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Transweb Educational Services
Company typePrivate
IndustryInternet, e-learning
FoundedDelhi, India in April 2007
Headquarters,
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

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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

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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

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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

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  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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