Edureka
Edureka is an online education and e-learning platform, privately owned and operated by Brain4ce Education Pvt. Ltd. headquartered in Bangalore.[1]. It provides courses in trending technologies like Big data, Cloud computing, blockchain and artificial intelligence. The platform offers live interactive sessions, masters programs and post graduate programs.[2][3]
History[edit]
Edureka was founded in 2011 by Lovleen Bhatia and Kapil Tyagi[4]. In 2005, the duo had together founded DByDx Software, a mobile app development company[5]. In 2011 they sold DByDx Software to Kellton Tech for $3 million. Proceeds from this sale helped them fund Edureka with an initial self-investment of Rs. 1.5 crores[6]. Vineet Chaturvedi joined as the third co-founder later[7]
In June 2018, Edureka raised $2 million in the first round of funding from Venture firm Leo Capital India.[8]. With this investment, Rajul Garg, founder & managing partner of Leo Capital, joined the board of Edureka[1]
In April 2019, NIT Warangal announced a Post Graduate Program in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in partnership with Edureka.[9][10]
In June 2019, NIT Rourkela also partnered with Edureka to provide a Post Graduate Program in Big data engineering.[11][12][13]
In August 2019, IMT Ghaziabad partnered with Edureka to offer live online courses in business management domain for executive certification courses.[14]
In 2019, IIT Kanpur started a 9-month program for certification in cloud computing in collaboration with Edureka.[15]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Leo Capital invests in ed-tech firm Edureka". VCCircle. 2018-06-29. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
- ↑ www.ETCIO.com. "Edureka, NIT Rourkela partner to build future workforce in big data – ET CIO". ETCIO.com. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
- ↑ "Edureka Launches Machine Learning Engineer Master's Program To Meet Rising Demand For ML Engineers". BW Education. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
- ↑ Ambre, Beryl Menezes,Ashna (2014-12-10). "Bold steps in teaching and training". Livemint. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
- ↑ "Coolest Start-ups 2015: How Edureka has become a success via virtual classrooms". www.businesstoday.in. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
- ↑ Kanth, K. Rajani (2015-08-27). "Why venture capital firms are flocking to education start-ups". Business Standard India. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
- ↑ "Edureka Company Profile: Valuation & Investors | PitchBook". pitchbook.com. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
- ↑ Ahuja, Aakanksha (2018-06-28). "Edureka raises $2 million from Leo Capital India". Livemint. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
- ↑ https://www.careers360.com. "NIT Warangal partners with Edureka to prepare industry relevant AI & ML experts". news.careers360.com. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
- ↑ "Electronics & ICT Academy, Telangana State, India". www.nitw.ac.in. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
- ↑ "Edureka to offer Big Data course at NIT Rourkela". The Statesman. 2019-06-11. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
- ↑ www.ETCIO.com. "Edureka, NIT Rourkela partner to build future workforce in big data – ET CIO". ETCIO.com. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
- ↑ Anupam, Apoorv (2019-06-12). "Edureka partners with NIT Rourkela to Bridge The Gap Between Big Data Roles and Industry Talent". TechStory. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
- ↑ imtadmin. "IMT, Ghaziabad partnered with Edureka to jointly offer short term and long term executive certification courses". IMT Ghaziabad. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
- ↑ "Advanced Cloud Computing Program | ICT Academy at IITK". Retrieved 2020-07-13.
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