The online education startups in India are here to make learning new things more interesting. They use various gaming elements, interactive simulations, animations, and engaging videos. This makes the learning process better, strengthens concepts, and eventually helps students perform better in class.
At present, you will find a number of such platforms. The following post will let you know about some of the top emerging startups in the Indian education sector.
- BYJU’S
BYJU’S is a learning app launched in 2015 by ByjuRaveendran. This e-learning startup offers coaching for competitive exams such as CAT, GMAT, IIT-JEE, UPSC and GRE, courses for students of grade IV-XII.
They also offer courses for standard I-III in partnership with Disney. They already have 15 million registered users, 9 lakh annual subscription, renewal rate of 85%, and app engagement rate of 53 minutes/day.
- Unacademy
Unacademy was initially launched as a YouTube channel in 2010 which transformed into an e-learning startup in 2015.
Till now, there are about 3 million students who have been benefited from over 2400 online courses it offers, most of which are free. The courses deal with UPSC, CA, CAPF, banking, JEE, CAT, CLAT, Pre-medical, etc.
- UpGrad
UpGrad was launched by Mayank Kumar, Ronnie Screwala, Phalgum Komapalli and RavijotChugh in the year 2015.
This e-learning platform is designed to provide higher education programs. The use of the latest technology and well-structured courses enables them to offer an immersive learning experience to students.
- Doubtnut
Doubtnut is a multilingual online learning platform based on AI and ML technology and currently caters to IIT, JEE, NEET, and K12 students.
The technology helps them with image recognition and natural language processing. It uses a proprietary machine-learning algorithm to respond to student’s queries with video-based solutions.
- Toppr
Toppr is a Mumbai-based online examination preparation platform founded by ZishaanHayath in 2013.
It mainly caters to students of K5-K12 and primarily focuses on school curriculum syllabus and competitive exams like UPSC, SAT, JEE, NEET, and others. Currently, has 1.5 million course combinations, 10 million students, and uses technologies like AI, machine learning, and big data.
- NoPaperForms
As the name suggests, NoPaperForms is a SAAS based leading enrollment automation solution startup that enables institutions in India and abroad to automate admission process and marketing.
It has collaborated with 190 institutions, responded to 350K+ queries, and has received 1.2 million applications.
- Next Education
Next Education is a Hyderabad based technology-enabled education solution firm founded in 2007 by Beas DevRalhan.
Some of their leading products that are being used in about 6000 schools across the nation are MathsLab, ScienceLab, EnglishLab, TeachNext, and LearnNext.
Final thoughts
The top startups in the Indian education sector are making a significant contribution to improving the learning outcomes of the students. These e-learning platforms has successfully brought positive changes in the Indian education system.
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