A school playground
Grade XIStuck on projectiles, I threw a ball to my younger brother in the playground, again and again, and learned more than any book had taught me.
The person behind Physics for Noobs
AboutSankar
In Grade XI, I really struggled with projectile motion. I had memorised every formula in my books but never truly understood them. I could solve the straightforward questions, but whenever there was a twist, I was stuck.
One day, I took a ball to the playground near my home and tried to understand the topic by throwing it, again and again, to my younger brother. I learned more about projectiles that day than I had from any book.
Physics isn’t maths. The numbers mean something in real life. Once you connect them to what you can see, the subject becomes easy, and there is immense satisfaction in solving a question because you understand it.
I’ve been chasing that feeling ever since, first as a student, then as a teacher.
I built this site for anyone who learns the way I do: by visualising it first.
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Since 2015
My journeyover the years.
- 01Grade XI
- 022014–18
IIT Guwahati
2014–18Cracking JEE Advanced was hard, but it took me to IIT Guwahati: some of the best years of my life, and where I saw physics applied in engineering.
- 032015–16
Concept Educations, Guwahati
2015–16While still in college, I travelled to the city to teach JEE physics. That's where I found my passion: teaching.
- 042018–22
UrbanPro, Guwahati
2018–22After graduating, I worked as a civil engineer, but kept teaching JEE aspirants here on the side. Not for the money, for the experience.
- 052022–25
Centum Academy, Bengaluru
2022–25Realising teaching was my true calling, I joined Centum and took coaching seriously, going deeper into the subject and finding new ways to teach the same old physics.
- 062022–25
NPS ITPL, Bengaluru
2022–25Through Centum, I ran the integrated JEE Advanced course at NPS, growing it past 200 students in a single grade, while also heading the Whitefield division and taking on management roles.
- 072025 – Present
ALLEN, Whitefield
2025 – PresentTo widen my horizons, I joined ALLEN, the foremost name in coaching. Teaching its students and learning alongside colleagues, I enjoy every day doing what I love.
- 082025 – Present
DPS Whitefield
2025 – PresentThrough ALLEN, I coordinate the integrated programme at Delhi Public School, one of the biggest names in Indian schooling, bringing the JEE curriculum to its Grade XI and XII students.
- 09Now
physicsfornoobs.com
NowMy legacy, and my small contribution to society. I always wanted to leave something behind; let this be what I'm remembered for.
Why Ido this
My first student had no interest in studying, and in physics least of all.
When I started teaching him, I knew that making him memorise a pile of formulas would never help. So I adopted a principle I still follow: I teach a topic only once I’ve found a way to make it fun.
He came from a very humble background, and he went on to study mechanical engineering at Iowa State University in the USA.
Whenever I think of him, I remember why this job matters.
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