Co-founder profile

Pulkit Jain: From Teaching in Punjab to Vedantu

Pulkit Jain is an IIT Roorkee chemical engineer who runs product at Vedantu.

Pulkit Jain graduated in chemical engineering from IIT Roorkee in 2005. He spent a short time at Evalueserve and quit in 2006.

That year he joined three IIT friends to start Lakshya Institute in Patiala. The four began as teachers in Barnala, a small city in Punjab. Lakshya was acquired by MT Educare in 2012.

In 2014 Jain, Vamsi Krishna, Anand Prakash and Saurabh Saxena started Vedantu, a live online tutoring platform. Saxena left in 2017.

Jain heads product. Vedantu raised $100 million in July 2020 and another $100 million in September 2021, which made it a unicorn.

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What is Pulkit Jain's education?

Pulkit Jain studied chemical engineering at IIT Roorkee and graduated in 2005.

What did Pulkit Jain do before Vedantu?

After a short stint at Evalueserve, he quit in 2006 and started Lakshya Institute in Patiala with three friends from IIT. Lakshya was later acquired by MT Educare in 2012.

What is Pulkit Jain's role at Vedantu?

He is a co-founder of Vedantu and heads product. The other co-founders are Vamsi Krishna, Anand Prakash and Saurabh Saxena.

When did Pulkit Jain start Vedantu?

Pulkit Jain and three friends conceptualised Vedantu in 2014. The four had worked as teachers in Barnala, Punjab, first.