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Entrepreneur Background
Vikas Mirchumal Kakwani (Co-founder & CEO) carries the education mission at the deepest personal level. Vikas Kakwan is a 50-year-old entrepreneur from Meerut, who completed his schooling from a convent school and went on to graduate from IIT Roorkee and IIM Lucknow. He has worked 20 years in the corporate sector. Ashneer says that he is afraid of IIT-IIM founders. If you have a comfort zone of falling down, you can do anything, and every time you fail, you can go back to a cushy paying job. Leena Kakwani (Co-founder) brings the child psychology and pedagogy understanding that ensures AAS Vidyalaya's content is designed for how children actually learn, not just how adults assume they do. Leena Kakwani has done a child psychology course and is from Kanpur. Her expertise ensures that the platform's lesson design, pace, and engagement mechanics reflect genuine understanding of child cognitive development.
The Product / Service
AAS Vidyalaya — Anytime Anywhere School — is India's first online school platform for Classes 6–10, delivering the full NCERT curriculum (and state board curricula including Maharashtra Board Marathi medium) through a mobile app, a website, and physical AAS Vidyalaya Education Cafes in rural and semi-urban areas, targeting the 45% of India's population in the middle income pyramid who have income but lack adequate school infrastructure nearby. AAS Vidyalaya is Anytime Anywhere School. This is just like a real school. The app contains all the classes of all subjects based on the syllabus. Students can take tests after every chapter, Report Cards are available, and parent-teacher meetings are conducted just like in actual schools. They follow all NCERT guidelines, according to which they also hold 200 classes if required.