SCAM 2023 | Lessons from the Stunning Rise & Dramatic Collapse of Byju's | Akash Banerjee

It was a rags-to-riches story that was widely quoted - Byjus was an inspiration that spurred the entire Indian ed-tech Industry .... but India's biggest Unicorn is struggling to stay afloat today, a company that was loved by all is being abused.
How did this fall happen, was it really sudden, why we must all take lessons from this collapse.
Read more about the collapse about Byjus and why we need to learn from it -
Pradip K. Saha The Learning Trap: How Byju’S Took Indian Edtech For A Ride
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[@venu384]

Full support 😊

[@Anononymous.d]

akash Bhai , Dev Gadhvi naam ke admi pr bhi Scam ka video bna do expose krdo please. He is also selling hope to Indian youth aur bade bade sapne dikha ke loot raha hai. Please expose him

[@prasunhalder7875]

Make video on netaji subhas chandra bose death mystery.

[@diehardcynic]

Great to see growth. Please share part time / volunteering options if possible, for those who can or want to contribute, but may not take it full time.

[@iammysha]

😢😢😢

[@ritwikmishra2732]

Being an ex byjus employee I can verify each and every sentence is true to it's core!! Being a company who train it's employee to cheat and to extract money from parents by hook or by crook was going to fail sooner or later. Finally it's out in the open

[@maynk0singh]

I was also a BDA.. ThankGod i was the worst salesperson therefore didn't made and false sale.. and got out of it within time

[@ashwanijha5075]

​@@maynk0singh same here bhai.....i can't sell bcz i waw not able to cheat parents

[@ameer6168]

​​@@ashwanijha5075don't lie. You didn't have skills to sell people anything. Now you're giving moral ground to your career failure

[@MrJitendra007]

​@@ameer6168Thats a great point actually...forget about byjus..

[@kapiluncensored]

​@@ashwanijha5075 trying to become Rocket Singh 😄

[@manastripathy1117]

Byju's is a perfect example that an individual with good teaching skill needn't necessarily become a good businessman

[@banksy2870]

He was a good business man at least initially from 2006 till 2018-19. Then Covid hit and he got greedy. Each person can be a good businessman at a certain level and not at other levels.

[@Amritabeautiful]

Ye business nahi, cheat karne ke liye field me utra tha. Ab bhaag gaya hai desh chhorke

[@ashikmandal9626]

Akdom bosd

[@anupambanerjee5368]

As an ex-byju's employee who never did any sales, I understand what those parents might be thinking now. Everyone talks about the marketing, the sales and other things. But no one actually talks about post-sales support. We had thousands of students to contact and honestly, there was never enough manpower where we could provide a proper post-sales support. Not to mention that there were false promises from the sales reps as well. We were overworked and underpaid on literally every other turn tbh. The parents' outburst is always a reality to the mentors and the product experts. Not to mention, the lies about refund policy changed almost every day for every other customer. If a parent invests 1 lakh rupees for their child's education, then it is normal for them to have outbursts. I totally agree with Akash here. And I have no sympathy with Byju's as a company. It's shutting down rightly, and for good

[@okey6294]

I have offer from byjus as a business development associate (sales) can i join it ?

[@sumitkoshti1171]

​@@okey6294mat kar bhai.. gadhe jaisa kaam karna padta hai vaha.. aur ab yeh doib rahi hai company

[@booksandbulls]

Anupam sir can you please help to come out from the byjus scam 😭🙏🙏

[@basitshaikh9524]

​@@okey6294yes ofcourse ..its a dream job as well as dream company.

[@VinayKumar-lf1xu]

​@@okey6294still wy do you want to join?

[@citizen0111]

I attended Byju's classes in 2010 for the CAT. He mesmerized me and many students like me. It was one of its kind, an amazing way of teaching and an out of the box approach for complex problems. His story is nothing but; 'You die young as a hero or live long enough to see yourself becoming a villain'

[@kashishraj1664]

No, it's a mismanagement case. It would have been great if he kept teaching for CAT.

[@Singularity12321]

At the core of a business is to understand the need of the consumer. Not every student needs byju. They should have understood who needed their service and doubled down on them. If everyone is scammed into buying byju, it would have met its downfall one day

[@architraj9460]

​@@Singularity12321 meanwhile me who read Byjus 1 year

[@Karma_866]

It's nothing else than "KARMA". When I was in my second year of MBA, byju's offered me a job with the position of "Regional Operations head". After inquiring about the role several times I was assured that it will be related to "Operations" and not sales or marketing. After joining I was abused for not meeting the targets, my salary which was 14LPA, barely I received 40k. Every week My team used to change and I wasn't even aware of whom I shall be reporting to. Total Chaos at Mumbai branch. The Interns would spend their own money for petrol and visit different places to meet potential customers. They were unpaid and overworked Like hell. Shame on Byju's for treating employees like this. I lost my chance for a better placement as i wasn't allowed to sit for placements further because I had byju's offer.

[@Vonneuman8676]

Correct

[@pravinvaidya2808]

Very sorry to know your story

[@kaditya9]

An Uber driver toiling 16 hours a day was sold a course with loan attached. His motivation was to break the circle of low earnings through educating his children, but instead got duped. I had extreme emotions that day

[@amarmohanta2516]

😢😢

[@kartiksharma-hd9by]

Bhai uski thodi madad Karo aap financially

[@petra_the_trap]

​@@kartiksharma-hd9bytu kr de na💀

[@krishanuA]

That's extremely bad news. Disheartening really. While some of us can certainly help out financially, what (in my humble opinion) we really need is more awareness. Hardworking people like the Uber driver need to know what sort of trap they're getting into. It's difficult, not impossible.

[@surojeetchatterji9966]

​@@krishanuA this cycle will go on in India as long as ppls doesn't become smart & India doesn't become industrialised. Until then matsanyay & scam will go on. India have to become China & think like Chinese & Indians have to acquire skills like Chinese.

