The controversy began when Akash Samournanand Pandey, an IIT-BHU alumnus, shared his views on X (formerly Twitter), arguing that many JEE coaching teachers are often students who turned to teaching after failing to secure desirable placements during their college years.
“At 16, JEE coaching teachers seem to project an image of flamboyant geniuses who are IITians and can derive any Physics equation in 60 seconds. Rockstars,” Pandey wrote in his post.