Soumita Sen
Mumbai
Summary
Seasoned Career Counsellor, and Study Abroad Expert, with 13 years of experience is guiding student to their dream university and career path.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Head of Student Guidance
Scholist
11.2022 - Current
- Building Scholist, a Singapore based Early stage EdTech Startup
- Senior Leadership, Student guidance, career counselling, content Development, cohort management, Team Management, Branding, Positioning, developing strategies for organic marketing and lead generation.
- Career counselling.
- Created two student Cohorts of applicants with minimal resources and manpower.
- Developed and Trained a team of student intern who perfectly managed the execution of various tasks.
- Increased Scholist's follower base by 150 times through organic sources.
Head of Counseling & Application
Turito India Pvt Ltd
03.2023 - 01.2024
- Managed the end to end school counselling process, profile building and applications of school students from grade 8-12
- Lead the editing and writing department of Turito Study Abroad vertical.
- Single handedly executed student counselling, profile analysis, profile development planning, psychometric test analysis, career planning, skill building, research supervision, board subjects, course, college and country selection, University shortlisting, end to end application process, editing and writing for 150 student.
- Cross vertical process and subject training.
- Closed more than 50 percent of the Turito's overall enrolments through counselling sessions with the parents and the students
- Significantly enhanced the quality of admits and scholarships for Turito Students as compared to 2023 intake.
- Top Admits of 2024- Manchester , Warwick, Birmingham, Southampton, Sheffield, University College Dublin, Virginia tech, UMass Amherst, Texas A &M, Purdue University, Michigan State University, University of Wisconsin, Rutgers, Penn State University, Northeastern University , Indiana Bloomington, Kelly Business School and many more.
Process Coach
Yocket
07.2021 - 06.2022
- Training the Student Success Team of 70 counsellors in skills of counselling, understanding student profiles, information on the most suitable course , college and country options . Enhanced the team's proficiency and improved the service output by 70 percent through top admits and scholarships.
- Evaluation and Analysis of Performance.
- Training needs and Assessment on Subject Matter.
- Guiding the team member with the best practices of guiding and nurturing the students.
Lead Overseas Education Counsellor
Yocket
05.2019 - 06.2021
- Managed the complete Application cycle of 50 students single handedly and a total of 150 students in the team through Country, Course and University Selection Profile building and pre application preparation, Essay Guidance and Editing, visa application and guidance.
- Managed a team of young counsellors
- Successfully placed students for Bachelors, Masters and MBA Programs in USA, Canada, UK, Germany, Europe, Singapore, Australia & India.
- Schools-MIT, Stanford, Harvard, Carnegie Mellon, U Toronto, UBC, Brown, Cornell, Yale, Columbia, Texas A&M, UT Austin , UMass Amherst, UM D, Purdue,UT Dallas, SUNY, Georgia Tech,TU Munich , RWTH Aachen, TU Berlin, Mannheim, Warwick, Edinburgh, Bath, Manchester, Uni Melbourne, Queensland, Deakin , ISB Delhi University, Ashoka University, OP Jindal, IIM
Head of Career Counseling. IB CAS Coordinator
Garodia International School
06.2015 - 04.2019
- Established the career counseling and university guidance department at the school, counseling students Grade 8 onwards on course selection, stream selection, weakness and strength mapping, analysis of psychometric test results and discussing the same with the parents
- Creating curriculum for profile building and profile development of the students, Mapping and Connecting NGO projects for the students
