We have noticed significant changes in many things throughout the 21st century and so, in the Education system. In fact, it is a need of the present era to change the way of education with a changing world. Also, 21st-century schools need an education system that maintains and cultivate the interest of students. It is the need to show them how to apply knowledge in the real world. Here comes the role of the ed-tech industry. Vedantu is a well-known ed-tech startup. It is set up by four entrepreneurs & IIT Students.
Vedantu- An Ultimate Ed-tech platform
It is an online platform dedicated to live coaching. Basically, it offers live coaching classes for 6 to 12 students. Also, a dedicated platform for the training of several exams like IIT foundation. In addition, online teaching sessions are available for exams like JEE, IMO NTSE, as well as many other entrance exams. To support the 21st century’s education system, it enabled online learning between pupils and educators. In fact, it uses advanced technology for an excellent experience. Also, students can select the tutors of their choice.
Backstory
In 2006, Vasmi Krishna set up Lakshya with his other three IITian friends Pulkit, Saurabh, and Anand. The main purpose of the company to train students for different tests. That time, they noticed that the Indian education system needs talented and motivated teachers. So, they create such a platform with the help of Lakshaya. In 2012, their first start-up that lately handover to MTEducare. After that, they set up another ed-tech start-up called Vedantu and launched for the public in 2014. Today, Vedantu has the vision to improve the education system with its superior online ed-tech platform.
Founders of Vedantu
Vamsi Krishna
He is the present CEO of Vedantu. However, he is well-known as a Tech Enthusiast, Edupreneur, and a Tutor. Before founding Vedantu, he also co-founded Lakshya with his college mates. They all have a teaching experience of over 13 years. Also, he served as a Management trainee at L&T for about one year.
Vasmi Krishna earned his degree in B.Tech from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. Also, he went to St Pauls Senior Secondary School at Indore.
Pulkit Jain
He is another co-founder of well-known Ed-tech start-ups Vedantu and Lakshya. Before joining that, he served at EvalueServe until 2006. Pulkit is also an IITian who graduated from IIT Roorkee. From the beginning, he is extremely passionate about entrepreneurship. Now, he is an inspiration for many young entrepreneurs for his entrepreneurial journey.
Anand Prakash
He has studied Pulp and Paper Technology from IIT, Roorkee. Also, he studied primary education at Delhi Public School.
Anand also helped in the establishment of Vedantu and Lakshya. Presently, he is an account academic head at Vedantu. Earlier, he was Manager at Abhishek Industries.
Saurabh Saxena
Another milestone of Vedantu, Mr. Saurabh Saxena. He has studied Chemical engineering from IIT Roorkee. He also helped in the foundation of Vedantu in 2014. Apart from that, he co-founded many such Ed-tech start-ups. Presently, he is the founder and CEO of Uable, an ed-tech company that changed the learning experience. Also, he is the director of Ekya Schools.
Triumph of Vedantu
In 2016, Vedantu won the DNA Innovative Education Award for the Best Organization to Develop Technology for Education. Also, in the same year, it won KINSES2016 EduAwards. In addition, Vedantu was among the 100 startups by SutraHR.
In 2015, it was the Online Education Start-up of the year. Also, the Praxis media awarded Vedantu as the ‘Most Promising and Innovative Live Online Tutoring Platform in India’.
Current Achievements
Over the years, Vedantu trained more than 10K students. Also, it launched many scalable web products that reached millions of users. Presently, it is aiming to make the Vedantu platform more student eccentric.
Jayshri is an Electronics Engineer, but her passion towards writing made her to be in this field. Apart from content writing, she loves reading, writing and surfing on various topics. In her free time, she likes to watch TV series and news. Sherlock Holmes is her all time favorite show. Jayshri loves cooking various Indian-western dishes.