Ritik Mishra (Babua Sir): Biography, Teaching Style and Batches

Who is Ritik Mishra?

Ritik Mishra is an Indian mathematics teacher who has become one of the most recognised faces of school-level maths coaching on the Physics Wallah platform. He teaches CBSE Class 9 and Class 10 mathematics, and students almost never call him “Ritik Mishra” — he is Ritik Sir, or more often simply Babua Sir.

He was born and raised in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, and studied chemical engineering at the Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT), Bhopal. Before Physics Wallah he taught at a coaching institute, and he joined PW as a mathematics faculty member in 2021. His classes now reach hundreds of thousands of students through the PW app and his own YouTube channel for Classes 9 and 10.

The nickname Babua carries a particular affection in the Hindi belt. It signals a teacher who is treated like an elder brother rather than an authority figure, and that is exactly the tone his classes take: direct, funny, occasionally blunt, and never condescending.

Why his teaching style works

Public profiles of Ritik Sir summarise his approach as “Sochna Seekhna” — learning how to think. In practice that means three habits show up in almost every class:

• Concept before formula. A chapter starts with the question the mathematics is trying to answer, not with a formula to memorise. The formula arrives at the end, as a conclusion the student has already seen coming.
• Real-world anchors. Coordinate geometry is explained through maps and GPS; trigonometry through heights you can see and measure. The analogy is not decoration — it gives the abstract idea somewhere to live.
• Visual and verbal explanation. Diagrams, animations and hand-drawn figures carry much of the explanation. This is also why his handwritten notes are so popular: the page looks like the board, not like a textbook.

His own academic record includes significant competitive-exam setbacks — unsuccessful attempts at CA and CAT, followed by an extended UPSC preparation phase. He talks about those years openly in class, and uses them to normalise failure. That empathy is a large part of why students who are afraid of maths stay with his lectures.

Which batches does Ritik Sir teach?

Batch names and editions change every academic year, so treat the list below as the pattern rather than a fixed timetable. Always confirm the current batch inside the Physics Wallah app.

Books and handwritten notes

Ritik Sir’s handwritten notes are sold as printed books by Physics Wallah. The best-known titles include:

• PW CBSE Class 10 Mathematics Made Easy — Handwritten Notes. Formulas, theorems, solved examples and previous-year board questions. ISBN 978-9368978664.
• PW Project 45 and Question & Concept Bank. Companion revision and practice books for Class 10 board preparation.
• Competency-based question banks. Real-life application questions in the pattern CBSE now uses for a large share of the paper.

These are published products, not free downloads. Buy them from the PW store or a reputable bookseller. This site does not sell them, and we do not host pirated copies — our Class 10 notes are independent material written for this site.

Where to find him online

• Physics Wallah app — live batches, recorded lectures and official class notes. Search “Ritik Mishra” inside the app.
• YouTube — his Class 9 and 10 channel publishes one-shots, chapter marathons and board revision series.
• Instagram — updates, motivation and short explainers between batches.

Links change and unofficial fan accounts are common, so we deliberately avoid listing exact handles here. Search the verified PW app listing first, and treat lookalike accounts with caution.

What students say about his classes

Public discussion on student forums such as r/CBSE tends to agree on two things: his explanatory classes and revision marathons are strong for board preparation, and his printed notes are concise enough to actually finish. The same discussions often suggest pairing his lectures with a question bank for tougher practice — which is sensible for any teacher, not just him.

Individual results vary enormously. A class cannot guarantee a score, and nothing on this site should be read as a promise of marks.

About this profile

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