Unacademy News

Coldplay will return to India after nine years, with performances set for January 18, 19 and 21 next year in Mumbai’s DY Patil Sports Stadium.

The company fired roughly 150 employees in sales and 100 employees in marketing, business, and product.

After reported layoffs of around 250 employees in the latest job cuts, edtech firm Unacademy Co-founder and CEO Gaurav Munjal on Wednesday denied the reports of a possible merger or an outright acquisition, saying "ignore the rumours".

Byju Raveendran, Founder and Group CEO of embattled edtech firm Byju's, faced setbacks as he put himself on a pedestal and stopped listening to anyone, said Gaurav Munjal, Co-founder and CEO of Unacademy on Friday.

Priyanka Chaturvedi, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader, lashed out at e-learning platform Unacademy for firing a tutor after he asked students to vote for "educated candidates".

E-learning platform Unacademy has sacked Karan Sangwan, one of its tutors, who urged students to vote for educated politicians. The news created a big controversy and a debate on social media.

Users on social media have questioned why Unacademy terminated Karan Sangwan, who urged students to vote for "educated candidates" in election.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday questioned ed-tech platform Unacademy's decision to terminate the employment of one of its tutors for urging students to vote for "educated candidates" in elections.

Manu S Pillai, a historian, was portrayed as an engineer in an advertisement for a company.

Earlier today, ed-tech platform Unacademy's CEO Gaurav Munjal shared a video of his family and pet dog being evacuated on a tractor after his residential society was flooded.

Japan's SoftBank Investment Advisers and US-based JP Morgan hosted a meeting between large mutual fund houses and 10 unicorns, including Swiggy, and Unacademy, which are keen on going public within 3 years, sources said.

Social media giant Facebook on Wednesday joined others such as General Atlantic and Sequoia India for a fresh $110 million round of funding into one of India's fastest growing education technology start-up Unacademy.

The edtech start-up said that it would utilise the funding to further penetrate into the test preparation categories, launching more exam categories.

Coldplay will return to India after nine years, with performances set for January 18, 19 and 21 next year in Mumbai’s DY Patil Sports Stadium.

The company fired roughly 150 employees in sales and 100 employees in marketing, business, and product.

After reported layoffs of around 250 employees in the latest job cuts, edtech firm Unacademy Co-founder and CEO Gaurav Munjal on Wednesday denied the reports of a possible merger or an outright acquisition, saying "ignore the rumours".

Byju Raveendran, Founder and Group CEO of embattled edtech firm Byju's, faced setbacks as he put himself on a pedestal and stopped listening to anyone, said Gaurav Munjal, Co-founder and CEO of Unacademy on Friday.

Priyanka Chaturvedi, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader, lashed out at e-learning platform Unacademy for firing a tutor after he asked students to vote for "educated candidates".

E-learning platform Unacademy has sacked Karan Sangwan, one of its tutors, who urged students to vote for educated politicians. The news created a big controversy and a debate on social media.

Users on social media have questioned why Unacademy terminated Karan Sangwan, who urged students to vote for "educated candidates" in election.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday questioned ed-tech platform Unacademy's decision to terminate the employment of one of its tutors for urging students to vote for "educated candidates" in elections.

Manu S Pillai, a historian, was portrayed as an engineer in an advertisement for a company.

Earlier today, ed-tech platform Unacademy's CEO Gaurav Munjal shared a video of his family and pet dog being evacuated on a tractor after his residential society was flooded.

Japan's SoftBank Investment Advisers and US-based JP Morgan hosted a meeting between large mutual fund houses and 10 unicorns, including Swiggy, and Unacademy, which are keen on going public within 3 years, sources said.

Social media giant Facebook on Wednesday joined others such as General Atlantic and Sequoia India for a fresh $110 million round of funding into one of India's fastest growing education technology start-up Unacademy.

The edtech start-up said that it would utilise the funding to further penetrate into the test preparation categories, launching more exam categories.