Our story
27+ years old legacy of success
PACE stands synonymous to quality education and provides a learning environment that extends education beyond the confines of traditional classroom learning. We at PACE understand that education is the most powerful weapon to help bring the desired change in our society and to contribute to the society at large. We also provide free education for meritorious and deserving students from humble backgrounds.
Established in 1998, PACE started with a handful of students, a few sessions old, the institute scaled new heights of success by providing coaching for Engineering and Medical entrance exam preparation. New milestones were set each year and the institute achieved a remarkable landmark with hundreds of selections in 2008.
PACE IIT and Medical, over the years
1998
PACE begins its journey in Mumbai
- PACE was started by Mr. Praveen Tyagi (B.Tech, IIT Delhi) when IIT aspirants in Mumbai were looking for an institute focused on their goal.
- Strong coaching quality, healthy competition and full support for every student made PACE the first choice of students.
- Niranjan Desai, the very first student to join the crash course, got selected in IIT.
- The first two year batch passed out in 2001 with wonderful results.
2001
31
selections in IIT-JEE
- 3 ranks in the Top 100 AIRs: Mihir Chaudhary (AIR 67), Vibhor Rastogi (AIR 69) and Parag Agarwal (AIR 76).
- Parag Agarwal won a Gold Medal in the International Physics Olympiad in Turkey.
2002
32
students qualified IIT-JEE screening
- 42 students from PACE appeared for IIT-JEE.
- 32 qualified the screening and 20 cleared JEE Main.
2003
AIR1
in IIT-JEE screening and AIEEE
- 27 selections in IIT-JEE and 5 ranks in the Top 50 AIRs.
- Yashodhan Kanoria secured AIR 1 in IIT-JEE (screening test) and AIR 1 in AIEEE, and won a Gold Medal in both the International Physics and Chemistry Olympiad.
- Aditya Parmeshwaran secured AIR 2 in AIEEE.
- Shaleen Harlalka won a Gold Medal in the International Physics Olympiad under Tyagi Sir's guidance.
2004
32
selections in IIT-JEE
- Rohitashwa Bhotica secured AIR 19 in IIT-JEE.
2005
37
selections in IIT-JEE
- Ruchi Agarwal secured AIR 24 and was the All India Girl Topper.
2006
62
selections in IIT-JEE
- 7 ranks in the Top 100 AIRs.
- Mehul Tikekar won a Gold Medal in the International Physics Olympiad under Tyagi Sir's guidance.
- Neha Rambhia became the first girl to represent India in the International Physics Olympiad and won a Bronze Medal.
Institute milestoneIntroduced a comprehensive learning approach for synchronized competitive exam preparation along with formal school education.
2007
93
selections in IIT-JEE
- Harsh Pareek (AIR 8) was Maharashtra Rank 1 and also won a Silver Medal in the International Physics Olympiad.
2008
117
selections in IIT-JEE
- 4 ranks in the Top 100 AIRs.
- Kunal Shah (AIR 23), M Srujan (AIR 36), Nisarg Ajmera (AIR 83) and Shashwat Gandhi (AIR 89).
- Kunal Shah also won a Gold Medal in the International Physics Olympiad.
- Became a knowledge partner with reputed schools and colleges.
Institute milestoneIntroduced teaching via video conferencing.
2009
184
selections in IIT-JEE
- 13 ranks in the Top 100 AIRs and Maharashtra Rank 1, 2, 3 and 4.
- Pararth Shah (AIR 4) and Priyank Parikh (AIR 6), also won a Gold Medal in the International Physics Olympiad.
- Abhishek Padmanabhan (AIR 14) also won a Silver Medal in the International Chemistry Olympiad.
- Rahul Makhijani secured AIR 49.
Institute milestoneStarted its own 2 Junior Science Colleges in collaboration with MC of Greater Mumbai.
2010
205
selections in IIT-JEE
- Mumbai Ranks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7.
- Aakanksha Sarda (AIR 18) was the All India Girl Topper and the first girl from India to win a Gold Medal in the International Physics Olympiad.
- Nikunj Saunshi (AIR 12) was Mumbai Rank 1 and also won a Silver Medal in the International Chemistry Olympiad.
Institute milestoneStarted 6 more Junior Science Colleges with special permission from the Government of Maharashtra.
2011
206
selections in IIT-JEE
- 12 ranks in the Top 100 AIRs.
- Kandarp Khandwala (AIR 13) was Maharashtra Rank 1 and Aamod Kore (AIR 32) was Maharashtra Rank 2.
- Smarak Maity (AIR 50) won a Silver Medal in the International Chemistry Olympiad and a Bronze Medal in the Asian Physics Olympiad.
Institute milestoneOpened a platform for quality education for students of North India (Delhi, Bokaro and Lucknow).
2012
484
selections in IIT-JEE
- 11 ranks in the Top 100 AIRs.
- Maharashtra Ranks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 in IIT-JEE.
- 18 of the Top 20 IIT-JEE selections from Maharashtra were from PACE.
