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Teaching is still my first love: Alakh Pandey, CEO & founder PhysicsWallah

He is gearing up to launch educational content in nine languages, including, Bengali, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Gujarati and Malayalam

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Alakh Pandey, Founder & CEO, PhysicsWallah

Shivani Shinde Mumbai
Alakh Pandey, founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of PhysicsWallah, is a different man, still passionate about teaching. Unlike the founders heading multi-billion dollar edtech firms, Pandey is not too tuned into the start-up lingo and jargon.

This is despite his start-up recently going against the tide in the edtech space by becoming a unicorn. It raised $100 million in its first round of funding.

When asked what it means to be a unicorn at a time when edtech firms are sacking employees and focusing on profitability, he said, “Till six months back, unicorn for me meant the mythical creature.