Page 4 - Online Learning

Kalpathi Group's ed-tech arm Veranda acquires Chennai Race for Rs 100 cr

New brand Veranda Race will initially offer online training programmes for Banking, Staff Selection Commission and TNPSC; also plans course content in 11 Indian languages by December 2021

Edtech player Great Learning scouts for start-ups in inorganic growth push

Firm has seen a 10x spike in user base since lockdown as companies such as Maruti and IndiaMart have tied up with it for employee training programmes

upGrad buys The Gate Academy, to invest Rs 100 cr in test prep business

Bengaluru-based TGA operates 57 coaching centres across the country

With 9.8 mn online learners, India ranks second in global list: Coursera

The United States ranks on top with 14 million learners. Those which lag behind India include Mexico with 3.8 million students, China with 3.5 million and Brazil with 3 million

WFH, e-learning fuel demand for big investments in digital infra: Trai head

Sharma said that creation of robust telecom infrastructure - a capital-intensive sector -- will play a key role in seamless connectivity, which is essence of true digitisation

Gradeup eyes 10 mn monthly users by FY21-end, in talks for raising funds

Online exam preparation firm Gradeup has seen strong growth over the last few months as students logged onto digital platforms to continue studies amid the COVID-19 pandemic-related lockdowns

IIM Lucknow to start virtual classes on August 4 over Covid-19 concerns

Recently, IIM Calcutta also announced that it would start online classes for its students on August 10.

Byju's trumps rivals as Covid-19 fast-tracks ed-tech growth in India

Lockdown saw huge rise in the number of page views, new users

In a first, edtech firm upGrad launches online blended degree programmes

To offer BBA, BCA, MCA, MBA and LLM with Jamia Hamdard, O P Jindal Global University

Covid-19 crisis puts growth of online education space on fast track

Live tutoring firm Vedantu cashing in as coaching classes remain shut amid lockdown

Creativity can't be transferred through online classes: Ex Isro chairman

The National Education Policy, 2019, draft committee chairperson stressed the need for face-to-face contacts, interactions, exchange of ideas and thoughts as he backed the traditional mode

How an 80-year-old publishing house is reinventing itself with technology

In the next two-three years, around 30 per cent of S. Chand's group revenues will come from digital products, asserts its MD Himanshu Gupta

Arvind Singhal: The man who feels the pulse of internet businesses

As he joins live tutoring platform Vedantu, he is expected to play a crucial role for the firm's future growth trajectory

Edtech firms make hay amid Covid-19 as blended learning becomes new normal

They are betting on blended learning being the new normal in the post-Covid world, thanks to a more receptive and savvier customer emerging from the crisis

3 in 5 Indian professionals to spend more time on online learning: LinkedIn

The time spent in viewing LinkedIn Learning content by Indian professionals has jumped up by 176 per cent in the past two months

Upgrade your skills, acquire a hobby with digital learning during lockdown

From enhancing professional skills, to film-making to piano lessons, online learning platforms have become go-to places for those suffocated by the current curbs on movement

Before change in FDI rules, Chinese invested millions in Indian tech firms

Between January and April 2020, Chinese companies and US hedge funds raised their stakes in Byju's, Paytm and many other billion-dollar Indian technology companies

Classes in Cloud: Online teaching becomes order of the day amid lockdown

With the lockdown in force, live online teaching has become the order of the day, report Peerzada Abrar and Sai Ishwar

Bolo to ePathshala: World Bank releases resource list for online learning

The list, which compiles learning platforms also marks Indian technologies which are facilitating distance education in the times of the pandemic

Technology to soft skills: Some emerging trends in B-school education

Let us now take a look at possible scenarios in the Indian business education sector