About the counsellor

Ankita Maheshwary Career Coach | Mentor | Founder, Aarambhyam With 9+ years of experience and 2,500+ students and professionals guided across India, Ankita brings a rare combination to career mentoring — the structure of certified coaching frameworks with the ground-level insight of someone who has worked at every level of the education-to-career pipeline: schools, NGOs, competitive exam prep, and now her own platform, Aarambhyam. She is a CBT-certified coach (IICAP, ISO 9001:2015) and an ICF-accredited NLP Practitioner, which means her guidance isn't based on generic advice — it's backed by psychometric assessments and structured decision frameworks. What sets her apart is her focus on the paths most counsellors overlook: ESG, CSR, public policy, and the development sector — fields she understands firsthand through her own grassroots work with an NGO. Ankita has also co-authored three nationally used competitive exam books and holds a BA (Hons) in Political Science, currently pursuing her MA. Her mentoring philosophy is simple: most people aren't lost because they lack capability — they're lost because nobody helped them ask the right questions at the right time.

Degree and Certifications

Education : BA (Hons) Political Science ;Pursuing MA in Political Science ; UPSC Mains cleared twice (personal prep journey) + Certifications: CBT Certification (IICAP | ISO 9001:2015); NLP Practitioner Certification (iNLP Center | ICF-accredited); MEAL Essentials Certification; AI for All Certification — Intel Technology India Private Limited