Vinod Kumar Bansal

Vinod Kumar Bansal is an Indian educationist and founder of BANSAL CLASSES PVT LIMITED at Kota, a test preparation company.[2]

Vinod Kumar Bansal
Born
Vinod Kumar Bansal

(1950-10-26) 26 October 1950[1]
Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India
NationalityIndian
Alma materBanaras Hindu University
Known forFounder of Bansal Classes

Biography

Vinod Kumar Bansal was born in Jhansi, India on 26 October 1946. He graduated in mechanical engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University. After graduation, he got married and moved to Kota, Rajasthan as an engineer at JK Synthetics, a chemicals company.[3]

In 1974, Vinod was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy, which left him physically impaired, and was predicted to shorten his lifespan. In 1983, JK Synthetics closed down. In 1983, he met G.D. Agrawal of Mumbai, who suggested him to start coaching students for IIT JEE, the entrance test for the Indian Institutes of Technology. Subsequently, he started teaching students, initially with 8 students at his dining-room table.[4] A few of his students managed to clear the IIT JEE, and in 1991, he founded Bansal Classes.

Kota has since then emerged as the coaching center in India with nearly 150,000 students from across India enrol in the 40 coaching institutes in Kota. In 2017, 39,000 of their students cleared the Joint Entrance Examination (Main) and at least 48 of them were in top 100.[5]

References
  1. Jacob, Sachu (5 July 2011). "A Lesson In Education". Business World. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  2. Jha, Sachin (19 May 2011). It All Adds Up: The Story of V.K. Bansal. Penguin UK. ISBN 9788184754049.
  3. "This coach prepares a success formula for youthful dreams". Live Mint. 14 March 2007. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  4. Bellman, Eric (30 September 2008). "India's Cram-School Confidential: Two Years, One Test, 40,000 Students". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  5. Quazi, Aabshar H (28 April 2017). "Over 39,000 students from Kota clear JEE Mains 2017, 48 in top 100". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
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