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Blackstone bought this edtech at the peak of a funding frenzy. Now, it's looking at an exit.
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Blackstone bought this edtech at the peak of a funding frenzy. Now, it's looking at an exit.

Live Mint  

Global private equity firm Blackstone is looking to sell its majority stake in Simplilearn, more than three years after buying over 60% in the digital learning platform. Blackstone did not respond to a query, while a Simplilearn spokesperson said the investor neither plans to exit, nor has appointed bankers. Simplilearn was last valued at around $600 million in 2022 when …

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Upskilling 2.0: Edtechs partner with top universities for joint degrees amid sluggish hiring trends
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Upskilling 2.0: Edtechs partner with top universities for joint degrees amid sluggish hiring trends

Live Mint  

Mumbai: Indian upskilling startups are reshaping the online education landscape, shifting from standalone courses to co-branded degrees with prestigious domestic and global institutions. This came right after finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman allowed India's top 100 universities to offer fully online degree programmes to ensure continued education during the lockdown. Lakhamraju’s Great Learning, which offers online degrees in association with Deakin …

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Simplilearn shutters fresher upskilling, study-abroad units, cuts losses by 75%
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Simplilearn shutters fresher upskilling, study-abroad units, cuts losses by 75%

Live Mint  

Simplilearn shut down verticals such as fresher upskilling and study abroad to slash Ebitda losses by 75% to ₹51 crore in FY24, as the online training provider turns its focus to profitability. “If your product is not strong and you spend more money, it might give you some numbers, but it’s not a sustainable number,” Krishna Kumar, founder and CEO …

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IIT Kanpur Launches Professional Certificate Programme in Ethical Hacking, Penetration Testing
2 years, 2 months ago

IIT Kanpur Launches Professional Certificate Programme in Ethical Hacking, Penetration Testing

News 18  

Simplilearn, announced its partnership with IIT Kanpur for a professional certificate program in ethical hacking and penetration testing. The program will cover skills such as ethical hacking, cryptography concepts, network security, vulnerability assessment, penetration testing, reconnaissance, web app threats, generating payload, exploiting and gaining access and anonymity concepts. Therefore, ethical hacking, Vulnerability assessment, and penetration testing are now popular career …

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IIT Roorkee to launch Executive Program in Business Analytics for professionals
2 years, 8 months ago

IIT Roorkee to launch Executive Program in Business Analytics for professionals

Hindustan Times  

Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee and Simplilearn, a digital skills training provider, on Monday announced their partnership to offer an executive program in Business Analytics for Strategic Decision Making. IIT Roorkee to launch Executive Program in Business Analytics for professionals The course will be offered through the Continuing Education Centre, IIT Roorkee. The course will help professionals understand the essentials …

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IIT Roorkee Launches Online Executive Course in Business Analytics, JEE Score Not Needed
2 years, 8 months ago

IIT Roorkee Launches Online Executive Course in Business Analytics, JEE Score Not Needed

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Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee has launched an executive program in Business Analytics for Strategic Decision Making. As part of the course, candidates will learn to uncover data’s true value and make data-driven business decisions with this program developed by the IIT Roorkee faculty and delivered in collaboration with Simplilearn. “The program is best suited for professionals with at least …

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Karnataka to launch YouTube channel to engage students during lockdown
4 years, 11 months ago

Karnataka to launch YouTube channel to engage students during lockdown

Live Mint  

The Karnataka government on Tuesday made an appeal to teachers, startups and others to contribute content for a proposed YouTube channel to keep engaged students who have been forced to remain indoors due to the nationwide lockdown. "The channel aims to give the best possible content to students that ignites their creative passion," the minister said in a statement. "Since …

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Simplilearn teams up with Microsoft to train over 1 lakh professionals on Microsoft Cloud by 2020
8 years, 4 months ago

Simplilearn teams up with Microsoft to train over 1 lakh professionals on Microsoft Cloud by 2020

Firstpost  

Simplilearn has teamed up with Microsoft to create a talent pool of over one lakh next generation cloud professionals by 2020. This makes Simplilearn Microsoft’s silver learning partner for its suite of Microsoft Azure certification courses. The certification courses include Developing Microsoft Azure Solutions, Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure and Architecting Microsoft Azure Solutions to equip learners with relevant skills through …

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Simplilearn: How a blog turned into a professional training startup
8 years, 9 months ago

Simplilearn: How a blog turned into a professional training startup

Firstpost  

Edutech or e-learning is gaining a foothold in India, but this wasn’t the case back in 2009 when Krishna Kumar started his blog called Simplilearn.com. Today, with close to 500 employees and office operations in San Jose, California and Bangalore, it’s a professional training startup aimed at the upskilling and reskilling of working professionals across the world. Simplilearn blends modern …

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