Divya Gokulnath the co-founder of edtech startup BYJUS was once ranked among the richest women in India with a net worth of over Rs 4000 crore. However the brilliant entrepreneur is now staring at bankruptcy as BYJUs is embroiled in financial and legal troubles. Who is Divya Gokulnath? Born in a middle-class home in Karnataka capital Bengaluru in 1987 Divya Gokulnath is the daughter of a nephrologist father while her mother was a programming executive in Doordarshan Indias public broadcaster. After finishing her high-school education Divya joined RV College of Engineering where she earned a B.Tech degree in Biotechnology. Divya planned to go overseas for higher education and cleared the GRE exam required for for postgraduate admissions abroad but later chose to stay in India and work. Birth and rise of Byjus In 2011 Divya Gokulnath and her husband Byju Raveendran co-founded edtech platform BYJUs which quickly rose to become one of the most valuable startups in the country. Notably Divyas association with Byjus began as a student when she attended tuition classes where her future husband and business partner Byju Raveendran worked as a teacher. During that time Divya and Byju developed a relationship which blossomed into love after she joined Raveendran as a teacher. In 2008 at the age of 21 Divya Gokulnath started her teaching career alongside Raveendran and three years later they established Byjus. During the early years of Byjus Divya appeared in the platforms coaching videos and played a pivotal role in the companys content creation user experience and marketing. In the COVID-19 lockdown phase Divya laid her focus on expanding the reach of the Byjus platform The downfall of Byjus Late last year Byju Raveendran made the shocking revelation that the market value of Byjus had hit rock bottom essentially dropping to zero. Raveendran said the company was facing a dire financial situation due mounting debt delayed financial reporting and scrutiny from regulatory bodies. Earlier Byjus once ranked among Indias most promising startups stirred panic among its investors and invited scrutiny from market regulators when the company missed several crucial deadlines for providing audited financial documents for the fiscal year 2021. This sparked doubts about Byjus actual profitability health and transparency ultimately resulting in its downfall. Meanwhile Divya Gokulnath once ranked among India’s richest women entrepreneurs with a net worth of Rs 4550 crore according to the Kotak Hurun survey remains a key figure in the countrys edtech industry even as her company is now essentially dead.