Mr. Saksham Gupta, Directing EDUDITE Consultancy With The Mission Of “Delivering Quality Education to Students Globally”
“Experience is not what happens to you, it’s what you do with what happens to you. Believe in yourself and don’t be afraid to experiment. Be aware of what is happening around you be it in politics, education, world news, innovations, sometimes you never know you might be the next big name. Keep hustling and keep growing. I also mentor businesses and startups.”- Mr. Saksham Gupta
An inspiring entrepreneur & organized leader focused on producing realistic goals, developing ways to efficiently achieve and often exceed those goals, and producing results, Saksham Gupta leads EDUDITE Consultancy in the key position of Director.
A constant learner at heart, International Consultant in Education Sector, he has navigated through various roles in the education management industry. Owning rich experience in Relationship building, customer acquisition, International Admissions, and Sales, Saksham has travelled to 25+ countries representing EDUDITE as of now, delivering & facilitating conferences, government relationships building, expansion of Indian universities in SAARC and African regions.
The Shobhit University and Lovely Professional University alumnus is passionate and determined at accomplishing the tasks with excellence and having a long-sighted vision. As the Founder of the company, Saksham has been able to achieve some notable milestones. A few of them are:
- Having physical offices in 10+ countries.
- Network of 500+ universities across the globe.
- Mobilizing 1000+ students to India and Europe as their Study destination.
- Launching of www.indiadmission.com
- Holding numerous amounts of exhibitions and fairs across East Africa.
- Currently working team of from 1 to 10 people as of today.
In the five-year journey, Edudite has facilitated 300+ collaborations between universities, 100,000+ students impacted during this period, 1000+ students assisted to study at their dream destinations. I with my team traveled to 30+ countries ( covering South America, Asia and Africa) in the last 4 years to facilitate the abovesaid projects.
An International & Advisory Firm
An ISO 9001:2015 certified, Edudite is an International Consultancy and advisory firm managed by a team of professionals with a combined experience of 40+ years in the Education Industry, from the Academic, Government, and International Business background with its head office in India.
They are on a mission to provide Quality Education (United Nation’s SDG #4) to students all across the globe, by helping them to secure admission in the best of universities and courses as per their requirements and ensuring their overall experience as International students remains healthy.
“We understand the stress, the queries, and all the doubts a student goes through before making a decision and that is why we have the right solution for every need of a student, through this journey”, said Mr. Saksham.
Edudite is not only an overseas education consultancy that firm assists you in connecting with a spectrum of colleges, but also a community of well-connected, experienced personnel and students spread across the globe to push you forward in every sphere of the experience. They not only help you choose the right place and college for yourself but also help you in housing, traveling, profile building, socializing, and practically everything that you may need guidance with.
From the Founder’s Desk
Since early childhood, I have always been an extrovert and had an outgoing personality whether it was sports, extracurricular in school, or public speaking opportunities as and where I got. This has a lot to do with the kind of background I come from. My parents have been in the Education sector throughout their career and I was raised in an academically influenced environment. My mother is an IIT Roorkee alumnus and my dad is an engineer and served in central government as a scientific officer for 20+ years.
They both lead a stable life with secured jobs for about 20 years in their career and decided to resign from their respective jobs and came in to a full-time business to become an edupreneur, to serve and uplift the community by providing better education.
This all happened when I was around 16 years old and it gave me a very solid base to make my decisions. In my college life, I lead a local chapter of the world’s largest youth-run organization AIESEC which gave me the opportunity to travel, explore and see the world from a new perspective. The combination of the above, I believe, lead me to work in the education sector and that’s how I launched Edudite Consultancy Private Limited.
The Inception Story
As soon as Saksham graduated, he started working at a university in their International department handling relations for them and representing them at various events and conferences in India and abroad. In his short time of 5.5 months there, his work gave him a platform to build his idea of business. He started the business by helping Indian universities and colleges form relations with universities outside India for student and faculty exchange programs and joint research work.
Over the period, the team grew and they added study abroad, study in India such products in their basket and they managed to expand their major base in the African continent with offices spanning across 10 countries and now with www.matchmyuni.com, they want to target customers from all walks of life to spread awareness and give opportunities to make an informed decision and simplify study abroad for them.
Dealing with the Unprecedented Challenges
In such times the group chairman Mr. Sandeep Gupta who is Saksham’s father emerges as the guiding light of the team. Yes, they do perform SWOT analysis every now and then, and especially during such times. Even during the pandemic which took the world and many businesses by storm they continued to grow and achieve new milestones.
The Most Satisfying Aspect of the Entrepreneurial Journey
“When a student walks in or calls us to say “Thanks for changing my life”, which makes me realize the impact that Edudite is creating every day, is the most satisfying for me. Also, I love the flexibility and the playground you get to experiment and test your limits, sometimes we don’t even realize the potential an idea can hold. The need to be on toes and always available for our stakeholders is also something that I cherish”, Mr. Saksham proudly shared.
Definition of Success
According to Mr. Saksham, Success is the journey and not the destination. Every day if one is able to move closer to his vision, one step at a time, he believes he is on the right track.
Top Two Skills of a Leader to Become Successful
- Decision making – In an entrepreneur’s journey, there are ups and downs every day. It is very important to stick to your decisions, at least that’s what I do, and have a very strong head, and believe in your product.
- Sales – Every entrepreneur has to be a marketer and a salesman. If you can’t sell your product, your team also cannot.
The Innovative Work Culture & Social Initiatives Taken
EDUDITE’s work culture is very flexible, Saksham does not believe in bounding a person by time, they are in the service industry, he only ensures the trait of prioritizing and discipline in Edudite employees is maintained, so no stone is left unturned to make the customer have the best experience with them.
For CSR activities, they have a scholarship fund of close to 800,000 USD for 2022 intake which prospective EDUDITE students can avail.
Plans Ahead
The visionary wants to open and take Edudite offices from 10 countries currently to at least 30 more and impact at least 10 million students in the next 5 years with www.matchmyuni.com becoming a household name in the study abroad sector across our targeted nations.
“To be honest, I have never given a thought for the next 5 years, I want to keep learning and growing and contribute to Edudite’s success for as long as I can”, apprised Saksham
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