With Unacademy's rival BYJU's already opening offline tuition centres, its announcement to do the same starting with Kota put a challenge before its established offline contemporaries - notably the Allen Institute.
Anita Bhati is a student of NIT Patna, who had recently started an online portal of 'TuOn', providing free coaching to students from 7th to 12th grade and those preparing for competitive exams
IIT-D students pooled in money and disbursed Rs 7000 each to 17 rickshaw-pullers on the campus amidst the coronavirus lockdown. This initiative eventually led the administration to establish a fund to help the underprivileged who depend upon the IIT for their livelihoods.