[@deepbagli7165]

During my JEE preparation, I once visited that company's site and logged in with my number. Subsequently, numerous calls were made by the counselor, urging me to enroll in their coaching. After a half-hour phone call, I politely said I would consider it, but when he called again later, I declined admission. In response, he verbally abused me and my family, prompting me to end the call. Karma has its way, and I took admission in pw coaching,I'm delighted to share that I secured admission to my dream college, IIT Madras, pursuing mechanical engineering in my second year.

[@anirudhpadhi5290]

Bro congrats for that , you joined pw online or offline?

[@deepbagli7165]

@@anirudhpadhi5290 At that time, the offline course didn't exist. I would like to offer some advice: If you are preparing for JEE, don't rely 100% on any Ed Tech platform. While you can watch pw lectures and use them as a resource, consider taking tuitions. If you have doubts, consult your tuition teacher to clarify them, take tests, and work on DPPs. Best wishes,keep studying. (Math- Sachin sir, Phy-Rj sir/Shivendu sir Chem- Amit sir,Pankaj sir,Sarvesh sir.)

[@pratyushxis1787]

Lol PW rocks😂😂😂

[@govindtuli2913]

Very truly spoken.

[@okey6294]

Congratulations have you done your ug?

[@VivekSinghVivek]

In 2007 Byju came to my college, I was not interested to attend but my friend dragged me for company , he was excellent in CAT maths , there were hardly 20 ppl in the session , at that time Byju shared his personal phone number. I called him later and he was very humble to invite me again at VJTI college for another session. I finally thought MBA is not my stuff and decided to not go further. So I agree this video is absolutely accurate If byju would have stuck to CAT and teaching personally, he would have been tremendously successfull and easily retired by 35-40 with maybe 300 crores, but maybe he had big dreams which unfortunately did not materialise

[@swaraj1]

so true, he is very good with CAT's Maths. He got very ambitious with possibly wrong set of greedy people.

[@Ish392s]

His wife has sold shares worth 400 million dollars, he's definitely keeping at least 300 crores minimum if everything collapses.

[@Gkgaurav369]

As an ex BDA at Byjus, this is so true. It was such a toxic environment at the work place. I used to go to office at 9am and the managers used to come in the evening stoned, they used to make us stay there till 12am! Imagine 9am to 12pm you are just calling the parents and booking for appointments for the weekend. Toxicity was at its peak😒 Karma✅

[@lifewithriya123]

Very disheartening, I hope you find a good job now

[@Gkgaurav369]

@@lifewithriya123 oh yes. I'm in a much much better place in life. I never worked at corporate after byjus. I have my own business right now, settled in Goa, doing great 🙏❤️

[@lifewithriya123]

@@Gkgaurav369 awesome ❤️

[@freakysunny331]

Maine bhi byjus m as a bda kaam kiya tha or maine 2 months m chhod diya mujhe pta tha y sb jyada din ni chlega ....or aaj m police officer hu uttar pradesh police m 🥰

[@KIRA11563]

I was selected for the bda role 2 3 months ago but I didn't join.😢

[@GarvitSharma-e3s]

I AM GLAD TO HEAR ABOUT BYJU'S DECLINE! They literally used to scam students. I remember purchasing their JEE distance learning program for like 48000 INR and the content they provided was of below par quality. If you insist on just looting people of their money without providing with quality education in return, this is something that is bound to happen!

[@_bhxtia]

Yes bro you are right Im there for neet prep😢

[@aabhay1679]

Online is making money by fraudulently giving loans to everyone in the name of premium. The person will get a lump sum amount in the loan, here the entire amount is taken by the agent of the person providing the loan. parents are paying the loan installment

[@AmarjeetKaur-sd5me]

I paid the fees of 160000 looted by Byjus

[@_bhxtia]

@@AmarjeetKaur-sd5me mee too🥲

[@Dx_Era_31]

Aakash byjus?

[@kalyanimookherji8834]

As a longtime educator and counsellor, I can assert that for school children at least, online modules can be at best a support and not a replacement for physical classrooms.

[@shaikhfirdous5069]

100% true

[@annAdafc]

Bcoz of fraud and scammers like vivek bindra if some people collect some courage to do business.they get scammed lost their money, and go through mental harassment,bulley,intimated by them then go through depression,anxiety in extreme cases get heart attack or panic attack or go for suicide and vivek bindra is not alone people like him present in all over the country and they are in millions in every field.government should really do something about these kind of people.goverment should find out these fraud people with proof from all over the country by using spy and take strict action against them.sandeep sir also talk about all the fraud and scammers like Vivek bindra and these kind of people carries three kind of personality one of being nice kind in front of those who can put them in trouble second personality is to be manipulative,speak lies with full confidence,use intimidation technique,work against the law,they narcissist,egoistic with those who are below them,under them and 3rd is mixture of both personality to fool people afterall they are fraud egoistic

[@TechyMage]

As a student, I disagree. In my coaching, teachers are iitians, so I can say I get taught by one of the finest faculty. Now, coming to the point. Schools are useless for studies, and coaching is fine but not as good as online studies and books. Why should we study from some teachers who don't have any achievements, lack funding and skills. The finest teachers and professors are available online. Also our education system is fked up(I scored 97 percent in 10th, so don't say I am blaming education system bcz I am not good in studies) In conclusion u guys are useless(talking about avg teachers especially the teachers who teach in school), no hate towards anyone. I am just stating the facts.

[@The_silentstorm135]

As a student i agree

[@surojeetchatterji9966]

There is no shortcuts in success, ppls needs to understand that.

[@ashexxxx]

I have heard from some friends how badly they were treated by the company while they were working there. A company who mistreats their employee like that was meant to fail, and not to forget the scams they did with the students.

[@Siddharth_Tanwar]

I took byjus tablet course for JEE preperation. I can tell you it was the worst e content. Nothing was upto the mark. They only focused on animations but forgot to focus on problem solving. That was 6 years ago. Luckily I ditched Byjus after and joined a proper offline coaching 😂

[@anjalibarjo]

Are neet iit coaching ka dhandha bhi itna bada ho gya h kota vizag😂😂😂jo pdhne wle h woh nikl lete h... Jo nhi pdhne wle unka paisa pani ki trh waste ho jata h 😂😂😂

[@frosty5010]

Me too

[@pankajsahu-ci2qb]

Good u made the right decisions

[@hypocratus7341]

Which college are you in now?

