Tata Motors Unveils The All-New Tiago XTA - 4th AMT Option In The Tiago Family

Tata Motors today announced the launch of the new XTA variant of its successful hatchback – the Tata Tiago, at a starting price of INR 5.99 Lakhs (Ex. Showroom Delhi). With this launch, the Company is strengthening its automatic line up with 4 AMT options, adding an AMT variant to the XT trim of the existing Tata Tiago. Customers now have an array of options to choose from within the Tiago range.

Commenting on the introduction of this new variant, Mr. Vivek Srivatsa, Head Marketing, Passenger Vehicle Business Unit (PVBU), Tata Motors said, “Fulfilling our brand promise of staying New Forever, we are constantly listening and gathering feedback from the market. The Tiago has received tremendous market response from across regions. Furthermore, the automatic transmission (AT) segment in India is booming and the same has been proven in the sales of Tiago as well. Acknowledging the increasing preference for ATs we are excited to introduce the XTA version to the range and are confident that this new variant will not only give us a competitive edge in the mid-hatch segment but will also provide customers with accessible options to choose from at every price point.”

Since its launch in 2016, the Tiago has been very successful in its segment and has been appreciated by all. Following the same, the product’s BS6 version was introduced in 2020 which also received a 4-star safety rating by GNCAP at launch, making it the safest in its segment. It comes with a variety of exciting features such as the 7-inch Infotainment Touchscreen by Harman, 15-inch Alloy Wheels, Automatic Climate Control and a Digital Instrument Custer amongst others, making it a suitable choice of 3.25 lakh happy customers.

About Tata Motors

Tata Motors Limited (NYSE: TTM; BSE: 500570 and 570001; NSE: TATAMOTORS and TATAMTRDVR), a USD 35 billion organization, is a leading global automobile manufacturer of cars, utility vehicles, pick-ups, trucks and buses. Part of the USD 113 billion Tata group, Tata Motors is India’s largest and the only OEM offering extensive range of integrated, smart and e-mobility solutions. It has operations in India, the UK, South Korea, Thailand, South Africa, and Indonesia through a strong global network of 103 subsidiaries, 10 associate companies, 3 joint ventures and 2 joint operations as on March 31, 2020. With a focus on engineering and tech enabled automotive solutions catering to the future of mobility, Tata Motors is India’s market leader in commercial vehicles and amongst the top four in the passenger vehicles market. With ‘Connecting Aspirations’ at the core of its brand promise, the company’s innovation efforts are focused to develop pioneering technologies that are sustainable as well as suited to evolving aspirations of the market and the customers. Tata Motors strives to bring new products that fire the imagination of GenNext customers, fueled by state of the art design and R&D centers located in India, UK, US, Italy and South Korea. Internationally, Tata commercial and passenger vehicles are marketed in countries, spread across Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, South East Asia, South America, Australia, CIS, and Russia.

discovery+ New Investigative Documentary Vande Bharat Flight IX1344: Hope To Survival Uncovers The Accident Of The Rescue Mission Flight

Amidst the pandemic that has taken the lives of millions, perhaps the only hope is the security of being in one’s own country, among your loved ones, in a place that you call home. This is one such story of homecoming that turned into a tragedy. discovery+, brings you a story of hope, broken dreams, miracles, tragedy, and heroism with its latest documentary Vande Bharat Flight IX1344: Hope to survival.

On 7th August, during the peak of the ongoing pandemic the rescue flight from Dubai to Kerala met with a tragic accident in Kozhikode upon arrival at the Calicut International Airport, claiming the lives of 19, miraculously by the timely efforts of the local good Samaritans and authorities the other 171 survived. This 45-minute gripping documentary uncovers the events around the ill-fated flight that crashed upon landing at one of the most challenging and dangerous runways to land on in the country.

The film uses graphical illustrations to simulate the accident and the aftermath. They all come together in a seamless narrative to narrate the story of individuals who survived and lost their friends and family. This special documentary unfolds the human emotions, details behind the accident and expert opinions breaking down the possible causes of the disaster. Aviation experts like Captain Amit Singh (Pilot and Aviation Blogger), Captain Mohan Ranganathan (Independent Aviation Professional) and Captain Sandeep Baweja (Pilot / Former colleague of Captain Sathe); CISF staff and the local rescuers will form the core of this story with survivors sharing what exactly happened and what was running on their minds.

