Byju’s employees meet Kerala minister after 170 staff are ‘asked to resign’

A group of Byju’s employees on Tuesday met Kerala labour minister V Sivankutty, alleging that the edtech giant was forcing more than 170 staffers to resign, as it looked to discontinue operations and close its Thiruvananthapuram office.

“The employees of Byju’s app from Technopark Thiruvananthapuram had come to see me. The employees have many grievances, including job loss. The Labour Department will conduct a serious investigation in this regard,” Minister Sivankutty posted on his Facebook page.

TechnoparkToday, a community digital media platform for IT professionals said that Byju’s, which was working in Carnival building, at Technopark , was planning to stop its operations. “The company management is enforcing employees for forceful resignation,” it said.