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Partnering govts to help people get reskilled: Coursera's Raghav Gupta

He talks about the latest trends, initiatives and the fallout of the pandemic

Raghav Gupta, managing director for India and APAC region, Coursera

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In India alone, comparing the past 30 days (as of May 11) with the same period one year ago, new registrations have risen by 953% and overall enrollments by 1,461%, says Raghav Gupta, on increase in activity post lockdown.

Anjuli Bhargava New Delhi

7 min read Last Updated : May 23 2020 | 11:13 PM IST

The non-stop overload of information, disinformation, memes, jokes, videos and webinars on the Covid-19 pandemic on every mobile device and gadget around the world would make anyone think everyone was up to their ears with the subject. Well, perish the thought.

On February 18, a bit ahead of when it caught collective global attention, online education giant Coursera launched a free course "Science Matters: Let's Talk About COVID-19" curated by Imperial College London on its platform. Since then, 105,000 (12,800 in India) have enrolled for it globally, making it the most popular course on the site in 2020.

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