{"id":1128279,"date":"2025-02-12T13:01:07","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T21:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new-cm-edgedigital.pages.dev\/en-us\/research\/?p=1128279"},"modified":"2025-02-25T15:32:12","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T23:32:12","slug":"microsoft-research-and-physics-wallah-team-up-to-enhance-ai-based-tutoring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new-cm-edgedigital.pages.dev\/en-us\/research\/blog\/microsoft-research-and-physics-wallah-team-up-to-enhance-ai-based-tutoring\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Research and Physics Wallah team up to enhance AI-based tutoring"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In India, limited resources, geographical constraints, and economic factors present barriers to quality education for some students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A shortage of teachers, particularly in remote or low-income areas, makes it harder for students to receive the guidance they need to prepare for highly competitive professional and academic programs. Microsoft Research is developing new algorithms and techniques that are enabling Physics Wallah (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, a growing educational company, to make its AI-based tutoring services more accurate and reliable, to better support students on their education journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As in other countries, many Indian students purchase coaching and tutoring services to prepare for entrance exams at top institutions. This includes offline<\/em> coaching, where hundreds of students meet in a classroom staffed by teachers covering a structured curriculum. Online<\/em> coaching enables students to learn remotely in a virtual classroom. Hybrid<\/em> coaching delivers virtual lessons in a physical classroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Offline courses can cost as much as 100,000 Indian rupees a year\u2014equivalent to hundreds of U.S. dollars. This puts them out of reach for many lower income students living in smaller and mid-sized Indian cities, as well as rural villages. Online courses are much more affordable. They allow students to work at their own pace by providing high-quality web-based content supported by teachers who work remotely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Meeting this need is the mission of Physics Wallah. The company uses AI to offer on-demand tutoring at scale, curating volumes of standard science- and math-related content to provide the best answers. Some 2 million students use the Physics Wallah platform every day, at a fraction of the cost of offline tutoring. For example, its prep courses for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE), which is required for admission to engineering and technology programs, and the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET), a required entrance exam for medical and dental school candidates, cost between 4,200 and 4,500 rupees per year. That\u2019s roughly 50 U.S. dollars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThe mantra here really is how do we provide quality education in an affordable manner and accessible to every student, regardless of who they are or where they come from.\u201d<\/p>\n\u2014Vineet Govil, Chief Technology and Product Officer, Physics Wallah<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Microsoft Research India\u2019s collaboration with Physics Wallah is part of a 20-year legacy of supporting emerging Indian companies, underscored by the January 2025 announcement that Microsoft will invest $3 billion (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> in cloud and AI infrastructure to accelerate the adoption of AI, skilling, and innovation.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Physics Wallah has developed an AI-driven educational suite, Alakh AI<\/strong>, leveraging OpenAI\u2019s GPT-4o model through Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service. Alakh AI\u2019s flagship offerings include AI Guru<\/strong> and the Smart Doubt Engine<\/strong>, both designed to transform the learning experience in and beyond the classroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n