“7th August is a day I will never be able to forget. The IX1344 crash that happened then is an extremely regretful and a very unfortunate accident. The tragic incident has shaken me till my core as it is something one believes would never happen to them. I am grateful to have survived but with the pain of witnessing the loss of lives of some fellow passengers and pilots.” said survivor Mufeeda Manathankandy from IX1344.

“Flying thousands of feet up in the sky travelling in a giant aluminum tube, is a marvel of an innovation by the human mind which most certainly comes with its risks and challenges. The crash is a saddening and extremely unfortunate incident. Such accidents often happen when we fail to foresee unfavorable factors. During the time of the accident the area was receiving heavy rainfall, dropping visibility to a bare minimum. The airport has one of the most dangerous runways in the country unfortunately did not favor flight IX1344” said Captain Mohan Ranganathan, Independent aviation professional.

“We, at Discovery, have previously brought to you award winning documentaries like Kerala Floods, India 2050 and some more interesting titles that range from the same genre, as we believe in bringing factual stories with expertise, that are known for going deep into the events to help decode the disasters. It not only enlightens our audiences but leaves them with an enriching experience and a better understanding of the world.” said Sai Abishek, Director, Content- Factual & Lifestyle Entertainment, South Asia at Discovery Inc. “We will continue to further accelerate our efforts to showcase never-seen-before Premium Discovery titles, must-watch documentaries and India originals.” he added.

About discovery+

‘discovery+’ is an exciting new D2C streaming app, launched to satiate the unmet need of a differentiated product offering premium real-life entertainment. Priced competitively with an introductory offer of INR 299 per annum, the app has been developed and curated specifically for India. discovery+ offers thousands of hours of exclusive content across 40+ genres, including Science, Adventure, Food and Lifestyle, in 8 languages including Hindi, English, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Bengali & Marathi. The premium subscribers have access to a vast selection of never-seen-before Premium Discovery titles, must-watch documentaries, India originals and exclusive acquisitions. Free users of the app have access to all-time favorites from the Discovery library. 

Yugabyte Raises $48 Million Funding Round To Accelerate Distributed SQL Enterprise Adoption And Fuel Global Expansion

* Hudson River Trading Joins Rapidly Growing Roster of Enterprise Customers; Company Acquires Falarica.io to Fuel APAC R&D and Recruiting

Yugabyte, the leader in open source distributed SQL databases, today announced a $48 million funding round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners with additional participation by Greenspring Associates, Dell Technologies Capital, Wipro Ventures and 8VC. Coming on the heels of a $30 million capital raise announced in June 2020, the round brings Yugabyte’s total funding to $103 million. The funding will be used to expand Yugabyte’s R&D, sales and customer functions in the EMEA and APAC markets. To support its aggressive expansion plans, Yugabyte will double its headcount in 2021.

With the new infusion of capital, Yugabyte is building out its engineering, DevOps and support staff in India, Russia and Canada. To turbo-charge these efforts, it recently acquired India-based Falarica.io to accelerate its development and recruiting efforts in the APAC region. The company is also expanding its sales teams in EMEA and APAC because of strong demand for its open source distributed SQL database, and related products and services.

Enterprise adoption of YugabyteDB continues to accelerate, particularly in the e-commerce, financial services and telecommunications verticals where geographic data distribution, transactional capabilities and horizontal scalability are critical for systems of record. Yugabyte customers include Hudson River Trading, Kroger, Narvar, Turvo, Manetu and Xignite, among others.

“Today’s business environment demands flexibility and elasticity from database solutions, and distributed SQL is now critical for any organization where developer productivity and application uptime are top priorities. YugabyteDB makes something as fundamental and feature rich as PostgreSQL truly cloud native, resilient, elastic, and distributed,” said Kannan Muthukkaruppan, Co-Founder and President, Yugabyte. “With companies of all kinds accelerating their digital transformation initiatives, technologies that help them accelerate, like YugabyteDB, are in high demand. This new round of funding will position Yugabyte to meet this increased enterprise demand and power our global expansion into key markets.”

Over the past year, organizations have transitioned more work and non-work activities to the cloud, increasing the demand for cloud-native relational database management systems to ensure data is always available and can be accessed at the lowest possible latency. Enterprises and startups in need of increased flexibility turn to YugabyteDB for its PostgreSQL-compatibility and out-of-the-box support for multi-cloud deployments, enabling them to experience the full benefits of true cloud elasticity.

