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Alakh Pandey is scaling up tech to solve education in rural India

Pandey's edtech firm PhysicsWallah is on a mission to reach every corner of the country and connect with over 250 million students by 2025

Alakh Pandey, founder and CEO, PhysicsWallah.
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Alakh Pandey, founder and CEO, PhysicsWallah.

Peerzada Abrar Bengaluru
Alakh Pandey, the founder and chief executive officer of edtech unicorn PhysicsWallah (PW) was recently down due to coronavirus infection and suffered from high fever and body aches. But now he is back into action and focusing on PW’s mission to reach every corner of the country and connect with over 250 million students by 2025.
 
“It took me 20 days to recover. I am fine now,” says Pandey. During those days, he was encouraging his students through social media to prepare well for the exams and give their best.
 
However, Pandey says that the Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated the