The swift swing in education sector of the country has given it an
enormous leap. From learning, to preparations and test taking everything
has secured the online space. Initiated by a group of IITians,
Testbook.com was started with a vision to make education accessible and
affordable to students from all walks of life.The core team consists of
Ashutosh Kumar, Narendra Agrawal, Manoj Munna and Praveen Agrawal, IIT
Bombay alumni, and Yadvendra Champawat and Abhishek Sagar, IIT Delhi
alumni.
Started in January 2014 with a short term goal of helping students to
crack GATE exams which shifted from offline to online pattern without
any prewarnings. Such a radical change leads to the desperate need for
betterment in preparation methodology too. It was this that encouraged
us to help students through various online tests. Out of the 23 courses
in GATE, 6 major courses which are attempted by majority of students
were selected. And therefore in order to provide the best quality
content in a very short span, we approached top 30 scorers of GATE from
IIT Bombay and requested them to volunteer. With this the first mock
test was launched and was availed to students for FREE; 25k students
benefitted themselves within a month.
With most of the entrance exams shifting from conventional paper
based method to online pattern, we expanded our horizons to exams such
as CAT, SBI PO, SBI Clerk, IBPS PO and added GK, current affairs and
aptitude, outreaching 55,000 student by October 2014. To cater to the
enormous requests from students all over the country along with our
drive to constantly improve, we equipped ourselves by raising a seed
fund of 1.5 Crores from Letsventure and Ah Ventures.
With a thought that more and more students can have the access to
easy preparation, we also launched the android app. Testbook is now
helping students to achieve their dream jobs by introducing Campus
Placement Preparations. With over 4.5 lakh registered users and almost 5
crore questions solved across nation, this February we also launched
current affairs app titled “Daily Current Affairs and Quiz”, which
focuses on providing easy access to daily news and current affairs. This
new app has already crossed more than 1 lakh downloads with a rank
under top 3 best apps in education sector in just a month With highly
qualified subject matter experts who themselves have cracked major
competitive exams, Testbook focuses on delivering quality content along
with technologically advanced platform that enables users to solve
questions, check answers and explanation. A thorough comprehensive
analysis helps students to analyse and track their performance and
improve upon their weak sections. We inherited the advanced machine
learning technology so that students can have an access to personalized
recommendations and suggestions that can enhance their performance
accordingly.
With the changing trends in education sector of the country, Testbook is the face of that change.
By:
Himanshi Singh
Business Development Executive & Program Head,
Vyaktitva – Testbook’s Leadership Initiative
himanshi@testbook.com