[@msdadsfsx]

Blaming ur failure on byju

[@alfahadkhan7648]

Physicswallah's success is majorly due to Alakh sir's zidd to stick with his main goal of either free or very affordable education with best teachers.... Meanwhile other ed techs changed their motive to earn money when they got successful

[@shiningalpha_]

Can say

[@travel_kick]

Right❤

[@mayanktiwari9689]

They also started outside funds whenever corporate investment involes the trap starts

[@travel_kick]

@@mayanktiwari9689 I have never taken PW course but as long as it's affordable people won't complain as teacher also good and the digital board they used to teach is fabulous (YT)

[@alfahadkhan7648]

@@mayanktiwari9689 absolutely not dear, this whole scheme of funding growing businessess is not a bad thing , things become bad when that business, instead of improvement, owner shift it's target to please & give profit to the investor , that's the real cause...

[@vinaysetia8802]

I was the first Commerce Faculty at BYJU (Noida office-cum -studio) . Had joined it in 2016 but left in 2017. I had sensed its fate! I'm really sorry to see it's present situation :(

[@swordain]

No need to be sorry lol. You get what you plant.

[@aamitabh69]

I am happy.

[@Letsspeakconscience]

Very happy to listen about the downfall of BYJUS. Logon ka badduwa ka asar hain ye.

[@normanlaffrey8393]

Thanks Akash Ji you explained the whole thing in simple language. I always wondered why so much craze was created around Byjus when in all fairness it was a mediocre company over grown disproportionately and so the bubble had to burst. As you rightly said... jab bhagwan deta hai chappar fard kar deta, lekin jab leta hai to thappad Mar kar leta hai. We should never forget this.

[@karthikanj5721]

An example of how even such brilliant people loses basic common sense with over confidence. I remember discussing with friends 'what's wrong with them!!' when they started buying companies one after the other, coding, school tuition, entrance, gate, what not! Was very much inspired by initial growth and the teaching model of Byjus!

[@GopalSingh01]

It was a Scam from the start and they paid Messi and SRK to promote that scam in the name of education.

[@manishtutionclasses]

pw also doing the same

[@TerraIncognitaz]

They are probably best in TRICK! This is what simply wrong with them! You can Crack a exam (even UPSC) and top using TRICK but the same approach (trick) can't help in LIFE! The people who get motivated after initial success by trick, try to apply it everywhere, are doomed to fail!

[@kaizoku8771]

​​@@manishtutionclassesyeah but atleast I really love what they are doing for GATE. I purchased their course for just 5000 and for it I got content of over 1000 hours. The amount of things I learned for just 5000 is unbelievable they covered every single topic in depth with some of the most experienced gate faculties.

[@vravikumar007]

In TIC, one MNC is doing the same. 57 acquisitions in span of 4 years 😮

[@Amitkumar-du7pb]

"No matter if the company fails, he has already amassed billions in his Swiss bank account and is living a lavish life in Beverly Hills, USA. People will soon forget about him, just like Nirav Modi and Vijay Mallya. I hope he faces legal consequences, and others should learn from these cases. Our laws have too many loopholes. Additionally, he has close ties with the Karnataka government; the Chief Minister awarded a tender worth around 3,000 crores to Byju's for providing tablets to government schools."

[@npradhan057]

That's true ..looting n staying abroad is thr final destination

[@coldfusion5153]

mallya will be brought back

[@sayalikulkarni4680]

00:09 Byju's went from a prized unicorn to financial collapse 03:22 Byju's journey from a service engineer to founding Byju's classes for CAT coaching 06:38 Byju's innovative approach revolutionized the Indian education system. 10:07 Byju's rapid growth led to high valuation and expansion but also brought immense pressure and challenges 13:51 Byju's faced downfall due to unethical practices and industry changes 17:59 Byju's took big financial risks and loans that didn't work out as expected. 21:30 Byju's faced financial and legal challenges 25:38 Byju's facing financial troubles and backlash Crafted by Merlin AI.

[@Gkgaurav369]

I was a BDA in byjus. I was there for few months and quit due to its toxic work culture. The training managers were so arrogant and I remember one of them saying "parents ke saamne bachho ko questions puch puch ke rulao fir Ch***ya ki tarah dikhao, darr se definitely Lelenge course". Next day, I QUIT! And I'm glad I did.

[@Lieuxarafya]

Literally. when I signed up for the byjus app, they started calling my parents and eventually came to my house. He asked me to take a test, which was from the next grade, I was in then, he tried to show me dumb in front of my parents and I started crying when my answers were wrong. I did my best , after that he pressured my parents to sign up, but my mother didn't signed up rather my aunt did (later she blamed me that because of me she fell into the trap). It didn't even end there, they called my mother everytime I loged in and even after denying and blocking they called from different numbers.

[@travel_kick]

@@Lieuxarafya which city r u from?

[@suryanshp.4369]

Really that is true i work as bda there n they force you to work for 12 hours under pressure n to fool parents

[@_Ananthan]

As someone who purchased Byju's Tablet I confirm this is true as it happened with me

[@booksandbulls]

Gauravdurden sir please help me to come out from byjus trap please 🙏🙏🥺

[@criticalspace]

Problem is when this company came into existence, then on its face value itself, it appeared to be a project to be failed But at that time no one raised a red flag Now with the advent of social media we can hope that the masses could get a red flag in advance by KZbinr like desh bhakt and others

[@Lifeoferny]

