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• September 18, 2025

Career concerns How does it help their career? Students’ interests or authentic aspirations? “I want to study Python and learn coding.” or “I want to make intelligent dashboards and apply data science maps to study wildlife sanctuaries or forests because I want to ___ so that ______.” Career counselling is generally focused on college admissions by considering the student’s personality, …

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• September 14, 2025

Common questions Which subjects or colleges to select after school A lot of parents and the students who are in grade 10 or sometimes in the grade 12 students have a few very common questions about selecting their career stream, subjects, and the college. Question by parents: We both work in software technology and we are enjoying a stable career. …

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• September 12, 2025

Career questions Students’ career options in mental health work While speaking to different students, a few of them have a lot of clarity of what they want to but they do not see the career path options. We share an example of a student who is curious to know the career options and the choices of working in mental health …

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• September 4, 2025

Career concerns How does it help their career? We rarely see Indian parents or families talking about carpentry in the career selection or college planning discussions for their kids. However introduction to technology and modern machines and tools are making carpentry an interesting career option—for the craft and a valuable role in infrastructure development. Woodworking and carpentry are an important …

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• August 27, 2025

Career concerns How does it help their career? A student asked us about the scope of career growth and the career path options after doing BSc in Agriculture, from an Indian university. They knew of marketing as the only possible career and we had a discussion with them to explore the possibilities. When a student asks about the scope of …

• career choices
• August 17, 2025

A few things that parents should not say in their discussion with kids for selecting career path, college, or subjects, after their school.

• career choices
• August 14, 2025

Career confusion The choices make it a complicated decision This is a conversation we had with a family where the daughter is in grade 10 and the parents are both senior software professionals in Chandigarh. All of them are undecided about their daughter’s career path and college selection. On a Saturday evening, Vinish met this family at their home in …

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• July 31, 2025

College Be their support systems in all cases The moment parents see that their child is about to plan for the college, the first reaction is—”So soon? I cannot believe it that our kid has grown up.” To imagine that your kid will be going to their first college after school is such a beautiful feeling—the smell of the corridors, …

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• July 28, 2025

Career Design Career design is life design by self-discovery Students and their families and loved ones need a new approach that helps them plan and find colleges and see careers in a much broader lens—something beyond the students’ personality and aptitude assessment reports. Getting into the college for higher education was always an important milestone in students’ career, anywhere in …