Unacademy-upGrad deal began with an audacious pitch in 2020, says Screwvala

The Unacademy-upGrad acquisition may have closed in 2026 for $200 million , but Ronnie Screwvala said the story began six years earlier, when Gaurav Munjal walked into a meeting with an unusually bold proposal. Over lunch at Taj Lands End in Mumbai in 2020, Munjal approached Screwvala and Mayank Kumar about bringing Unacademy and upGrad together. His idea went further than a merger.