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Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
In the face of intensifying competition and shrinking profits, the FIITJEE founder’s aggressive tactics have only deepened the cracks in the three-decade-old test-prep chain.
FIITJEE, one of India’s oldest and largest coaching chains catering to the joint entrance examination for admission to engineering courses, has been at the centre of controversy for the past few weeks.
To start with, it faced criticism for withholding employee salaries for two months. Before the issue even subsided, a front-page ad in a major national daily sparked outrage.
The ad claimed that all toppers of Delhi-NCR in JEE Main 2024—with perfect scores—were FIITJEE’s long-term classroom programme students and then called out a female student for missing the perfect score by a mere one-hundredth of a point because she …
Physics Wallah’s desperate pursuit of growth has led to another bold announcement. The latest move centres around one of India’s most competitive test-prep pockets.
Four years after Bodhi Tree’s investment, the test-prep giant remains caught between a slowing legacy business and growth bets that are still in their infancy.
AI is set to disrupt the sector. While the path ahead looks tough for legacy publishers like S Chand Publishing and Arihant Publications, things don’t look encouraging for others in the industry either.
