CHAITANYA KALIPATNAPU
BITS Pilani alumni Anuradha and Prashanth Palakurthi and Sid Mookerji pledge $2 million to the BITS Endowment Fund
BITS Pilani alumni Sid Mookerji and Anuradha and Prashanth Palakurthi have pledged $1 million each to the BITS Endowment Fund, totaling recent commitments to $3 million. Prashanth Palakurthi, a technology entrepreneur, and Anuradha, his wife, previously donated $1 million to establish the Anuradha and Prashanth Palakurthi Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research in 2018. The Mookerji Foundation, founded by Sid Mookerji and his wife Sophie Mookerji, pledged $1 million to support entrepreneurship development initiatives.
Eruditus cofounder Chaitanya Kalipatnapu pledges over $1 million to spearhead BITS Pilani Endowment Fund
This pledge not only propels the initiative forward but also sets a precedent for alumni engagement and contribution, the institute said in a statement on Monday.
Edtech unicorn Emeritus story now a Harvard Business School case study
The study, titled ‘Emeritus: Achieving impact, providing access’, traces the first phase of the Emeritus’ founding journey by cofounders Ashwin Damera and Chaitanya Kalipatnapu. Authored by HBS senior lecturer Ashish Nanda and research associate Zack Kurtovich, it chronicles the origins of Emeritus’s journey from idea to achieving global scale.
US fund cuts edtech Eruditus’ valuation by 9% to $2.9 billion
The markdown has translated to a valuation of about $2.9 billion as of March 31, 2023, a drop from $3.2 billion in August 2021, a price at which the Mumbai-based startup had last raised equity-based capital from investors.
New edtech unicorn; Twitter locks Congress accounts
Eruditus’ mammoth funding has made it a unicorn, thrice over. Twitter locks Congress accounts days after complying with India IT rules. A bipartisan trio of US senators have sponsored a bill to rein in Apple’s App Store and Google’s Play Store.
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Eruditus raises Rs 53 crore from Bertelsmann India in series-B round
The company plans to use the funds to add new programmes with the existing and new university partners as well as expand its geographical reach to China, Latin America and Europe.
Companies investing heavily on the training of top leadership, hike budget by 87%
Firms like Mercer and institutes like ISB and Wharton attest to an increased demand for leadership training programmes from companies.
Five ways to prepare for an MBA while working
Balancing the demands of work with studying and applying for an MBA can be taxing. A few tips from successful applicants that could help one cruise along.
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