Trai’s attempts to stem the menace of spam calls and messages go back 15 years. In 2018, it finally implemented a blockchain-based system that was meant to be a silver bullet. Four years on, however, this silver bullet seems to have missed its target.
The American creative learning marketplace entered India earlier this year with a bank of over 30,000 pre-recorded online classes. It’s already partnering with popular Indian creators and offering attractive subscription prices. But the lack of live classes and interactions between users and teachers puts it at a disadvantage against Indian competitors.
As India’s apex body on technical education, AICTE was expected to promote the quality of technical education, but tight control and excessive red tape has stunted its growth. The government is working on a draft bill for a new regulatory body, but for technical institutions, it’ll just mean one invigilator in place of another.
LEAD wants to be the go-to brand for thousands of India’s private schools—where students pay Rs 1,000 or less as monthly fees—to go digital. In two years, it wants to double the number of schools it’s present in, but to get there, it has to tighten more than a few product screws.
India’s first open source unicorn, Hasura has shattered the notion that proprietary solutions are the sole path to building a billion-dollar business. However, while its open source base has helped it build a global community, getting them to buy into its commercial solutions—especially as contributors—won’t be easy.