Sydney, July 30 – Sometimes, revolutions begin in silence.
For Dr. Akram Ahmad, it began in the backseat of an Uber in Australia.
He was pursuing his PhD in pharmacy in Sydney when he struck up a conversation with the driver an Indian man who had taken a ₹40 lakh education loan to study abroad. But after graduation, he was driving cabs. Not because he lacked skill. But because he didn’t know how to navigate the licensing system to become a pharmacist in Australia.
That conversation stuck.
It wasn’t just one man’s struggle. It was a systemic blind spot.
Indian healthcare professionals were flying abroad with dreams, but returning with debt. No roadmap. No mentorship. No one to show the way.
So Akram Ahmad decided to change that one video at a time.
He started by uploading simple YouTube tutorials explaining global licensure exams: PEBC for Canada, KAPS for Australia, HAAD for the UAE. No big production, no fancy studio just a whiteboard and clarity.
What began with 7 subscribers slowly became a movement.
A movement called Academically Global.
By 2022, Akram left his secure government job in Sydney and went all-in. The platform now trains doctors, dentists, nurses, and pharmacists from India who want to work globally. And it doesn’t just prepare them for exams—it guides them through the entire relocation journey, with empathy.
Today, the numbers speak for themselves:
→ ₹25 Cr in annual revenue
→ 10,000+ healthcare careers transformed
→ Offices in Sydney and Dehradun
→ 100% YoY growth
→ All bootstrapped. No outside funding.
But Akram doesn’t count success in revenue.
He counts it in WhatsApp texts: “Sir, I cleared.” “Sir, I got the job.” “Sir, my visa is approved.”
That’s the currency he built with trust.
And in Bharat’s new wave of EdTech, that may matter more than valuations.
Final Take:
Some founders chase funding.
Others chase headlines.
And a few, like Dr. Akram, chase impact.
He didn’t build a unicorn.
He built something better a bridge between dreams and destinations.
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