Full Name Vinod Bansal Role Businessman | Name Vinod Bansal Nationality Indian | |
Born October 26, 1949 (age 74) ( 1949-10-26 ) Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India Occupation Founder of Bansal Classes Private Limited | ||
Alma mater Banaras Hindu University Organizations founded Bansal Classes | ||
Bansal Classes , Kota ( Motivational Story of Director Mr. Vinod Kumar Bansal Sir )
Vinod Kumar Bansal is an Indian businessman, founder of Bansal Classes at Kota, a test preparation company.
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Biography
Vinod Kumar Bansal was born in Jhansi India on October 26, 1946. He graduated in mechanical engineering at the Banaras Hindu University After graduation, he got married and moved to Kota, Rajasthan as an engineer at JK Synthetics, a chemicals company.
In 1974, Vinod was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy, which left him physically impaired, and was predicted to shorten his lifespan. In 1983, JK Synthetics closed down. In 1983, he met G. D. Agrawal of Mumbai, who inspired him to start coaching students for IIT JEE, the entrance test for the Indian Institutes of Technology. Subsequently, he started teaching students, initially with 8 students at his dining-room table. A few of his students managed to clear the IIT JEE, and in 1991, he founded Bansal Classes.
Kota has since then emerged as the coaching center in India with nearly 150,000 students from across India enrol in the 40 coaching institutes in Kota. In 2017, 39,000 of their students have were selected in the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main and at least 48 of them were in top 100.
Now, V.K. Bansal, because of being paralyzed, no longer teaches regular classes.