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  • Exclusive: PhysicsWallah in talks to raise around $250 million; eyes $3.3-bn valuation March 23, 2023 07:58 AM IST

    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 acquires UAE-based Knowledge Planet March 20, 2023 05:55 PM IST

    PhysicsWallah acquires UAE-based Knowledge Planet

    PhysicsWallah said while it will leverage Knowledge Planet’s school partnership machinery to reach students in UAE, the latter will benefit from PW’s tech stack to strengthen its online and hybrid offerings.

  • PhysicsWallah CEO Alakh Pandey contributes towards 300 weddings in UP. See pics March 18, 2023 08:49 AM IST

    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’ March 02, 2023 04:10 PM IST

    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 February 28, 2023 11:29 AM IST

    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 announces joint venture with Utkarsh Classes February 27, 2023 03:08 PM IST

    PhysicsWallah announces joint venture with Utkarsh Classes

    With this venture, the companies plan on leveraging each other's core competencies to deliver value-adding education across all examinations and jointly make a foray into new exam categories.

  • PhysicsWallah CEO Alakh Pandey to contribute towards 300 weddings in Uttar Pradesh February 25, 2023 12:26 PM IST

    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 February 24, 2023 10:20 AM IST

    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 Kota centre manager fired after scuffle between management, students. Watch February 21, 2023 07:02 PM IST

    PhysicsWallah Kota centre manager fired after scuffle between management, students. Watch

    The student manhandled in the video had raised a dispute at their Kota Centre regarding teacher quality, sources said.

  • PhysicsWallah CEO Alakh Pandey to marry journalist Shivani Dubey February 21, 2023 01:27 PM IST

    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 February 24, 2023 03:52 PM IST

    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.

  • Only six of India's 51 unicorns that have filed results were profitable in FY22 February 15, 2023 12:18 PM IST

    Only six of India's 51 unicorns that have filed results were profitable in FY22

    OfBusiness and Infra.Market were the only two unicorns having a profit of more than Rs 100 crore for FY22

  • PhysicsWallah expects 10-fold revenue growth to Rs 2,500 crore in 2023-24 February 06, 2023 06:02 PM IST

    PhysicsWallah expects 10-fold revenue growth to Rs 2,500 crore in 2023-24

    PhysicsWallah Chief Growth Officer Vivek Gaur said that the company expects to close the current fiscal year with four times growth in revenue over Rs 1,000 crore.

  • S Chand sells entire stake in iNeuron to PhysicsWallah for Rs 14 crore December 22, 2022 12:56 PM IST

    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 November 04, 2022 02:59 PM IST

    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

  • Moneycontrol Daily: Your Essential 7 October 14, 2022 06:16 AM IST

    Moneycontrol Daily: Your Essential 7

    A daily round-up of the most interesting articles to help jump-start the day.

  • PhysicsWallah forays into publishing, govt job prep segments with 2 new buys October 13, 2022 06:44 PM IST

    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

  • Byju’s lacklustre FY21 results put spotlight on edtech valuations in India October 12, 2022 10:48 AM IST

    Byju’s lacklustre FY21 results put spotlight on edtech valuations in India

    According to an industry expert, growth-stage companies should not value themselves at more than 10 times their forward revenue multiple. Many edtech unicorns have raised had raised multi-million dollar rounds in 2021 at sky-high valuations.

  • Be a part of the Indian start-up success story with CNN-News18 Indian of the Year (IOTY) 2022 October 10, 2022 03:00 PM IST

    Be a part of the Indian start-up success story with CNN-News18 Indian of the Year (IOTY) 2022

    From Nykaa to Zoho and Swiggy, the prestigious awards ceremony will honour the biggest s of the Indian start-up scene

  • PhysicsWallah CEO Alakh Pandey’s Instagram account blocked. His appeal for help October 07, 2022 02:42 PM IST

    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 September 21, 2022 03:02 PM IST

    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 August 19, 2022 03:50 PM IST

    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.

  • Startups need to make money organically, not by putting ads: Nandan Nilekani August 16, 2022 06:50 PM IST

    Startups need to make money organically, not by putting ads: Nandan Nilekani

    The Infosys chairman’s comments on profitability come at a time when venture capital and private equity firms, investment bankers and veterans are advising startups to prioritise profitability over growth

  • Meet PhysicsWallah founder Alakh Pandey: I am like an unstable atom, hum hain toh insaan August 16, 2022 02:42 PM IST

    Meet PhysicsWallah founder Alakh Pandey: I am like an unstable atom, hum hain toh insaan

    Meet the tuition teacher turned entrepreneur Alakh Pandey, the co-founder and CEO of PhysicsWallah, which became a unicorn in its first round. PhysicsWallah, which offers tutoring on subjects such as physics, math, biology, and economics, is hugely popular among JEE and NEET aspirants. Disruptive pricing and Alakh's unique approach to teaching has catapulted PhysicsWallah's popularity in recent years. On this episode of Bits to Billions, Pandey opens up on life after becoming a unicorn, his struggle and back story, why he is hatke as a founder and does not conform to stereotypes, the 75 crore offer that he refused, competition, what is next for Alakh Pandey and a motivating message for students

  • Notes from Kota | Teachers have last laugh, get fat hikes as poaching intensifies at India’s coaching capital July 29, 2022 06:13 AM IST

    Notes from Kota | Teachers have last laugh, get fat hikes as poaching intensifies at India’s coaching capital

    The total number of IIT aspirants this year is expected to top 22 lakh. But, with only 16,000 seats available across India’s 23 IITs, competition for every seat is intense. And since Kota churns out a large number of successful IIT aspirants every year, demand for the town’s classes and teachers has jumped post the pandemic.