I am a 2018 Byju’s employee. Here’s the inside story. When I started working there, the salary given to a fresher is obviously appealing. Which obviously attracts a person. Working there for a few months gave me a realisation that how toxic the environment was. I have never been abused but I’ve heard other employees get abused. Also, incidents like an associate slapping his manager and resigning in front of the whole office was also seen. When it comes to content, my unbiased opinion is that it is genuinely very good. But it was way too overpriced. 30000 for a year is too much. Being an indian kid myself, no matter how good the Online content, I would only sit for studies if there was someone standing over my head. That’s why our parents used to send us to tuitions. I was good at studies yet reasons for sending me were entirely different. I think this is where Byju’s model lack. They expected their online learning to actually replace school learning. It can’t even replace tuitions.. Both these reasons combined, I decided to leave the organisation and join a university’s marketing even though I would be getting a comparatively lower pay grade. In my interview, the reason I gave for leaving byju’s was that this model is online ed and it can’t run in india for long. Which was a very valid reason. But then Covid came, and any logical person can make out how the inevitable for byjus got delayed. Infact their sales revenue just rocketed sky high. But I knew it was bound to fall. At last, I think the only chance of survival for byju’s is their smart decision of acquiring Aakash institute. However, they will have to let go of their ego of online model and just make it a part of offline learning at a reasonable price.

[@drafrinnaaz5577]

Aap ne bhi UPSC civil services ke naam par students ko bewakoof banaya Samsung galaxy A8 jo ki 15000 ki milti hai uske 25,000 rupye liye UPSC GS paper ki preparation ke naam 80,000 rupees liye

[@contentwritervidhya125]

Content was 7.5 to 8 stars out of 10... I have seen books with excellent illustration and story telling explaining difficult concepts. And the price of those books will be 500 rs 1000 rs or utmost 3000 rs not 30000 or 1 lakh.

[@drafrinnaaz5577]

@@contentwritervidhya125 yes you are right

[@rosannamatraviyalv]

I feel like Byjus company was so big and fell so steeply, even ppl who hv no relation to it hv their own perspective/story to share in its respect. A well done documentary!

[@RedmiPad-q6j]

Being an ex Byju's employee (march2022) and knowing the insight of the company i am not surprised, All they did is cheat,and it starts from the very fact that i was recruited as a Business Development Executive (meaning sales person), but they disguised me as an Education Counselor (a teacher), I can remember how verbally abusive they were, I am Happy i made no sales, i did not put much effort as i was planning to resign sooner the possible, The saddest part is i remember the managers used to narrate boasting stories about how they sold byju's packages of lakhs to poor through loans disguised as scholarship fee's to households where they could hardly afford food. I can never believe the top level management didn't know about these practices as they were prevalent and consistent PAN India.

[@interanaut31]

Indian parents mentality is also very important factor. Parents are willing to put their child in coching center as early as possible so that their ward can get rank 1.. I have seen parents crying even if child is getting like 99 pc marks Indian parnets don't want to see any other child to do better than their child Thats where byjus come in..a dream product which ensure guaranteed academic sucess.. Thats what parents wanted. ..byjus is just supplying what is in demand..

[@TheChromelover]

Correct ✅

[@pink-i2]

Makes sense

[@furqannasir612]

intresting sponsers of Team India 1.Sahara 2.Byjus

[@utkarshgupta7421]

next dream11

[@Pawan5194-l8i]

Paytm

[@chintansatasiya8041]

मुझे तो पहले से ही ये कंपनी ठीक नहीं लगती थी, वैसे भी अगर शिक्षा या हेल्थ जैसी बाबतों में scam करके पैसे कमाने का जरिया बनाओगे तो उसके परिणाम तो कभी न कभी भुगतने ही पड़ेंगे... आपने बहुत अच्छे से सब कुछ समझाया...😊👍🏻

[@architraj9460]

बैजू पढ़ाई में तो अच्छा है लेकिन पैसे कमाने का तरीका एकदम अलग है।

[@vakudibeardefender3953]

What went wrong with Byju is they tried to monetize what is already freely available on youtube. When this wasn't working they started to use pressure tactics to intimidate and force people into buying their content.

[@Ansari_0_7]

Pw and unacademy really harmed byju

[@AmarjeetKaur-sd5me]

I am also the victim of Byjus

[@rosebano2100]

I still remember when BYJU's employees came to our house for my brother . They tried so hard to convince my parents. But the moment I heard the whole course will be in English. I was sure not to let my parents buy their course. Alhamdulillah. We didn't buy the course.😂

[@Indian_Railways4U]

Accha ji bacchgaye aap😂😂

[@fi1158]

The world runs on English language??

[@arprogames]

Katao apni zindagi berozgari me, english se itni hi taklif hai to 😂

[@MusiQ8dict]

​@@arprogamesusne to English me comment likha aur tune hindi me , tere logic se to tu berozgar hoga. Dude,india me school kids ko english syllabus bhi bi lingual samjhaye ti easy padta

[@priyanshutripathi5759]

I recently studied for some entrance tests through Byju's, teachers are real good but the way business was run, it ruined a whole lot.

[@TalkingTacosFood]

Even every student indirectly study from byjus 😂 Like we all have searched for those physics answers and went on toppr website owner by byjus Basically they vapourised themselves 😂

[@TalkingTacosFood]

Even every student indirectly study from byjus 😂 Like we all have searched for those physics answers and went on toppr website owner by byjus Basically they vapourised themselves 😂

[@taufique._.]

After signing up on thier website they call and fool to buy their course @@TalkingTacosFood

[@kk-xp9ep]

Ustaad desh ki situation ke hisab se bachon ki sankhya bhut kam h ....

[@khwmthagwranarzary9327]

Kids don't go for high fees online course. Remember kids

[@Ashleycorrie8494]

I recently made further purchases. Saving for a market slump is also a bad idea. There are different perspectives on recessions and depressions; we cannot always expect significant rewards; and taking risks is preferable to doing nothing. The bottom line is that by diversifying your portfolio and making sensible judgments, you will accomplish exceptional outcomes. In just 5 months, my portfolio's raw earnings increased by $608k.

[@Rhgeyer278]

Despite my conviction in your direction, my recent stock purchases, and the fact that I am an AMC shareholder, I have not been able to amass anything. I had been in debt for far too long before the collapse. What are the steps required in investing?

