About GradSchule

Our Values

At GradSchule, learning opens new ways of seeing and understanding the world, creating space for independent thought and careful reflection on how we live & make decisions, and imagine more inclusive futures.

Our work with learners is guided by an approach that takes their interests and curiosities seriously, enabling them to pursue what interests them in ways that work best for them.

Through sustained practice, communication, and feedback, we build learners' critical thinking, writing, and intellectual flexibility, which are needed to think with depth, respond with care, and act with purpose. Engaging multiple perspectives is central to this process, as complex questions rarely have simple answers—they call for considered, long-term thinking.

Our Mission

At GradSchule, we support learners in making informed, confident choices at different stages of their educational and professional journeys.

This support is grounded in providing learners with information, clarity, and a stronger sense of direction.

Our focus is on building core skills that often remain underdeveloped in schools: observation, critical thinking, reflection, poised writing, attentive listening, and thoughtful engagement.

While these capacities are widely expected across academic and professional spheres, they are rarely taught in a sustained or structured way. As a result, many students, especially those from systemically marginalised contexts, begin to fall behind in school and continue to catch up through their college years.

GradSchule’s mission is to scaffold learners through this transition so that their college education and professional pathways feel more intentional, supported, and achievable. The goal is not only to help them access opportunities but also to feel prepared to participate fully—think and express deeply, critically and collaboratively.

In our practice, we work with learners across disciplinary boundaries, encouraging them to explore different modes of inquiry and ways of thinking. Our approach combines rigorous and responsive support while remaining attentive to each learner’s goals, pace, and ways of working.

What distinguishes our approach is our emphasis on pointed, actionable feedback. At the start of each phase of our programs, we design the learning path in conversation with the learner, revisiting and strengthening their skills through focused, ongoing feedback.

Throughout the process, we help learners express their thinking more clearly, work through complexity, and build coherence in their communication. At the same time, we remain attentive to areas for growth in ways that are steady, constructive, and responsive to each learner’s pace.

We work with learners rather than for them, building on what they already bring and supporting the gradual strengthening of their academic and intellectual practice. Beyond our expertise, this process depends heavily on the learner’s consistency and engagement. Regular participation, completion of assigned work, and active engagement with feedback are non-negotiable. This mutual commitment allows each session to build meaningfully on the last and supports steady, cumulative progress over time.

Our Approach:

GradSchule is a guided learning space that offers personalized, sustained guidance to learners at key moments in their academic and professional journeys.

Our mentoring is dialogic, attentive, and collaborative, grounded in close engagement with each learner’s capability and curiosity.

Our Team

Rohit Kumar

Rohit’s academic training is from Jawaharlal Nehru University and Jamia Millia University. He is currently researching on strategic thiking and statecraft in storytelling traditions such as the Panchatantra and Hitopadesh. He previously worked at Ashoka University for seven years, evaluating various components of student applications, including essays and interviews, as well as a graduate teaching assistant on courses in history, politics, and international relations. He has also worked with Delhi based think tanks (Institute for Conflict Management and the USI of India) and the EU Delegation to India. Rohit has also published with Firstpost, South Asia Monitor, The News Minute among others, and participated in academic exchanges with foreign universities (Bar Ilan Uni., University of South Africa).

Shreya is a PhD candidate at York University, Canada, where she also teaches as a writing instructor. Previously, she worked as a writing tutor at Northeastern University (Boston), and she especially enjoys working with international and refugee-migrant students who bring diverse perspectives and experiences to their academic journeys. She is a published author with presses such as Bloomsbury, Routledge, and Leuven University, and has mentored many undergraduate and postgraduate applicants in crafting compelling admission and fellowship applications.

Shreya Sangai

Dr. Balmiki Kumar

Balmiki works as a Research Associate at the University of Toronto in drug discovery for cancers. His extensive research in chemical science brought him closer to the natural world. Previously, Dr. Kumar secured a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Toronto, where he was the lead researcher on the Chemical Sensors Group at Prof. U.J. Krull’s laboratory. He earned his PhD on nano-medicine and cancer from NIT-Rourkela. Besides academic pursuits, Balmiki has counseled many undergrad and grad students, supervised, and mentored them through their research interests and internships in India and abroad

At GradSchule, learning opens new ways of seeing and understanding the world, creating space for independent thought and careful reflection on how we live & make decisions, and imagine more inclusive futures.

At GradSchule, we support learners in making informed, confident choices at different stages of their educational and professional journeys.

Our Approach:

GradSchule is a guided learning space that offers personalized, sustained guidance to learners at key moments in their academic and professional journeys.

Our Team

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