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Updated on: Mar 2024
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ED conducts searches at Byju’s over alleged FEMA violations
Industry

ED conducts searches at Byju’s over alleged FEMA violations

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has conducted searches at the Bengaluru-located residence and offices of Edtech major Byju’s CEO Raveendran Byju in connection with the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) violations. What is Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA)? It is a set of regulations that empowers the Reserve Bank of India to pass regulations and enables […]

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Byju’s employees in Kerala “asked to resign” forcefully
Industry

Byju’s employees in Kerala “asked to resign” forcefully

On Tuesday, a group of Byju’s employees met V Sivankutty, Kerala labour minister alleging that the edtech giant was forcing more than 170 staffers to resign. Byju’s is looking forward to discontinuing its operations and will be closing its office in Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala). However, the affected are been provided relocation opportunities in Bengaluru by the company. A […]

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Byju’s to layoff 2500 employees
Layoffs

Byju’s to layoff 2500 employees

As per the company’s statement, A global ed-tech company, Byju’s will be laying off nearly 5 percent of the workforce or 2,500 employees. The company said the layoffs are a step to cut costs and achieve overall profitability. It added that lay off of employees will be across the departments to cut costs. The layoffs will not […]

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Byju’s appoints Rachna Bahadur to lead global expansion plans
C-Suite Move

Byju’s appoints Rachna Bahadur to lead global expansion plans

Byju’s, an Edutech firm has announced the appointment of Rachna Bahadur as Senior Vice President to lead the global expansion plans. According to the company statement, “In her new role, Rachna will lead the overall planning, strategy, and roadmap for Byju’s expansion in new and existing markets.” “In addition to designing Byju’s next growth phase, creating […]

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Byju’s acquires WhiteHat Jr for USD 300 mn
Merger & Acquisition

Byju’s acquires WhiteHat Jr for USD 300 mn

Education technology firm Byju’s has acquired WhiteHat Jr, a startup focused on imparting coding skills to kids, for USD 300 million (about Rs 2,240 crore). Byju’s, which is valued at USD 8 billion to kids as per an independent report, said coding is fast emerging as a key skill for the future and the acquisition […]

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