BYJU’s Aims at Going Global, and That’s Our Growth Strategy: Ritesh Dhoot, VP of Engineering

Ritesh Dhoot, VP of engineering, BYJU’s spoke to Dataquest about how the company aims at expanding in the local and international market

The pandemic, as everyone already knows, pushed even the most un-initiated sectors into adopting digital technologies. However, one of the sectors that truly rose to the challenge and adopted digitisation briskly was the Education sector. Online education has currently become a household term, and one name that’s almost synonymous with online education is BYJU’s.

Ritesh Dhoot, vice president of engineering, BYJU’s recently spoke to Dataquest about the impact that the pandemic has had on  the EdTech sector. “The pandemic has been the infliction point for both BYJU’s and the minds of people looking to get online education. BYJU’s, during this time, has become the pioneer is offering simpler content in multiple languages through the online medium,” he said.

Ritesh commented about the growth strategy of the company, which will eventually be to go global. “We are focusing on the local market, but we would also like to go global for sure. Be it US, UK, Australia or Brazil, we hope to make BYJU’s a global brand,” he added.

Ritesh also spoke about various other aspects such as the rising demand for courses in deep technologies, the rise in competition in the EdTech sector, and BYJU’s working on the hybrid model to cater to the new normal. Ritesh Dhoot joined BYJU’s as the vice president of engineering in June 2021. Prior to that, he has held leadership positions in Riverbed Technology and Cisco.