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By Merlin Francis, TNN | 10 Jul, 2015, 07.08PM IST

She wanted to do PhD and become a teacher, but after her father's death she had to take
up a job in an MNC. However, Roshni Mukherjee found a way to teach tens of thousands of
school students for free.
She launched Examfear.com to post video lessons for classes 9 to 12, and her YouTube
channel has more than 68,000 subscribers. She has shared around 3,700 videos in the
past four years, which means more than two video les sons posted per day .
"It began when my maid told me her two children kept failing in their exams be cause
teachers in the government school in Tamil Nadu, where they studied, would rarely come to
class. These were the children I wanted to reach out to," she said.

Roshni launched Examfear.com to post video lessons for

classes 9 to 12, and her YouTube channel has more than
68,000 subscribers.

As technology offered the best solution, she uploaded a video on YouTube, explaining the
physics concept of motion. She used a Powerpoint slideshow and a microphone to explain
the concepts. As there was a good response, she started posting more video lessons.

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"After seeing the videos, students started asking doubts in the comments section and also
requested for video lessons on specific topics. I was happy to help," she said. She spent a few hours on weekdays and all her weekends
preparing the videos lessons in chemistry, physics, mathematics and biology .
She initially prepared videos for classes 11 and 12, but soon expanded to classes 9 and 10. "I refer CBSE syllabus and brush through
ICSE syllabus to add any points I may have missed out. The videos are simple: made on Powerpoint (slide shows) with a voice in the
background explaining the concepts," she said.
About eight months ago, Roshni quit her job with HP (which she had joined in the meantime) to focus on video lessons. "The channel

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was starting to make a little money from Google ads and I added a contribute button for those who wished to do so. I plan to keep the
videos entirely free because only then can I reach a lot more students," she said.
Now, Roshni wants her videos to reach the remotest corners of the country. For this, she has to translate the videos into regional
languages.
"That is the next course of action -making these videos into regional languages such as Kannada, Tamil and Bengali," she said.
Over time, Roshni hopes to expand her classes to junior grades and also subjects such history and geography .
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