RIL eyes online health, learning

Jio Platforms Ltd, the digital services arm of Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), which has raised more than Rs 1.04 lakh crore from 10 global investors, is likely to foray into online health and learning as it looks to tap its telecom subscriber base of nearly 39 crore, analysts said.

The Mukesh D Ambani-led entity has already revealed its intentions in edutech as well as leverage Jio’s digital services in healthcare.

The coming months could see Reliance sharpening its focus in these two segments.

Reliance in 2018 acquired around 73 per cent in education technology provider Individual Learning Pvt Ltd (Embibe). Akash Ambani, director at Reliance Jio, had said they were planning to connect 1.9 million schools and 58,000 universities across the country.