Dr. Nagrath helps students overcome mathematics anxiety. Aditya is the creator and founder of Elephant Learning Mathematics Academy which helps students learn years of mathematics over the course of a few months using their system just 10 minutes per day, 3 days per week.
With a PhD in Mathematics & Computer Sciences, Dr. Nagrath has spent over 30 years in industry as a software engineer, author, leader, speaker, and serial entrepreneur working on everything from atomic clocks to iOS and Android apps to Amazon’s Kindle Fire. As the Founder of Elephant Head Software, which won the prestigious JD Edwards Innovation Award in 2015, he has also done software projects for Pearson, Verizon, Telefonica, JD Edwards (Oracle), and other billion dollar companies.
Now with Elephant Learning, Dr. Nagrath has taught nearly 200,000 years of mathematics to over 160,000 students around the world, and is on a mission to change the way the world teaches mathematics.
With a Facebook following of over 54k, Aditya has spoken at the University of Denver, and is the author of numerous scientific works, a series of blogs on learning mathematics, as well as the Amazon Best Sellers “Rethinking Math Learning” and "Treating Mathematics Anxiety." For his expertise, Dr. Nagrath has been recognized by the California Department of Education and featured in over 100 podcasts, news articles, interviews, and television/video appearances.
Elephant Learning was featured on Denver local news in 2017 when 2-year-old Miley was doing kindergarten mathematics after using Elephant Learning for 3 months.
When learning about numbers at Rick’s Center for Gifted Children in Denver, getting youth engaged in math now can help with a problem some students may face in the future. “In kindergarten they are already behind and they never really statistically catch up,” Elephant Learning CEO Aditya Nagrath said. “Mathematics for young children before algebra can predict success all the way to high school and even to college.”
University of Denver researchers create Elephant Learning Computer Education System to help empower children with mathematics.
Dr. Vaish Sarathy and Dr. Aditya Nagrath explore why math anxiety emerges earlier and more intensely than other academic fears, especially among children with disabilities. They argue that the issue isn’t math itself, but the emotional weight and misconceptions tied to it—like the myth of not being a “math person.” Their conversation emphasizes meeting learners at their level and rethinking readiness, offering hope to both parents and educators seeking a better path forward.
Many students lose ground in math over the summer, but one approach is showing promising results with just 30 minutes a week. Dr. Aditya Nagrath, a mathematician and education expert, explains how his platform helps children ages 2 to 16 build lasting math skills, often gaining a full year of progress in just three months.
Elephant Learning has been named “Educational Support System of the Year” by EdTech Breakthrough for its game-based math platform, which helps students gain a full year of math skills in just three months with 30 minutes of weekly use. The platform blends gamification, adaptive learning algorithms, and live coaching to provide a personalized, engaging math experience from counting to algebra. CEO Aditya Nagrath emphasized their mission to empower children with conceptual understanding and reduce math anxiety.
Elephant Learning is donating $450,000 in personalized mathematics education tools to schools across India, aiming to transform math learning through conceptual understanding and adaptive learning.
Dr. Aditya Nagrath, founder of Elephant Learning, shares how his math software helps children achieve rapid progress—up to 1.5 years of math in just 10 weeks with minimal weekly use. In his conversation, he breaks down the learning process into three steps—define, recognize, and produce—while emphasizing the importance of bridging the language gap in math and addressing anxiety through personalized understanding
