Career Counselling in Surat for Students in Grades 8 to 12

It is a structured process that helps a student choose a stream, a course and a career using evidence about the student: an assessment of interests, aptitude and work style, checked in person, followed by counselling sessions and a period of guided exploration.

Class 9 is ideal, and Class 10 is still in time for the stream decision. Students in IGCSE and ICSE schools often need guidance at the end of Class 8, and IB students before they choose their Diploma subjects. In Classes 11 and 12 the focus moves to the course and the college. Whatever the stage, come early: counselling starts a process of exploration, and that takes time.

No. The assessment and the first sessions give a direction. The student then explores the suggested fields through projects, courses and conversations with people who do that work, and we review what they have learned. A finding that survives a year of real activity can be trusted.

Career Fit measures interests on Holland’s RIASEC model, aptitude with a timed test, and work style on Jungian type dimensions. Its results are verified with the student in person, which removes most of the errors a questionnaire can produce. Read more about the Career Fit assessment.

No. Dr. Manish Mittal and his team check the results with the student in person, and he writes every report himself. No software or AI writes it.

No. The first question is what the student should study. Where to study it, in India or abroad, comes after that, and many of our students choose Indian universities. See Study in India.

Yes. We ask parents to attend the first conversation and the counselling session. A decision that the student and the parents have reached together is far more likely to last.

The student starts exploring the recommended fields through profile building: projects, short courses, competitions, internships and summer programmes. We then review the plan with the family. For students applying to universities that read the whole application, this work also becomes the profile.

That is normal at this age, and it is the reason we recommend starting early and reviewing the plan. We also look for courses that keep more than one path open.

We advise on which exams are worth writing for the chosen course, such as JEE, NEET, CUET, IPMAT, CLAT, NID DAT or the SAT. We coach only for the SAT, GRE and IELTS. We do not coach for Indian entrance exams.

Yes, as a matter of direction. We help the student understand which degree and which competitive examinations lead to careers such as the civil services, and what the preparation involves. We do not provide job placement, and we do not coach for recruitment examinations.

Yes. Students in other cities and abroad follow the same process on video calls. See online career counselling.

An online test gives you a report. Here the assessment was developed in-house, Dr. Manish Mittal and his team verify the results with the student, the family meets them in person, and the student leaves with a written plan that we review later. You are paying for judgement and time, not for a printout.

An introductory session with our team, in which we explain how our counselling works, is free. A consultation with Dr. Manish Mittal is paid and is by appointment only.

Call +91 99250 33239 or +91 95105 33239, or send a message from the contact page. Our office is at S-8, 3rd Floor, Central Plaza, opposite St. Thomas School, New Citylight, Surat 395007. Students outside Surat work with us online.