Mumbai: Ed-tech major Byju's has announced the appointment of Majid Yazdani as vice president of Byju's Lab to propel and further shape the future of education at the company. Based in the UK, he will lead a team of researcher scientists to help him innovate powerful learning experiences for students.
"Working on personalisation and other AI applications to the education sector, Yazdani will be responsible for incubating new ideas and delivering breakthrough solutions across Byju's ecosystem of learning products at Byju's Lab," the company shared in a statement on Monday.
"We are excited about having Majid on board and scaling up Byju's Lab by harnessing the global pool of highly skilled technical talent,” Byju's chief innovation and learning officer Dev Roy said on the appointment. “At Byju's, we are entirely student-centric at our core. By assembling a robust team of high-caliber specialists, Byju's aspires to make technology accessible and approachable. This will allow us to push limits, create value, and create more impactful learning programmes for students globally."
Yazdani has over 15 years of experience in technology and AI, having graduated from Sharif University of Technology in 2008 with a BSc in computer engineering. He previously worked as a staff scientist at Linkedin and at the Idiap Research Institute in Switzerland. He joined Facebook AI (Meta AI) in 2018. He also holds three patents and has 24 research papers in the fields of natural language processing and artificial intelligence.
"Technology in education is not just about automation, but also about harnessing it in the best way possible to empower students into becoming lifelong learners," remarked Majid Yazdani. "Education has the power to change the world, and I'm pleased to be joining the Byju's family and embarking on an exciting new path to delivering tech-driven learning to make quality education accessible, equitable, and contextual for every student."
Byju's Lab was launched in 2021 with the aim to be an incubator of new ideas, provide cutting-edge technologies and deliver breakthrough solutions across Byju's ecosystem of learning products. As a global company, the company is attempting to tap further into the global talent pool by actively recruiting a wide range of applicants in the United Kingdom, the United States, and India, said the statement.
