Archive · 20 Sep 2026
Student Turns Telegram Admission Queries Into Profitable ₹10 Lakh Startup
Hemkesh noticed that students had many questions about newer college admissions.
He and his team discussed these questions in a Telegram group.
They later turned the group into a company called Delta Education.
The company helps students prepare for unusual tests and personal interviews.
Its first program had more than 50 paying customers.
It earned over ₹2 lakh in its first year.
Later, the business recorded ₹10 lakh in revenue in one financial year.
Hemkesh built the company while continuing his studies and it now hires some students as paid interns.
Hemkesh transformed admission discussions in a Telegram community into Delta Education by February 2024.
Delta Education created tailored test series and preparation programs for non-standardized admissions and personal interviews.
Its first 2024 program attracted more than 50 paying customers and generated over ₹2 lakh in its initial year.
Co-founder Srimai Somani helped expand the startup’s reach through a YouTube channel with more than 10,000 subscribers.
The bootstrapped startup recorded ₹10 lakh in revenue last financial year and hired three to four Scaler students as paid interns.
- Who
- Hemkesh, co-founder Srimai Somani, and the Delta Education team.
- What
- They built a profitable, bootstrapped education startup offering preparation programs for newer college admissions.
- When
- The company was established by February 2024; its first program launched during the 2024 admission cycle, and it recorded ₹10 lakh in the last financial year.
- Where
- The startup grew from a Telegram community and operates alongside Hemkesh’s studies at Scaler.
- Why
- The founders saw that students were not prepared for non-standardized tests and personal interviews used by modern institutions.
- Startup
- Delta Education
- Business model
- Bootstrapped and profitable
- First-year customers
- More than 50 paying customers
- Initial-year revenue
- More than ₹2 lakh
- Latest reported revenue
- ₹10 lakh in the last financial year
- Team expansion
- Three to four Scaler students hired as paid interns