20, March, 2023: In a move that will significantly enhance its horizons, PW (Physics Wallah) has established a stronghold in India with an all-encompassing set of offerings for students through online, offline, and hybrid coaching whereas Knowledge Planet was founded in 2011 by Monika Oli and Sachin Bharti Gupta. Since then it has shown a consistent track record of JEE/NEET test prep over the past 16 years.
PW will leverage Knowledge Planet’s established school partnership machinery to reach maximum students in the MENA Region. On the other hand, Knowledge Planet will benefit from PW’s formidable tech stack to empower its online and hybrid offerings. Knowledge Planet’s legacy of consistent and proven results and academic success in the MENA region combined with PW's best-in-class pedagogy and popularity among the Indian diaspora will hold the company in great stead.
In the Middle East, Knowledge Planet shall become a gateway to PW for offering 1:1 STEM courses and SAT preparation for students looking towards the West for higher education. This partnership will unlock a $250 million USD+ market of offline test prep in JEE/NEET for the region’s Indian diaspora. The partnership was overseen by IndusLaw who acted as legal advisors to PW.
Speaking on the acquisition, Prateek Maheshwari Co-founder, PW, said “We are elated to announce our very first international partnership in the UAE. With 13 centres operating across the Middle East and a well-established school partnership model, Knowledge Planet, the most trusted exam preparation network, is the perfect brand to champion our foray into this promising market. This is a critical milestone in PW’s journey. Our commitment to Bharat extends to the country's students living abroad, as well as to providing top-notch education and opportunities. We want to bring our expertise to every Indian student, and this is a positive step in this direction.
Sachin Bharti, Founder & CEO, Knowledge Planet, said, “Knowledge Planet has been on a mission to provide excellent higher education opportunities to the Indian expats in the Middle East through in-depth training to help them succeed. We are well-aligned with Alakh Pandey’s vision to offer high quality education at scale in the Middle East. Our combined expertise will be able to add immense value to the test prep segment in UAE.”
Ajay Shah, EY (Transaction Advisory), said, “Knowledge Planet’s partnership with PhysicsWallah will help leverage their combined strengths and capabilities across online and classroom coaching to deliver quality education, at scale, across the Middle East region.”
With Knowledge Planet’s partnership model, PW will be able to expand the reach of its existing batch offerings. The company is also looking to expand beyond the UAE to countries such as Saudi Arabia, Oman and Qatar through its seat at KP. The two behemoths in the education space are set to combine forces to offer high quality education at scale.
About PW (Physics Wallah)
A leading ed-tech player in India, PW (Physics Wallah), is redefining traditional competitive exam coaching that solely relies on expensive offline teaching pedagogies. By leveraging in-house tech innovations, the company has made quality learning completely hybrid and highly affordable to the student masses. The brainchild of Alakh Pandey and Prateek Maheshwari, PW, started its journey in 2016 as a YouTube channel to coach JEE and NEET aspirants by Alakh Pandey himself. Fast forward to today, after launching the app with Prateek’s tech integration in 2020, it has scaled as India’s 101st unicorn, preparing students for multiple competitive exams, including GATE, UPSC, CDS, SSC, Railways, Banking, CTET, and CA. It has also launched post-graduate courses and PW Skills for career building and upskilling.
PW offers both free and paid online courses to students. It also provides offline and hybrid coaching through its Vidyapeeth and Pathshala across India. The company has a vast pool of educational content available in 7 languages, including Hindi, English, Bengali, Marathi, Telugu, Kannada and Gujarati. PW has over 22M subscribers across 39 YouTube channels and more than 10 million+ app downloads with a 4.7 rating on Google Play Store. Endeavouring to provide 360-degree learning, the company has also launched upskilling courses for students and working professionals to learn in-demand skills and become industry-ready for today’s jobs. PW’s exemplary JEE and NEET results are a testimony to its commitment to serving students with the best quality coaching at the most affordable prices.
About Knowledge Planet(KP)
Knowledge Planet (KP) is UAE’s most trusted entrance exam preparation institution for students in Class 9 till 12. For 9th and 10th grade students, we run a very powerful Foundation program, with the objective of laying a strong Science & Maths foundation for higher classes and competitive exams. For Science students in Class 11 and 12, we offer our highly acclaimed Comprehensive Engineering & Medical Entrance Exam program to help them excel in Board exams and Competitive exams such as IIT JEE and NEET.
Knowledge Planet caters to students of CBSE, ICSE, British, American and IB Curriculums. Students come to us for academic excellence, college entrance exam preparation such as JEE/NEET, SATs/ACTs, Admission guidance, subject interventions, study discipline, career focus and generic study skills to help them excel in school and life. Within 7 years of our institution’s existence, KP have fast emerged as the most trusted Entrance Exam preparation institute, with one of the fastest growth in student numbers over the last few years for any institute in the entire Gulf region. Currently 2000+ students from across various Indian schools in the UAE are studying with us at our education centres in Dubai, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi and Ajma
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