Prashant Kirad

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Prashant Kirad, fondly called Prashant Bhaiya by his students, is an Indian education business magnate, online instructor, and motivational speaker. He has been inspiring hundreds of thousands of students in all corners of the country, being a sincere and understanding educator with a simple approach. Moreover, he is an innovative mind behind the educational media companies ExpHub and Next Toppers, which provide affordable or free-to-use academic services and resources. Prashant Kirad has been actively promoting the concept of learning and education in India for years. He is recognised nationwide for his straight talking and ability to provide practical advice to exam aspirants.

To begin with, Prashant Kirad is a co-founder of the online learning platform that was initially launched on his YouTube channel, which has more than ten million subscribers. The channel’s videos are mostly focused on the 10th and 12th standard examinations, JEE, NEET preparations, and various other competitive exams. He always tries to find solutions and share working advice with students, using relatable analogies and simple words. In fact, his main feature is the ability to communicate effectively with students in an elder-brother kind of manner (hence, the nickname “Bhaiya” means “brother”). Thus, his team of enthusiastic coaches at ExpHub grew exponentially, and today, the platform provides access to free video lectures, a crash course, and mentoring for students.

Next, in 2023, the educationist introduced Next Toppers, an application and a website designed for students of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) from classes 9th to 12th . It aims to provide a well-structured academic path for students to prepare for their board exams, competitive exams, and beyond, offering free lectures, mock tests, and doubt-solving sessions. Overall, he has been trying to promote this vision of inclusive and democratic education, providing access to knowledge regardless of social and financial status. Prashant Kirad continues to be a prominent figure in the field, bringing up young talents and helping students achieve their dreams through his work as an online educator and advisor.

Early Life & Education

Prashant Kirad was born and raised in Alwar, Rajasthan, India. He had been through the country’s high-stakes exam-oriented system and understood the difficulties it could impose on the young minds. Being a poor middle-class student himself during his formative years, Prashant Kirad had seen the anxiety, frustration, and pressure associated with the JEE examination and other competitive exams. The insights about the burdensome nature of the system came from his own experience as a student and classmate who dreaded the monotony of school life and spent sleepless nights preparing for the JEE exams. However, the realisation came too late for him to change the existing system for his own benefit. But it spurred his determination to develop a new way of learning that could help young students achieve their goals without putting their well-being at stake. And thus, he launched his venture to provide affordable and approachable study material to aspiring students who wanted to prepare for India’s toughest exams. To this day, Prashant Kirad remains committed to his vision of contributing to a more accessible and inclusive education system for poor and frustrated students.

Being a poor middle-class student from Rajasthan, Prashant Kirad had to rely on his own efforts and time to prepare for the JEE examination. He had struggled through numerous problems and excelled in competitive exams on his own. However, his poor academic performance during his early years affected his grades and forced him to sit in the backbenches. The experience taught him a valuable lesson about the Indian education system, which put monstrous amounts of pressure on the young minds. In his higher secondary classes, Prashant Kirad prepared relentlessly for the JEE exam, which finally bore fruits when he successfully cleared it on his first attempt. And soon, he enrolled at a renowned computer science college in Delhi. However, it was only through his own experiences that he realised the importance of time management, hard work, perseverance, and conceptual knowledge in preparing for the competitive exams. And these realisation prompted him to develop a new approach to learning, which did not view education as an instrument of torture but as a guiding force that could empower young minds.

To this day, Prashant Kirad’s legacy continues to impact thousands of aspiring students across the country, who rely on his free resources to prepare for some of the toughest exams in the country. His contributions to India’s education system provide young students with viable alternatives to exorbitant coaching classes that are often inaccessible to poor and rural students. By providing free and easily accessible resources, Prashant Kirad has ensured that thousands of aspiring students get an equal opportunity to realise their dreams. In a country where the education system favours privileged children, Prashant Kirad continues to democratise learning and make it more accessible to the poor.

