NEW DELHI: Ananya Tripathi, the CEO of the web coding supplier WhiteHat Jr, the beleaguered platform underneath edtech large BYJU’s umbrella, has resigned from the corporate, marking one other top-level exit at India’s most-valued startup, a media report mentioned on Wednesday.
In response to Moneycontrol, citing sources, Tripathi, who has been on maternity go away since Could, has determined to depart, however BYJU’s hasn’t accepted her resignation formally and remains to be making an attempt to steer her to remain.
In Tripathi’s absence, Arjun Mohan, who rejoined BYJU’s in July to guide its worldwide operations, has been helping the staff.
Tripathi started working for WhiteHat Jr in April final yr. Earlier than becoming a member of WhiteHat Jr, she was the Managing Director at KKR Capstone. Tripathi, a McKinsey alumnus, additionally served as Myntra’s Chief Technique Officer for almost 4 years.
In response to the report, three extra senior executives, together with BYJU’s Chief Enterprise Officer Prathyusha Agarwal earlier this week, had left the corporate.
BYJU’s paid $300 million in money to accumulate WhiteHat Jr in August 2020. Karan Bajaj, the founding father of WhiteHat Jr, acquired one of many largest exits in India’s startup ecosystem because of the transaction.
Bajaj remained as CEO of WhiteHat Jr till August 2021, precisely a yr after the corporate was acquired.
In March, Ashutosh Singh, Director of HR Enterprise Accomplice (HRBP) and HR chief for worldwide markets of WhiteHat Jr resigned.
Final yr, WhiteHat Jr laid off round 300 staff, after greater than 1,000 of its staff resigned after being requested to return to workplace in April-Could.
A lot of the fired staff belonged to the code-teaching and gross sales groups on the platform and a few of them labored in Brazil.
