Meet Anita Kishore, the strategist behind Byju's global acquisitions

While the organic growth continues to be strong for Byju's, the edtech giant sees inorganic routes including acquisitions as another pillar for growth and expansion, says chief strategy officer Anita

In 2006, Byju Raveendran, now the celebrity tutor-turned-tech entrepreneur, visited Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI) in Mumbai to deliver a session related to maths for competitive exams. In the audience was also mechanical engineering student Anita Kishore.

“It was brilliant. I really liked the session and the way he approached and thought about math,” said Kishore. “I went up to him and asked him to take a few more sessions. I told him there is ‘an auditorium and 500 students in our college and I would make sure to fill it up.”

Attending that first session was a turning point