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While 2020 has been a challenging year by all means, it will go down in the history to have made the fastest sprint in the education industry in the 21st century across the ecosystem— the Government of India unveiling the New Education Policy, educational institutions enabling their faculty towards readiness for online classes in record time and students across all ages adopting online education as a way of learning. The recent developments made the time perfect for us here at Entrepreneur magazine to showcase India’s Edu-Warriors. So, here we are talking about founders transforming education. Our criteria was four fold a) look at how quickly was the turnaround time for these companies to enhance their operations to reach a larger audience during the pandemic period. B) looking at how much impact they have been able to create by reaching an increased number of learners c) are they still attracting outside investors are willing to buy into their vision of creating something for a long-term and d) measure the real outcome of their solutions. Read on to find out how these edupreneurs are scoring big.
UPSKILLING AND RESKILLIG WORKFORCE OF THE FUTURE
MAYANK KUMAR, MD AND CO-FOUNDER, UPGRAD
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