How much is Khan Sir’s net worth?:From ₹200 coaching fees to declining a ₹107 crore offer; get here the list of richest Edtech tutors

Popular educator Faisal Khan, widely known as Khan Sir, is currently at the center of a massive controversy these days. He is embroiled in the Patna firing case, where judicial proceedings are going on against him. Keeping aside all the controversies, lets see how Khan sir took up the initiative of making education reach every nook and corner of the nation at a very affordable price. We will focus on his net worth and also have a glance at some of the richest edtech tutors in the country. How Khan Sir became a hero for millions of poor students? The education world in India is changing very fast. On one side, there are giant coaching companies that charge a lot of money. Then came Khan Sir. He challenged these big institutions by teaching students for almost free. How big is India’s coaching industry? The coaching industry in India is massive. Millions of students finish school every year and want to clear tough competitive exams like IIT-JEE (for engineering), NEET (for medical), and UPSC (for government civil services). According to marketing services firm, GoToGrowth, founder, Debonkar Roy, the total size of this industry stood at ₹58,000 crore in 2025. Online education industry grows larger in size than the offline coaching industry But according to the Ministry of Commerce and Industry’s trust, the India Brand Equity Foundation (IBEF), the size of the India’s Edtech industry stood at ₹1.10 lakh crore back in 2024. India is the second-largest market for e-learning after the United States (US). Because getting into top colleges or government jobs is damn tough, parents spend their life savings on private coaching. According to reported data from financial dailies and business analysts, the Indian coaching market has grown into a multi-billion dollar industry. It grew even faster after 2020 because of surge in the trend of online classes which picked up after Covid-19 pandemic. The biggest coaching brands in India: Some of the most famous and dominant names in the coaching market include: Allen Career Institute: Extremely famous for engineering and medical entrance exams. FIITJEE and Resonance: Major players in the engineering studies coaching space. Physics Wallah (PW): An education-technology company that started online and is now opening offline centers. Unacademy and Vision IAS: Very large platforms for competitive exams and UPSC preparation. How much do top coaching teachers earn in India? In schools, teachers often get modest salaries. But in the competitive coaching world, they earn massive. According to an industry report by ‘The Economic Times’, top-rated teachers at famous IIT-JEE coaching centers earn as high as ₹2 crore per year while others earn between ₹70 lakh to ₹80 lakh per year. Is capitalism behind soaring fees of private coaching teachers in India? The reason for these skyrocketing salaries is capitalism. If a teacher is highly liked by students and helps them get top ranks, big coaching brands will pay huge money to keep them from joining a rival company. Khan Sir’s entry changed the game While big institutes charge between ₹1 lakh to ₹2 lakh per year for a single course, a teacher from Patna, popular by the name Khan Sir, decided to do the exact opposite. Through his platform, ‘Khan Global Studies’, he made high-quality education incredibly cheap. How much does he charge students? According to the official ‘Khan Global Studies’ course directory, his fees are unbelievably low: General Science Basic Foundation Batches: Just ₹200 to ₹300 total. UPSC Civil Services Online Course: Big institutes charge over ₹1.5 Lakh for this, but Khan Sir offers online preparation starting at around ₹1,500 to ₹4,500. Other Exams (SSC, Railway, Police): Courses are priced between ₹100 and ₹500. Khan sir empowered poor students from small villages to dream big using his low-fee structure. Giant offers that Khan sir declined Because Khan Sir has nearly 2.6 crore subscribers on his YouTube channel (Khan GS Research Centre), major corporate education brands desperately wanted to hire him. They knew that if Khan Sir joined them, millions of students would follow. According to a media report by ‘Live Hindustan’, Khan Sir publicly revealed that he declined a job offer worth ₹107 crore. Corporate giants wanted to acquire his platform or hire him as their face, but he decilned. He explained that if he accepted the offer, the companies would raise the student fees, and poor children would no longer be able to afford his classes. Khan Sir net worth: Even though he charges very little from students, Khan Sir’s massive student count makes his business highly sustainable. He runs online classes, offline centers in cities like Patna and Prayagraj, and the YouTube channel. According to reports tracked by ‘The Economic Times’, his personal net worth is built on his immense student base rather than high prices. The figures lies in the range of ₹5 crore to ₹10 crore, according to various media reports. Khan Sir uses a large portion of his income to run his education app, pay his team of teachers, and fund social work, including a hospital initiative in Patna to provide cheap healthcare to the needy.