Transweb Explained

Transweb Educational Services
Foundation:	Delhi, India in April 2007
Location Country:	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 provides educational resources to students from grade 4 to university level, through its five websites.^[3]

Overview

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

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

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]

Notes and References

1. News: Engineering & Civil Services HUB – Delhi . The Economic Times. 29 August 2011 . Sanjeev Kumar . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111124073106/http://hindi.economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/9782046.cms . 24 November 2011 .
2. News: Changing Future Education of India . Young Turks – CNBC-TV18. Shereen Bhan.
3. News: Young Entrepreneurs of India – Salaam Zindagi . NDTV India . 3 August 2008 . Naghma Sahar.
4. News: About Askiitians . Hindustan Times. https://web.archive.org/web/20110312085428/http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/northindia/Teacher-less-in-your-town-Turn-to-the-web/Article1-389687.aspx. dead. 12 March 2011.
5. News: Ex-IITians offer help . Financial Express.
6. News: Indian tutors help Irish pupils online . Sunday Tribune. Isabel Hayes.
7. Web site: Research Paper on A Theoretical Framework for the Software Testing » Full Grade. 2016-05-31. 2016-09-04.
8. News: Help on the web . Telegraph India Tribune. https://archive.today/20120911083326/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100422/jsp/careergraph/story_12365184.jsp . dead . 11 September 2012 . Shabina Akhtar . 2010-04-22. Calcutta.
9. News: A virtual solution to homework problems . Telegraph. London . 22 May 2007.
10. News: Indian tutors help Irish pupils online . Sunday Tribune. Isabel Hayes. 2007-06-03.
11. News: Naithani launches edu schemes for Govt. Schools . The Pioneer. 26 October 2013.
12. Web site: AskIITians: IIT-JEE/PMT Preparation Specialist, Now in Rajiv Gandhi Navodaya Vidyalaya, Dehradun.
13. News: Students will get ready for Engineering and Medical Exams . . 26 October 2013.
14. News: EX-IITIANS IMPART ONLINE LESSONS TO NAVODAYA STUDENTS . The Pioneer. 14 February 2014.