What Ivy Professional School does

Ivy Professional School is a privately held, bootstrapped education technology company founded in 2008 and headquartered in Kolkata, India, with regional offices in Bangalore, Delhi, Pune, Mumbai, and Chennai. The company delivers instructor-led training programs in data science, machine learning, data engineering, generative AI, data analytics, and AI for product managers, spanning 24 to 232 hours and priced between ₹29,000 and ₹69,000 (+GST), with an outcome-linked Pay After Placement program capped at ₹135,000+GST. Programs are accredited by NASSCOM, IBM, and MeitY (Government of India) and are delivered in hybrid online/offline formats with 1:1 mentorship and lifetime recording access.

The company's technology layer centers on PrepAI, an AI-powered career copilot launched in 2024 that provides role-based skill diagnostics, ATS-optimized resume building, live mock interviews, personalized lesson plans, AI tutoring with multiple personas, and recruiter matching. PrepAI operates on a freemium model (₹999/month or ₹9,999/year premium), claims 32,500+ active learners, and is positioned as a separate SaaS product alongside the core training business. The curriculum itself covers LLMs, RAG, LoRA, LangChain, AI agents, multimodal AI, and tools including TensorFlow, PyTorch, and cloud platforms, with the AI for Product Managers course explicitly integrating ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Flowise, LangGraph, n8n, and Figma.

Ivy Professional School monetizes through four revenue streams: one-time course fees (B2C primary), Pay After Placement outcome-linked tuition, PrepAI recurring subscriptions, and B2B enterprise training engagements with 500+ corporate clients including Fortune 500 companies (PwC, TESCO, HSBC, Tata Steel, ITC, Honeywell, Genpact, Cognizant, Accenture, Amazon, Google, IBM, TCS, Wipro, Deloitte, KPMG). Go-to-market combines self-serve website registration, free demo classes, a 3,450-member WhatsApp community, a 90K+ subscriber YouTube channel, and direct enterprise sales. The company reports 37,500+ students trained since 2008, an 82% placement rate, 67% average salary hike, 4.8/5 Google rating across 2,250+ reviews, and a ₹42 LPA highest reported package. Leadership consists of founders Prateek Agarwal and Eeshani Agrawal (20+ years each, IIT/IIM alumni), co-founder Prakhar Gupta, and trainer Raju Kumar Misra (Kaggle Grandmaster, ex-Oracle/IISc).

Name

Ivy Professional School

Legal name

Ivy Professional School

Website

https://ivyproschool.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Ivy Professional School is an India-based education technology company founded in 2008 that delivers instructor-led training and an AI-powered career platform (PrepAI) in data science, generative AI, data engineering, and analytics, serving individual learners, career switchers, and Fortune 500 enterprises across six Indian cities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Education and Training (Data Science, AI, and Generative AI)

NAICS

Professional and Management Development Training (61143), Technical and Trade Schools (6115), Computer Training (61142)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

AI & Machine Learning (Foundations & Applied) (EDAMACAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Scholarship, Financial Aid & FAFSA Support (EDAMAKAF)

Keywords

• Data science training
• Generative AI courses
• Professional certification programs
• Enterprise AI upskilling
• Data analytics bootcamps

Headquarters

HQ city

Kolkata

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Course Fee Revenue: Primary revenue stream from upfront course fees for Data Science, Data Engineering, Generative AI, Data Analytics, and AI/ML courses. Pricing varies by program from ₹29,000 to ₹69,000 + GST for standard programs, with Data Science Pay After Placement program at ₹135,000+GST.
2. Pay After Placement (PAP) Program: Alternative payment model where students pay ₹10,000 registration fee upfront and then 17.5% of monthly salary for up to 36 months after securing employment at minimum ₹4 LPA, capped at ₹135,000+GST. No payment if no placement within 1 year at qualifying salary.
3. PrepAI Premium Subscription: Monthly subscription at ₹999/month (discounted from ₹1,299) and annual subscription at ₹9,999/year (discounted from ₹14,999). Free tier available with limited access. Revenue from AI-powered career services including unlimited interviews, resume downloads, and AI tutoring.
4. Enterprise Training: B2B corporate training programs for enterprise clients including PwC, TESCO, HSBC, Tata Steel, ITC, Honeywell, Genpact, and Cognizant. Custom workshops on Tableau, Agile, AI for CXOs, and other enterprise-specific topics.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels7 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Ivy Professional School is an India-based professional training institute that delivers instructor-led certification programs in Data Science, Generative AI, Data Engineering, Data Analytics, AI/ML, and AI for Product Managers across physical campuses in six cities and an online delivery model. The company supplements its classroom offerings with the PrepAI AI-powered career copilot platform (resume building, mock interviews, skill diagnosis, AI tutoring) and provides corporate training engagements for Fortune 500 enterprises. Revenue is generated primarily through upfront course fees, a Pay After Placement income-share program, and PrepAI subscription tiers.

