2. Khan Academy is a non-profit educational
organization created in 2006 by educator
Salman Khan to provide "a free, world-class
education for anyone, anywhere.
3. Salman Khan
• Salman Amin Khan is a
BengaliAmerican educator, entrepreneur,
and former hedge fund analyst.
• Khan attended the Massachusetts
Institute ofTechnology, graduating with a
Bachelor of Science in mathematics, a
Bachelor of Science in electrical
engineering and computer science, and a
Master of Science in electrical engineering
and computer science in 1998.Khan was
class president in his senior year. Khan
also holds a Master of Business
Administration from Harvard Business
School.
4. Provide video tutorials
Teach each subject
easiest way possible
Provide questions and
answers for every
subject
5. Answered the
questions of millions
of students around
the world
Rewarding is
available for giving
inspiration
Khan Academy has
thousands of
resources translated.
Khan Academy's
website has been
translated to 23
languages and its
videos to 65.
7. Expanding the
teaching faculty
Extending content
through crowd-
sourced contributions
following aWikipedia-
style model
Developing curricula to
help users blend the
content with physical
teaching
8. In April 2012, the founder and executive
director of Khan Academy, Salman Khan,
was listed among theTime 100 Most
Influential People for 2012
In 2009, the Khan Academy received the
MicrosoftTech Award for education.
In 2010, Google's Project 10100 provided
$2 million to support the creation of
more courses.
In November 2011, the Khan Academy
received a $5 million grant from the
Ireland-based O'Sullivan Foundation.
The Khan Academy app features in many
'best educational apps' lists, including the
one from BBC Active