Career resource centre

Explore options, make decisions and plan the next 12 months.

• Framework

  Career Decision Framework: How to Choose Between Options You've Tested

  A weighted decision matrix for choosing between career options, scoring fit, feasibility, cost and flexibility, and how solid your evidence is.

• Student guide

  Career Exploration in Class 11: How to Use the Year You Can Still Experiment

  Use Class 11 to test career options before deadlines: experiments by career family, a practitioner interview script and how to judge summer programmes.

• Tool / worksheet

  Career Explorer: Find Career Options Worth Testing

  A free 45-minute worksheet that turns your interests, strengths, values and work style into a shortlist of career options to investigate.

• Strategy guide

  Career Guidance for Class 12: Build an Admissions Strategy, Not Just a Wish List

  A Class 12 strategy guide: build a balanced application portfolio, understand admission systems such as JoSAA, MCC and DU's CSAS, and plan for results day.

• Myth-busting guide

  Career Myths vs Reality: 12 Beliefs Worth Questioning Before You Decide

  Twelve common career myths among students and parents, from 'Science is for toppers' to 'AI will take all the jobs', each checked against evidence.

• Pillar guide

  Career Options After Class 12: How to Map, Test and Narrow Your Choices

  Career options after Class 12 by career family and stream, the entrance routes for each, and a four-step method to narrow a long list down.

• Roadmap / framework

  Career Roadmap: What to Decide in Class 10, 11 and 12

  What to decide in Class 10, 11 and 12: the key decision at each stage, what to explore, the milestones to hit and what can still change.

• Guide + framework

  Emerging Careers: What's Actually Growing, and How to Test Them Before College

  Emerging careers without hype: what employer data says is growing, the three kinds of emerging career, and how Class 10–12 students can test them.

• Action plan / template

  Your 12-Month Career Action Plan: Month by Month, for Class 10, 11 or 12

  Month-by-month career and application tasks for Class 10→11, 11→12 and 12→university, with weekly time budgets and a 15-minute monthly review.

Understand, compare and choose undergraduate courses.

• Framework / tool

  Course Comparison Framework: How to Compare Degree Programmes Side by Side

  Compare degree programmes on curriculum, structure, teaching, practical exposure, cost, entry and outcomes, with a template and a syllabus-reading method.

• Explainer + framework

  Course vs Career: How Much Does Your Degree Decide Your Future?

  A course is what you study; a career is decades of work. See which degrees lock you into a profession, which don't, and how to choose accordingly.

• Reference guide

  Courses After Class 12: Options by Stream, With Entry Routes

  Courses after Class 12 for PCM, PCB, Commerce, Humanities and any stream, with typical duration, subjects needed and official entry routes.

• Pillar guide

  How to Choose a Course After Class 12: A Six-Step Process

  A six-step process for choosing a course after Class 12, with a seven-question course fit test and a way to decide 'right course or better college?'

Evaluate, score and compare universities and offers.

• Pillar guide

  How to Choose a University: A Three-Gate Method That Goes Beyond Rankings

  Check legitimacy, then programme fit, then institutional fit. A three-gate method for choosing a university in India or abroad, with rankings explained.

• Decision guide

  University Comparison: How to Decide Between Your Final Options and Offers

  Compare final university options like for like: full-duration cost, offer conditions, deposits and refunds, and deciding while results are pending.

• Tool / template

  University Scorecard: Evaluate Universities on What Matters to You

  A free weighted university scorecard with scoring rubrics, weighting presets for different students, and a 10-minute version for university fairs.

Plan an international application step by step.

• Checklist

  Study Abroad Checklist: Every Step From Class 11 to Departure

  A phase-by-phase study abroad checklist for Indian students, covering recognition, deadlines, costs, visas and pre-departure, with official sources.

Skills that stay useful as work changes.

• Pillar guide

  Future Skills for Students: What to Build Before College, and How to Show It

  What employer surveys say about future skills, a four-layer skills model, and concrete ways for Class 9–12 students to build and show them.