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The evolution of edtech: Much more than a union of education and technology

Forbes India's special package this fortnight is on education—online and offline, school and home, urban and rural, real and fake. Plus, is a duopoly emerging in edtech, and a lot more

A masterclass in edtech

Two seasoned venture capitalists—GV Ravishankar and Rajan Anandan of Sequoia, India's biggest VC fund, decode the A to Z of edtech. Subscribe to Forbes India's new digital, print, or print-and-digital plans for the full cover story

Headmasters of edtech: Why Sequoia Capital bets big on the sector

Sequoia Capital's first edtech investment was 15 years ago—from then to now, the sector has evolved significantly—and today it has over a dozen investments in the sector, including heavyweights Byju's and Unacademy

Healthy competition drives innovation: Byju Raveendran

The founder of Byju's, India's most-valued startup after Paytm, insists his competition is not with other edtech players but with the education system

We won't settle for No. 2: Unacademy's Gaurav Munjal

The cofounder and CEO of the edtech startup is aiming to unseat Byju's to take the No. 1 spot in the sector, and is counting on the bumper 2020 year to continue outperforming rivals

We don't own a piece of the founder: GV Ravishankar

The managing director of Sequoia Capital says they prefer to see treat their investments as partnerships rather than ownership, and his job is to govern not rule

In a Byju-Unacademy world, what will the small players do?

With the two heavyweights garnering the fair share of the market pie and investments in India, and both on an acquisition spree, what will it take for small players in the edtech sector to survive? We find out

Beating Bharat's edtech blues: When you're poor in the digital education era

On the other side of the billion-dollar edtech boom are children who have been unable to access the most basic forms of online education, and people who have been trying to bridge the digital divide

The power of zero: Making mathematics fun

How a bunch of startups is trying to make math appealing by killing the fear of the subject among students

The state of liberal arts education in India

Colleges offering these courses in India have begun to gain ground, but for them to truly shine on the global map, they must be cognisant of the country's culture and challenges

Is India ready for home schooling?

Concerns over a monotonous, formal education system coupled with edtech's innovative approaches bolster the homeschooling proposition over traditional schooling. But is India ready for it?

Focus not on how much children are learning. Emphasis is on the startup valuation and how much funding it gets: Super30's Anand Kumar

The founder of Super30, a program to deliver free coaching to IIT aspirants, 30 students from the poorest families, says the focus in edtech should remain on learning, without which, it's just a business; more on why India needs more passionate teachers

Meet America's most manipulative billionaire

The inside story of how Bob Brockman, the secretive billionaire who allegedly masterminded America's biggest tax-evasion scheme, used 'Darth Vader' contracts to overcharge auto dealers and finance Robert F Smith's private equity empire

All For Claps: Sameer Nair on his next act beyond the success of 'Kaun Banega Crorepati,' Star TV, and AltBalaji

Applause Entertainment CEO Sameer Nair, who has witnessed highs such as 'Kaun Banega Crorepati', wants to develop a full-blown studio that makes more than just movies

Thoughts on education