STORY BEHIND ALPHASLATE
While learning a new concept in school, a class usually gets divided into 3 categories:
- Students who understand what the educator has taught and are able to keep up with the class.
- Students who are not comfortable with the educator’s teaching style and are struggling to keep up with the class.
- Students who are completely clueless about what is being taught in class and are not able to keep up with the class.
This pattern is repeated for every new concept that is taught. This pattern makes it impossible to identify every child’s unique learning gaps and to bridge these learning gaps.
Fortunately, many online education companies have attempted to solve these problems. However, the 4 major problems that still persist in the education industry are:
- Every student’s learning aptitude is different, but current e-learning platforms provide 'one-size-fits-all' solutions that do not address the latent need for customized & personalized learning.
- Existing e-learning platforms create their own content. Because of this, similar modes of instruction and types of video are available across a particular platform and diverse user preferences are not catered to.
- Existing e-learning platforms focus on curriculum based learning and promote rote learning. Thus, students' basic foundational concepts are often weak and they are unable to apply these concepts to diverse everyday scenarios.
- Parents and teachers often want to play an active role in their child’s learning journey but existing e-learning platforms allow only minimal to zero involvement of parents and teachers.
WHO ARE WE
Alphaslate brings an all new format of learning through which students can learn from the best teachers around the world, get their doubts cleared and have unlimited access to video on the app.
We believe in dynamic learning and cater to all the learning needs of a student. AlphaSlate provides the students with textbooks as well as ample study material, sample papers, interactive learning videos, syllabus, personality tests and aptitude tests, which will help the student learn and understand in a better way.
AlphaSlate facilitates students with professional guidance from the safety and comfort of their homes. It is an exclusive learning platform, customized for every user.
OUR MISSION
AlphaSlate aims to democratize education and empower every learner with high quality learning solutions.
THE CORE TEAM
Akhil Mammem
Akhil is the founder and CEO of Alphaslate Technologies Private Limited. He has a product and strategy background having worked at Accenture, Verizon and Hewlett Packard Enterprise. He has a Masters degree in engineering from Columbia University, New York and an MBA from Indian School of Business (ISB).
Prajodh Rajan
Prajodh is a successful education entrepreneur. He is the Co-founder & CEO of EuroKids International. Under his leadership, his company grew from 2 Pre-Schools in 2001 to 900+ Pre-Schools across 360 towns & cities in India, Nepal & Bangladesh.
Sahil Gore
Sahil Gore is the CTO and has 13+ years of experience working with technology startups. His previous technology startups were incubated at IIT Madras and PayPal.
Aradhya Gupta
Aradhya Gupta is the Executive Assistant to the CEO. He is responsible for managing all the non-technical operations within the organization. He has a Business Administration degree from NMIMS, Mumbai and an PGD in Data Science from IIIT, Bangalore.
Kamal Mehta
Kamal is the Lead Python Developer. He has 15 years of extensive experience in developing & architecting applications using different technologies and has previously worked at companies such as IBM and HSBC.
Santosh Khandare
Santosh is the iOS lead. He has 13 years of IT experience in Analysis, Architecture, Design, Development, Testing and Implementation of various Client/Server, iOS (iPhone/iPad) and Hybrid Applications.
Vishal Bodkhe
Vishal is the Android Lead. He has 11 years of experience in creating and managing Android applications. He is responsible for development of new features, application interface, maintenance, enhancement of existing product features, release management, production on Google Play Store, code & configuration management.
Tejaswee Khare
Tejaswee is the Software Development Engineer in Test. She is responsible for the end to end testing of the AlphaSlate mobile application for both Android and iOS. She is responsible for developing and executing the test plans, test suites both manual and with automation. Prior to joining AlphaSlate Technologies, Tejaswee was working as a QA engineer in Imaginovation, LLC Raleigh North Carolina, as a remote resource. She holds a Bachelor of Engineering Degree in Computer Science from SGBAU, Amaravati.