It’s been four years since Wasim Khan started looking for a job as a teacher in Mumbai schools. The 30-year-old Andheri West resident says, “The government hardly opens up teachers’ appointments. And there is a lot of corruption in the job approval process.” In 2017, when it hit him that he couldn’t wait for someone to give him a job, but could use the existing platform of the Internet to reach out to students, he started Khan’s Academy, a YouTube channel in which he speaks in Urdu to break down mathematic concepts across Class VIII, IX and X.

That he explains congruent triangles by adding a double role visual with a background score from the soundtrack of Judwa, and creates rap songs to help remember formulae, is helping him become popular across Maharashtra. Recently, a school from his hometown, Malegaon, connected with him for tips on how to make online learning engaging. “I feel like a celebrity when I see my videos being shown in schools for better understanding for children. Teachers from across Maharashtra get in touch with me to show my content, or share video links with their students,” adds Khan, who has 34,600 subscribers to his channel, each video grabbing an average of 1,000 views.