A teacher-turned-tech entrepreneur who developed a learning app is India's newest billionaire, media reports say.
A teacher-turned-tech entrepreneur's path to becoming the newest member of India's billionaire's club was made clear by following what worked.
Raveendran launched his company Think and Learn Private Ltd. with the plan to offer online lessons to students in 2011, according to a company press release. The company then launched an app, BYJU'S - The Learning App, in 2015. "Amongst school-going students especially, memory-based learning has been mostly driven by fear of exams rather than the love for learning," Raveendran told ABC."We wanted to inculcate love for their studies through the use of technology."
Raveendran grew up in a small town in the southern Indian state of Kerala and trained as an engineer, the company told ABC News.
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