Interview: Anil Nagar, Indian Entrepreneur & CEO/ Founder of Adda247

Interview with Anil Nagar, CEO/ Founder of Adda247

At Sugermint Media, our aim is to bring to our entrepreneurs community some of the inspiring and motivational stories from the entrepreneurial ecosystem.

As part of this endeavour, we invited yet another passionate entrepreneur Anil Nagar, Indian Entrepreneur & CEO/ Founder of Adda247 for an exclusive interview with us.

Who is Anil Nagar?

Anil Nagar is the CEO and Founder of Adda247, India’s leading comprehensive online learning platform. Under his headship, the company has grown onto becoming the largest and fastest growing multilingual education technology platform in the country.

Hailing from a rural background with limited access to learning resources and quality education, Anil showed glimpses of his prodigious academic prowess from the very start.

Anil never lost contact with his own humble origination and rustic roots. Therefore, in a bid to provide high-quality educational access to students residing in rural areas and promote social welfare, in 2010

Anil launched ‘Career Power’ along with co-founder Saurabh Bansal, a brand devoted to providing coaching classes to students.

Riding on his extraordinary zeal to create a difference, Career Power gradually became one of the fastest growing and most successful enterprises across the educational industry with a pan-India presence of more than 150 centers spread across different regions.

In a display of prophetic vision and deep understanding of the industry, the company heralded a significant transition in 2016 by shifting to an online learning platform.

As a master of specialization, Anil has overseen the formation of multiple online learning web portals such as Bankers Adda, SSC Adda, DefenceAdda, Teachers Adda etc.

With Anil at the helm, Adda247 has diversified into a one-stop edutech destination that aims to resolve India’s pedagogical problems at the grass root level.

Today, the trailblazing education company provides 360 degree learning solutions catering to all major educational needs of Tier II, tier III including online courses for competitive exams like Banking, SSC, Teaching exams, Defence exams, GATE, JEE, NEET, UPSC and state exams.

What is Adda247

Anil Nagar: Adda247 is India’s leading one stop platform that provides access to high quality education for tier two, tier three students across the country.

As India’s largest Multilingual/Vernacular Edtech Platform that caters to the overall Educational needs of countless students from tier 2 & tier 3 cities from K12 to job exam preparation, we strive to make education affordable to all by expanding its footprint in vernacular segment to cater to Pan India so as to remove the language barrier in learning.

As India’s foremost edtech brand, Adda247 offers a comprehensive array of learning solutions encompassing Government exams  including Banking, SSC, Railways, Defense, Teaching), JEE, NEET Entrance exams, Engineering exams, School/K12, etc.

What service(s) or product(s) do you offer at Adda247? 

Anil Nagar: As the country’s most preferred ed tech brand catering to the needs of over 40 million students, Adda 247 provides an exhausting range of courses which includes – live paid courses, Test Series, E books, Books, Video courses and free YT videos to address the end-to-end needs of students.

We also boast of a dedicated website and a free app which extends study materials, articles, quizzes etc. for different exam categories.

This proprietary App is available in multiple vernacular languages such as Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Bengali, etc, to overcome the language barrier in student’s learning and help them learn in a personalized and a student-friendly manner.  

What is unique about your business? 

Anil Nagar: Adda247 mainly focuses on helping the unemployed youth of the country to land up with a decent job in both Government Sectors as well as Public Sectors.

Originally launched as Career Power, a coaching institution to students Adda247 was incepted with a vision to create a difference by providing affordable education prospects to students living in tier-2 and 3 cities.

The brand firmly believes in lifting the learning benchmarks across the country as a content-focused brand, thereby, serving as a trusted mentor to a student’s end-to-end journey.

Extending a premium Quality education via digital mediums at an affordable cost, Adda247 has the largest content repository consisting of more than 2.1 million question bank and over 50,000 hours of recorded video lectures as well as a state-of-the-art content library.

What was your mission at the outset? 

Anil Nagar: Adda247’s mission on the very outset was forging a melee of new-age, global learning tools that function at the cross section of technology, interactive content and personalized learning methodologies.

In this regard, the Company’s acquisition of Study IQ and others has further diversified the fields of study and reach.

Your company’s goals? 

Anil Nagar: On the path towards becoming one of the most preferred education technology platforms across the globe, Adda247 has ventured into a number of new segments during the COVID-19 lockdown by carving partnerships with various eminent names in the offline coaching industry.

With online learning emerging as the mainstream education model in the new normal and the brand riding on its 100% organic growth witnessed since its inception, Adda247 aims to capitalize on the enormous market possibilities in the digital learning space and becoming the go-to edutech leader in the country.

Does your company help the community or society? 

Anil Nagar: Since coming into existence, Adda247 has been at the forefront of ushering a much-needed revolution across the lackluster avenues of pedagogy and education.

We have helped countless job aspirants ace competitive examinations and etch lucrative career trajectories. 

Furthermore, enabling students from tier-2 and 3 cities to learn and imbibe lessons in vernacular language has helped learn at their own pace and convenience. This has proven to be a real boon for the students living across remote and regions of the country.

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