[@RandalHebert]

That is incredible! If he's this talented and has A-list skills, I'd like to speak with him. Even when I clone transactions using a MAM account, I continue to lose 20% of the time. Where can I locate his contact information?

[@RandalHebert]

He appears to be well-educated and well-read. I ran a Google search on his name and came across his website; thank you for sharing.

[@PennyBurdick318]

I've avoided all of the problems that the volatile market provides. Reading, research, patience, and seeking help when needed are the best strategies to break into the market today. Because I am unable to manage my portfolio due to the nature of my profession, I just mimic Samuel Peter Descovich, a CFA, whose acts I observed on Bloomberg Business News. Everything has been simple since then.

[@Byrondavis89]

I immediately began looking into Samuel's past. He has excellent self-control. His credentials are strong, and he appears to have been thoroughly investigated. His services are also available to foreign investors from nations other than the United States.

[@shadowinterlude]

I remember a salesman from byju's who came to my house after i cracked a byju's scholarship test at my school. His tactics were really shady and he tried to sell the course to us but my parents knew better and didnt fall for it

[@jaychandran854]

I'm glad you could dodge this.

[@limitedgamer9622]

BDA and salesman are totally different

[@ascoolasariv6969]

Same! Happened to me 2-3 times that too some 4-5 years ago!

[@rohansengupta]

You didn't clear any test. They call everyone who gives the scammy test.

[@shadowinterlude]

@@rohansengupta yes i know

[@mohammadibrahim3280]

Kis kis ko BYJU ne loota hai 😮😮😮

[@relaxingtherapy8045]

Sabko 😬

[@SupremeSanatan2]

Mujhe 😢

[@santosho1230]

मैं मुश्किल से बचा😂

[@saqlainmushtaq360]

Mujhe 😂

[@anshkumarvats]

Mujhe😂

[@free_thinkerr]

shah ruk is most infamous celebrity for sponsering scam companies , iipm is one of them

[@shrutimathur4423]

What can you expect out of vimal ad wala anyway?

[@SigmaChad-td7in]

@@shrutimathur4423 right miss

[@baboys86]

Problem in Indian mindset is most of us want unreasonable returns for our efforts, we are too much associated with results than the process and work...as a result some exploit and some are exploited, because everyone is chasing gold even if their efforts deserve only silver... only way to fix this is by building a nation of physically and mentally strong humans, who are not tired of putting efforts, and will not chase quick success...

[@TheChromelover]

Agreed 👍. Exactly my thoughts. And I think we Indians are so result oriented because of our historical poverty. When you are poor, you start looking at things in a very transactional way - “If I do this, I get this”. You can’t afford to do something just for the heck of it. You are forced to focus on the outcome alone. Short term thinking (I.e. surviving for today) becomes your second nature. To adhere to a process and shift attention away from the outcome, needs long term thinking. That is something we don’t have…sadly.

[@pink-i2]

Wdym?

[@shwetasharma7285]

An employee came to my house from byjus and he told me to pay 95000 online fees for my daughter's Nursery or L.K.G program... And they told me that if u will not pay this for your daughter ,she will backward in her peers. I told no worry I don't want a genius if she is a genius it will come out itself

[@jayanthi4440]

95000 for nursery !!! OMG 😱

[@vanshupadhyay6289]

One of the best episodes of Deshbhakt so far, keep it up Akash and team❤

[@shaminhoda7262]

I still remember my 1.3 year of my Byjus , and regret all the sales I have done, I am just sorry to all of them

[@harpreets5710]

So as you sow ,so shall you reap,,,,,,maa Saraswati taught byju’s stunning lesson 👏🙏

[@kattarshwetabhbhakt6785]

I remember in 2016,BYJU's was aj inspiration for students. Teachers like Srinivasan Sir played a big big role in strengthening my fundamentals of Physics. But later I began to observe that they had made no updates to their video content and nor to their methodologies.

[@annAdafc]

Bcoz of fraud and scammers like vivek bindra if some people collect some courage to do business.they get scammed lost their money, and go through mental harassment,bulley,intimated by them then go through depression,anxiety in extreme cases get heart attack or panic attack or go for suicide and vivek bindra is not alone people like him present in all over the country and they are in millions in every field.government should really do something about these kind of people.goverment should find out these fraud people with proof from all over the country by using spy and take strict action against them.sandeep sir also talk about all the fraud and scammers like Vivek bindra and these kind of people carries three kind of personality one of being nice kind in front of those who can put them in trouble second personality is to be manipulative,speak lies with full confidence,use intimidation technique,work against the law,they narcissist,egoistic with those who are below them,under them and 3rd is mixture of both personality to fool people afterall they are fraud egoistic

[@lespaceman]

I remember having a heated argument with the salesperson back in 2016. I knew it was all a scam from the beginning. Charging exorbitant sum for content that is available for free from places like Khan academy was simply unacceptable for me.

[@travel_kick]

@@tennis_forever wo khud to khatam nahi hua, baki scam k chalte employees, student (unke parents) , company that funded wo bhugat rahi

[@surojeetchatterji9966]

@@tennis_forever bara banane ka koshis hona chahiye, par gradually step by step not by short cuts through marketing gimmicks. Providing online education is a good idea. But salesman can't replace a tutor.

[@StayQrious]

Thanks for mentioning me and my physics videos. Brought back memories. We worked very hard to make them useful. A small team of us working with a mission in mind. I quit in 2016 to join Khan Academy. I was also surprised by the reducing focus on content and felt the content got slightly worse with each update. Some of us still work together (but not at Byjus). The problem still remains. The mission continues.

[@merajazim606]

The end is near. Business is just not about making profits,you should have ethics and principals to work on. I worked at Byjus and I am happy I quit the job at an early stage and didn't cheat a lot of people.

[@mukuldutt8993]

In 2021/22, I applied for Subject Matter Expert at BYJU's and they asked me if online learning is better than offline. I told them that online learning has its own perks but cannot replace offline learning at all. They got upset and rejected me. Dodged a bullet I guess

[@vickysvideochannel]

Akash and Dhruv were the most ardent supporters of Byjus, even when hundreds of customers and employees were complaining on social media and now, since the real issues cannot be hidden any longer, this video is made. Shows that when times are bad, even your shadow is no longer with you.

