Unacademy to conduct 20,000 free Live classes on its platform

Promotes the undefeatable spirit of learners’ amidst coronavirus outbreak

Bengaluru, March 12, 2020 – Unacademy, India’s largest learning platform, today announced that it will conduct close to 20,000 free Live classes on its platform to ensure learners’ education is not obstructed amidst the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak that has affected educational institutions, workplaces, airports and transportation services. These Live classes will be available across exam categories like UPSC, banking, railways and many more. This effort is aimed at promoting the undefeatable spirit amongst learners and encouraging determination to crack their exams. 

Unacademy Educators from across the nation will provide their time to this initiative and ensure the courses for various exams are on track and over 700 Live classes per day will be conducted. These classes are not limited to those who already have a subscription with Unacademy and  are open to all. Through this initiative Unacademy wants to ensure that learners can completely focus on their health and safety and learn from the safe environment of their homes. Unacademy believes that the education and success of learners is of utmost priority and they must not be hindered by environmental, background, geographical economic or health reasons.       

Gaurav Munjal, Co-Founder and CEO, Unacademy said, “We are bringing together our entire network of Educators to conduct free Live classes for learners across the nation to help them crack their goals unobstructed. We want learners to utilise this time to take precautions against the Coronavirus outbreak and learn from the comfort of their homes. We will support the education system in every way possible to weather the storm and provide these classes to each learner who wants to utilise Unacademy to study. If the situation persists beyond March, we will look at extending these free Live classes to April and May as well.”   

With a growing network of over 10,000 Educators, 13 million learners and subscriptions for over 30+ exam categories, Unacademy is constantly endeavouring to enable learners to achieve their dreams. 

About Unacademy:

Unacademy is an education technology platform founded by Gaurav Munjal, Roman Saini and Hemesh Singh in 2015. It was started as a YouTube channel by Gaurav Munjal in 2010. Headquartered in Bengaluru, Unacademy is India’s largest learning platform that brings expert Educators together with millions of students in need of quality education. With a growing network of more than 10,000 registered educators and 13 million learners, Unacademy is changing the way India learns. The Unacademy group consists of Unacademy, Unacademy Subscription, Wifistudy, Chamomile Tea with Toppers and Let’s Crack it Brands. The company is backed by prominent investors such as General Atlantic, Facebook, Sequoia India, SAIF Partners, Nexus Venture Partners, Steadview Capital, and Blume Ventures.   

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