Edureka
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| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Founded | May 2011 |
| Headquarters | Bangalore, Karnataka |
| Area served | 150+ countries |
| Founder(s) | Lovleen Bhatia, Kapil Tyagi[1] |
| CEO | Lovleen Bhatia |
| Website |
edureka |
| Available in | English |
Edureka is an interactive, online learning platform. It offers live, instructor-led courses that cater mainly to working professionals who want to enhance their skills. Founded in mid-2011 and headquartered in Bangalore, India, the company is privately owned and operated by Brain4ce Education Ltd.
History
Lovleen Bhatia, an IIT-BHU alumni exited his earlier venture to start Edureka in mid-2011. Lovleen partnered with Kapil Tyagi, an IIT Bombay alumni, to co-found this venture.[2] Bhatia and Tyagi started off the company from a small office in Noida, with just 4 employees and an investment of Rs.1.5 crore.[3]
The company launched its first pilot project to the final year students at ABES Engineering College in Ghaziabad, in mid-2011. A two-month training program was organized in partnership with a few Bangalore-based software companies and focused on mobile app development courses. Working professionals from the industry were its first instructors.
Over the next eight months, Edureka added 30 new instructors from the industry and trained around 1,200 students.[4]
Within a year Edureka had shifted its complete education online, and in June 2012, Edureka had 15,000 students from across the globe registered for their online Android development course. Edureka got noticed when a 10-year-old created a mobile app in June 2013 using Edureka platform.[5]
Edureka shifted its base from Noida to Bengaluru in 2012 where they set up a small office in Indiranagar. Further in 2013, they expanded their office and relocated to Sigma Tech Park in Whitefield, Bengaluru.[6]
Awards
- In November 2014, Edureka was ranked number 1 in Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50 India 2014[7][8]
- In June 2015, Business Today named Edureka as one of the Coolest Startups of 2015[9]
References
- ↑ "Edureka hires ex-executive from Facebook". The Times of India. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
- ↑ "ET – How Lovleen Bhatia turned Edureka into a Rs 30 crore venture in 4 years". Economic times. Economic times.
- ↑ "Bangalore mirror". Bangalore Mirror. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
- ↑ "Economic times article". Bennet Coleman. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
- ↑ "Project developed by Priyansh Soni".
- ↑ "Bangalore mirror". Bangalore Mirror. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
- ↑ "Edureka – Deloitte's Technology Fast 50". Deloitte. Deloitte. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
- ↑ "TOI – Edureka ranked number 1 in Deloitte's Technology fast 50" (12th November 2014). Times of India. Bennett, Coleman and Company Limited. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
- ↑ "Business Today – Coolest Startups 2015" (21st November 2015). Business Today. Retrieved 8 June 2015.