Divya Gokulnath

Some Lesser Known Facts About Divya Gokulnath

• Divya Gokulnath is the co-founder of Byju’s-The Learning App. She is married to Byju Raveendran, the founder of Byju’s.

• Divya was Byju’s student. She was taking a class for the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE). When she was done with her exams, Byju suggested that she should teach a class while she awaits her results.

  

• Divya agreed and she started teaching. She was teaching students just four years younger to her. Once in an interview, she stated- “I had to wear a saree as I was teaching people just a little younger than me”.
  

• While she was teaching, her results were announced and she was selected for a university in the United States, but, her conscious and her love of teaching did not allow her to go to the US. She stayed back, and she continued teaching.

• She fell in love with Byju while she was a student, and they got married.

  

• Divya, along with Byju and his younger brother Riju, are the Directors of “Byju’s-The Learning App”.

• When Byju’s started, her main focus was on content creation. She wanted to prepare a syllabus which would be perfect for the students to learn and understand.

  

• She focused on the way of teaching, the exams, and the questions which would be presented to the students after a study session was over.

• As Divya has been a student of Biotechnology, she often takes sessions which are related to the subject.

  

• When she became a mother and was on maternity leave, she utilized this time by making videos from home. She used to make videos every time her newborn son was asleep.

  

• In 2018, Divya, her husband Byju, and his younger brother, Riju’s total net worth was valued at 9,300 Crores INR.