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You are not bound to share Aadhaar details with schools but here is what that will entail.

You are not bound to share Aadhaar details with schools but here is what that will entail.

Co-founders Alakh Pandey and Prateek Maheshwari made Physics Wallah the company it is today by keeping their focus on the digital media, test-prep business. With fresh funds at its disposal after the IPO, it is making the mistake of believing it is an education company.
Even though the government of India did a U-turn on the mandatory pre-installation of the anti-fraud app on all mobile phones sold or imported in the country, the larger problem of petty cybercrime remains grim.
The Department of Telecommunications’ directive that every smartphone come pre-installed with the app follows a familiar pattern of ‘optional’ tools that turn mandatory in practice.
Co-founders Alakh Pandey and Prateek Maheshwari made Physics Wallah the company it is today by keeping their focus on the digital media, test-prep business. With fresh funds at its disposal after the IPO, it is making the mistake of believing it is an education company.
Even though the government of India did a U-turn on the mandatory pre-installation of the anti-fraud app on all mobile phones sold or imported in the country, the larger problem of petty cybercrime remains grim.
The Department of Telecommunications’ directive that every smartphone come pre-installed with the app follows a familiar pattern of ‘optional’ tools that turn mandatory in practice.