Yes, this is true. I think that many of you reading this article might be aware of this free online learning platform. This article is for every UPSC aspiring students. For those who know about this academy, you also need to know as to how to efficiently use this online portal so as to make your score count. And for those who are not aware of this platform, you must read this story, trust me.
Gaurav Munchal, the co-founder and CEO of Unacademy started this online learning platform in the year 2014. It was during his trimester exams that Gaurav Munchal started recording his video lectures and uploading it to YouTube. About one week later, he recorded one more lecture and the response that he got after this video uploading was exhilarating. He started getting messages from all over the country within one month of his uploading. This step of his, of purchasing a white board and recording video lectures changed his life. He continued doing so alongside his college as well as job.
Until, it was finally time in the year 2014, that he decided to quit his job and to launch this online learning portal. He joined Unacademy as a co-founder and started making preparatory videos for UPSC exam. Unacademy was officially launched in January 2016. He took Unacademy to an unbelievable level, to a level where this learning platform has become India’s largest free education channel on YouTube. It consists of more than thousands of lectures so as to help students in the preparation of UPSC exams.
In a second round of external investment, on 24th August 2016, Unacademy innated that it had raised an additional amount of $1 million. This new investment round was led by several renown venture capitalists, such as WaterBridge Ventures, Blume Ventures, along with Stanford Angels India. It was also attended by Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal, Kunal Shah, Ashish Tulsian, Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Sandeep Tandon as well as Tracxn Labs.
Unacademy consists of video lectures that facilitate towards smart way to prepare for Civil service exam. Many students of this huge learning portal have said that Unacademy has eased their way for the preparation. Many students who initially thought like cracking Civil services exam is like climbing Mount Everest with injured legs, now seems to have gained confidence in the same. It provides information for even the very first basic step, like how to read “the Hindu” newspaper.
Now, the thing is that nothing in this world can guarantee anything. You have to have hard work to achieve everything that you aspire for. This learning portal only acts as a guide, and it should never be considered as a substitute. For example, as mentioned earlier, Unacademy tells you how to read “the Hindu”, but it is you who has to take a step to actually read this newspaper. Students should grasp the concept by watching the videos, while at the same time practicing a lot from some standard books.
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