When Mohit Choudhary decided to establish a technology school with co-founders Payal and Saurav, they chose an unconventional direction. Instead of launching in a major metropolis where companies, mentors, and internship opportunities are concentrated, they decided to start in Patna. Currently, the school has campuses in Bangalore and Mangalore, with plans to open a branch in Mumbai.
This decision was driven by two main ideas: that educational technologies must be accessible enough to reach students who cannot afford to move to a metropolis, and relevant enough to improve their chances of employment. For Choudhary and his co-founders, these two aspects were inseparable—access to knowledge means little if a student cannot turn it into a career.
Choudhary, who has experience working at Mu Sigma, L'Oreal, and OfBusiness, grew up in Patna. He notes that after several months of interacting with students and families from Muzaffarpur, Darbhanga, Gaya, and Patna, he discovered a gap between the region's talent and the available opportunities for them: quality higher education, industry interaction experience, and pathways into a tech career. This gap became the starting point for Quad AI—a school focused on technology and management. The school accepted its first batch in Patna in 2025 and now has campuses in Patna, Bangalore, and Mangaluru, planning the next one in Mumbai.
However, its first four-year computer science course will not graduate until 2029, which poses a more pressing question for the founders: how to convince students and parents to trust the model before final results are measured?
The broader issue of access cannot be ignored. According to the All India Survey on Higher Education for 2023–24, the density of colleges in Bihar is eight colleges per lakh population in the 18–23 age group, which is the lowest figure among states. The founders assert that this is precisely the problem they are trying to solve by providing students with industry-developed technology education where they live.
In an interview, Choudhary discusses why he believes technical education in Bihar should be localized, how Quad balances practical training with a permanent academic team, and how the school intends to assess early student success instead of waiting for the first cohort's graduation.