- Teaching SAT verbal, IELTS and TOEFL
- Managing the whole university application cycle single handedly
- Organizing and executing University and Career Fairs at the school
- Admits in Ivy Leagues, Purdue, USC, University of California ,University of Wisconsin, University of Massachusetts, LSE, Oxford, MIT, Stanford, U Florida, NUS, NTU, Imperial, King's College, Warwick, Manchester,with great scholarships
Education
Mst Political Philosophy - Political Philosophy
University of Oxford, Department of Continuing Education
Oxford, UK12.2021
MBA - Marketing & Human Resources
Indian School of Planning & Management
Pune08.2008
Bachelor of Science - Microbiology
University of Burdwan
Asansol08.2006
Skills
- Career and Academic Counseling
- Career Guidance
- Study Abroad
- Editing and Writing
- Teaching
- Psychometric test Analysis
- Career Development
- Top University Counseling
- Team building
- Decision-Making
- Project Planning
Awards
- India Prime Award- Top 100 Educationists in India- 2021
- The real SuperWoman Awards for StarIndia- 2021
- National Award- Woman Achiever- Excellent in the field of Education Counseling- 2020
- Distinguished Journalist at Youth ki Award- Gender issues - 2019
- Selected as the only Indian representative to attend the prestigious vanderbilt University Counsellor conference in the USA 2017
- Excellent School Counselor in the Western Region-2019
- Trained by the Admission Dean and Professors of Columbia, UPenn, Vanderbilt, Yale, U Florida Cornell-2016
- Featured and awarded as the top 10 career Counselors on various Schools- MIT, Stanford, Harvard, Carnegie Mellon, U Toronto, UBC, Brown, Cornell, Yale, Columbia, Texas A&M, UT Austin, UMass Amherst, UM D, Purdue, UT Dallas, SUNY, Georgia Tech, TU Munich, RWTH Aachen, TU Berlin, Maheim, Warwick, Edinburgh, Bath, Manchester, Uni Melbourne, Queensland, Deakin, iSB, Delhi University, Ashoka, OP Jindal, IIM
Social Impact Projects-
Volunteer teacher at EVidyaloka
Mentor at Mentor Together
Admin Volunteer at AXF
Teacher trainer at Swapnapooran Foundation
Award Winning Writer at Youth Ki Awaaz
Start Up Support Projects
Start Up Support Consulting Projects — Teacher, Consultant & SME
Start Up Support Consulting Projects — Teacher, Consultant & SME
Leap Scholar: Aug 2020- Oct-2020
Leverage Edu : Nov 2020- April 2021
Qubic Learning Institute- 2019- 2021 - Verbal Faculty for SAT & IELTS
Timeline
Head of Counseling & Application
Turito India Pvt Ltd
03.2023 - 01.2024
Head of Student Guidance
Scholist
11.2022 - Current
Process Coach
Yocket
07.2021 - 06.2022
Lead Overseas Education Counsellor
Yocket
05.2019 - 06.2021
Head of Career Counseling. IB CAS Coordinator
Garodia International School
06.2015 - 04.2019
Mst Political Philosophy - Political Philosophy
University of Oxford, Department of Continuing Education
MBA - Marketing & Human Resources
Indian School of Planning & Management
Bachelor of Science - Microbiology
University of Burdwan
Similar Profiles
Shikha NishadShikha Nishad
Director of Office Operations at Information Tech Consultants Ltd-Progriz COE Pvt LtdDirector of Office Operations at Information Tech Consultants Ltd-Progriz COE Pvt Ltd
Priti SharmaPriti Sharma
Senior AVP (Senior Business Executive - Consultant), Audit and Governance at Wells Fargo International Solutions Private LimitedSenior AVP (Senior Business Executive - Consultant), Audit and Governance at Wells Fargo International Solutions Private Limited
Mohammad Kaif ShaikhMohammad Kaif Shaikh
Relationship Manager at ICICI BankRelationship Manager at ICICI Bank
Suraj SethSuraj Seth
Assistant Manager – Direct Tax at CBV & Associates LLPAssistant Manager – Direct Tax at CBV & Associates LLP
Tatiana YAVUZTatiana YAVUZ
Head of the Career Guidance and Counselling Centre at Ion Creanga State Pedagogical UniversityHead of the Career Guidance and Counselling Centre at Ion Creanga State Pedagogical University