Edtech startups: Integrating the best of online learning and classroom education

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Edtech, surely, has arrived. Even facts are indicative of that. With about 9.5 million users, India is the second-largest market for eLearning after the US, says India Brand Equity Foundation (IBEF). And, this ever-growing market is set to touch $3.5B by 2022, according to a RedSeer and Omidyar Network India report. Not to mention the total investment of $2.22 billion in 2020 (as compared to $553 million in 2019) received by startups in the space, as per Indian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (IVCA) and PGA Labs data. The pandemic, indeed, has done more good than harm to the Indian edtech space.

The full article was originally published on The Times of India