My Journey from Teaching 30 Students to Building a Decentralized Education Future
In 2005, while still in my third year of engineering, I started teaching students from Grade 12 after college hours. That year, 30 students walked into my living room for guidance. I didn’t realize it then, but that moment marked the beginning of a lifelong journey in education.
I didn’t wait to finish my degree or gain experience. I just started where I was, with what I had.
The First Leap: From Tutor to Centre Manager
By the end of that same year, I received an unexpected opportunity. The directors of one of Mumbai’s most reputed coaching institutes (Mteducare, a listed company now) reached out to me directly.
Without even applying, I was offered the role of Centre Manager at just 22. I accepted the challenge and spent the next three years managing students, parents, educators, operations, and results. It was my real-world MBA.
Building Something from Scratch
In 2010, two of my former students, who had become close friends, joined me to start a new learning institute from the ground up. We focused on teaching Maths and Science to K-12 students. The early days were tough. We had a rented classroom, a couple of whiteboards, and a lot of passion.
Over the next 14 years, we taught over 5,000 students. We built a team of more than 10 educators and became a trusted name in Navi Mumbai. In 2024, with the institute running successfully and sustainably, I decided to exit and hand over full control to my partners. That chapter had reached a fulfilling end.
Institute built - Infiniti Edusolutions Pvt Ltd
Exploring the Online World
Along the way, I was always experimenting. In 2012, I started a YouTube channel focused on Physics, Chemistry, and Maths, which went on to get over 100,000 views. I built one of the earliest online teaching platforms called ClickToClass.
Later, I launched Hobbitime.com, an academy for hobby classes. Eventually, I pivoted to Teachmitra, a peer-to-peer micro learning gamified platform that reached over 10,000 users through viral marketing between 2015 and 2019.
These were not just side projects. They were my way of exploring how to make education more learner-centered, engaging, and scalable.
By 2019, I hit a point of burnout. The offline institute needed more attention, and the online experiments, while promising, weren’t sustainable at the time. I had to hit pause.
Then, in early 2024, I made a decision that surprised many. I exited from the very institute I built, stepped away from everything familiar, and committed to building something that reflected the future I truly believed in.
Today, I’m building Alme Mater, a Web3 infrastructure for education.
We’re creating a system where learners own their learning journey. Where their credentials are verified on-chain, not hidden behind paperwork. Where educators are rewarded for contributing knowledge. And where new communities of learning can form without being limited by traditional systems.
Our mission is simple but powerful to bring 100,000 learners and 10,000 educators on-chain. We’re starting with gamified learning experiences, community-led assessments, and new ways to issue verified micro-credentials.
This, for me, is the most meaningful work I’ve ever done. Not because of the numbers. But because I finally feel aligned with the future I always dreamed education could become.