Startup Name |
EduMiles |
Founding Year | 2018 |
Founders | Bahniman Rynjah, Prodipta Narayan Dev, Saumarjit Konwar, Bhargav Deori |
Business Category |
Education |
Startup Stage |
Validation |
Support Required from The Nest |
Network connections, Financial support, Mentorship |
Investment Required |
10, 00, 000 |
Type of Entity |
Partnership |
Website | |
Startup’s Objective |
EduMiles works on empowering students as they prepare to cross the threshold of high school to college by equipping them with skills for personality and career development. |
Market Need |
In an age of myriad career options, the parents and the children need to be enlightened and encouraged in making effective career choices and also enable the students from Northeast India to achieve academic excellence especially in national level competitive examinations. |
Product/Service description |
EduMiles has devised a Career Assessment Test, a psychometric testing using standardized tests and personalized student profiles. It also organizes Career Talk and Counselling, a one-on-one and group sessions with students, parents and teachers to help students make correct academic and career decisions. |
Customers/Users | B2C Parents and students (classes VIII to XII and Graduates) for career assessment and counselling. B2B Educational institutions and corporates. |
Revenue Model |
The startup earns through the service charges on a Cost Plus model, targeting private schools, parents, government projects and CSR teams of government and private entities. Upon gaining market share and achieving traction, the startup would adopt a subscription model where the end-user pays upfront time-bound fee |
Current Traction |
The startup has established its footprint in 50 schools across 4 states in Northeast India (Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram and Meghalaya). It has conducted counselling sessions in 40 schools in Upper Assam through OIL Duliajan with 4000+ students being counselled. Edumiles has also participated in 10 Career Talks held in Lynchpin Educational fairs in 8 cities across Northeast India. It has enrolled into a partnership with Headway (Education event organiser) in association with the Assam Tribune for conducting Career Counselling and Talk sessions in Guwahati and the sub-urbs. |