Product overview

Ivy Professional School operates as a comprehensive data science and AI education platform offering multiple distinct programs. The core product portfolio includes PrepAI (an AI-powered career copilot), a Data Science with ML & AI Certification, an Advanced Generative AI Course, a Data Engineering Course, an AI & Machine Learning Course, a Data Analytics With Visualization program, a Data Analytics and Generative AI Course, an AI for Product Managers Course, and a Pay After Placement Data Science program. All programs are supported by the PrepAI platform for career coaching and placement assistance, with enterprise training services for corporate clients.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• PrepAI: AI-powered career copilot platform providing role-based diagnosis, resume building, mock interviews, AI career coaching, skill assessments, and connections with recruiters.

Products and services

• PrepAI AI-powered career copilot platform for individual learners and job seekers: provides role-based skill diagnosis, personalized learning paths, ATS-optimized resume building, live video mock interviews with AI feedback, AI tutoring (Ask), recruiter matching, and MCQ-based skill assessments. Offered in a free tier with limited features and a premium subscription with unlimited use.
• Advanced Generative AI Course A 5-month (160-hour) instructor-led program covering LLMs, RAG, LoRA, LangChain, AI Agents, fine-tuned LLMs, multimodal AI (Vision, Whisper, Stable Diffusion), and deployment with FastAPI and Docker; includes 20+ real-life projects and 5+ capstone projects, with industry certification and career support.
• Data Science with Machine Learning & AI Certification An 11-month (232-hour) comprehensive program covering Excel, SQL, Python, R, Tableau, Power BI, statistics, machine learning, deep learning (TensorFlow/PyTorch), and Generative AI for analytics and ML engineering roles; NASSCOM-certified with placement support and interview preparation.
• Data Engineering Course An 8-month program covering MySQL, Python, Hadoop, Apache Spark, Apache Kafka, Azure Data Factory, Data Lake, and Databricks for building scalable data pipelines and cloud data architectures; includes 10+ industry projects and 30+ case studies.
• Data Analytics and Generative AI Course An 8-month (160-hour) program combining Excel, SQL, Power BI, Power Pivot, Python, and Generative AI for business analytics, dashboard automation, and workflow integration; covers 10+ industry projects in finance, marketing, retail, and more.
• AI for Product Managers Course A 6-week (24-hour) online program for product managers covering AI opportunity discovery, prompt/model design (LLMs, RAG, agents), AI UX, experimentation, metrics, responsible AI, and cross-functional AI product delivery; includes 20+ labs, capstone projects, and industry tool training (PromptLayer, AI Agents, LangChain, Firebase Studio).
• AI and Machine Learning Course A 4-month (80-hour) program covering Python, statistics, Scikit-Learn, TensorFlow, Keras, NLP, deep learning, Flask/Streamlit deployment, and GenAI-assisted EDA; includes 3 projects and career coaching.
• Data Analytics With Visualization A program covering Excel, SQL, Python, Power BI, Tableau, business statistics, predictive modeling, and machine learning basics for data analytics roles; includes 10+ industry projects and 30+ case studies across finance, healthcare, and retail.
• Data Science (Pay After Placement) A NASSCOM-certified Data Science and ML program with no upfront tuition; students pay ₹10,000 registration and then 17.5% of monthly salary (capped at ₹1,35,000+GST) only after securing a job at ₹4 LPA or above. Covers Python, R, SQL, Tableau, Power BI, Excel, VBA, ML, AI, and DL with 30+ projects.
• Enterprise Training Bespoke corporate AI and data science training services for organizations; engagements include Executive KPI dashboards workshops on Tableau (TESCO), Agile & Sprint Planning (iQuanti), and Advanced AI for CXOs (Atlas Copco). Trusted by 500+ companies including Fortune 500 firms across banking, retail, manufacturing, FMCG, and IT services.

