Vicky discovered her love for teaching when she started teaching English during her gap year. She realised that students who speak English fluently tend to do better at school and can apply for university admissions and scholarships with relative ease. But for students who struggle to even string simple sentences together without grammar mistakes, learning English can be a very tough journey. The journey is made even tougher when their teachers struggle to give everyone their undivided attention due to the immense workload of having a large number of students in one class.

Since then, Vicky has been on a mission to make personalised English learning more accessible for all students. After completing her MSc in Education at Oxford University, she started an English learning centre, Veritas Academy. She has helped public school students to get As in English examinations and even college students to secure scholarships. The teaching technique that works best for her students is giving detailed feedback to her students and tracking their progress in key areas across time so that she can tailor her lessons to the students’ needs. But there’s only so much one person can do, and this problem inspired her to building GuruLab.