The Teaching Machine

CAN A TEACHER-TURNED ENTREPRENEUR CHANGE THE WAY LEARNING IS BEING LOOKED AT? ANSWERS INDIA’S FIRST BILLION DOLLAR EDTECH UNICORN, BYJU’S

 

Though education and technology so far haven’t come on the common ground, a teacher feels technology can revamp learning. And he is not interfering with the education system, or how teachers have been teaching over the years. His aim is to instill the concept of self-learning among the students.

Byju Raveendran calls himself a self learner too. A couple of minutes into the conversation with Raveendran you will know he loved Maths and Science so much so that he always found ways to learn the chapters outside the curriculum. The love made him so passionate about the subject that his friends started approaching him for help after the school hours. Raveendran’s popularity spread word of mouth and friends further got their friends to come and learn the subject from him. Probably this is the reason the company started getting popular by the name BYJU’S.

As per Raveendran, “I didn’t start to start a business. I used to teach my friends. Then the number increased so I couldn’t continue doing it from the terrace or a friends’ dining hall. We booked a classroom. There was no business plan as such that I will start something in education.” Raveendran started it as whim when he came to India for a vacation while he was still working as a mechanical engineer overseas, and never went back. All his friends were in Bengaluru and some were appearing for the CAT. They came to him for help knowing that he’s good in Maths. In fact, Raveendran also appeared for the CAT twice and scored 100 percentile.