Physics Wallah - Alakh Pandey

Alakh Pandey, also known by his YouTube channel name as Physics Wallah (or full channel name: Physics Wallah - Alakh Pandey) is an Indian educational YouTuber who uploads videos teaching the viewers about mathematics, chemistry, astronomy, and especially everything physics. The videos are catered to high school students.
== History ==
Alakh Pandey was born in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, and had always an interest in teaching students. After failing to pass the entrance exam at IIT Kanpur, he returned to Allahabad and started teaching at a cram school for a meagre pay of ₹5,000 a month. Inspired by the fame he received due to his unique style of teaching, he created his channel by the name "Physics Wallah - Alakh Pandey" on January 28, 2014, on the advice of the owner of the institute where he worked as a teacher.
Alakh posted his first video on the channel in 2016, which was when entrepreneur Pratik Maheshwari joined forces on the channel and named it "Physics Wallah." In 2017, Alakh quit his job at the institute to work as a full-time YouTuber. In 2020, the lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India forced schools to close. With many schools turning to remote teaching, Physics Wallah gained rapid popularity.
In June 20, 2022, Physics Wallah under the brand name "PW Pathshala", opened its first offline coaching centre in Kota, Rajasthan. Since then, Pathshala centres have also launched in Kolkata, Pune, Delhi and Bhopal, with a network currently spread across eight states where courses were offered in regional languages.
In 2022, it went through a series-A funding, and was able to sum up about $100 million from investors Westbridge Capital and GSV Ventures, making it the 101st unicorn company based in India. Till date, PW has taught around 6 million students from all over India.
== Website and application ==
He has an official website and an official Android application, both of the same name as the YouTube channel, where he teaches physics as well.
== Quotes ==
*"Physics is love."
== References ==
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