- Manav Avlani won a Gold Medal in the International Chemistry Olympiad.
- Alankar Kotwal won a Gold Medal in the International Olympiad for Astronomy and Astrophysics and the Best Data Analyst Award, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- 39 international universities including MIT, Cambridge, Stanford, Cornell and other Ivy League universities issued offer letters to PACE students.
Institute milestoneStarted a Junior Science College in collaboration with Pune Municipal Corp and added Medical as a new stream.
2013
461
selections in IIT-JEE
- 14 ranks in the Top 155 AIRs.
- Charmi Dedhia was Maharashtra Girl Topper and Pradyot Prakash was Mumbai Topper with the highest marks in Physics in JEE Advanced.
- 6 AIRs in the Top 50 in JEE Main, with the maximum selections and the highest success ratio.
- Abhijit Dimitrov secured AIR 1 in BITSAT.
- More than 64 offer letters from international, Ivy League and renowned foreign universities including Stanford, MIT, UCLA, UCB and Cornell.
Institute milestoneAdded centres at Nagpur, Dubai and Amravati.
2014
16
ranks in the Top 100 AIRs, JEE Advanced
- Kapil Vaidya secured AIR 13 and was Maharashtra Rank 1 in JEE Advanced.
- Shalaka Kulkarni was Maharashtra Girl Topper in JEE Advanced.
- Parth Kothari was Maharashtra Rank 1 in JEE Main.
- Jenil Shah secured AIR 1 in BITSAT.
2015
819
selections in JEE Advanced
- 18 ranks in the Top 100 AIRs, including Mumbai Ranks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6.
- Purav Gandhi (AIR 29) was Mumbai Rank 1 in JEE Advanced and Rank 1 in MHT-CET.
- Kavya Prudhvi (AIR 359) was Maharashtra Girl Topper in JEE Advanced.
- Tanuj Kaza (AIR 2) was Mumbai Rank 1 in JEE Main.
- More than 120 offer letters from Ivy League and renowned foreign universities.
Institute milestoneIntroduced firstPace residential school (CBSE).
2016
16
ranks in the Top 100 AIRs, JEE Advanced
- Maharashtra Topper and 6 of the Top 10 ranks in Mumbai.
- Preey Shah was Maharashtra Rank 1 in JEE Advanced.
- Dimple Kochar was Maharashtra Girl Topper in both JEE Advanced and JEE Main.
- B. Sriram was Maharashtra Rank 1 in JEE Main.
- More than 150 offer letters from Ivy League and renowned foreign universities.
2017
15
ranks in the Top 100 AIRs, JEE Advanced
- Riya Baviskar (AIR 115) was Maharashtra Girl Topper in JEE Advanced.
- Vrunda Rathi (AIR 71) was All India Girl Topper in JEE Main.
- Titas Chakraborty secured AIR 1 in BITSAT.
- More than 170 offer letters from Ivy League and renowned foreign universities.
Institute milestoneAdded new centres in Mumbai and invested in Edtech.
2018
15
ranks in the Top 100 AIRs, JEE Advanced
- Rishi Agarwal (AIR 8) was Maharashtra Rank 1 in JEE Advanced.
- Avyakta Wrat was Maharashtra Girl Topper in JEE Advanced and JEE Main.
- Mumbai Ranks 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 in JEE Main.
- Mihir Vahanwala secured AIR 1 in BITSAT.
- NEET: 3 ranks in the Top 100 AIRs, and Gunjan Gattani was Maharashtra Rank 2.
- JIPMER: 3 ranks in the Top 100 AIRs.
- More than 181 offer letters from Ivy League and renowned foreign universities.
2019
6
ranks in the Top 100 AIRs, JEE Advanced
- Highest selections in the Top 500 ranks in Mumbai.
- Kaushal Banthia (Category rank 6), Jash Shah (AIR 34), Kanad Pardeshi (AIR 54), Raj Agrawal (AIR 55), Harsh Bokar (AIR 71) and Vineet Gala (AIR 88).
- JEE Main: 7 ranks in the Top 100 AIRs and the most students in Mumbai with 99.9 percentile. Raj Agrawal scored 100 percentile.
- NEET: 36 students scored 600+ and 116 students scored 500+. Disha Agrawal (AIR 52) was Maharashtra Girl Topper.
- AIIMS: 8 ranks in the Top 100 AIRs.
- JIPMER: 2 ranks in the Top 20 AIRs, Prajanapan Basu (AIR 4) and Rajat Rathod (Category rank 16).
2020
6
ranks in the Top 100 AIRs, JEE Advanced
- Maximum selections in IITs from Mumbai.
- Onkar Borade (Category rank 4), Chinmay Mittal (Category rank 31), Sarthak Mittal (AIR 34), Dhruv Rambhia (AIR 43), Sai Kale (Category rank 58) and Arpon Basu (AIR 59).
- Kaustubh Chourasia and Dhruv Rambhia scored 99.99 percentile in JEE Main.
- 50 students scored 600+ in NEET.
Institute milestone (2020 to 2024)Moved to online mode and launched PACE Digital.
