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  • Physicswallah's courses will continue to be priced below Rs 5,000: CEO Alakh Pandey

    Physicswallah's courses will continue to be priced below Rs 5,000: CEO Alakh Pandey

    The company draws as much as 55 percent of its business from online channels, with the remaining coming from its offline Vidyapeeth centers

  • 16-year-old UP girl cracks National Math Olympiad, Alakh Pandey applauds online learning

    16-year-old UP girl cracks National Math Olympiad, Alakh Pandey applauds online learning

    To support her further, PhysicsWallah CEO Alakh Pandey gifted Niyanshi a laptop and encouraged her to continue her studies.

  • Unacademy CEO Gaurav Munjal denies acquisition rumours, Physics Wallah's Alakh Pandey responds

    Unacademy CEO Gaurav Munjal denies acquisition rumours, Physics Wallah's Alakh Pandey responds

    With $170 million in cash reserves and no debt, Unacademy reportedly has a financial runway exceeding four years, Gaurav Munjal said.

  • 21-year-old labourer, earning Rs 300 a day, cracks NEET with big score. PhysicsWallah's Alakh Pandey steps in

    21-year-old labourer, earning Rs 300 a day, cracks NEET with big score. PhysicsWallah's Alakh Pandey steps in

    Sarfaraz's first attempt saw him join a dental college, but the lack of hostel facilities forced him to drop out. Refusing to give up, he tried again in 2024.

  • PhysicsWallah’s revenue jumps 161% to Rs 1,940 crore in FY24, losses widen to Rs 1,130 crore

    PhysicsWallah’s revenue jumps 161% to Rs 1,940 crore in FY24, losses widen to Rs 1,130 crore

    The losses come at a time when PhysicsWallah is preparing to go public and has shortlisted bankers such as Axis Capital, Kotak Mahindra Capital, Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan for its $500 million IPO

  • People chase funding headlines, but forget content and impact: Alakh Pandey, Physics Wallah

    People chase funding headlines, but forget content and impact: Alakh Pandey, Physics Wallah

    In an exclusive chat, Physics Wallah Founders and CEO Alakh Pandey and co-founder Prateek Maheshwari emphasise their strategy to steer away from crowded hubs like Kota, opting instead for smaller, efficient micro hubs closer to students' homes.

  • PhysicsWallah forays into undergraduate education with AI and computer science course

    PhysicsWallah forays into undergraduate education with AI and computer science course

    The four year-residential programme in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence (AI) will begin in September this year in Bengaluru, with a batch of about 100 students, Vishwa Mohan, Chief Information Officer of PhysicsWallah and President of the institute, called PhysicsWallah Institute of Innovation told Moneycontrol in an interaction.

  • PhysicsWallah founder Alakh Pandey tests positive for Covid

    PhysicsWallah founder Alakh Pandey tests positive for Covid

    PhysicsWallah founder and CEO Alakh Pandey shared, 'I used to run a high temperature for about a week, later it progressed into a...'

  • WestBridge-backed edtech cos PhysicsWallah and Adda247 at loggerheads over aggressive poaching

    WestBridge-backed edtech cos PhysicsWallah and Adda247 at loggerheads over aggressive poaching

    Even as startups cut spending, edtech companies seem to be taking the poaching of teachers for online coaching centres to the next level.

  • What's happening at PhysicsWallah? Ex-teachers break down in viral video

    What's happening at PhysicsWallah? Ex-teachers break down in viral video

    Reality show-worthy drama has been playing out over the last few days at PhysicsWallah, the edtech unicorn where a group of teachers is busy trading allegations of bribery and internal politics.

  • Exclusive: PhysicsWallah in talks to raise around $250 million; eyes $3.3-bn valuation

    Exclusive: PhysicsWallah in talks to raise around $250 million; eyes $3.3-bn valuation

    India’s only profitable edtech start-up is trying to raise funds not because it needs the money, but to increase its valuation and for potential M&A deals.

  • PhysicsWallah CEO Alakh Pandey contributes towards 300 weddings in UP. See pics

    PhysicsWallah CEO Alakh Pandey contributes towards 300 weddings in UP. See pics

    PhysicsWallah CEO Alakh Pandey contributed towards the ‘samuhik vivah’ or mass marriage of 300 couples in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh.

  • PhysicsWallah CEO Alakh Pandey and wife meet education minister Dharmendra Pradhan: ‘Truly inspired’

    PhysicsWallah CEO Alakh Pandey and wife meet education minister Dharmendra Pradhan: ‘Truly inspired’

    Alakh Pandey took to social media to share photos from the meeting, where they spoke at length about India's education system.

