Currently, more than three hundred million
students are enrolled in one and a half million schools and almost a hundred
thousand coaching centers. There are millions of books on the market. It is
obvious for the students to get lost in the jungle of educational institutes
which provide manipulated information on study material, questions etc. While
almost over 70 per cent students get confused over selection of study material,
many are not able to find the right college or institute. This leads to
ill-informed decision-making regarding career.
To the rescue comes EduGorilla, which is a
digital dormitory having a robust framework of student connectivity across the
country via a route which is appropriate, inexpensive and course engaging.
Founded by Mr Rohit Manglik in 2016, EduGorilla has currently profiled 57,000
plus coaching institutes in 53 cities and 6,00,000 plus schools in 8 states.
The idea of EduGorilla came to Rohit 10
years back when he went back to visit his Alma Mater in Farukkhabad. There he
was moved by the plight of the students who had almost no idea about their
career goals. Also, despite the boom of coaching institutes, there was a
communication gap between the teachers and students. These things led to the
idea of EduGorilla.
“At EduGorilla, we are leveraging ML, AI
and NLP to add value to the Indian education system”, says Rohit Manglik.
A graduate from NIT Surathkal, Rohit was
formerly a Senior Technical Analyst at Morgan Stanley. He had also been a
member of the technical staff at Oracle. He also had a short stint at the D.E.
Shaw Group as a senior member.
With the help of ML and AI EduGorilla
leverages to enrich and enhance data of 1.5 million schools and 70 thousand
preparation centers in real time Important exam updates are assembled through
web semantics. Also, the company’s innovative Collective Intelligence Model
enhances information in the portal in real time. In a nutshell, EduGorilla follows
an Interactive Collective Intelligence model to create innovative offerings to
make the life of students easier and giving birth to a community that helps and
resolves each other’s issues.
EduGorilla’s vision is to equip students
with the right resources at affordable rates so that they can get the best out
of themselves. The mission is to create a one-stop education community that
empowers students, teachers, and Institutes to connect, share and support each
other.
With further funding, EduGorilla wants to
scale its operations to cover more schools and educational institutes. The
company is also thinking of becoming a vocational course provider and act as an
aggregator for all of them. Currently, the company is currently aggressively
hiring to fill its ranks with some of the best talent industry has to offer.
For budding entrepreneurs Mr. Rohit advises
them to always look for imbibing new things and to inculcate a habit of reading
at least two books every month. Ethics should never be compromised and to
always remember that good thing come to those who wait.
The education enthusiast Mr. Rohit is not
working all the time. Loves to read and play badminton during his leisure
hours. He loves doing philanthropic work as well. Philanthropy was one of the
reasons behind setting up of EduGorilla to help underprivileged students. Get to see some of his work here:
