Raveendran is the Founder and CEO of BYJU’S, India’s most valuable ed-tech start-up with an annual turnover of over INR 2,800 crores. BYJU’S was started with the focus to make quality education accessible and to help students become active and better learners. Byju was born in 1981 in the Azhikode village of Kerala, India to Raveendran and Shobhanavalli, physics and mathematics teachers, respectively. He studied at a Malayalam medium school where his mother was a mathematics teacher and father a physics teacher. He would skip classes and then learn at home.
Biography Of Raveendran
- After completing his B.Tech from the Government College of Engineering, Kannur, he joined a multinational shipping company as a service engineer. During a vacation in 2003, he helped his friends who were studying for the CAT exam. He then took the CAT exam and scored in the 100th percentile.
- In 2007, Byju founded the test preparation business Byju’s Classes, and the company grew to stadium-size classes. In 2011, he founded Byju’s with his wife, Divya Gokulnath, who he met while she was a student in his exam preparation class.
- In 2015, as smartphone screen sizes increased, Byju’s launched an app developed by Raveendran for students to learn on their handheld devices. In October 2018, the app expanded to the United Kingdom, United States and other English-speaking countries.
- In 2021, Raveendran was heading advanced talks to acquire Vedantu for around $600-$700 million, but the deal didn’t get through due to pending regulatory approvals.
- Raveendran is spearheading the Education for All Initiative, under which 10 million children in India from various economic backgrounds will get access to new tech-driven learning solutions at Byju’s platforms.
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Raveendran Honors and awards
- 2017 The Indian Express IT Awards.
- 2019 Manorama News News maker award.
- 2020 Ernst & Young Finalist, Entrepreneur of the Year, India and Winner, Business Transformation Award.
- 2020 Fortune Magazine’s ’40 Under 40′ list.
- 2021 Forbes India Leadership Award (FILA) Entrepreneur for the Year.
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- Official Website : https://byjus.com/byju-raveendran
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