• Full Name: Prashant Kirad
• Nick Name(s): Prashant Bhaiya

• Profession(s): 

  • EdTech Entrepreneur
  • Digital Educator
  • Author
  • YouTuber
• Date of Birth: December 9, 2001
• Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
• Weight: ~70 kg (154 lbs)
• Eye Colour: Dark Brown
• Hair Colour: Black
• Home Town: Alwar, Rajasthan, India (Currently operates out of New Delhi)
• School: Completed in Alwar (Specific school name undisclosed)
• College: Netaji Subhas University of Technology (NSUT), Delhi
• Education Qualification: Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) in Computer Science
• Religion: Hinduism
  
• Food Habit: Vegetarian
  
• Marital Status: Single
• Siblings: One sister (He has featured her occasionally in festive family updates)
• Language Known: Hindi and English
  
• Email ID: prashantkiradbusiness@gmail.com (Official inbox dedicated strictly to commercial brand deals, collaborative video work, and corporate PR inquiries)

Early Life & Humble Roots

• Middle-Class Household: Prashant grew up in a traditional Indian middle-class family. His parents prioritised career stability; engineering seemed like the logical choice, and the idea was planted in his head at a young age.
• The “Backbencher” Attitude: Today, Prashant likes to joke that he was a complete backbencher during his early years of study. The constant distractions prevented him from focusing on his academics, while exam fears and self-learning without private tuition guided his professional aspirations.

High School & Academic Realignment

• The Dramatic Turn: During his senior secondary years, he discovered that rote learning formed the basis of most of his syllabus, and he decided to take drastic measures to improve his learning methodology, which eventually helped him change his grades entirely.
• Board Exam Milestones: He finished his secondary education with flying colours obtaining a remarkably good percentile in his class 10 and class 12 board exams.

Engineering at NSUT Delhi

• Clearing JEE main after +2 : He has cracked the very difficult JEE (Joint Entrance Examination) and got selected at one of the IITs (Indian Institutes of Technology)
• Completion of B. Tech from Netaji Subhas University (NSIT): After getting selected for IIT, he shifted to Delhi to pursue B. Tech from Netaji Subhas University of Technology or NSIT Delhi and completed Computer Science Engineering.
• Getting selected at a renowned IT company after completing his B. Tech.
• He began posting videos on his YouTube channel while studying in his hostel room. While he was learning coding and development at NSIT, his videos began to go viral. However, he decided to give up his million PPI offers in the corporate sector and go for it.

Career

Prashant Kirad is one of India’s leading young edtech entrepreneurs and digital educators. He is also popularly known as “Prashant Bhaiya” to millions of students who have immensely benefitted from his work. From being a star performer in the tech industry, he has transformed himself into an education empire builder and a successful digital business magnate.

Mainstream Career Transition

• Corporate Pivot: After securing a B.Tech in Computer Science from Netaji Subhas University of Technology (NSUT), Delhi, Prashant began his career contemplating a join in private firms
• Rejecting Big Tech Acquisitions: Early on in his professional career, mainstream EdTech companies were ready to acquire his media platform for multi-crore offers. However, he rejected all acquisition offers as it would dilute his creative and structural vision for the platform.

EdTech & Media Portfolios

• Exponent Hub, Exp Hub, Exphub by Prashant Kirad: Launched as his own YouTube channel in February 2021, this is his primary education vertical, focused on upskilling secondary school students, breaking down complex topics and providing them with conceptual clarity, JEE/NEET exam strategy and preparatory methodology. It has more than 11 million subscribers.
• Next Toppers: An EdTech sub-brand, launched in collaboration with fellow top Indian online educators Digraj Singh Rajput and Shobhit Nirwan, to provide a comprehensive school education learning ecosystem.
• Bestselling Author: Along with co-authors, he has written the One Shot Question Bank for Class 10 Science, published by Educart Publications. It has been a bestseller, positioned as an affordable option for students belonging to the lower-middle class.

Commercial Business Ventures & Influence

• Swaadly: Diversifying outside of the educational sector, Prashant co-founded this retail business enterprise focused on healthy consumer food alternatives.
• Brand collaborations & revenue stream: His active professional revenue streams include large-scale commercial brand partnerships, digital course sales, real estate portfolios, and enterprise app integrations.