Edukemy has achieved the highest hit-rate in UPSC CSE MAINS 2021 within the edtech sector. Source: Shutterstock
Edtech firm Edukemy has claimed that it had a 70% hit rate in the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) Civil Services Examination (CSE) Mains 2021 after more than 50 questions asked in various general studies were directly or indirectly addressed during courses and study materials featured on its platform.
Chandrahas Panigrahi, co-founder and CEO, Edukemy, said, “This was made possible due to consistent efforts of the academic and content team. The academic team is led by Shabbir A Bashir, who is already a well-known name in the UPSC Preparation segment, and is most sought after for geography optional studies and essay writing for UPSC Mains.”
Edukemy was founded by Panigrahi, Bashir and Deb Tripathi in 2020. It has created an evaluation model for non-subjective and subjective competitive exams. One of the key challenges faced by Edtech companies was to make answer writing — a crucial part of the Civil Services Exam — innovative and seamless for the online aspirants.
Edukemy claims to have achieved that by developing a platform – Korrecto. Korrecto enabled students during the lockdown and gained timely guidance and feedback to help channelise their preparation even from the remotest part of the country. This helped 51 selections from among Edukemy students in UPSC CSE 2020.
The company said content creation at Edukemy is an integral part of their teaching and relies on deep understanding of the UPSC Exam.
“The UPSC via the Civil Services Exam is searching for administrators for the country, and this understanding guides the company to stay focused on what is needed. When looking for the relevant content for UPSC aspirants, the content team focuses on what would be for the interest of an administrator. It then dissects the issue from various standpoints, maintaining a neutral and holistic approach during the process,” added Panigrahi.
Content is created daily on Edukemy’s platform and students are presented with materials that are exam-ready through documents and videos across all the stages of the exam. Addressing the various stages of the exam — prelims, mains and interview — simultaneously also ensured that Edukemy maintained a consistent hit-rate of more than 50% in UPSC CSE 2021 prelims and mains.
Edukemy has raised $2 million in pre–Series A funding round led by Auxano, Falcon5 and other angel investors. Since then, it has grown four-fold across its business objectives as revenues, user-base, courses and traction on the website.