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Alakh Pandey
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- FromPrayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Based inNoida, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Age25–35
- Active2014 – Present
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Alakh Pandey Biography
Alakh Pandey Personal Information
- Full Name: Alakh Pandey
- Known As: Physics Wallah, “Alakh Sir”
- Profession: Educator, entrepreneur, YouTuber; founder and CEO of Physics Wallah
- Nationality: Indian
- Hometown: Prayagraj (formerly Allahabad), Uttar Pradesh
- Date of Birth: 2 October 1991
- Age: 34 (as of July 2026)
- Zodiac Sign: Libra
- Marital Status: Married
- Wife: Shivani Dubey (married February 2023)
- Based In: Noida, Uttar Pradesh
Education
- Grew up in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, in a family under financial strain; he began tutoring younger students from Class 8 onwards.
- Enrolled for a mechanical engineering degree at a college in Kanpur, funded partly by an education loan.
- Dropped out in his third year and returned to Allahabad to teach physics full time.
Career Highlight
| Year | Career Highlight |
|---|---|
| 2014 | Began teaching physics professionally at a coaching institute in Allahabad, earning roughly Rs 5,000 a month from evening classes. |
| 2016 | Launched the Physics Wallah YouTube channel, teaching physics for the JEE, NEET and CBSE board examinations. Chemistry content followed as viewership grew. |
| 2019 | The channel crossed roughly 2.2 million subscribers, having had fewer than 4,000 as recently as 2017. |
| 2020 | Launched the Physics Wallah app in May and established Physics Wallah as a company with co-founder Prateek Maheshwari. |
| 2022 | PW became a unicorn in June after raising $100 million at a valuation above $1.1 billion; opened its first offline “Vidyapeeth” centre in Kota, launched UPSC Wallah, and made its first acquisitions (FreeCo, iNeuron). |
| 2023 | Took a 50% stake in the South Indian hybrid-learning platform Xylem Learning; by November PW ran 67 offline centres across 34 cities. |
| 2024 | Raised $210 million in September at a $2.8 billion valuation, and in December signed an MoU with the Government of Andhra Pradesh to set up a University of Innovation. |
| 2025 | PW operated about 180 centres by May and listed on the NSE and BSE in November after a Rs 3,480 crore IPO, debuting at a 33% premium. Pandey, who holds roughly 40% of the company, became a billionaire. |
| 2026 | Entered the Forbes World’s Billionaires List and was conferred the UP Gaurav Samman by the Government of Uttar Pradesh. |
Awards and Recognition
| Year | Recognition | Conferred / Published By | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | UP Gaurav Samman | Government of Uttar Pradesh | Presented on Uttar Pradesh Diwas in January 2026 by Union Home Minister Amit Shah |
| 2026 | Forbes World’s Billionaires List | Forbes | Listed with a net worth of about $1.4 billion, one of India’s youngest self-made billionaires |
On Screen
- Physics Wallah (2022) – a six-episode web series on his life and company, released on Amazon miniTV on 15 December 2022, with Shreedhar Dubey playing Pandey.
- Hello Bachhon (2026) – a series produced by The Viral Fever, with Vineet Kumar Singh in the title role of Alakh Pandey, premiered on Netflix on 6 March 2026.
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