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7 Edtech companies run by women: The aim of Edtech companies is to create need-based learning that caters to each individual, keeping their strength and weakness in mind.
The world of education is ever evolving and changing, in this country, women are often the first educators to a child. And the more our options to learn to diversify, the more we see in the rise of niche based education. In India, these in EdTech companies are providing the bridge between formal and professional education.
Edtech, or education technology, in simpler terms, is the practice of teaching, engaging and imparting information with help of communication tools to a classroom or individual.
The aim of Edtech companies is to create need-based learning that caters to each individual, keeping their strength and weakness in mind.
Ruchi Jhawar and Anju Modi startup cogitus help student improve their creativity and higher order thinking skills by implying innovative education beyond the confines of a classroom.
Cogitus focuses on building the vital skills of creative, cognitive, and critical thinking in children between the ages of 4 and 14, which are the key ingredients in child’s wholistic development.
Founded in 2017, Cogitus is Headquartered in Ranchi, the startup has centres in Bengaluru, Pune, Indore, Satna, and Surat.
Alamelu Kathiresan and Shalini Ilanahai startup Math Love is all about making maths a favourite subject rather than a dreaded one.
During their teaching journey, they observed many students feared or disliked maths, but maths has enormous potential for learning, innovation, and development. Hence, they decided to create innovative ways with which they would help their students nurture love of mathematics.
The Chennai-based startup was founded to ensure that every child has a positive experience with numbers. It provides students with creative coursework filled with games and activities to help them learn numbers.
Suchitra Reddy and Ashwitha Reddy Chinnamail established the startup, LevelApp. The app is an e-learning platform, primarily aimed at helping students find the best tutors from among their own peers or seniors.
Moto behind the startup is to reduce the gap in peer learning, with this platform students can clear their doubts and also benefit from gaining knowledge among their peers through online or in-person learning.
They have over 10,000 students from 19 countries and offer courses for grades K-12, bachelor’s, and PhD levels, as well as skill-based learning. They also offer the work opportunities to women to become their online tutors.
Spark Studio founded in midst of the pandemic is a startup by Anushree Goenka, Kaustubh Khade, Namita Goel, and Jyothika Sahajanandan.
Spark Studio is a platform focusing on extracurricular learning, which helps in shaping a child’s creative and cognitive abilities. Just studying, without recreation and hobbies, can be a very dull experience for a child and also harm their over all development.
Art, music, extempore and other such activities help in balancing and keeping the mental growth of a child healthy.
Courses offered through the platform are in music, communication, photography and debate, and visual arts for children between the ages of six and 15.
Anusha Mahalingam founded LessonLeap with Deepti Sahi, out of concern for her daughter’s extracurricular activities. LessonLeap, founded in Mumbai, offers live courses in extracurricular subjects.
Such as public speaking, language command, and learning to write by involving students in fun activities. Lesson Leap currently has over 20 teachers on board, with students ranging from kindergarten to sixth grade.
Children in elementary school need special attention, as they are so young and often find it difficult to keep up with the world. Hence, it always encouraged that young kids are made to participate in community activities like public speaking, storytelling etc.
Shreya Nallapaneni, along with Suraj Singh and Kalpit Sha startup, focuses on bridging the gap between jobseekers and employers. Academix is an Ahmedabad-based upskilling startup, founded in January 2020.
Young tech graduates often mind themselves job ready but unprepared for the demands of the job market that is always looking for the extra factor. Academix is one of the few Edtech companies that understands the importance of constant learning.
Targeting engineering graduates to upskill themselves in various courses in management, communication, new-age technologies, designing, Microsoft skills, and digital marketing.
Natasha Jain and Sonia Agarwal Bajaj startup Whiz League is a one-of-a-kind platform that assists younger students in gaining clarity on the path to unconventional careers.
But the path to an unconventional career is always filled with hurdles like lack of access to resources, or specialized teachers and future prospect of the learning.
Whiz League’s concept is to bring in experts and have pre-recorded modules in non-academic and career-specific skills from various industries. The platform enables students to submit an assignment and have the opportunity to collaborate with experts after finishing the course.
They have interesting courses from culinary arts to music production courses which can range from 3 months to 12 months.
With the rise of online education, anyone and anywhere with access to internet and a smartphone and device can learn now. After the pandemic, this need for home-based learning has grown further.
Edtech companies are constantly learning and relearning to accommodate the needs of its student at a steady speed.
If there is a kid who needs help or if there is an uncertain graduate looking for a different career field, or if you are interested in a specific art, there definitely is a place for you to learn from or for your child to learn from.
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Rajshri Deshpande, who played the fiery protagonist in Trial by Fire along with Abhay Deol speaks of her journey and her social work.
Rajshri Deshpande as the protagonist in ‘Trial by Fire’, the recent Netflix show has received raving reviews along with the show itself for its sensitive portrayal of the Uphaar Cinema Hall fire tragedy, 1997 and its aftermath.
The limited series is based on the book by the same name written by Neelam and Shekhar Krishnamoorthy, who lost both their children in the tragedy. We got an opportunity to interview Rajshri Deshpande who played Neelam Krishnamoorthy, the woman who has been relentlessly crusading in the court for holding the owners responsible for the sheer negligence.
Rajshri Deshpande is more than an actor. She is also a social warrior, the rare celebrity from the film industry who has also gone back to her roots to give to poverty struck farming villages in her native Marathwada, with her NGO Nabhangan Foundation. Of course a chance to speak with her one on one was a must!
“What is a woman’s job, Ramesh? Taking care of parents-in-law, husband, children, home and things at work—all at the same time? She isn’t God or a superhuman."
The arrays of workstations were occupied by people peering into their computer screens. The clicks of keyboard keys were punctuated by the occasional footsteps moving around to brainstorm or collaborate with colleagues in their cubicles. Most employees went about their tasks without looking at the person seated on either side of their workstation. Meenakshi was one of them.
The thirty-one-year-old marketing manager in a leading eCommerce company in India sat straight in her seat, her eyes on the screen, her fingers punching furiously into the keys. She was in a flow and wanted to finish the report while the thoughts and words were coming effortlessly into her mind.
Natu-Natu. The mellifluous ringtone interrupted her thoughts. She frowned at her mobile phone with half a mind to keep it ringing until she noticed the caller’s name on the screen, making her pick up the phone immediately.
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