Transweb

Coordinates: 42°43′20.13″N 73°48′2.44″W / 42.7222583°N 73.8006778°W / 42.7222583; -73.8006778

Transweb Educational Services
Private
Industry Internet, e-learning
Founded Delhi, India in April 2007
Headquarters Albany, United States
Key people
 Co-founders
Aditya Singhal & Nishant Sinha
Products Online 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 offers educational resources to students from grade 4 to university level, through its five websites.[3]

Overview

Transweb comprises five websites: askIITians, eMedicaPrep, 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]
  • eMedicaPrep caters 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

A number of these websites offer services such as virtual classrooms, with text chat, audio chat and shared whiteboards.[8][9][10]

Rajiv Gandhi Navodaya, Dehradun

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

  1. ↑ Sanjeev Kumar:. "Engineering & Civil Services HUB - Delhi". The Economic Times - 29 August 2011. Archived from the original on 24 November 2011.
  2. ↑ Shereen Bhan:. "Changing Future Education of India". Young turks - CNBC-TV18.
  3. ↑ Naghma Sahar:. "Young Entrepreneurs of India - Salaam Zindagi". NDTV India - 3 August 2008.
  4. ↑ "About Askiitians : Hindustan Times".
  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". 2016-05-31. Retrieved 2016-09-04.
  8. ↑ Shabina Akhtar - 2010-04-22 12:00:00: (22 April 2010). "Help on the web". Calcutta, India: Telegraph India Tribune.
  9. ↑ "A virtual solution to homework problems". London: Telegraph.co.uk - 12:01AM BST 22 May 2007. 22 May 2007.
  10. ↑ Isabel Hayes - 2007-06-03 12:00:00:. "Indian tutors help Irish pupils online". Sunday Tribune.
  11. ↑ "Naithani launches edu schemes for Govt. Schools". The Pioneer. 26 October 2013.
  12. ↑ http://businesswireindia.com/news/news-details/askiitians-iit-jeepmt-preparation-specialist-now-rajiv-gandhi-navodaya/37973
  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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