolled on digital incubator startup village or SV.CO's website.As per the company’s selection procedure, first students will be shortlisted from ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 1 min readBaba Ramadev is gearing up to churn the wheels of the education industry of India. The man, who rocked the Indian retail market with his brand Patanjali, is now aiming to setup a university in India which can give a tough run to many global players in this domain. Recently, the Indian Yog Guru revealed ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 2 min readFastudent.com has launched India’s first and only B2B2C DIY education e-commerce platform. It has partnered with more than 200 education institutes to help them create their own customized virtual shops - using the Fastudent exclusive technology platform.Branded e-stores for education institutes are activated in less than 48 hours on the Fastudent proprietary platform. The education ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 1 min readEducation services company Educomp Solutions is divesting its entire shareholding in Vidya Mandir Classes. The company has entered into negotiated settlement with ICICI Bank. It has 67 per cent stake in Vidya Mandir Classes, which is a subsidiary of Educomp Learning Hour Private Limited. The company said sale of shares was exclusive security of the ICICI ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 2 min readIndia has approached Malaysia to help modernise Islamic education system and prevent radicalisation of youths. Delhi expressed its keenness to learn from Kuala Lumpur's best practices when Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi visited Delhi last week. PM Narendra Modi expressed interest in learning from Malaysia's de-radicalisation initiatives.Delhi would likely be ...