About me

Let me tell you something which my LinkedIn Profile doesn't tell you easily. I have taken some massive risks in life to pursue my dreams and have always gone beyond regular thought processes and traditions to challenge myself, even if it meant going against the norms of society. Coming from a background where Education was a privilege, I have always dreamt of becoming a patriotic scientist, serving the nation. As I progressed in my career, I started to learn about the gaps in the Education System and awareness issues in a country like India to improve the condition of youth. From Gold Medalist & Topper to Ph.D. Dropout, I have taken a leap of faith towards my passion for enabling the world to have Quality Education. I love to lead by example, and thus, here am I - 1. Full Scholarship Holder (Merit & Means) from Class 10 to PhD. 2. I crowdfunded my education travel endeavors thrice (in 5 days, 1 day, and 6 hrs.) to attend the Harward Conference, Global Entrepreneurship Summer School, and EIA Summer School. 3. Built communities for IIT and Non-IIT students, running for the last 10 yrs., helping 2000 folks get jobs. 4. Appointed as #MentorOfChange by Atal Innovation Mission 5. Left Day 1 Job Offers and over 20 Job offers during IIT BHU days to pursue Research & received PhD offers. 6. Published 6+ Papers and a few Book Chapters in the Geosciences area with a passion for solving problems for Indian Shale. 7. While pursuing PhD, I identified gaps in Study Abroad and Counseling Industry and mentored over 3000 students myself before launching ForeignAdmits. 8. In 2018-21, I built ForeignAdmits.com to impact students, and it grew by 6X even during the pandemic. Thus, I was able to raise 3 rounds of funding from prominent angels to VCs to impact 25,000+ students. 9. After sending close to 1000 students, we identified certain core problems in the industry & solved them to improve the whole industry processes and remove inefficacies of the system. 10. Transformed the whole company from B2C to B2B2C with my strong team and Co-founder in one month and successfully onboarded 500+ companies. 11. Mentoring over three startups in EdTech and Study Abroad space to help them scale. 12. Learning to balance my life from an aggressive entrepreneur to a responsible husband. My goal is to "enable 100 million students to access quality education by empowering at least 1 million counselors globally." I am reachable at nikhil@foreignadmits.com