[@AdityaKumar-dv9cp]

The worst mistake BYJUS did.. Acquiring WHITE HAT JR.. Which was complete scam

[@sunilfgeorge]

From humble ascent to perilous decline, Byjus' saga warns: in success, humility preserves; hubris endangers all - wisdom preserves wealth, arrogance invites demise.

[@MohdImran-ik4fm]

NCERT 12TH BIOLOGY me ek Line Hai "Need Changes Into greed Then DISASTER will Come"

[@kalvinali]

For me the sad part was to trap parents in to debt, that’s just horrible horrible, this man needs to be brought to justice!

[@cnitevedi4832]

no rich scammer is ever brought to justice.. wether it is kingfisher mallaya, lalit modi , adani, or any1 else. unless they make enemy of govt.

[@vivekjain9944]

We want more CASE STUDIES like this... Thank you abhishek sir 🙏🏻💥💫✔️

[@indian1571]

Inka nam akash hai abhishek nahi😂, byju mein padhai ki kya ?

[@vivekjain9944]

@@indian1571 hn tab hi ek baar fail gaya tha 8th me😂😂😂

[@vidyeshwarprasad6895]

The BEST video on the subject. Very comprehensive, well-researched, informative n educative. Akash the video spells your brilliance.. nothing short of watching a gripping movie. Quite an eye-opener n silently you have rendered great service to the nation by awakening people through your thought-provoking video! ❤ 🙏 A request: please do come up with a detailed video on KHAN Sir, the person who revolutionised education to the unprivileged by his pioneering vision.

[@debanjanchatterjee3757]

Good education business is required is 1: Parenting courses 2: Anti bullying courses or how to handle these problems 3: How to take decisions in serious situations. 4: Protection from fraud 5: Protection from family politics . We seriously needed these courses .

[@TheChromelover]

Correct ✅

[@typicalnobody8]

As a student who studied from byjus , I know it's pricey but the teachers were the best I ever studied from , the animated video lectures were one of the best , Study felt enjoyable for the first time.

[@narendramishra9838]

It asked me a lot of money for 60 days course and it ended in 5 days 😂

[@akarshanandsinha9346]

Byjus scammed my family too, they took a loan worth Rs. 80K for my sisters subscription without informing us and we had no option to pay EMI and the course was worthless. ...Byjus should finish as they took money from helpless middle class people. Falling down is their karma .

[@kunti_putra]

How can someone take loan on someone else's identity? It's a clear case of fraud. I wonder why no one filed police complaint against Byju's?

[@akarshanandsinha9346]

@@kunti_putra it happened with thousands of parents across states

[@kunti_putra]

@@akarshanandsinha9346 Yes, and that is why I find it surprising how no one bothered to file a police complaint against Byju's? I'm not saying it didn't happen. I've read many horror stories from parents w.r.t Byju's. It seems like Byju was given a free run by all.

[@akarshanandsinha9346]

@@kunti_putra they used very technical terms in their terms and conditions and it was drafted in a very professional way with hidden meanings and parents were unable to find those clause because their documents were long and the initial paragraph was about normal things and their in some middle stanza was having these clever business things .

[@udaypothakamury6315]

There is no way Byju’s real evaluation could be above 200 to 300 crore rupees.. forget about 20 billion US dollars. It was just hyped up like 95% of startups around the world, more so Indian startups.

[@shreykumbhare]

😂

[@Subh8081]

BYJU's was a good idea. It's just their greed was their undoing. The way they scared the parent into unnecessary courses, the way they nagged potential customers, the way they disinformed and misinformed students and parents and set wrong expectations, the way they delayed refunds - all are tied to greed.

[@Amritabeautiful]

It was never a good idea. They had many courses but nothing was there in those courses. Selling empty courses is not a good idea.

[@sarwatsafia8832]

Greed

[@RealGigaMind]

True.

[@RealGigaMind]

​@@Amritabeautiful I think their courses had good material. It's just that they focussed on sales by literally manipulating parents. The content they had, had the potential to change the Indian education, had it been implemented by a responsible authority.

[@Amritabeautiful]

@@RealGigaMind kuchh material nahi tha aur na teachers thhe. Maine dekha hai byjus ke course me kya tha. Main khud higher secondary or NEET/JEE ki physics teacher hu. Kuchh nahi tha byjus ke courses me

[@form76]

Byju Raveendran is a scamster who should be Jail .Period .Great video Akash as always

[@vandanaram3300]

sooo.....I have a personal byjus story to share .......so byju was a cousin of my moms best friend and she raved about this guy and his platform .....so jaasse m aake mummy ne kaared liya course for my 11th and 12th and during that time byjus not only sold the courses but also the tablets and for some reason or course sirf unke tab m padd sakte tey ...which was very bizzare to me. i mean as a teenager I had itna deemag ki online course should be able to be taken in any device ...but my parents on the other hand who werent that well off were guilt-tripped into buyin the tab .....and the courses werent that mind blowing either ..it was mediocre at best.....so i am kinda happy this happened to them...a lot of families went through the same thing....and the costumer service tab bhi kaafi buri thi ...i think because of the pressure they face

[@syedbilalhassannaqvi]

I heard somewhere that every company that sponsored the Indian cricket team so far has gone bankrupt, like Reebok, Sahara, and now Byju's.

[@psychobnda5316]

Addidas nd dream 11😮😮 still exist

[@biprojitdas6487]

Oppo exist

[@ChitrakGupta]

It will be great to have a video on betting apps..

[@FaizanRaza_MD]

Kuch bhi 😂​@RavishKumarsFan

[@mridulsingh5790]

​@RavishKumarsFanmar ja na yaar

[@Akirashirogayanaki9322]

Thisssss

[@yuvrajjais7744]

​@RavishKumarsFanI am worried for ur sister's seal, is it still intact 😂😂

[@90-nirmitbatavia45]

Dhruv rathee has one

[@DRINDRANIL1]

Totally true. Huge no of students and parents are disheartened.