  • At PhysicsWallah CEO Alakh Pandey’s wedding reception, ‘MBA Chai Wala’, Aman Gupta among guests

    At PhysicsWallah CEO Alakh Pandey’s wedding reception, ‘MBA Chai Wala’, Aman Gupta among guests

    PhysicsWallah founder and CEO Alakh Pandey married Shivani Dubey on February 22. Their wedding reception was attended by Aman Gupta, Prafull Billore and other entrepreneurs.

  • PhysicsWallah CEO Alakh Pandey to contribute towards 300 weddings in Uttar Pradesh

    PhysicsWallah CEO Alakh Pandey to contribute towards 300 weddings in Uttar Pradesh

    PhysicsWallah CEO Alakh Pandey will contribute to the mass weddings of 300 couples under the Uttar Pradesh government’s ‘Samuhik Vivah Yojana’.

  • PhysicsWallah CEO Alakh Pandey marries Shivani Dubey. Pics inside

    PhysicsWallah CEO Alakh Pandey marries Shivani Dubey. Pics inside

    PhysicsWallah founder and CEO Alakh Pandey married girlfriend Shivani Dubey in a private ceremony on February 22.

  • PhysicsWallah CEO Alakh Pandey to marry journalist Shivani Dubey

    PhysicsWallah CEO Alakh Pandey to marry journalist Shivani Dubey

    Alakh Pandey, dropped out of college in his third year to teach physics at an institute in Kanpur. He then founded PhysicsWallah which raised $100 million in Series A Funding, becoming a part of the list of unicorns in India last year.

  • OYO, PhysicsWallah: Wedding bells for India’s top startup founders

    OYO, PhysicsWallah: Wedding bells for India’s top startup founders

    From OYO’s Ritesh Agarwal to PhysicsWallah’s Alakh Pandey - here is a look at the Indian entrepreneurs who will tie the knot in the coming weeks.

  • S Chand sells entire stake in iNeuron to PhysicsWallah for Rs 14 crore

    S Chand sells entire stake in iNeuron to PhysicsWallah for Rs 14 crore

    S Chand, along with wholly-owned subsidiaries Vikas Publishing and Chhaya Prakashani, had acquired a minority stake in iNeuron Intelligence, an AI and data sciences-focused edtech platform, in December 2021 in two tranches

  • PhysicsWallah’s profit grows manifold in FY22 as revenue jumps 10x

    PhysicsWallah’s profit grows manifold in FY22 as revenue jumps 10x

    PhysicsWallah reported a net profit of Rs 97.8 crore for FY22, up nearly 14 times from its FY21 profit of Rs 6.93 crore. Its revenue from operations grew nearly 10-fold during the period to Rs 232.5 crore from Rs 24.6 crore in FY21

  • PhysicsWallah forays into publishing, govt job prep segments with 2 new buys

    PhysicsWallah forays into publishing, govt job prep segments with 2 new buys

    PhysicsWallah has acquired three companies since it became a unicorn in June this year. In August, the company had acquihired edtech startup FreeCo to enhance its existing services

  • PhysicsWallah CEO Alakh Pandey’s Instagram account blocked. His appeal for help

    PhysicsWallah CEO Alakh Pandey’s Instagram account blocked. His appeal for help

    The Instagram account of Alakh Pandey has been blocked on charges of impersonation which the co-founder and CEO of PhysicsWallah says are bogus.

  • PhysicsWallah's Alakh Pandey, Zepto's Kaivalya Vohra join Hurun India's Rich List of 2022

    PhysicsWallah's Alakh Pandey, Zepto's Kaivalya Vohra join Hurun India's Rich List of 2022

    Vohra, 19, has in fact become the youngest Indian and the first teenager to have personal wealth of at least Rs 1,000 crore, thanks to an over 50 percent rise in the valuation of Zepto, which he founded with Aadit Palicha in 2020, the report titled IIFL Wealth Hurun India Rich List 2022, showed. Palicha, 20, has also made it to the list.

  • Edtech unicorn PhysicsWallah sees FY23 revenue to top Rs 1,200 cr; to launch new offerings

    Edtech unicorn PhysicsWallah sees FY23 revenue to top Rs 1,200 cr; to launch new offerings

    PhysicsWallah’s comments on profitability and the company’s expansion plans come at a time when edtech companies in India have struggled with softening demand post the pandemic amid reopening of schools, colleges and physical tuition centers.

  • From college dropout to leading unicorn startup: PhysicsWallah CEO Alakh Pandey’s success story

    From college dropout to leading unicorn startup: PhysicsWallah CEO Alakh Pandey’s success story

    With its newly-secured $100 million funding, Edtech startup Physics Wallah is looking to expand its business by opening more offline centres and introducing courses in vernacular languages

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