In India’s fast-growing edtech space, PhysicsWallah (PW) has long been celebrated as the quintessential “garage-to-unicorn” story. Founded by Alakh Pandey in 2016 as a YouTube channel, the company scaled rapidly by offering affordable coaching for engineering and medical aspirants. By 2022, it became the country’s first edtech unicorn to turn profitable, even as giants like Byju’s and Unacademy burned cash chasing growth.
But in recent months, a persistent issue has started overshadowing PW’s success—teacher retention. Reports of star educators leaving the platform, disagreements over compensation, and tensions between management and teaching staff have raised critical questions about wheth
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