Quantifiable outcome

• 82% placement rate - 8 out of 10 certified learners find relevant positions within 3 months
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers22 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration12 records

AI capability13 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

21 partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• NASSCOMcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNASSCOM partnership provides industry-standard curriculum alignment and National Occupation Standards compliance. Courses are NASSCOM certified and recognized for quality content coverage.
• IBMcoreTechnology or IntegrationIBM Technology Partner Learning Partner providing technology integration, curriculum alignment with IBM technologies, and technology stack recognition for students. Alumni placement pipeline.
• Government of India (MEITY)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMeitY (Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology) recognition provides government endorsement and legitimacy. Curriculum compiled as per national standards.
• TESCOflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerEnterprise training engagement for Business Insights at TESCO including Executive KPI dashboards workshop on Tableau. Represents flagship corporate training partnership.
• PwCflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerMajor Fortune 500 hiring partner with alumni placements (Senior Data Analyst, Treasury Data Analyst roles). Also enterprise training client for AI transformation programs.
• iQuantiminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEnterprise training engagement for Agile & Sprint Planning with session on real-time backlog management.
• Atlas CopcominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEnterprise training for Advanced AI for CXOs covering Strategic Integration of AI for Manufacturing Leadership.
• HSBCflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerFortune 500 hiring partner and enterprise training client for AI transformation initiatives.
• Tata SteelflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerFortune 500 hiring partner with alumni placement pipeline.
• ITCflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerFortune 500 hiring partner.
• HoneywellflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerFortune 500 hiring partner with alumni placement pipeline.
• GenpactflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerFortune 500 hiring partner with alumni placement pipeline.
• CognizantflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerFortune 500 hiring partner with alumni placement pipeline.
• AccentureflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerFortune 500 hiring partner with alumni placements in Business Analyst and Data Scientist roles.
• DeloitteflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerFortune 500 hiring partner with alumni placement pipeline.
• AmazonflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerFortune 500 hiring partner with alumni placements as Senior Analyst and Data Scientist.
• GoogleflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerFortune 500 hiring partner with alumni placements as Senior Analyst (Gen AI) and Data Scientist.
• TCSflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerFortune 500 hiring partner.
• WiproflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerFortune 500 hiring partner.
• Tiger AnalyticscoreGTM or Marketing PartnerAnalytics-focused hiring partner for data science and ML roles.
• KPMGflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerProfessional services hiring partner for analytics roles.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• UpGrad: UpGrad is a higher-ed online program provider offering data science, MBA, and AI courses in partnership with global universities. It competes head-on with Ivy in the career-upskilling segment, especially for working professionals seeking accredited certificates.
• Edureka: Edureka (by Brain4ce Education Solutions) delivers live instructor-led online training in Data Science, AI, Cloud, and Big Data. It shares Ivy's instructor-cohort model and Indian professional-customer base, with comparable pricing structures.
• Simplilearn: Simplilearn is a leading online professional training provider offering bootcamps and certification programs in Data Science, AI, Cloud, and Cybersecurity. It directly competes with Ivy Professional School on cohort-based, instructor-led training for working professionals in India and globally.
• DataCamp: DataCamp is a subscription-based online learning platform focused on data science, AI, and Python skills. It represents the SaaS/self-paced alternative to Ivy's cohort model and competes for the same professional-learners segment at lower price points.
• Imarticus Learning: Imarticus Learning is a professional education company offering data analytics, finance, and AI training programs with placement support. It acquired Jigsaw Academy and directly competes with Ivy in the analytics upskilling segment in India.
• AnalytixLabs: AnalytixLabs is an Indian data analytics and AI training institute offering classroom and online programs with placement support in India. It directly overlaps Ivy's course portfolio, target audience (career switchers), and pricing tiers.
• Great Learning: Great Learning is a BYJU's-owned EdTech platform offering data science, AI, and cloud programs in partnership with UT Austin, Great Lakes, and Stanford. It targets career-transitioning Indian professionals with capstone projects and placement support, mirroring Ivy's core proposition.

Broad incumbents

• Udemy: Udemy is a global marketplace with thousands of AI/ML/data science courses at low price points. While broader and less specialized than Ivy, Udemy competes for budget-conscious learners who might otherwise self-study using PrepAI and free content.
• Coursera: Coursera is a global online learning marketplace partnering with top universities (Stanford, DeepLearning.AI, IBM) to offer AI, ML, and Data Science credentials. It serves as a broad incumbent whose certifications compete for the same learners Ivy targets, especially those seeking IBM-endorsed programs.

Regional players

• TalentSprint: TalentSprint is an Indian EdTech focused on deep-tech and certification programs for working professionals in AI, blockchain, and finance, partnering with global institutions. It is comparable as a regional peer in the high-end professional certification niche.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/IvyProfessionalSchool
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ivy-professional-school

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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