Student stories

Four students. Four very different journeys.

From a first-generation engineering hopeful in rural Odisha to a design-school switcher in suburban Bengaluru — these are real students from our closed-invite beta who agreed to let us tell their story. Names changed where requested; stream + outcome data verified against board / admission records.

Engineering First-gen learner Odia

Priya M. — from Bhadrak to NIT Rourkela

JEE Mains 92.4 percentile, single-income family in Bhadrak. Three weeks of counseling in Odia, OBC-PwD scholarship secured before counseling Round 3.

📍 Bhadrak, Odisha 🎯 B.Tech CS · NIT Rourkela 💰 ₹80,000 / year scholarship

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Sciences Scholarship-led Telugu

Anaya R. — three scholarships she did not know existed

B.Sc. Physics applicant from Hyderabad. Scholarship Match Engine surfaced INSPIRE-SHE + state SC scholarship + a private trust grant. Net out-of-pocket: ₹0.

📍 Hyderabad, Telangana 🎯 B.Sc. Physics · St. Francis 💰 Three scholarships stacked

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Design Stream switcher Marathi

Ishaan K. — engineering father, design son

Pune CBSE student headed toward IIT prep. Career Pathway Predictor walked his family through India's design economy. Today at NID Bangalore, full ride.

📍 Pune, Maharashtra 🎯 B.Des · NID Bangalore 💰 Full institutional scholarship

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Engineering ROI-led Hindi

Aarav S. — picked Mech-AI over CS for the ROI

CBSE 78%, Patna. Family pushing for plain CS. Career Pathway Predictor ran ROI across 14 branches; ended up at Mech-AI at a NIT, 5-year salary trajectory beats CS at his fee-bracket.

📍 Patna, Bihar 🎯 B.Tech Mech-AI · NIT Patna 💰 EWS + state fee waiver

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Aggregate outcomes · closed beta

Beyond the four stories.

Of the 2,500 students who used NIGOC in our closed-invite beta (cohort year Q1 2026), the outcomes data we have so far — verified against board / admission portal records where the student gave permission — looks like this:

94%

felt the recommendations were "useful" or "very useful" (post-counseling survey, n=1,840)

2.8×

average increase in scholarships discovered per student vs. self-search (control: 110 students)

68%

of first-gen learners reported feeling "more confident" submitting applications

11

scholarship applications pre-filled per student on average (range 4-31)

Outcomes data verified up to 2026-04-30. We publish a more detailed cohort retrospective every academic year; the first report (Q1 2026 cohort) goes live July 2026. Want a copy?