Jaipur: Ten students who had enrolled in the academy of Dr Roman Saini have cleared the civil services exam this year.
What makes the academy, 'Unacademy', different from other civil service coaching institutes is that the courses here are offered through Youtube for free. Saini, who is from Jaipur, is now a collector at Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh.
When Saini cleared the IAS exam in 2013 with 18th rank, he was merely 22. The same year, he started the online tutorial along with his friend, Gaurav Munjal. The service was aimed at those who did not have the means to attend IAS coaching spending huge fees.
Saini offers his course on various subjects using more than 400 videos. Already, the videos have attracted about one lakh subscribers. Every day, about 10 lakh people view the videos. The Facebook page of Saini also has 1,11,095 likes.
Saini also holds the record for clearing the All India Institute of Medical Science entrance exam at the age of 16.