Tag: edtech
Skill-Lync lays off 200 employees
Skill-Lync, an edtech startup that focuses on engineering education, recently decided to lay off over 200 employees. The company, which is based in Chennai...
Has Byju’s laid off 500- 1000 employees?
Byju’s, the edtech platform, has been trying to streamline operations, cut costs and improve profitability for some time now. As part of its attempts,...
Online higher education platform upGrad to downsize?
Upgrad may let go of hundreds of its employees in the days to come, reported
IANS. If the source is to be believed, people aware...
PharmEasy begins firing employees across various departments
PharmEasy, the Indian healthtech brand, has reportedly laid off employees across various departments. The healthtech startup had cut some jobs earlier this year also.
As...
Companies & sectors that topped the layoff race in 2022
Mass layoffs were quite rampant across the globe in the second half of this year, that is, 2022. The India story was no different.
Leading...
385 jobs cut at Vedantu, leadership take 50% pay cut
Vedantu, the edtech unicorn, has laid off 385 employees from its workforce, taking the tally of those laid off this year to over 1,000....
Teachmint lays off 5% of its workforce
Teachmint, an Indian edtech startup has decided to lay off 45 employees, that is, about five per cent of its total workforce. Without disclosing...
Opportunities for 1000 PhDs at upGrad
upGrad, the higher education company, is all set to launch 10 new campuses globally, with three in the US alone. The Company is on...
After Kerala, is Byju’s forcing its Karnataka employees to resign?
Byju’s, the Bengaluru-based edtech platform is grabbing headlines for all the wrong reasons. It is reportedly forcing resignations out of its employees in Bengaluru.
As...
Another edtech firm follows Byju’s, sacks 130 employees
After Byju’s announced the layoff of 2500 employees in the coming six months, another education technology company, FrontRow, has laid off 130 employees.
The non-academic...
Byju’s to cut 5% of workforce in 6 months
Byju’s, the Indian edtech company has decided to lay off 2,500 employees in the next six months. This is part of an attempt to...
Edtech platform, LEAD, cuts jobs, reduces team size
In a bid to cut costs and focus on profitability, LEAD, an edtech platform, has laid off a significant number of members from its...
Geekster raises $1.30 mn in funding, will expand team & portfolio
Geekster, the career-focused edtech platform has managed to raise $1.30 mn in a pre-series A round led by Inflection Point Ventures. MyNavi Corporation, Japan-based...
Unacademy resorts to cost-cutting measures before IPO
Unacademy, the edtech unicorn, is taking measures to cut costs and focus on profitability. As part of the exercise, its founders and senior management...
Amid industry-wise layoffs, this edtech firm is hiring 500 people
The edtech sector in India is undergoing a series of layoffs especially in the large companies including Byjus’s and all its acquired companies.
However, there...
PrepInsta plans 100% increase in team strength
PrepInsta is gearing for 100 per cent expansion of team. The edtech startups plans to take its present headcount of 50, to at least...
AdmitKard to expand team of 150 by 66% in 4 months
AdmitKard, the edtech startup, which simplifies access to higher education opportunities, is on an aggressive hiring spree. It plans to onboard around 100 employees,...
Unacademy lays off 6,000 as part of cost cutting
Unacademy, the Indian edtech startup, has let go of about 600 employees from its almost 6,000-strong team — about 10 per cent of its...
90+ My Tuition App to expand team by 3,000
Following the launch of 13 state education boards as well as CBSE curriculum on its app, 90+ My Tuition App, the three-year old edtech...
BasicFirst announces ‘Teachers Stock Options’
To celeberate Teachers Day, BasicFirst, the Indian edtech company has decided to announce ESOPs or employee stock options, for its full-time as well as...
Hero Vired announces Scholarship Advantage for higher education aspirants and professionals...
Hero Vired, India’s premium edtech company for professionals and higher education aspirants, has announced Hero Vired Scholarship Advantage to make its top-of-the-line programs accessible...
uFaber to expand team by 1,000 employees, offers WFH roles
The edutech startup, uFaber, is gearing up to expand its team over the next six months. It will take on 1,000 employees in work-from-home...
‘upGrad for Business’ to upskill 1 lakh women in data &...
upGrad for Business, the B2B arm of the South Asian higher edtech company, upGrad, will soon collaborate with corporates to train more than one...
Great Learning to expand team by 1,000 this year
The edtech company will begin by hiring about 300 to 500 people for its new certificate and degree programmes in technology and management, in...
LearnVern raises over USD 1 million funding
Ahmedabad-based edtech platform, LearnVern, has managed to raise more than one million US dollars in funding from international investors. The fund invests in strong...
upGrad introduces flexibility, grants ESOPs
upGrad, the online education firm, has decided to reward its employees for its success in the year 2020, by granting ESOPs or employee stock...
SMEs should be cautious while using AI for L&D
As small and medium enterprises (SMEs) increasingly embrace artificial intelligence (AI) for learning and development initiatives, it becomes imperative to carefully navigate the landscape...
What’re the HR software for small businesses, SMEs and startups?
Human resources (HR) software have come to be indispensable tools for businesses of all sizes, including small businesses, SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises) and...
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Future of talent acquisition in the age of generative AI
If you've been feeling a bit overwhelmed by the buzz surrounding generative AI, you're not alone. Let us face it, our industry is evolving,...
Innovation in insurance recruitment: Tata AIA’s journey towards high volume, top talent acquisition
Tata AIA Life is a joint venture between Tata Sons Pvt. Ltd and AIA Group. The venture merges Tata's leadership in India with AIA's...
Nio plans more job cuts for more efficiency, cost saving
Nio Inc., a Chinese electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer, is considering additional job cuts following its recent announcement of a 10 per cent workforce reduction...
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Neha Alhluwalia elevated to CHRO-India & South Asia, Hitachi Energy
After spending 15 successful years at ABB, Neha Ahluwalia had moved to Hitachi Energy India where she assumed the role of head – HR,...
Tier-2 cities posted better hiring demand than metros
Chandigarh saw 22 per cent drop in hiring year on year (YoY) and three per cent drop month on month (MoM), as per a...
In November, American private firms added only 1,03,000 jobs
With very few jobs being added in the goods and services space, and hardly any being added in the hospitality and manufacturing space, the...
Amazon employee suffers PTSD from work pressure; resigns
After laying off numerous staff members, a former Amazon employee has admitted to experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) induced by work-related pressure.
The employee was...
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Data analytics and not technology will redefine HR
Q. How satisfying has been your professional journey of 39 years?
A. It has been a bagful of mixed experiences. At times I have been...
EQ, IQ & empathy define the success of a CEO
Q. You spent 16 years at LIC before moving to a corporate role at ICICI Prudential. Now, 22 years on, I am still curious...
“The big change has been that we have moved from jobs to skills,” Amaresh...
Q. How would you define the culture at GE?
A. Having been present in this region since 1902, GE has been around for 120 years....
