being the best educational site in India. This portal not just guides students for the apt university for them, it also provides information on jobs and its online career counseling gives a sense of direction to the confused lot.

With pride Mahapatra declares the aim behind creating this portal in 2004. It has a lot to do with his personal dilemma in choosing the right career path for himself. “After schooling my friends were running aimlessly to different metropolitan cities across India after reading about big colleges in these cities. Most of these colleges were not that good, they were just richly publicized. So I decided to study for being a charted accountant and not gamble with my career by studying in any of these colleges. My personal experience, many worrying parents and confused students prompted me to make this portal that would provide vital information to students about colleges and companies”, smiles Mahapatra.

It was also a sense of disbelief in the government agencies that pushed his dream to make this portal further hard. “Many government agencies give a biased view about the ratings of colleges. Many of the agencies do not have forms available on webs for students to download. Where should an Indian student go to chose a right career path for himself?” questions Mahapatra.

His portal is like an encyclopedia for students, he believes. “This portal has data bank of 16,000 institutions and 300 universities across India. As admission process is always a daunting time for students, studentindia.com is regularly updated on admission dates”, he says.

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