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Physicswallah
Company typePrivate
IndustryOnline Education
Founded2014
FoundersAlakh Pandey
FateActive
Headquarters
Noida, Uttar Pradesh
,
India
Websitepw.live

Physicswallah (also as Physics Wallah) is an Indian educational technology company headquartered in Noida, India.[1][2]

History

PhysicsWallah started in 2016 as a YouTube channel founded by Alakh Pandey, a teacher from Uttar Pradesh.[3] Together with co-founder Prateek Maheshwari, Pandey built an app catering to students aspiring for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Exam (NEET) and Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) in 2020. The PhysicsWallah app has registering 5 lakh downloads as of 2022.[4]

In June 2022, PhysicsWallah launched its first offline center named "Vidyapeeth" in Kota, Rajasthan. PhysicsWallah also runs 28 offline centers across 20 cities such as Delhi, Bhopal, Varanasi, Lucknow, Pune, Patna, and Ranchi.[5]

In popular culture

A web series named "PhysicsWallah" on the life of Alakh Pandey and his company "PhysicsWallah" was released on 14 December 2022 on Amazon Prime's Mini TV. Alakh Pandey, who was the series' protagonist, was portrayed by Shreedhar Dubey. There are six episodes in the entire series.[6][7][8]

References

  1. ^ Gupta, Aryaman (7 December 2022). "PhysicsWallah, the unassuming underdog among edtech firms in India". Business-standard.com.
  2. ^ Majumdar, Debleena. "What does it take to create Bharat's education lab: The story of PhysicsWallah, building on trust". The Economic Times.
  3. ^ "The Unicorn Youtuber: Alakh Pandey". Entrepreneur. 11 July 2022.
  4. ^ Dilipkumar, Bhavya. "Online learning platform Physics Wallah enters unicorn club with $100 million funding". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
  5. ^ "PhysicsWallah launches its first offline center in Kota". Financialexpress.
  6. ^ "Amazon MiniTV unveils trailer of upcoming show on unicorn PhysicsWallah". Business Today. 9 December 2022.
  7. ^ "Shriidhar Dubey all set to headline web series 'Physics Wallah' - Times of India". The Times of India.
  8. ^ "Physics Wallah' On Amazon MiniTV Review: Alakh Pandey's Real-Life Story Is Very Relatable Yet Utterly Predictable". Outlook.

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