Byju's: The Teacher Who Got Schooled
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The India education dream backed by tech is not a noble or a new idea to the business ecosystem. It dates back over four decades to 1981 with N I I T being set up by Rajin Jhbava and Vijay Thirani which then suffered its own share of setbacks during the dot-com bust. Ten years later Shantanu Prakash Miragu at it and established a company called Edukam. But sadly that company was more in the news for fraud and bankruptcy than spreading tech literacy. Cut to now. By Jews, Ravindran steps in the scene nearly two decades ago. The small town boy who cracked the cat had all the ingredients and more importantly the timing
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