[@ArkaMondal-xi2oj]

BYJU'S marketing strategy worked really well with Indian parents, the salesman asked me to solve problems that were well out of my grade's portion, and then told my parents I was dumb and needed byjus to become successful in life.

[@adib3011]

I'm not gonna lie, byjus helped me significantly. I didnt expect them to teach me as well as a face-to-face teacher would . I liked their physics and chemistry lectures, and I used it precisely for that reason, not as a substitute for actual teachers. Charging that much money for a pre-recorded course is crazy though. I took this in 2019- 2020, and it didn't cost me too much.

[@arprogames]

Same with me, I really liked the way they taught me by their animation videos and helped me to get better score than my previous classes. They didn't charge me that much, it was 40k for 6-10th class including a tablet through which I'm writing this comment (tab still exists 😁)

[@siddharthgogoi7979]

What if they lie ....nd handover a loan by telling that its simply monthly fees nd all(nonsense company ever )...playing with the emotions of many indian families giving high amount of loan without knowing them...nd later if their child wants leave the course for (stupid teaching)..then managers call nd use shameful words to the child parents .. band ho jaye to acchaa hain ye company.

[@arprogames]

@@siddharthgogoi7979 did this incident happened with you somewhere in past? For me, everything was a prepaid deal, not any kind of monthly/yearly subscription but indeed, my father took emi and I don't think that they even charged us any interest. 🤷‍♂️ Mujhe koi problem nahi laga tha pehle aur Naa ab lagta hai. Tab to mere paas hai hi 😁

[@siddiqahmed7126]

Every one is taking Indians to the ride, be it politicians, banks, education institutes, social media contenders,hospitals,pandits and on and on,I don't know when we are going to wake up and ask questions. This will impact our economy and every innocent Indians hard earn money looted. Desh 20 saal peche ho gaya.God save our country.

[@synthsimans]

right

[@deepamsuneja890]

because we're easy to fool

[@curiousengineer6436]

been following akash from last 04 years, he has groomed over time and now i find his videos IRRESISTIBLE, well deserved 🧿

[@ritshpatidar]

5-6 years ago I learned how sound waves work from BYJU's free videos. It was the best explanation I ever watched.

[@Gufran8994]

As a former employee of Whitehat, I have seen the rise of Whitehat Jr as a company, the sale to Byju's and the subsequent decline. The employees and customers suffered the most as the perks were cut down immediately after Byjus acquired the firm. New courses were rolled out without a proper roadmap. What used to be a Coding firm was now teaching Music to adults without keeping in mind the age group we are catering to. All this, along with the lay offs of thousands of teachers created an abysmal environment with the customers as their kids were going through multiple teacher changes within a span of few months and the refund requests went to an all time high. At the end, it's Byju's themselves who are responsible for their downfall!

[@amitacharya1595]

We need more teachers like khan sir from Patna who took up teaching as a service and not a money making business like Byjus .

[@ournepalourpride8563]

Becoming a fan of you and the way you clarify and make complicated stories easy for us to understand. I am deaf from Nepal and tha king to English Subtitles,I love to watch

[@yragi2800]

I attended his Free one day CET exam workshop in 2010 in Bangalore .. He was a good teacher..

[@srbasha74]

At hindsight, Byju's would be in better position if he had taken the MBA then. At least he would have learned how to do business

[@AKT1610]

He could have never earned 400million dollars in his entire life in a job. That amount is present in his bank account.

[@taz4895]

No he wouldn't. He has around 3000 to 5000 crores in his pocket now😅

[@uditkumarpatra647]

Is that even true… he cracked CAT? I doubt

[@devjani3975]

@@uditkumarpatra647 .. Haan.. kiya tha.. tum mana ya Naa mano prr CAT me 100 %ile toh aaya tha..

[@vishnupeketi7596]

The reason why Ed-Tech industry is doomed to fail is because they set lofty goals for themselves. They want to replace learning from a Blackboard, Book offline model to Tablet, computer Online model. There are plenty of drawbacks with learning from Tablets: 1) Lack of Supervision. 2) Attention span 3) Absence of Study Environment, all which play key roles which goes unnoticed. The most Ed-Tech can achieve is act as a support and an add-on for existing Whiteboard Offline mode, so that students can learn and understand well rather than outright replace Offline mode of learning. Byju's finally took the right steps when it brought Aakash, but it was too late and at a very heavy price. Sad.

[@Prash_0]

Iss baat mein pw shi khel gya , unhone covid ke just baad offline mein expnad kiya kyuki unhe pta tha ki ye online education bubble jyada din tak nhi rahega.

[@mridulsingh5790]

The book and blackboard model is the best 🙌

[@mtaqi7240]

Thank God came out on time. Got my kids enrolled in coding classes, which was an expensive package. But being a programmer myself, I understood what a scam it was, after just a few sessions. Had to literally fight them for a refund!

[@shubham-wo8ht]

Had Byju went to IIM after clearing CAT and have learnt about management and business finance. May be today situation would be different 😅

[@suryamishra23]

truth is that he never cleared cat exam he never scored 100 percentile it’s only pr and nothing else byjus is fake like that his cat percentile is also fake.

[@banksy2870]

@@suryamishra23 No. That is not fake. If it had been fake many other new organizations would have researched and called him out. Don't go about spreading lies.

[@suryamishra23]

@@banksy2870kaumse college se padh ke aye ho haan let me know that

[@fukrainsantelgu]

When i was in class 10, 4 to 5 times a employe of byjus come to my house and they were giving wrong guide to my parents to get 95 +percentage in board

[@NSq12]

It is a lesson for every organisation, political or business that unethical things won't sustain forever

[@nasreenanjum3842]

Really!! It's shocking to here.. The sales team was really toxic, how tricky questions they ask to children... They even came to my house.. But at that time I took a stand that "no online".. as it can never replace a teacher or school....

