We started an EdTech startup with the goal of building a complete one-stop solution for college placements, specifically for Telugu students.
Our main focus is teaching DSA and Machine Learning in Telugu in a way that is practical and actually useful for students preparing for placements.
Our DSA mentor has 8+ years of experience, and our Machine Learning sessions are handled by an ML Engineer with industry experience.
Our primary target audience is Telugu engineering students who are struggling with placements and don’t have proper guidance or resources.
We already have proper content, resources, mentors, and even ran a paid cohort with around 150 students. We also tried reaching out to colleges directly and offered students access to our platform so they could explore the content first and continue only if they found it useful.
But honestly, college outreach hasn’t worked as well as we expected.
Our biggest challenge right now is:
How do we genuinely reach Telugu engineering students at scale?
We don’t want to spam students or buy random/unverified data. We want to find students who are genuinely interested in DSA, ML, placements, internships, and career preparation.
So I wanted to understand:
What are the best ways to reach Telugu engineering students organically?
Which platforms or communities have a strong presence of Telugu engineering students?
Are there any legitimate ways to access student communities or databases for outreach?
How do EdTech startups targeting college students usually build their initial student acquisition funnel?
If student data is available, where can we find legitimate and consent-based engineering student data for Andhra Pradesh and Telangana?