Devina Sengupta
Consumer
In Allen vs Unacademy, teachers make big bucks and founders cry betrayal
"If you want to survive here, get used to two things—dhakka and dhoka. We call it the D2 of Kota,” ......
People
Unacademy to trim complimentary meals, salaries to focus on profitability
Edtech unicorn Unacademy founder Gaurav Munjal informed his employees that the company will resort to cost restructuring where a global ......
People
Startups tweak hiring; scrap joining bonuses, increments and ESOPs
Startups are doing away with joining bonuses and offers of stock options besides reducing notice periods as they conserve cash ......
TMT
Younger VC-backed startups look to hire skilled talent laid off by other firms
Freshly laid off employees in the startup sector are being eyed by new startups seeking to hire experienced talent in ......
TMT
In edtech vs coaching cos, teachers win
As edtech firms eye a slice of the offline coaching industry, a scramble for experienced teachers has broken out in ......
TMT
Edtech churn disrupts online teaching, brings tutors back to classroom
Ranjita L, a mathematics teacher at St Mary’s Convent School in Ghaziabad, is back in the classroom – the chalk-and-blackboard ......
Finance
Startups rope in agencies to place fired employees
Indian startups are dialling outplacement firms to help retrenched employees secure a job. In the past few months, several startups ......
Consumer
Falling pay-outs, high fuel costs force delivery execs to ride out of food aggregators
A few Sundays ago, for the first time in many years, Md. Annu took his family out. They went to ......
TMT
Brace for more layoffs, recruiters say
The startup sector could let go of about 5,000 employees over the next couple of quarters as they face pressure ......
Finance
Employees get jittery as BharatPe feud prolongs
There appears to be no end to the unsavoury slanging match between BharatPe's former managing director and founder Ashneer Grover, ......