Co-Founder of The WorldGrad, Abhinav Mital in discussion with Mishri Jain of NewsNowNation. Abhinav talks about the journey of The WorldGrad and what led him to start the venture. Taking a deep dive into the Edtech space, he explains how the platform is streamlining and enabling study abroad for Indians. The conversation touches upon pressing topics like student loans, accessibility to higher education abroad for the middle class, and future prospects for the aspirants.
The WorldGrad is a unique study abroad platform that empowers several thousand Indians every year to study abroad. Through The WorldGrad students can complete a part of their first year studies online and progress overseas to complete the remainder of the degree across a choice of multiple institutions in Australia, UK, US and Dubai. This helps students save money both on tuition fees and living expenses as well as be better prepared for an overseas academic environment. The WorldGrad programs are kitted with the latest in learning technology, taught by international educators and supplemented with personalised academic support to ensure outcomes in an online environment.
The WorldGrad was started by Amit Garga, Abhinav Mital and Pranav Saxena who had more than 30 years of combined experience in the education sector. The founding members were in the education space for the past 15 years and saw simultaneous growth in online education and international student movement. The WorldGrad thought of using technology to create a bridge for students seeking international education and make this transition smooth while helping them save money. As soon as the inception happened, The WorldGrad tied up with global top-300 institutions like University of Wollongong (UOW College), Griffith, Brunel London and many more, to offer online year 1 courses to the Indian students. It boasts of using its proprietary AI enabled tool- LINCTrac to assist teachers and students to perform better, while being the only study abroad platform to invest heavily in one-on-one personal tutoring for students. The WorldGrad has infused around $1M so far from the parent firm LINC Education. This initial funding will help them stabilize the product offering, and once some traction is hit, they will start looking out for fresh investment.
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