Ed-tech platform PhysicsWallah on Tuesday fired the manager of one of its centres in Rajasthan after a video of a scuffle between the management and the students went viral.
In a statement, the company said, "Students are PhysicsWallah's top priority and so the centre manager has been terminated with immediate effect."
In the clip circulating on social media a man, presumably a member of the management, is seen pushing a student as others crowd around. According to sources, the student had raised a dispute at their Kota Centre regarding teacher quality.
In the comments section of the Instagram post, users who claimed to be students of PhysicsWallah levelled similar accusations. The management team at PhysicsWallah is very poor. They randomly schedule classes and when students raise objections, they don't listen to them," user Hitesh Yadav (hitesh_ydv_1) commented.
Another user Rakesh Choudhary (rashu4648) wrote, "PhysicsWallah does not have the right management in place."
PhysicsWallah had opened its centre in Kota in mid 2022. In June, the company raised $100 million at $1.1 billion valuation.
The news of the fight and the termination comes at a time when the company's founder and CEO is gearing up to get married. Alakh Pandey will tie the knot with fiancee Shivani Dubey this month. The wedding will be followed by a grand reception at a luxury 5-star hotel in Delhi. The couple had announced their engagement in May 2022.
Read more: PhysicsWallah CEO Alakh Pandey to marry journalist Shivani Dubey
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