Earlier this month, Byju’s—the lone unicorn in Indian edtech—hit a massive milestone. In a press release, the company announced that it had turned profitable, achieving a net profit of Rs 20 crore ($2.8 million) on revenues of Rs 1,341 crore ($187.7 million). Over the past decade, Byju’s, its purple and white logo, and its ever-expanding arsenal of teaching tools have become synonymous with India’s edtech scene. Circa 2010, however, there was a very different sheriff in town—Educomp.
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The bricks in India’s edtech wall
From Educomp at the turn of the decade to Byju’s today, India’s edtech scene has changed tracks. As companies target every level of learning, even offline players are waking up to the digital wave engulfing them
