Byju's is currently dealing with claims exceeding Rs 200 crore from multiple creditors, including Rs 158 crore owed to BCCI
The edtech firm has urged the Court to stay the insolvency resolution process as well as the formation of the Committee of Creditors (CoC)
Byju's owes its creditors - BCCI, OPPO, Surfer Technologies, Cogent E Services, McGraw Hill Education India, and iEnergizer Services - more than Rs 200 crore
Qatar Investment Authority invested in edtech company in 2019 and 2022
For months, lenders have been trying to find $533 million in cash that Ravindran allegedly moved out of the US
Accused of financial mismanagement and compliance issues, the son of family of teachers from a small village in south India faces a reckoning that will test the ingenuity that made him a poster child
Byju's, once valued at $22 billion, is seeking an urgent hearing at NCLAT against the insolvency order by NCLT based on a plea from BCCI over the non-payment of Rs 158 crore
Crisis-ridden Byju's has moved the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) against the recent order of NCLT that allowed cricket board BCCI's petition for initiating insolvency proceedings against the once-famed edtech company, sources said. Sources privy to the development said that the company is seeking an urgent hearing on the matter. Byju's did not comment on the issue. According to sources, Byju's on Thursday moved the appellate tribunal, NCLAT, contesting the recent order of NCLT's Bengaluru bench that had admitted the cricket board's plea to start insolvency proceedings against the parent company Think and Learn, after the edtech firm failed to pay Rs 158.9 crore dues. Founder and CEO Byju Raveendran will report to the resolution professional. NCLT has appointed Pankaj Srivastava as the interim resolution professional. Byju's had previously sponsored the Indian cricket team. Earlier this week, Byju's had said it is hopeful of reaching "an amicable settlement" with
Sources say the company may approach NCLAT in the next few days
Byju's has suffered numerous setbacks in recent years, including boardroom exits and a tussle with investors
Byju's, which has denied mismanagement, says the investors don't have the power to vote out its CEO
Byju's, founded by teacher Byju Raveendran, was valued at $22 billion at its peak but ran into financial and legal problems after its business dried up
Byju's insolvency proceedings were triggered by BCCI's claim of unpaid dues amounting to Rs 158 crore
The edtech firm has paid April, May salaries but is yet to make full payments for February and March
The Bengaluru-based law tribunal told Byju's to pay the outstanding salaries to its employees irrespective of whether it has access to the funds raised through its rights issue
The ongoing year will be the best period in terms of growth and profitability for Unacademy, the co-founder and CEO of the edtech company, which has laid off 250 employees, said on Wednesday. Amid claims that the edtech company is up for sale, Unacademy Co-Founder and CEO Gaurav Munjal in a social media post asserted that the management is building the company for the long run. "There is a lot being said about Unacademy currently. To set the record straight, Unacademy will have its best year in terms of growth and profitability. We also have many years of runway. We are building Unacademy for the long run," Munjal said on social media platform X. The company has laid off around 250 employees comprising 150 sales personnel who were asked to leave for not meeting performance criteria, according to sources privy to the development. A source said that the company had laid off only about 100 employees and they have been given severance packages while sales employees have to leave for no
The edtech firm's US-based lenders have filed a plea to prevent the company from pledging, selling or transferring its shares
Byju's recently moved the Karnataka High Court challenging the order of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) restraining it from going ahead with the second rights issue
Labour Minister Santosh Lad revealed that approximately 160 to 200 employees had approached the Labour Department, with total outstanding dues amounting to around Rs 4.5 crore
Munjal questioned Raveendran's leadership and his ability to take feedback