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Experts Join hands For Tech Enabled Sollutions

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 1 min read

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi has joined hands with industry experts to create tech-enabled solutions. The initiative will be part of the first edition of ‘Industry Day’ which will be held on September 23, and is aimed at breaking down silos to catalyse academic-industry collaborations.Speaking about the annual technical exposition V Ramgopal Rao, Director, IIT ...

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Rao Edusolutions Bags Fund From Avendus Capital

Opportunity India Desk Jan 25, 2018 - 1 min read

Educational coaching services provider Rao Edusolutions Pvt. Ltd, which operates under the brand name Rao IIT Academy, has raised structured debt worth Rs 55 crore ($8.6 million) from Avendus Finance, the credit solutions arm of Avendus Capital. Rao Edusolutions will use the credit to scale up its coaching services business and refinance existing loans, Avendus ...

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knowledge-sharing startup Vokal acqui-hires quizzing app

Opportunity India Desk May 31, 2018 - 1 min read

Vernacular knowledge-sharing platform Vokal has acqui-hired StupidChat Technology Pvt. Ltd, which runs a quizzing app. Vokal co-founder Aprameya Radhakrishna confirmed about the development. The transaction was first reported by The Economic Times, which said it was a stock deal. The report quoted Vokal co-founder Mayank Bidawatka as saying that StupidChat had gained a healthy traction ...

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Three IT giants Join hands to save Kashmir education

Opportunity India Desk Jun 02, 2018 - 2 min read

Three IT majors, Microsoft, Tech Avant-Garde and Efee Online have joined hands to help conflict-ridden Kashmiri students to make up for their academic losses due to frequent shutdowns and curfews in the insurgency-ravaged state. The three firms have partnered with the Private Schools Association of Kashmir (PSAK) in starting an online education system in Jammu ...

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Mukesh Ambani's Jio eyes long-term revenue with more educational programmes

Opportunity India Desk Jun 28, 2018 - 3 min read

With the aim to help tie in long-term revenue for the Mukesh Ambani-led mobile phone operator, Reliance Jio Infocomm plans to offer a range of online tutorials and vocational training programmes aimed at children, middle and high school students. According to people familiar with the matter, the telco's content team is strategising ways to introduce ...

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5Paisa.com launches free online school for financial literacy

Opportunity India Desk Jul 04, 2018 - 3 min read

In an effort to help young Indians build wealth, 5Paisa.com, India's only e-commerce player in financial products space, has launched the country's largest free online school on investment, reaching over one million users at its launch. The new initiative  5P School - is available both on its website 5Paisa.com and 5Paisa Mobile App. India is ...

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Education services firm NSPIRA raises $75 mn from Morgan Stanley PE, BanyanTree

Opportunity India Desk Jul 12, 2018 - 1 min read

NSPIRA Management Services Pvt. Ltd, which offers services in the education sector, has raised $75 million (around Rs 515 crore) from Morgan Stanley’s private equity arm and mid-market PE firm BanyanTree Capital. VCCircle was the first to report last month that Morgan Stanley had roped in BanyanTree as a co-investor to ink what would rank ...

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Formula 1 ties up with MIT for technology and business education series

Opportunity India Desk Jul 25, 2018 - 2 min read

Formula 1 is partnering with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to teach executives about technology and innovation on race days. Formula 1 and MIT will jointly create a technology and education series. The organisers of top-tier motorsports series is launching the F1 Extreme Innovation Series with MIT Sloan Executive Education. The program will be ...

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More than 89% Users Willing to Pay for Education Apps in India: GMC Calibrator Mobile EdTech Report

Opportunity India Desk Dec 20, 2018 - 2 min read

Gray Matters Capital, an impact investor focused on investing in enterprises working to improve access to affordable quality education and employability in India, has released a report titled 'Efficacy of Mobile EdTech in India: Mapping User Engagement to Learning Outcomes' outlining the key learning. The report is based on the hands-on work done by Gray ...

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Gradeup crosses 13 million registered users on its platform

Opportunity India Desk Mar 07, 2019 - 2 min read

Keeping in line with its goal to simplify the exam preparation journey & make it effective for aspirants leading to better scores; Gradeup, India’s largest preparation platform for competitive exams, has announced the growth of its exam-specific community to 13 million registered users. The company has crossed this milestone within a span of just 3.5 ...

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