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Alakh Pandey
PhysicsWallah · Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
A teacher who refused to gatekeep. ₹4,000 a year while Kota charged ₹2 lakh. Built an empire by underpricing it.
Teaching as serviceAnti-elitismMargin patience
Company
PhysicsWallah
Journey
Moves that mattered.
- 2014Started teaching physics on YouTube. Zero subs. A whiteboard.
- 2020Lockdown took him to 5M subs. Launched the PW app.
- 2022India's cheapest edtech unicorn — profitable from day one.
- 202430M+ students. Rewrote what JEE coaching could cost.
Struggles
Failed his own engineering entrance. Worked at coaching institutes that underpaid him. Saved every rupee to fund cameras.
Family
Wife Shivani is on the PW board; co-founder Prateek Maheshwari is family-close.
Related on Empire
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Around the web
External references & backlinks.
- ↗wikipedia.orgAlakh Pandey on Wikipedia
- ↗google.comPhysicsWallah — official site
- ↗news.google.comAlakh Pandey in the news
- ↗crunchbase.comPhysicsWallah on Crunchbase
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The story
A teacher who refused to gatekeep. ₹4,000 a year while Kota charged ₹2 lakh. Built an empire by underpricing it.
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