Kerala government orders probe as Byju’s shuts down Trivandrum office

After Byju’s closed its office at the Technopark in Thiruvananthapuram and forced all the employees to resign, Kerala education minister V Sivankutty said that the state government will probe the issue, reported the Economic Times (ET).

“The employees have many grievances including job loss. The labour department will conduct a serious investigation in this regard,” Sivankutty wrote on Facebook on Wednesday.

A Byju’s official said that the company is aiming to cut costs and “restructure” for profitable growth.

“In this regard, while we are discontinuing a part of our Trivandrum operations to reduce redundancy, we are also offering the entire Trivandrum team an opportunity to relocate to Bengaluru,” the official said as quoted by ET.