Transweb

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Transweb Educational Services
TypePrivate
IndustryInternet, e-learning
FoundedDelhi, India in April 2007
Headquarters
Albany
,
United States
Key people
Co-founders
Aditya Singhal, Nishant Sinha
ProductsOnline tutoring, Homework Assistance

Transweb Educational Services, founded in 2007 by Aditya Singhal and Nishant Sinha, is an online tutoring and educational website.[1][2] The website provides educational resources to students from grade 4 to university level, through its five websites.[3]

Overview

Transweb comprises five websites: askIITians, eMedicalPrep, Transtutors, Transwebtutors and Mycollegeabroad.

  • askIITians caters primarily to students in India and the Middle East when preparing for engineering entrance exams like the IIT-JEE or AIEEE.[4]
  • eMedicalPrep cater to medical students taking entrance exams such as the AIPMT or AIIMS.[5]
  • Transtutors is a question-and-answer format website for homework help.
  • Transwebtutors offers paid online tutoring in mostly technical subjects.[6][7]
  • Mycollegeabroad is for students living abroad that needing college admission consulting.

Technology

A number of these websites provide services such as virtual classrooms, with text chat, audio chat and shared whiteboards.[8][9][10]

Rajiv Gandhi Navodaya, Dehradun

AskIITians is in collaboration with the Rajiv Gandhi Navodaya school in Dehradun, Uttarakhand to provide "three-month free coaching for preparing engineering and medical examinations" to students, utilising an "online base [with] live, interactive classrooms by the institute."[11][12][13] Rural students of RGNV get free education, boarding and lodging facility and around 150 students get online assistance in evening after the school is over.[14]

References
  1. Sanjeev Kumar (29 August 2011). "Engineering & Civil Services HUB – Delhi". The Economic Times. Archived from the original on 24 November 2011.
  2. Shereen Bhan. "Changing Future Education of India". Young Turks – CNBC-TV18.
  3. Naghma Sahar (3 August 2008). "Young Entrepreneurs of India – Salaam Zindagi". NDTV India.
  4. "About Askiitians". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 12 March 2011.
  5. "Ex-IITians offer help". Financial Express.
  6. Isabel Hayes. "Indian tutors help Irish pupils online". Sunday Tribune.
  7. "Research Paper on A Theoretical Framework for the Software Testing » Full Grade". 31 May 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  8. Shabina Akhtar (22 April 2010). "Help on the web". Telegraph India Tribune. Calcutta. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012.
  9. "A virtual solution to homework problems". Telegraph. London. 22 May 2007.
  10. Isabel Hayes (3 June 2007). "Indian tutors help Irish pupils online". Sunday Tribune.
  11. "Naithani launches edu schemes for Govt. Schools". The Pioneer. 26 October 2013.
  12. "AskIITians: IIT-JEE/PMT Preparation Specialist, Now in Rajiv Gandhi Navodaya Vidyalaya, Dehradun".
  13. "Students will get ready for Engineering and Medical Exams" (PDF). Jagran. 26 October 2013. (in Hindi)
  14. "EX-IITIANS IMPART ONLINE LESSONS TO NAVODAYA STUDENTS". The Pioneer. 14 February 2014.
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