One-on-one tutors · India
Tutors from India. From $10 a session.
US tutors charge $60-$80 an hour. Ours live in Bangalore, Delhi, Chennai and set their own rates, often $10-$20 a session. We don't take a cut, so the price stays low.
Are you a teacher in India? List yourself →
How it works
From "we need a tutor" to booked, in a few minutes.
Browse
Filter by subject, grade, and language. Tutors describe what they teach in their own words.
Message
"My second grader is stuck on subtraction. Can you help?" is a perfectly good first message. Ask before you book.
Try first
Many tutors offer a short trial session, so you and your kid can meet them before committing to a weekly slot.
Book & meet
Found the fit? Pick a weekly time and agree on how payment happens. The tutor sends a Zoom, Meet, or WhatsApp link. Your child joins. You sit nearby with chai.
What you get as an Apna tutor
- ✓Paid in USD. NRI families in the US, rates you set yourself.
- ✓Settle directly with the parent — Zelle, Wise, UPI, your call. Platform-handled USD payouts via Wise are on the roadmap.
- ✓Teach from home. Your Zoom, Meet, or WhatsApp link — mornings IST suit US families after school.
- ✓You set your price. No minimums. No maximums. No bidding wars.
For tutors
Teach NRI kids. On your terms.
We built Apna Tutor for teachers in Bangalore, Delhi, Chennai, Pune, Mumbai — anywhere in India — who want to teach children of Indian families settled in the US. Evenings there are mornings here. It fits.
List your subjects in your own words — Hindi reading, Devanagari, Math, phonics, board exam prep, whatever you teach best. Set your own price. Teach the hours that fit your life.
Want the long version? Read what this is for tutors →
AI tutor
An AI tutor that teaches like a real one.
K–5. Reads to your kid, then listens to them read back. Walks through math one step at a time. Speaks Hindi if that's how it lands. You get the recap when the session ends.
Reading, phonics, writing.
Counting, place value, word problems.
Hindi, Telugu, Spanish and more.
Pieces, moves, and a friendly first game.
No accounts for kids. The parent stays in the loop after every session.
Early access voices
Early parents and tutors on Apna.
Quotes from our launch cohort. Lightly edited for length.
Rahul Iyer
parent of Vihaan, 4th grade
“Vihaan was bored at his after-school math program. We tried Apna for Olympiad prep — six weeks in, he's the one asking for the next session. His tutor actually challenges him.”
Meera Reddy
Telugu · Hindi tutor
“I taught NRI kids over Zoom on my own for years. Apna handles scheduling, reminders, payments — I just teach. Same six families every week. That's what teaching should feel like.”
Pooja Gupta
parent of Aadhya, 2nd grade
“Aadhya's Hindi reading went from one-letter-at-a-time to whole sentences in three months. She writes 'Aadhya' in Devanagari now. Proud doesn't begin to cover it.”
Karthik Menon
Phonics · English reading tutor
“Most platforms treat me like a number. Here I picked my own rate, my own subjects. The Apna team listens — when I asked for a homework upload tool, they shipped it in a week.”
Sneha Menon
parent of Advika, Kindergarten
“My mother lives in Kerala, my daughter lives in Boston. The AI tutor reads Malayalam stories with Advika every night before our weekend live class. Two generations finally have shared words.”
Priya Sharma
Hindi · Devanagari writing tutor
“I love watching a four-year-old in California read 'kitabein' out loud for the first time over a video call. The kids feel close even though we're 8,000 miles apart. I wasn't sure that was possible.”
Rahul Iyer
parent of Vihaan, 4th grade
“Vihaan was bored at his after-school math program. We tried Apna for Olympiad prep — six weeks in, he's the one asking for the next session. His tutor actually challenges him.”
Meera Reddy
Telugu · Hindi tutor
“I taught NRI kids over Zoom on my own for years. Apna handles scheduling, reminders, payments — I just teach. Same six families every week. That's what teaching should feel like.”
Pooja Gupta
parent of Aadhya, 2nd grade
“Aadhya's Hindi reading went from one-letter-at-a-time to whole sentences in three months. She writes 'Aadhya' in Devanagari now. Proud doesn't begin to cover it.”
Karthik Menon
Phonics · English reading tutor
“Most platforms treat me like a number. Here I picked my own rate, my own subjects. The Apna team listens — when I asked for a homework upload tool, they shipped it in a week.”
Sneha Menon
parent of Advika, Kindergarten
“My mother lives in Kerala, my daughter lives in Boston. The AI tutor reads Malayalam stories with Advika every night before our weekend live class. Two generations finally have shared words.”
Priya Sharma
Hindi · Devanagari writing tutor
“I love watching a four-year-old in California read 'kitabein' out loud for the first time over a video call. The kids feel close even though we're 8,000 miles apart. I wasn't sure that was possible.”
The tutors
Teachers who teach this like they were taught.
Our tutors live in India. They teach from Bangalore, Delhi, Chennai, Pune, Mumbai. They come from school classrooms, not gig platforms. They know what it looks like when a five-year-old won't read, and they know how to wait.
Each profile shows the tutor's city, subjects, languages, and hourly price. Some add a short demo video so you can see how they teach. Once they've run a few sessions, parent reviews appear on the profile too.
What every tutor on Apna has
- ✓Same teacher every session. No rotations.
- ✓Teaches in English, Hindi, or your family's first language.
- ✓Demo videos on profiles where tutors added one — watch before you book.
- ✓Session counts and parent reviews shown on every profile.
- ✓Flexible scheduling across time zones.