Learning and unlearning of Unacademy and Gaurav Munjal
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Gaurav Munjal, founder, Unacademy; image visualisation by Manali Ghosh via AI
Synopsis
In the once red-hot world of ed-tech, Unacademy was the sober alter-ego of the Icarus-like Byju’s. The company said the right things at the right time. It appeared busy taking a variety of corporate actions that smelt and felt right. So, what happened then?
“You always become the thing you fight the hardest.” #Carl Gustav Jung Unacademy spoke to K12 Techno; Unacademy spoke to Allen; and Unacademy spoke to many people. The ed-tech unicorn’s desperate search for a strategic partner was widely reported last week. Most of the companies Unacademy is said to have approached are brick-and-mortar education companies. K12 Techno runs schools under the brand Orchid International. Allen Career Institute has