"Several different trends are intersecting in the enterprise—the exponential growth of data, the acceleration of digital transformation, and the move to cloud—forcing organizations to rethink how they manage their data and creating an opportunity for organizations like Yugabyte," said Ravi Mhatre, Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners. "With its unique combination of advanced RDBMS features, high availability, horizontal scalability, and ability to distribute data anywhere in the world, YugabyteDB is already the beating heart of many mission-critical global applications and will soon underpin many more. We're excited for this next stage of the company's growth."

The funding will also be used to further accelerate enterprise adoption of Yugabyte’s  commercial products. Yugabyte Platform, a self-managed private database-as-a-service offering available on any public, private, or hybrid cloud or Kubernetes infrastructure and Yugabyte Cloud, a fully-managed database service currently available on AWS and Google Cloud, have seen broad adoption in the past 12 months. Yugabyte also recently announced YugabyteDB 2.4, a major update including hardened enterprise-grade security features, enhanced multi-region deployment capabilities and significant performance improvements.

Yugabyte is true open source with its permissive Apache 2.0 license, a position that has helped win customers and drive strong open source community growth. Yugabyte’s open source community members have now deployed more 600,000 clusters to-date and the project’s contributor count is now over 170, with +2,600 community Slack members and over 300 certifications granted in the last 90 days.

About Yugabyte

Yugabyte is the company behind YugabyteDB, the open source, high-performance distributed SQL database for building global, internet-scale applications. YugabyteDB serves business-critical applications with SQL query flexibility, high performance and cloud native agility, thus allowing enterprises to focus on business growth instead of complex data infrastructure management. It is trusted by companies in cybersecurity, financial markets, IoT, retail, e-commerce, and other verticals. Founded in 2016 by former Facebook and Oracle engineers, Yugabyte was named a 2020 Cool Vendor by Gartner and is backed by 8VC, Wipro Ventures, Greenspring Associates, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Dell Technologies Capital.

Emirates Group Reaffirms Commitment To Wildlife And Habitat Conservation

On the occasion of World Wildlife Day, the Emirates Group has reaffirmed its long-standing commitment to protecting wildlife and habitats. It also shone the spotlight on conservation efforts across the organisation at an online Environment Forum for its global employees.

During the forum, experts from the Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve, Emirates One & Only Wolgan Valley in Australia, and Emirates SkyCargo spoke about the work being done to protect endangered species and habitats in Dubai, restoration efforts following aftermath of the Australian bushfires, and how the airline was doing its part to foil wildlife trafficking across its network.

In addition to reducing emissions and consuming responsibly, the preservation of wildlife and habitats is one of the three pillars under The Emirates Group’s environmental sustainability strategy. The group believes that future generations should enjoy seeing wildlife in the wild, and that the world’s beauty and biodiversity is an inspiration for travel.

Rehabilitation of wildlife and natural habitats

Since 2003, The Emirates Group has funded and supported the 225 square kilometre Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve (DDCR), a protected inland desert habitat that houses over 560 different species and where 31,000 native trees have been planted. DDCR plays an important role in preserving Dubai’s unique desert environment including its indigenous flora and fauna.

Amongst its achievements, is DDCR’s successful reintroduction programme that started in 1999. Since then, the programme has grown the ungulate population- including the Arabian oryx, Arabian gazelle and sand gazelle, to over 1,300. In fact, the reintroduction programmes have proved so successful that they have triggered the process of relocating some species to other protected areas within the region. Additionally, over 2,800 houbara, or MacQueen’s bustard have been reintroduced into the DDCR, while other important bird species such as the pharaoh eagle-owl and the lappet-faced vulture are resident in the reserve, and some birds are monitored via satellite tags.

The DDCR is a regional leader in ecological research, actively collaborating with local and international educational and research institutions with over 30 biodiversity projects completed so far. DDCR also promotes sustainable tourism, and provides authentic desert experiences while educating visitors on the delicate nature and the living heritage of Dubai. Prior to the pandemic, the reserve responsibly hosted close to 290,000 tourists a year, making it the most visited protected area in the region.

In Australia, Emirates has been supporting the protection of Australia’s wilderness and bush for over 12 years through the conservation-based Emirates One&Only Wolgan Valley located in the World Heritage-listed Greater Blue Mountains region.

