Divya Gokulnath

Divya Gokulnath (born 1987) is an Indian entrepreneurs and educator who is the co-founder and director of Byju's, an educational technology company founded in 2011 in Bangalore, India.

.            Born.       1987(age 36-37)

        Nationality   Indian

      Alma Mater   R.v. College of                                         engineering 

      Occupation    Entrepreneur-                                          Educator 

     Year active    2008-present

       Title             Director and co-                                     founder of Byju's 

    Spouse          Byju Raveendran

   Children         2

Early life and education 

 

         Divya was born and raised in Bangalore. Har father worked as a nephrologist at Apollo Hospitals, while her mother was a programing executive with Doordarshan an Indian Government broadcasting company. Divya is the only child of her parents.during her childhood, Divya's father taught her science.

       Divya a graduate of Frank Anthony public school,went on to receive a Bechelor of Technology in Biotechnology from RV college of Engineering.

        After her graduation in 2007 ,she met Byju Raveendran.her instructor for GRE preparation.Byju encourage her to become a teacher due to her question during breaks between the classes.

    Her career as teacher began in 2008, at age 21.

Career 

  

           In 2011, Divya and her husband co-founder Byju's, an online education platform initially providing in person education to support school learning, followed by an online app that features video lessons. With her expertise, Divya has served as a teacher in some educational videos.

         During the COVID-19 pandemic, Divya took charge of user experience, content, and brand marketing to ensure uninterrupted learning for student. As a result of these efforts, Byju's educational content was made available for free to students during the pendemic, leading to the addition of  13.5 million new users, bringing the total to 50 million by April 2020 and a total of 70 million student by September 2020, eventually garnering 4.5 million subscribers.

Personal life 

  

         Divya is married to Byju Raveendran. As of April 2020, Divya lived with eleven other family members, including their young son and then their second child was born near the beginning of 2021. Befour the COVID-19 pandemic, she worked long days at the office, but during the lockdown, began working from home.

  

         In 2021, she told The Indian Express her typical day includes " juggling son's online classes, mettings, recording video lessons and spending time with a newborn.

Byju's 

 

       Byju's is an Indian multinational educational technology company, headquartered in Bengaluru.

       It was fonded in 2011 by Byju Raveendran and Divya Gokulnath. As of valuation ask of $ 200 million, a sharp fall given it speak valuation of $ 22 billion in 2022. As of April 2023, the company claim to have over 150 millon registered students.

  

Reference

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divya_Gokulnath