Excellence Awards: Vandana Mahajan – Steering students to successful careers

Vandana Mahajan helps students achieve their dreams through career counselling

A game changer in the education sector, Vandana Mahajan has more than two decades of experience specialising in career counselling and scholarship guidance.

In 2015 she set up Futures Abroad, a boutique career and university counselling business. The company has offices in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Saudi Arabia, Doha, New Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai. She has helped more than 20,000 plus students to date attend their dream university with scholarship.

Vandana started counselling students in 1998 in India guiding them about future career opportunities. She was the editor of Education Times for several years contributing articles on trends in study abroad and opportunities for students. She was also a regular contributor of the Career section in Eleven Magazine for several years.

Working with University of Toronto as the Director International Liaison gave Vandana a unique perspective of how admissions and profiling for students take place at a world-renowned university. She created student exchange partnerships with leading universities across the globe including mentoring students and guiding parents and students globally.

Vandana is also the founder of The Next New, a student club with more than 5,000 members, which she started in 2000. She is passionate about preparing students and providing students opportunity to learn by doing. She creates opportunities for students and engages them in a unique learning experience besides academics…