Alakh Pandey
| Alakh Pandey | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 2, 1991 Allahabad |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Indian |
| 🏳️ Citizenship | Indian |
| 🎓 Alma mater | Harcourt Butler Technical University (dropped out) |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| 📆 Years active | 2016– present |
| 🏢 Organization | Physics Wallah |
| Title | Co-Founder and CEO of Physics Wallah |
| 👩 Spouse(s) | Shivani pandey (m. 2023) |
| 👴 👵 Parents |
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| 🌐 Website | pw |
Alakh Pandey is an Indian entrepreneur and teacher. Alakh is the co-founder and CEO of Physics Wallah, an Indian educational technology company based in Noida, Uttar Pradesh. [1][2][3][4]
Early Life
Alakh was born in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, on October 2, 1991, the son of Satish Pandey, a private contractor, and Rajat Pandey, a teacher. Alakh did his schooling at Bishop Johnson School and College, Prayagraj, until 2010 and later, he went to study Mechanical Engineering from Harcourt Butler Technical University, Kanpur in 2011. But, he dropped out of university in his third year.
Career
While Alakh was in 11th standard, he started giving tuition at an educational institute in Allahabad at Rs. 5000 per month.
In 2016, Alakh started his YouTube channel, Physics Wallah, and started uploading lectures of physics and chemistry for classes 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th and pan-Indian exams like JEE, NEET and board exams of CBSE and ICSE. In 2019, he launched the website and mobile application of Physics Wallah. As of 2022, his channel has more than 9 million subscribers.
In 2020, Alakh incorporated his YouTube channel into Physics Wallah, an Indian educational technology company and co-founded it with Prateek Maheshwari, an IIT-BHU alumni.[5]
Physics Wallah became India's sixth edtech unicorn company in 2022.[6][7]
In media
A web series, 'Physics Wallah' based on Pandey and the journey of PW via his YouTube Channel, was streamed on Amazon miniTv.[8][9]
He was also seen in a popular Indian sitcom, Taarak Mehta ka Ooltah Chashmah in a guest appearance. (Ep-3507)[10]
Awards and Honors
- Education excellence award from Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.[11][12]
- Times 40 under 40 leader's award from The Times Group, 2022.[13]
- EdTech CEO of the Year, 2023 from BW Education, 2023.
References
- ↑ "Meet PhysicsWallah founder Alakh Pandey: I am like an unstable atom, hum hain toh insaan". Moneycontrol. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
- ↑ Raja, Vidya (10 June 2022). "Alakh Pandey: Lost His Home, Dropped Out of Engineering & Built a $100 Million Startup". The Better India. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
- ↑ Staff, Entrepreneur (11 July 2022). "The Unicorn Youtuber: Alakh Pandey". Entrepreneur. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
- ↑ "Edtech unicorn PhysicsWallah sees FY23 revenue to top Rs 1,200 cr; to launch new offerings". Moneycontrol. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
- ↑ Rawar, Aman (2022-12-26). "PhysicsWallah earmarks $40 million for M&As". mint. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
- ↑ "Work, Force, Energy & PhysicsWallah: Meet 'Robinhood' Pandey, And His Freshly Minted Edtech Unicorn". Forbes India. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
- ↑ Shinde, Shivani (10 June 2022). "Teaching is still my first love: Alakh Pandey, CEO & founder PhysicsWallah". www.business-standard.com. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
- ↑ "Physics Wallah Web Series Review:". Dainik Jagran (in हिन्दी). Retrieved 2023-03-07.
- ↑ "Physics Wallah Amazon OTT New Release: Watch Alakh Pandey Web Series Online". HT Tech. 2022-12-20. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
- ↑ Alakh pandey in Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah - Ep 3507 - FE - 11 July 2022, retrieved 2023-03-07
- ↑ "Alakh pandey receiving award from CM Arvind Kejriwal". YouTube. Retrieved 2022-06-30.
- ↑ "Alakh Sir on Zee News || Awarded by Shri Piyush Goyal (Cabinet Minister) 🙏 Physics Wallah". YouTube. Retrieved 2022-06-30.
- ↑ "Times 40 Under 40 North -2022 Leaders: Honouring Excellence!". The Times of India. 2022-07-05. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
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