Kota: From Coaching Hub To Suicide Cluster

25 student suicides in 2023 at India's coaching hub Kota have revealed the mindboggling stress children confront every day, reports Prakash Bhandari. IMAGE: Students at Bansal Classes in Kota. All......

NEET, Vishwakarma Scheme, And Tamil Angst

Medical seats for under-graduates and post-graduates remaining vacant in the NEET era, together with the Centre 'freezing' the number of medical colleges and seats in (Dravidian) Tamil Nadu and the......

Kota Factory Calls For More Than Mechanical Repair

The suicides have involved more NEET aspirants than JEE.'It's a make-or-mar situation.''Either you get into a government medical college, where the fee is much lower than in private institutes, or......

These Scientists Shaped India

I suggest we build a Vigyan Mandir (Temple of Science) with the ambience of a place of worship, so that it becomes a destination for pilgrims.We should embed on its walls bronze plaques describing......

My Son Raj Subramaniam, The FedEx CEO

'He is a busy man these days, still, he makes it a point to call me at least once a month.' IMAGE: Raj Subramaniam, CEO, FedEx. Photograph: Kind courtesy FedEx Raj Subramaniam is the latest......

How Amazon Academy will help students crack JEE

The move would enable it to take on top edtech companies such as Byju’s, Unacademy, Vedantu and traditional education institutes and tap country’s $180-billion education sector which......

The world's most valuable edutech start-up is Indian!

It's also among the top five most valuable Internet companies in India, reports Yuvraj Malik. IMAGE: Raveendran's big dreams led to Byju's, one of India's most successful......

2 lakh to 3300 crore: The BYJU's Classes success story

'A business cannot be driven by the passion to make money, the passion to change society is far more important.''After a certain point, what value has money to a person?' A son of teachers,......