Emirates One&Only Wolgan Valley demonstrates a strong commitment to its carbon neutral status by scaling up its environmental, heritage and environmental initiatives. After the bushfires in early 2020, which affected a portion of the Blue Mountains, the teams at One&Only Wolgan Valley embarked on a regeneration of the landscape, and habitat restoration work has been stepped up at the resort with several ‘Habitat Recovery Areas’ identified as a source of environmental data to monitor the gradual renewal of wildlife and ecosystems.

The parts of the landscape that were impacted have made a rapid recovery and wildlife biodiversity and ecosystems have been largely preserved. Over the past decade, a seedbank of over one million seeds representing 25 native species has been built up with the assistance of field guides, hotel employees and guests at the property. These seedlings are now playing a vital role in repopulating areas of damage, helping to recreate natural habitat complexity for insects, reptiles and small marsupials who have been impacted by the bushfires.

Additionally, the mapping of significant, hollow-bearing trees on the property, some dating over 150 years old, is being done to collect information and provide a snapshot of the impact of the bushfires on different species who sought refuge there. Other projects include habitat restoration with guests, which involves moving and shifting debris to improve habitat complexity. This helps to create shelters and wildlife corridors, which is vital to helping animal and insect populations thrive after the bushfires.

A vigilant approach to stop illegal wildlife trafficking

Emirates SkyCargo has stepped up as a global leader in the fight against illegal wildlife trafficking and exploitation. In 2016, Emirates signed the Buckingham Palace Declaration, and joined the United for Wildlife Transport Taskforce in the fight against the illegal wildlife trade. It is also a partner of ROUTES (Reducing Opportunities for Unlawful Transport of Endangered Species).

The air cargo carrier has adopted a zero tolerance policy on illegal wildlife trade which includes big cats, elephants, rhinos and pangolins, among other types of contraband animal cargo, and has implemented a complete ban on hunting trophies for the Big-4, even in cases where the shipment may be considered legal under CITES* rules.

Emirates SkyCargo has also invested in awareness campaigns, as well as education and training on issues associated with illegal wildlife trade for its teams. Cargo teams are trained to look out for warning signs of smuggled wildlife products during cargo transportation and screening. This includes document verification, container or cage examination, and confirming the authenticity of CITES* permits. Employees across the business are encouraged to report suspicious activity through designated internal channels for investigation, and the intelligence gathered is shared with relevant authorities as well as used to benefit the worldwide data collection for further wildlife trafficking prevention purposes.

Working with Dubai Customs, Dubai Police and other authorities globally, Emirates SkyCargo has helped to intercept several illegal wildlife shipments since 2017.

* The Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species of Flora and Fauna (CITES). Emirates maintains an embargo on the carriage of CITES-listed products and parts of endangered animals and plants.

Aditya Birla Sun Life Insurance Presents DigiShield - First-Of-Its-Kind Fully Customizable Term Plan

* A hyper-personalized plan to suit individual protection needs

* Industry first offering of whole life cover with sum assured reduction option

Aditya Birla Sun Life Insurance (ABSLI), the life insurance subsidiary of Aditya Birla Capital Limited (ABCL), announced a hyper-personalized term plan, ABSLI DigiShield Plan, to cater to the unique protection needs of customers. This single plan will offer multiple plan options, added benefits linked to life stages, joint life protection, critical illness cover and rider options to tailor-make a distinctive protection solution, offering a comprehensive financial safety net for the customers and their loved ones. 

People have various protection needs during different stages of their life and the hyper-flexibility offering of this plan helps to curate a protection strategy that aligns with their specific needs. Besides offering death benefit and acting as an income replacement tool, ABSLI DigiShield plan assists in comprehensive financial planning.

Unlike traditional term plans, this plan allows a customer to enjoy its benefits during their lifetime through the survival benefit option. Further, it provides a unique flexibility to reduce the sum assured at a pre-defined retirement age, allowing customers to align their cover as per their outstanding liabilities and the life stage. This whole-life cover with sum assured reduction feature is a first-of-its kind in the life insurance industry which offers life coverage until age 100 years.

Along with these fully customizable offerings, this plan also provides various premium paying terms, policy tenures and death benefit pay-out options to satisfy unique customer requirements. This holistic plan mitigates liabilities, provides protection to loved ones, and supports retirement and legacy goals.

