PW Skills Emerges as the Largest Online Platform for Tech Skilling in India, Empowering Over 1.5 Lakh Learners; Aims to Train 10 lakh Professionals till 2025
New Delhi : Physics Wallah (PW), India’s leading ed-tech platform, is proud to announce a significant milestone for its skilling vertical, PW Skills. It has now emerged as the largest online platform for teaching tech skills to an impressive 1.5 lakh learners, offering courses in Hindi, English, and Hinglish. Among these learners, 50,000 are enrolled in paid batches, while the remaining have benefited from the free courses. Notably, 30,000 learners hail from the Hindi heartland, encompassing regions such as Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, and other states. Achieving this milestone within a mere five-month span is a testament to the power of PW’s existing community and digital distribution, which have been instrumental in driving this growth.
With a mission to bridge the gap between the demand and supply of professionals with new-age relevant tech skills, PW Skills already offers hybrid courses in data science, Java, C++, full-stack web development, and other tech courses at disruptive pricing for INR 3,500 onwards. Going forward, PW Skills plans to expand into joint certification courses with top colleges, diploma courses, and technology courses in vernacular languages. The training programs cater to learners of all levels, from fundamentals to advanced, ensuring accessibility and ease of understanding. PW Skills recently partnered with NSDC to make skilling, reskilling and upskilling affordable for learners.
Prateek Maheshwari, Co-Founder of PW, stated, “Through PW Skills, our goal is to meet the growing demand for skilled professionals. PW Skills aims to address the prevalent issue of inaccessibility and steep pricing of most tech and upskilling courses. These courses often lack a focus on practical training and the teaching of basics, emphasizing jargon instead. Furthermore, there is a significant gap in training availability in vernacular languages. PW Skills is committed to bridging these gaps by investing INR 120 crores in the next 2-3 years to bolster our offerings by providing quality content, taught from the basics by industry professionals, at highly competitive prices.
Sudhanshu Kumar, CEO PW Skills, said, “PW Skills is a unique platform that caters to learners seeking tech training and other upskilling courses, regardless of their educational and economic backgrounds. Recognizing the growing need for upskilling, we train learners and professionals for the future of work using cutting-edge technology, renowned industry experts, and top-notch course material. We will further explore blockchain, cybersecurity, and AR/VR-focused courses to strengthen India’s talent pipeline. Our goal is to prepare 10 lakh skilled tech workforce within the next 3 years.”
PW Skills provides a complete learning ecosystem, ensuring learners have access to all their skilling requirements in one place. The ecosystem includes PW Virtual Lab, an Experience Portal, a Job portal, and a massive online community. To promote job readiness, the PW Virtual Lab provides necessary hardware through the cloud, enabling learners with basic PCs and internet connections to participate in software development and programming courses without the need for expensive hardware. The Experience Portal allows learners to work on end-to-end projects while adhering to industry best practices. Alongside hands-on training, the Experience Portal facilitates development tracking, peer-to-peer collaboration, and provides an internship experience letter.
In its commitment to providing comprehensive support, PW Skills also offers placement assistance through its exclusive job portal. The platform has established partnerships with over 250 companies, including Tata IQ, Siemens, Leadsquared, SAP, Oracle, KPMG, and Amazon to offer top-notch job opportunities to learners.
With its affordable pricing, comprehensive curriculum, and industry-leading faculty, PW Skills is poised to become the go-to destination for tech education in India.