Vinod Kumar Bansal or VK Bansal (26 October 1949 – 3 May 2021) was an Indian educationist and the founder of the Bansal Classes in Kota,

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. He made Kota famous throughout India for IIT-JEE entrance exam preparation.

Biography

VK Bansal was born on 26 October 1949, in the Jhansi district of the state of

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. His father was a government employee and his mother was a homemaker. He went to the Indian Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University. After completing his education, he worked in a chemical company, J. K. Synthetics, in Kota. In 1974, Vinod Kumar Bansal was diagnosed with

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, which left him with complete paralysis and physical impairment, which was predicted to shorten his lifespan. In 1983, due to the financial crisis in Kota, J. K. Synthetics closed down. The same year, he met G. D. Agrawal of

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, who suggested he start coaching students for the IIT-JEE, i.e., the undergraduate entrance test for the

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. He started coaching for the IIT-JEE, starting with 8 students at his dining table. After a few of his students cleared the JEE in 1991, he founded Bansal Classes.

Pioneer of Best Entrance Examination Coaching in India

Kota has since emerged as the principal coaching center in India, with nearly 150,000 students from across India enrolling in the 40 coaching institutes in Kota. In 2017, 39,000 of these students cleared the

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and at least 48 of them were in the top 100.

Death

Bansal died on 3 May 2021, from a heart attack. He also tested positive for

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during the

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which worsened his pre-existing conditions.Pioneer of Kota coaching industry V K Bansal dies
/ref> According to his son Sameer Bansal, Managing Director of Bansal Classes, VK Bansal was the architect of the coaching industry in Kota. On the demise of VK Bansal, Naveen Maheshwari, many stated, "It was his fresh vision that made a subject like

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interesting. Lakhs of students will remember his contribution".He was also known as "architect of kota"

References

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