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MTR #1 - The Story and Success of MTR - Mavalli Tiffin Rooms

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The Indian food industry growth is increasing every year. An opportunity for immense potential for value addition, particularly within the food processing industry, the food sector has emerged as a high-growth and high-profit sector. And MTR is one of the biggest brand in food related enterprise. Introduction  The Mavalli Tiffin Rooms (commonly known as MTR) is the brand name of a food - related enterprise located in India. The company has its headquaters in Bangalore, it has a restaurant located on the Lal Bagh Road in Bangalore and 6 other branches in the city, as well as one each in Singapore, Dubai and Muscat.  It is founded as a restaurant by Yajnanarayana Maiya and his brothers in 1924. The company also manufactures the range of packaged foods including breakfast mixes, ready to eat meals, masalas and spices, snacks and beverages. History The Starting Phase When it was founded in 1924 by two brothers Yajnanarayana Maiya and Ganappaya Maiya who came down from

The story of BYJU’S and the changing phase of Online Education. How Byju’s made people fall for learning?

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Technology has impacted almost every aspect of life today and education is no exception. Online education has become popular among working professionals and students. It is in huge demand as it is more convenient and flexible. Books are changing into e-books, online classes are introduced with added lessons, video lectures with hands-on assignments and students can schedule it anytime according to their flexibility. There are many platforms which provides online classes for students and the biggest platform is BYJU’S — The Learning App. Introduction Byju Raveendran, the Founder and C.E.O. of Think and Learn Pvt. Ltd, the parent company of Byju’s App, launched in 2011 and now it is India’s only edtech unicorn startup and Byju Raveendran is the new Billionare. But How this happened in all these years? It is a long story. So, lets try to cover it in short. Story of Byju’s Early Phase Byju is an Engineer by degree and worked for a UK-Based shipping firm and during his wo