aakash educational services ltd
5 ARTICLES
The Aakash saga and its many winners and losers
Manipal Group scion Ranjan Pai has converted his debt for a 40% stake in the test-prep company, as Byju’s inches closer to losing its crown jewel.
28 Jan 2024
Red flags in Byju’s still-incomplete Aakash acquisition
Through a Singapore-based company he owns, CEO Byju Raveendran owns a significant portion of the offline tutor, the only profitable business in the house.
19 Jan 2023
‘We felt that with Byju’s, we can redefine competitive coaching’
Aakash Chaudhry, in his most detailed interview since the acquisition of Aakash Educational Services by Byju’s, speaks about why he said yes to the deal, why he never considered joining forces with Unacademy, and the hybrid future of edtech.
20 Apr 2021
Indian edtech’s irrational exuberance
If the Indian edtech opportunity is worth billions of dollars (eventually), how is it that so many education technology startups are on sale today?
18 Feb 2021
Why ‘offline’ Aakash will give Byju’s the edtech edge
A deal between the two education biggies will signal the emergence of a hybrid model in the industry.
15 Jan 2021