Physics Wallah

Physics Wallah, was founded in 2016 as a YouTube channel hosted by Alakh Pandey, an educator hailing from Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. The channel was initially focused on teaching the physics curriculum for the Joint Entrance Examinations (JEE), a popular entrance examination in India. Due to Pandey's style of teaching, the channel grew rapidly, reaching over 2 million followers in 2019. In 2020, Pandey along with co-founder Prateek Maheshwari developed the Physics Wallah app. and offered courses similar to those of competing companies at an affordable rate. Olympiads, and various non-competitive exams including CBSE and state boards, among others. As of February 2025, the Physics Wallah app had been downloaded over 10 million times on the Google Play Store. The Physics Wallah YouTube channel had 13.3 million subscribers at the same time. In June 2022, the company became a unicorn company after being valued at over $1.1 billion following its first funding round where it raised $100 million in funding from various venture capital firms. During the same time, PW also launched its first offline center named Vidyapeeth in Kota, Rajasthan. By November 2023, Physics Wallah had expanded to 67 offline centers in 34 cities across India. However, in the same month, Physics Wallah laid off 150 employees, amounting to 0.8% of its workforce, citing performance reasons. == Controversies ==

Allegations by teachers In March 2023, several teachers at the ed-tech company alleged that the vision of the company was being disillusioned and in response started an independent YouTube channel by the name, 'Sankalp Bharat'. In response, a teacher of the company, Pankaj Sijariya, alleged in a video that the three ex-PW teachers – Tarun Kumar, Manish Dubey, and Sarvesh Dixit were offered each to resign from Physics Wallah and join the rival company, Adda247. The three teachers, in a video claimed that Pankaj Sijairya accused them of accepting bribes from rival platform Adda247. The company has refused to comment on the validity of the claims and in a statement to Business Today called the allegations a "distraction". == Acquisitions and expansions ==

In August 2022, Physics Wallah acquired FreeCo, a doubt-solving platform and marked it as their first acquisition. Later the same year, Physics Wallah acquired multiple startups that focused on publishing books aimed at helping students prepare for various competitive exams. Physics Wallah also acquired iNeuron from S. Chand Group during the same time. In 2023, Physics Wallah acquired 50% stake from Xylem Learning, a hybrid education platform in South India. In December 2024, Government of Andhra Pradesh and Physics Wallah, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish the University of Innovation (UoI). == In popular culture ==

A 6-episode web series named Physics Wallah on the life of Alakh Pandey (portrayed by Shreedhar Dubey) and his company was released on 15 December 2022 on Amazon miniTV. The series was created, directed and produced by Abhishek Dhandharia, under his production house, About Films. Another web-series, Hello Bachhon, produced by The Viral Fever, featuring Vineet Kumar Singh in the titular role of Alakh Pandey, premiered on March 6, 2026, on Netflix. == See also==