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Krishna Vedati named as Byju's president for global growth and strategy

He will report to co-founder and CEO Byju Raveendran and join the company's executive committee

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For the past nine years, until the company’s acquisition by Byju’s in 2021, Vedati was CEO of Tynker, a creative coding platform for grades K-12 used by eighty million youth worldwide.

Peerzada Abrar Bengaluru

2 min read Last Updated : Jun 29 2022 | 1:53 AM IST

Edtech giant Byju’s has made senior leadership changes, naming Krishna Vedati as president of global growth and strategic initiatives.

Vedati, the co-founder and CEO of Tynker, which teaches children coding, will report to co-founder and CEO Byju Raveendran. He will join executive committee of Byju, the company.

Srinivas Mandyam, co-founder and chief technology officer of Tynker, will replace Vedati as CEO. Kelvin Chong, Tynker’s co-founder and chief architect, will take up the expanded role of CTO. Byju’s acquired Tynker last year as part of its US expansion.

“With more than 150 million users on our personalized learning platform, it is

Topics : Byju Raveendran Byju's EdTech

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