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Who is Byju Raveendran

Byju Raveendran

About Byju Raveendran

Who is Byju Raveendran

Byju Raveendran is the founder of edutech start-up Byju's. Son of physics and mathematics teachers from Azhikode village in Kannur district of Kerala, Raveendran is a former teacher who turned an entrepreneur. An engineering graduate, he started teaching maths to friends (and whoever else wanted to learn) after spending a couple of years at a shipping company. He would help students prepare for entrance exams like the common entrance exam (CAT). In 2003, he appeared for CAT himself and scored 100%, despite not studying enough for the exam. Two years later, he helped some others crack CAT and then decided
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Updated On : 10 Mar 2025 | 6:05 AM IST

Will Byju's employees ever get their unpaid salaries? What CEO has to say

Byju CEO Byju Raveendran assures unpaid employees that salaries will be cleared 'not immediately, but eventually', as staff struggle with three months of unpaid wages and financial uncertainty

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Updated On : 05 Mar 2025 | 4:58 PM IST

Legal net tightens around Byju Raveendran after US court ruling on fraud

Raveendran has called for an investigation into what he alleged is a "criminal collusion" between accounting firm EY India, GLAS Trust which represents US lenders, and the IRP

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Updated On : 05 Mar 2025 | 4:15 PM IST

Byju Raveendran faces legal risks after US court ruling on fund fraud

Lenders may argue that as the ultimate decision-maker, Raveendran had knowledge of or actively participated in the diversion of funds, potentially justifying a 'corporate veil-piercing' claim

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Updated On : 04 Mar 2025 | 6:51 PM IST

Judge says Byju's official broke duty to lenders by hiding $533 million

Byju's fraudulently transferred at least part of the money to a small hedge fund based in Miami to keep it out of lenders' hands, US Bankruptcy Judge John Dorsey also ruled

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Updated On : 01 Mar 2025 | 7:40 AM IST

Byju Raveendran accuses IRP, EY India, Glas Trust of criminal collusion

Raveendran alleges he and employees received proof of criminal collusion involving EY India, GLAS Trust, and the IRP, urging authorities to investigate the evidence

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Updated On : 28 Feb 2025 | 10:43 PM IST

Settlement with BCCI outside lenders' scrutiny, Byju's Raveendran to NCLAT

Riju, the younger brother of founder Byju Raveendran, told the appellate tribunal that the settlement with BCCI had been finalised before the committee of creditors (CoC) was formed

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Updated On : 19 Feb 2025 | 10:34 PM IST

Not given a fair hearing by NCLT: Former Byju's resolution professional

Srivastava told the NCLAT that the NCLT, Bengaluru, did not hear him in the absence of his lawyers and that the disciplinary action initiated against him was unfair

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Updated On : 06 Feb 2025 | 11:48 PM IST

Riju Raveendran moves NCLAT against decision to reinstate 2 Byju's lenders

Riju, who is the brother of founder Byju Raveendran, has challenged a January 29 order of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT)

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Updated On : 06 Feb 2025 | 12:24 AM IST

Cash-strapped Byju's executive, biz partner found in contempt of US court

Byju's manager Vinay Ravindra and company ally Rajendran Vellapalath failed to answer questions about their roles in stripping software, cash and other assets from Byju's US businesses

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Updated On : 30 Jan 2025 | 7:02 AM IST

Downfall of Byju's, India's hot edutech startup, wipes out US debtholders

Recoveries will need to come from how Indian courts rule on the company's broader insolvency plan and how it aims to repay creditors; it's unclear how much, may be available to those in US

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Updated On : 16 Jan 2025 | 8:38 AM IST

Don't want to go Byju's way: Aakash Educational Services to NCLAT

NCLAT refuses to set aside order halting move to amend AoA

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Updated On : 06 Dec 2024 | 11:21 PM IST

Byju's insolvency: Riju Raveendran moves NCLT seeking inclusion in case

Byju's US-based lenders had opposed the settlement, claiming that the money used to repay BCCI was tainted as it was part of the $533 million that had allegedly gone "missing"

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Updated On : 02 Dec 2024 | 9:34 PM IST

Trouble mounts for Byju's as firm faces new probe over financial practices

The federal government has asked the regional office of the Registrar of Companies in Hyderabad to investigate Byju's books to ascertain if the company misreported financial statements

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Updated On : 26 Nov 2024 | 12:04 PM IST

Byju's founder told ally to flee US to avoid testifying against him

William R Hailer said Raveendran sent him a plane ticket to Dubai just two days before Hailer was set to testify about Raveedran's efforts to regain control of parts of the Byju's education empire

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Updated On : 22 Nov 2024 | 8:18 AM IST

Byju's founder 'tried to regain firm' with cash hidden from US lenders

Raveendran allegedly recruited Hailer, who is a former political consultant, to try to buy out US creditors owed more than $1.2 billion under a loan

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Updated On : 21 Nov 2024 | 11:47 PM IST

Byju's US units wrongly stripped of education app, says federal judge

Dorsey ordered Apple to return ownership of the apps to the US units. A lawyer for an Indian firm that had been wrongly given ownership of the apps unsuccessfully tried to persuade Dorsey

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Updated On : 13 Nov 2024 | 9:12 AM IST

Byju Raveendran, Pai planning an 'out-of-court' settlement with US lenders

The dispute revolves around the $1.5 billion Term Loan B (TLB) guaranteed by Think and Learn Pvt Ltd, the parent of Byju's

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Updated On : 20 Oct 2024 | 10:44 PM IST

Byju's worth zero now: How the cookie crumbled for India's edtech giant

Byju Raveendran, founder and chief executive of crisis-hit edtech firm Byju's, said the company, once valued at $22 billion, has seen its valuation plummet to zero

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Updated On : 18 Oct 2024 | 12:52 PM IST

Byju introspects, says Byju's worth zero now, promises a turnaround

Last month, the Supreme Court reserved its verdict on a plea of a US firm against NCLAT order stopping insolvency proceedings against Byju's

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Updated On : 17 Oct 2024 | 9:58 PM IST