2. BIOGRAPHY
• Divya was born in Bengaluru. Her father is a nephrologist with Apollo Hospitals and her mother was a
programming executive with the broadcasting company Doordarshan. She is an only child of her
parents. As a child, her father taught her science. Divya completed her schooling at Frank Anthony
Public School and pursued a Bachelor of Technology in Biotechnology from RV College of
Engineering in Bengaluru. After her graduation in 2007, she met Byju Raveendran, who was teaching
her GRE exam prep course. Byju encouraged her to become a teacher due to her questions during
breaks between the classes.
• Her career as a teacher began in 2008 at age 21. In 2020, she told Fortune India, "It was an auditorium
style class with 100 students. They were just a couple of years younger than me so to look mature I wore
a saree to the class." During her teaching career, she taught mathematics, English, and logical
reasoning.
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3. BUSINESS LIFE
• In 2011, Divya co-founded the online education platform Byju's with her husband At first, the company
offered in-person education to support school education, and in 2015, launched an online app with video
lessons.Divya has appeared in videos as a teacher During the COVID-19 lockdown in India, Divya
managed user experience, content, and brand marketing. She led BYJU's free access to its educational
content so students could continue learning from home during the pandemic. Byju's reportedly added
13.5 million users in March and April 2020, for a total of 50 million,and reached 70 million students by
September 2020, and 4.5 million subscribers.
• According to Forbes, as of 2020, Divya, her husband Byju Raveendran and his brother Riju Raveendran,
have a combined net worth of $3.05B
• Divya also writes online, including about the future of education, parenting, and women's participation in
STEM fieldsand has been an advocate for mitigating gender pay gap in India.She has also spoken with
Mint Startup Diaries about challenges for women entrepreneurs,and co-written an opinion article with
Byju Raveendran in Vogue India about educational technology in India.In March 2022, Gokulnath was
appointed as the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry's EdTech Taskforce Chair.
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4. HONOURS ANDAWARDS
• 2019 and 2020 LinkedIn Top Voices: India
• 2020 Business Today Most Powerful Women in Indian Business
• 2020 Femina Power List
• 2020 Forbes Asia's Power Businesswomen
• 2020 Fortune India Most Powerful Women
• 2021 Fortune 50 Most Powerful Women In Business
• 2022 Fortune India 40 under 40.
• 2022 The Indian Express' ExpressAWE.
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5. SUCCESSOF BYJU’S
• Divya with her husband, makes Byju’s the world’s most valuable Educational technology startup. Byju’s
also offers to learn through an application and website for competitive exams like JEE, CAT, NEET and
IAS. And also offer classes for 1 to 12. In pandemic time 2020, lots of children attached with Byju’s for
studies. The Company launched its flagship product, the BYJU’S- The learning application for class 4 to
12 in 2015.
• Today this app covers over 42 million registration and 3 million annual paid subscriptions. The app
provides learning with fun and visual lessons.
• he collaborated with the school and gave free education through this app and provide code to the
school. This strategy works and many students enrolled with Byju’s for studies and like the application.
• The company is backed up by several prominent investors like Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative, Sofina
Verlinvest, IFC, Aarin Capital, TimesInternet, Lightspeed Ventures, Tiger Global Atlantic, Tencent,
Sequoia Capital, Owl Ventres, Naspers, CPPIB and Qatar Investment Authority.
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