[@GAURAVAHUJA_]

As a employee in Byju's I can say that this is true, Because I want to leave the company and they are not able to pay my salary 😢

[@AbhiDoshi1]

Byju's, Bindra's story is the leading example of Indian Parents and Childrens who are having 15-20 age to make sure when you pay for any such entity

[@deepaktanna]

Thanks! for many of your videos. I am critical of some (supporting mahua) but we all have a right to perspective 😊

[@rohit--maurya]

😮

[@HadesIsAwesome]

Watching this video from a BYJU'S Tablet 😅

[@soulfultiny8210]

Being an ex byju's employee... I can.say that..All u r saying is true. The faculties R superb..But byjus ws focusing on money only. The post sale team was disgusting. They didn't care about the student who purchased their courses. They forgot that students r the roots of any ed tech company...,at the end u hv to provide gd education and also u hv to take care of their issues or problems. Otherwise u'll hv to pay back for everything that u did.

[@abranilsaha4694]

Even a CAT topper can't make a profitable company 😢😢 that shows business is way more that mba

[@Sidekick-bz5dp]

Hume to Byju's ne loota Vivek Bindra me kaha dum tha, Hum ne to course bhi woh liya jisme discount kam tha.. 😢

[@Javed23022]

😂

[@LALBACHISINGH-n9l]

Great video On Great lecturer with great vision. Definitely later business was purely business without product which leads to failure

[@ankushpawale4196]

Byjus is the best learning platform for those who what to learn how instead of what. Their 3D animation videos are amazing to understand concept practically & conceptually .

[@mkseries2688]

We are proud of Desh Bhakt Family 🇮🇳❤️

[@arjunps6776]

Byju should have done his MBA when he cleared CAT. How not one person in the company top brass told that what they were doing was wrong? Shows how toxic the work atmosphere was. Also, it's cursed to sponsor the Indian cricket team. First Sahara, now Byju's, next Dream 11. All shut down.😂😂

[@anamrahamati4637]

At the time when famed education companies like Byjus were offering expensive courses PW started offering quality content with much affordable prices. Now PW is also a Unicorn company with the trust of both students and parents

[@adityakumarsahoo3940]

Though Byjus have looted many people, but they have good teachers. They upload best explanation of. Questions on their website, which other websites like 'Toppr' ... Don't give ,And that's why I like that.

[@ayush_2040]

A perfect example of "jitni chadar ho utna hi pair failao" 😀

[@hemantabista3408]

At one time, Sahara was also the sponsor of Indian cricket

[@sks99741]

I did my MBA preparation in 2009 with Byju's classes. Whatever the case is Byju is a great teacher. Even if company is bankrupt, he can still teach ;)

[@aman9309]

I am so grateful of Byjus HR for faulty hiring process. Luckily they rejected me upfront without having 1-1 interview otherwise they would have hired me as BDA and included in scam story. 😂

[@codered.0.0.7]

bhai placement lagi?

[@aman9309]

Na bro, bada business hi karunga ab😂

[@Matty19]

Zooming out - It's sad to see how an entrepreneur is failing, who at one time was known for his quality teaching. It's not the first time when greedy investors having unrealistic expectations put immense pressure on founders to tank the company. Great institutions/relationships take patience & time to build. Else what goes up quickly, falls to the ground in a blink.

[@TheChromelover]

You are absolving the founder/entrepreneur of all the blame and putting it all on the investors only. I wouldn’t agree with that. A good entrepreneur would know when to approach investors and when not to. That is where his character gets tested. Typically, when you approach investors, you are expected to grow quickly and make profits for the investors. Byju had the option to stop seeking investor’s money a few years back. Focus on the fundamentals of the business (i.e. great learning content), have a specific target market (say, CAT exams or only competitive exams etc) and grow slowly and steadily…This was an option available to him. But he chose the fast lane - take investors money, grow inorganically by mindlessly acquiring companies, focus on everybody - kindergarten to UPSC to coding…. And he failed. If you try to become relevant for everyone, you will end up being relevant for no one. Ultimately, the investors did not hand Byju the money with a gun pointed at his head.

[@cricshubh8]

I worked in BYJU'S and it was my first job . It was so horrible to work in such toxic atmosphere. I resigned from them and being unemployed i am more happy

[@MrCMVikram]

I had no idea what Byju was. Absolutely no idea. I thought it was the name of some ready made garment. Well now I know it is the name of a man.

[@ikramulhaq7883]

😂

[@nishjhony]

It’s not just limited to Byjus, there are many EdTech companies like Upgrad who cheat their students to the core. I’m one of the Upgrad students. I joined a course and the fees was 3 lakhs. They guaranteed placement, they said companies will be running behind me. There are more than 600 students in my batch alone. The course is over in October and whenever we ask for placement, they say it will start by next month. So far we 600+ students are convinced that nothing is going to happen. Just from my batch alone Upgrad made 18Cr (600*300000). Like that there are 100s of courses and every month they start new batches. The same course which I did for 3 lakhs is available for 70 thousand in another learning company. I lost my money and one year. Majority of the EdTech companies are fraud and cheat.

[@Aditya-ri4iq]

Mere 50000 chale Gaye upgrade me , data science ka course liya tha , pehle kh rahe the 6 LPA ka guarantee he , ab digital marketing ke vacancy hi bhejte he , koi customer support nhi he😢😢

[@vsbhutiyal3844]

Which course?

[@aholic9753]

Complaint kro, case kro, ya Sandeep Maheshwari sir ko bhejo, unke latest video me unhone help karne ko bola h

[@sportsrahul432]

That is what sandeep maheswari told about business but it is also true for ed tech

[@RealGigaMind]

Thanks man. I was once thinking of joining UpGrad. But I abandoned that path

[@saurabhrana4160]

I avidly remember, around 6 years ago, BYJU'S was popular among students with reasonable cost. I think the content was really engaging for middle school students, but over the years they increased the cost, also the work culture was unarguably toxic, we all have been irritated by their calls. Ultimately this was bound to happen, service and teaching became secondary and making money became their primary objective.

[@mukeshteckwani]

Also do an episode on Dunzo. It was one of the rising stars of startup ecosystem, now it is close to shut down.