Commenting on the launch, Mr. Kamlesh Rao, MD & CEO, Aditya Birla Sun Life Insurance, said, “Recent uncertain times have generated a need for a resilient financial cover with customized offerings. 2021 would be the year of hyper-personalization and at ABSLI, we aim to offer solutions which evolve with changing needs and lifestyles of our customers. ABSLI’s DigiShield Plan is one of a kind offering that stands as testimony to our customer-centric ethos. Now, our new-age customer will be empowered to tailor make a comprehensive solution through the various personalization features and carve a protection policy which is a precise fit for self and family”.

Unique benefits offered by the DigiShield plan:

· Sum assured reduction option with whole life cover – This option offers life coverage until age 100 years and also allows the customer to reduce the sum assured by 50% or 25% at a pre-determined retirement age. This unique flexibility allows customers to choose high sum assured in their earning years and reduce their life cover during their retirement years. It makes the offering ideal for salaried customers or people who have to manage their liabilities effectively. 

· Survival income on attaining Age 60 years - This option provides monthly income to the customer on attaining Age 60 years and takes care of retirement income needs. Life cover continues throughout the policy term and the nominee is paid lumpsum benefit of sum assured, less survival benefits paid, in case of any unfortunate event. This option ensures need for life protection & retirement income is taken care under one plan.

· Income Benefit option – This option provides support to the dependent members of the  customer in his/her absence by replacing the lost income with a 1.25% of Sum Assured as fixed monthly income or increasing monthly income at 5% (simple) per annum for a period of 10/15/20 years, as chosen by the customer at inception of the policy.

· Level cover option – The nominee is paid the absolute amount equal to the sum assured on death, in lump sum.

• Customize the plan based on your needs: DigiShield plan offers 10 plan options with a variety of benefits to suit every individual’s requirements. Some of the options that one can select from are:

· Type of cover (level & reducing)

· Tenure of the policy (To Age 85 & Whole Life)

· Premium payment term (Single, Limited & Regular)

· Death benefit pay-outs (Lump sum, Monthly income and Lump sum plus Monthly income)

• Accelerated Critical Illness (ACI) benefit: Secured protection against 42 critical illnesses by opting for the Accelerated Critical Illness (ACI) Benefit option with additional premium payment.

• Cover for your spouse: Now one can cover their partner’s life under the same plan by availing of the Joint Life Protection option.

• Multiple rider benefits: A comprehensive protection plan can be created by opting for additional protection through multiple riders by paying additional premiums.

• Enhance protection cover without medical: One can avail flexibility to increase the cover amount on specific events like marriage, childbirth or on availing house without undergoing fresh medical or underwriting, just by intimating us on any of these events.

Buy Now, Pay Later Sees Massive Traction Among Women Customers Reveals ZestMoney Survey

* Edtech, Consumer Durables, Fashion most sought-after categories by Women

* 60% of women had opted for BNPL solutions in 2020

* 62.1% women did not avail moratorium on their EMI payments last year

* Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai see highest BNPL transactions by Women

ZestMoney, India’s leading AI-driven EMI financing and “Buy Now Pay Later” (“Pay Later”) platform, today revealed the findings from a customer survey conducted to understand how women are adopting Pay Later/ EMI solutions for financing their purchases. The survey was conducted with a sample of 1600 respondents across key metros and Tier II/III cities in India.

The survey reveals that edtech courses, consumer durables and fashion emerged as the most sought-after categories among women consumers. In fact, ~46.5% respondents adopted BNPL solutions for the first time during the pandemic for managing their purchases. 

Access to formal credit is a challenge for many first-time borrowers and credit penetration continues to remain low for a large section of customers, especially women who then rely on unorganised players for loans. 66% women respondents reaffirmed that BNPL helped them get access to credit which otherwise would have been difficult. 

Commenting on the trend, Lizzie Chapman, CEO & Co-founder at ZestMoney said, “It’s heartening that a large number of women surveyed feel that BNPL helps them get access to a safe and transparent form of credit. We have always believed that contextual credit solutions play a very important role in democratising inclusive financing options. We saw a 20% uptick in women transacting on our platform last year, a trend we feel will play out strongly this year too.”

The survey also found that ~51% women prefer BNPL over credit cards for financing purchases, indicating that there is a large base of smart, digitally savvy customers wanting to avail new-age contextual credit solutions.

“Globally we are seeing a trend of women choosing BNPL over credit cards as they prefer the transparency and simplicity of pricing. In India, the trend is fast catching up as an increasing number of women choose BNPL for financial independence. Our own data shows that women are more likely to pay on time and make more repeat purchases than men. They are truly making the best of BNPL”, Lizzie added.

Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai emerged as the top 3 metros with highest BNPL transactions by women customers. Demand in these cities was driven by Edtech courses, marketplaces, and in-store purchases. This trend poised to grow further, with ~62% respondents indicating that they would continue to opt for BNPL over the next 6-12 months for financing purchases of electronics, apparel/fashion accessories or educational courses.

According to the company, 45% women customers are in the age group 26-35, while 27% are below 25 years of age.

ZestMoney said 65% of their women customers are based outside Tier I cities signalling the rising demand from tier II and III markets. Among these cities, Lucknow, Vijayawada, Nagpur and Kochi have witnessed the highest BNPL transactions among women.

About ZestMoney:

Founded by Lizzie Chapman, Priya Sharma and Ashish Anantharaman in 2015, ZestMoney is the largest and fastest-growing EMI financing and Pay Later company in India. The fintech company is built as a platform that can meaningfully improve the lives of more than 300 million households in the country, who currently have no access to credit cards or any other formal financing options because of insufficient credit history. ZestMoney’s unique platform uses mobile technology, digital banking and Artificial Intelligence to make life more affordable to millions of Indian consumers. ZestMoney’s innovative technology and work to make affordable digital finance accessible led to their selection as a 2020 Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum. 

Testbook Partners With Three - IIT Madras, IIT Ropar, and IIT Gandhinagar For Job Preparation Training

* MoUs signed with IIT Madras, IIT Ropar, and IIT Gandhinagar and several colleges across the country

Testbook.com, the edtech platform that aims at turning India's examination preparation landscape for public sector jobs into a tech-driven, automated system where students can learn at their own pace, has signed MoUs with India’s top educational institutions including IITs to impart professional skills training for securing high-paying jobs. The list includes IIT Madras, IIT Ropar and IIT Gandhinagar, and many more colleges across India.

Says Ashutosh Kumar, Founder, and CEO, Testbook.com, "Testbook.com’s unique professional skill trainings come with a powerful curriculum that is designed to meet employers’ expectations and the readiness of the candidates. Colleges are using Testbook’s services to prepare students for placements through multiple Live tests. Students and the colleges can benchmark their preparation level through performance analytics      so that extra attention can be given to their placement preparation. More than 70,000 students from across India have currently enrolled in the trainings and the same is trending in social media. Testbook.com also conducts regular inter and intra-college live quiz competitions to help students benchmark themselves and learn about their shortcomings to improve further.”

Testbook.com is currently preparing for a National Skills Quiz competition that will have participation from more than 50,000 students from over 150 colleges from across the country.  Says Ashutosh "we aim to assist students to get to their dream career by helping them with skills enhancement along with their regular studies through a one-stop online learning platform which can be subscribed. Testbook App helps them prepare for more than 250 different types of jobs in the public and private sector through more than200 online courses and more than 14,000 mock and practice tests.”

Majority of college students are trying to find their professional direction while in college and Testbook wants to help. The National Quiz is an attempt to cover 360 degree aspects of job preparation through various prizes which include

* Exploring career options through Testbook Pass, free for all participants

* Providing Learning Tools through Skills development trainings and Testbook Pass

* Providing Mentorship through industry experts- the people who have already achieved what the student wants to achieve

* Industry experience through Internships by giving practical exposure to how the industry & market works    

To know more:- testbook.com/promos/National-Quiz-Competition2021.html

Testbook.com also provides training for in-demand skills such as digital marketing, data analytics, programming, content writing, accounting, and MS Office skills such as Advance MS Excel through its App.

About testbook.com

Testbook.com, incorporated in 2014 by four alumni from IIT Bombay, Ashutosh Kumar, Manoj Munna, Praveen Agrawal, and Narendra Agrawal, is an edtech on a mission to reshape the process of how students prepare online for competitive examinations in India. A market leader in the $5 billion examination-preparation industry in India, the company provides an innovation-driven, online learning and assessment platform that has been instrumental in providing a full-stack portal to prepare for public-sector employment from anywhere in the country.

Testbook.com serves more than 90 million applicants who vie for a fraction of available jobs with a success rate of 7% as compared to the national average of less than 1%. It has produced more than 38,000 selections during the past 3 years. It has 15 million registered users and 700k+ active paid subscribers through the country who are utilizing the services to crack more than 250 central and state government examinations that are being conducted online.