2021
8
ranks in the Top 100 AIRs, JEE Advanced
- 25 ranks in the Top 500 and 44 ranks in the Top 1000 AIRs in JEE Advanced.
- Aaryan Dangi (AIR 24), Shishir Gujarey (Category rank 41), Shlesh Gholap (Category rank 59), Vihang Pagare (Category rank 60), Veeransh Mehta (Category rank 69), Garv Nagori (AIR 71), Kevin Baua (AIR 78) and Soham Bharambe (Category rank 92).
- JEE Main: 6 ranks in the Top 100, 27 in the Top 500 and 36 in the Top 1000.
- Snehadeep Gayen was Maharashtra Rank 2 with AIR 5 in JEE Main.
- Gargi Bakshi was Maharashtra Girl Topper with AIR 19 in JEE Main.
- NEET: Rasika Mal (AIR 55) and Prachi Dhote (AIR 82), and 60 students scored 600+.
- 5 of the 20 students who scored 100 percentile in MHT-CET are from PACE.
2022
AIR49
Ekansh Ravishankar, JEE Advanced
- 4 ranks in the Top 100 AIRs and 26 ranks in the Top 500 AIRs in JEE Advanced 2022.
- Anushka Kulkarni secured AIR 24 in NEET 2022.
- 5 of the 7 students who scored 100 percentile in Mumbai in MHT-CET 2022 are from PACE.
- Tanzeel Velaskar was Maharashtra Board Topper with 96.83% in HSC 2022.
- Acceptances at top Ivy League and global universities like UC Berkeley (Vishnu Suresh) and G-Tech (Abhishek Pillai), and many more.
2023
4
ranks in the Top 100 AIRs, JEE Advanced
- Maximum selections in IITs from Mumbai and 33% selections in IIT-JEE.
- NEET 2023: Kunwar Singh scored 695/720 and Ashutosh Nagargoje scored 685/720. 35 students scored 600+.
- Mihika Hemrajani was Maharashtra Board Topper with 97.33% in HSC 2023.
2024
583
selections in JEE Advanced
- 6 ranks in the Top 100 AIRs in JEE Advanced 2024 and 28 selections in NEET 2024.
- NEET 2024: Arya Rathod scored 711/720, Chaitanya Kadhi and Komal Kumar scored 705/720, and Prathmesh Kale scored 700/720.
- Amit Phadke was Maharashtra Board Topper with 97.17% in HSC 2024.
- Bronze Medal in the International Chemistry Olympiad.
- Bronze Medal in the International Linguistics Olympiad.
2025
632
selections in JEE Advanced
- 1215 selections in JEE Main 2025 and 40 selections in NEET 2025 in India's leading medical colleges.
- Meer Bhuva secured AIR 69 in JEE Advanced and 100 percentile in MHT-CET.
- Raghav Saraf: AIR 106 in JEE Main, AIR 125 in JEE Advanced and 99.98 percentile in MHT-CET.
- Gandhar Vartak: AIR 135 in JEE Advanced and 100 percentile in MHT-CET.
- Siddhant Ghate: AIR 134 in JEE Main, AIR 243 in JEE Advanced and 100 percentile in MHT-CET.
- Aarav Agrawal secured AIR 10 in NEET-UG.
- Prathamesh Pichad: AIR 23 in NEET-UG, AIR 49 in JEE Advanced, 99.71 percentile in MHT-CET and IAT Rank 1.
2026
AIR47
Shubhran Sharma, JEE Advanced 2026
- 1 in every 5 PACE students qualified for JEE Advanced 2026, a success rate of about 20%.
- Moksh Dave (Category rank 36), Atharva Mahadik (Category rank 39), Srinath Choudhari (Category rank 112), Kush Solanki (Category rank 198), Aarush Kanojia (Category rank 229) and Atharva Chauhan (Category rank 271).
- Viraj Bhoge (Category rank 372), Aryan Murarka (AIR 429), Ayushi Bangle (AIR 474), Soham Netanrao (Category rank 593), Aditya Dutta (AIR 690), Aahaan Panda (AIR 888) and Vivek Vinjamur (AIR 1048).
Our Management
Praveen Tyagi ( B.TECH, IIT Delhi)
Managing Director
Kuldeep Tyagi
A message from the founder
our mission
To empower students with quality education, nurturing their academic potential and holistic development. PACE is dedicated to fostering a learning environment that promotes excellence in engineering, medical, international Olympiads, and study abroad preparation, while providing opportunities for meritorious students from underserved backgrounds.
our vision
Years of excellence
Top Ranks
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Success Rate
Scholarships Awarded
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Commitment to Holistic Development
Success Stories of Our Students
Ashutosh Nagargoje
Rasika Mal
Prachi Dhote
Siddhant Mulkikar
Raj Dakshit
Rachit Bhalani
Foram Shah
Varun Premod
Hall of Fame
Our alumni.
Now studying at IITs, AIIMS, and the world's top universities.
Once they were PACE students.








