For Indians considering studying abroad
Success, neutral, and struggle scenarios. Decision frameworks. Real numbers. No sales target.
No banner ads. No affiliate links. No lead-gen. Reader-supported.
What you will find here
Success. Neutral. Struggle. All three for every decision. Read the one that matches your situation, then read the other two.
Loan EMIs, currency-adjusted salaries, cost-of-living spreadsheets. The math the brochure leaves out.
Questions to ask yourself before signing the loan papers, not after. The frameworks you wish someone had given you.
A note from Faz
Read the full storyI went to Australia for an MBA. I had wanted Canada but did not have the money for it.
The market crashed between when I applied and when I graduated. I did not get a single offer in the country I had moved to. I came back to India with a thirty-eight lakh loan that took two years after graduation to clear, and a degree I now had to explain to people who had not asked.
I am building this site so you do not run a race that does not need to be run.
Is this site for you?
Indian students and parents in the eighteen months before a study-abroad decision. Specifically:
If you want a consultant to make the decision for you, this site will frustrate you. If you want the numbers, the trade-offs, and the unflattering reality of each path, you are in the right place.
How to use it
By stage
Read by your stage, not by the algorithm's guess.
Latest writing
Fully funded scholarships for Indian students do exist, and the big ones (Chevening, Fulbright-Nehru, DAAD, Commonwealth and Erasmus Mundus) genuinely cover tuition, living and travel, but the honest…
The Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s scholarship is the European Union’s flagship fully funded award, and it is unusually generous for Indian students: it pays a monthly living allowance…
The Commonwealth Scholarship is a fully funded UK government award for Master’s and PhD study that covers tuition, a monthly stipend, airfare and a thesis grant, but for…
The DAAD scholarship is Germany’s main government-funded route for Indian students, and its most relevant track, EPOS, pays a monthly stipend of around EUR 934 for Master’s scholars…
The Fulbright-Nehru Master’s Fellowship is the most prestigious fully funded route to a US Master’s for Indian students: it covers tuition, living, round-trip airfare, insurance and J-1 visa…
The Chevening Scholarship is a fully funded one-year UK Master’s award that covers tuition, a monthly living stipend, return flights and your UK visa, but for Indian applicants…
