E-learning has been on the rise for some time, but the COVID-19 pandemic has given it an unprecedented growth. Students now have access to a plethora of education/career options on the digital platforms. This opens up a world of possibilities that were previously unavailable to pupils. However, when more options become available, it becomes increasingly difficult to pick the best one. According to current statistics, 86 percent of students are unsure about their professional choice, while 80 percent of employees are unsatisfied with their jobs. This is a perfect opportunity and timing to deploy the correct technology to address the problem of unavailability of quality advice to every Indian. Wizr U is utilising the power of latest-technology to deliver world-class career and education counselling to students across India.
Wizr U Solutions Pvt. Ltd. is a fast-growing EduTech company that is redefining India’s career counseling and higher education consulting sector with its AI/ML-based career planning tool, scientifically validated procedure, and staff of world-class advisors. It offers a complete answer to all career-related issues or concerns of a student or parent, from identifying the best-fit career route to step-by-step guidance on how to attain a highly successful and rewarding profession.
The company is on a mission to empower every kid in India, especially in tier 2/3 cities and rural regions, by assisting them in realizing their full potential so that they may dream big, attend elite schools, and succeed. Wizr U has a vision to make world-class guidance accessible and affordable for everyone.
“Wizr U is ultimately building a happier and healthier India by providing the latest technology-driven solutions to people so that they can make informed decisions to have a highly successful and satisfying life.”
World-Class Offerings
Wizr U has created a software solution that employs artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies to automate the counselling process of the world’s greatest career counsellors, significantly reducing the cost of world-class counselling. Unlike other providers, Wizr U’s patent-pending, multi-layer (AI/ML-software-driven recommendations that are further verified by the unique approach of its highly-trained, world-class counselors) process reduces scientific error chances to almost zero. Ability to provide highly accurate recommendations is one of the key differentiators for Wizr U.
Wizr U Solutions Pvt. Ltd. was founded in February 2021, and its first product/service, aimed at students in grades 11-12, was introduced in July 2021. Because of the favourable feedback from kids and parents, the firm has opted to use the B2B2C model. In November 2021, the firm has started this new strategy by working with regional colleges and offering services to their students in grades 9 through 12. As a result of this change, Wizr U has been able to reach a broader audience at a reduced cost and has opted to pass on cost savings to students (by giving greater discounts), advancing the company’s aim even further.
By May 2022, Wizr U had 50+ partner schools delivering its services and 35+ collaboration conversations with other schools at an advanced level.The organization has already had a good influence on the lives of over 3500 students from various states, although the bulk of its customers are from Uttar Pradesh, which is the company’s current emphasis region.
“Achieving remarkable outcomes with limited resources became possible only due to passion of the founder and her ability to on-board a world-class team. I am very happy on my decision to be part of Wizr U”
says Prof. Arun M Umarji, Chief Advisor, Wizr U and co-chairman CEC at Indian Institute of Science Bangalore.
The company has two flagship products:
Career consulting: Wizr U provides world-class career counseling at most affordable price, using its patent-pending, AI/ML-technology-driven process that drastically reduces cost of counseling and provides most-accurate career assessment report. World-class counselors at Wizr U analyze the report and match it to unique needs of different students to suggest the best-fit career in which they are born to shine.
Higher education consulting: Wizr U provides best-in-class advice for right program selection and application assistance (by conveying a cohesive and compelling story through essays, recommendation letters, and resume, and preparing you to ace the interviews) to help you get admission to MBA/MS/UG programs at prestigious universities/colleges like Harvard, IIMs, LBS, IE, Oxford, Cambridge, INSEAD, etc.
“Our patent-pending, AI/ML-technology-driven counselling process drastically reduces the cost of world-class counselling and provides the most accurate assessment of an ideal career for an individual”,
says Dr. Santosh Tripathi, Director, Wizr U and Retd. Class-1 Medical Officer (UP Gov.)
Meet the Founder
Neha Shukla, Founder of Wizr U Solutions, was born in a tiny village in Sitapur district of Uttar Pradesh. Due to the movable nature of her father’s business, she lived and educated in eight different places. She has gained a wonderful awareness of people, their difficulties, and typical strategies used by them to deal with a situation as she has grown up and rapidly adjusted to various cities/schools/friends.
Neha had a strong desire to address basic issues in India’s educational system. She has over 5 years of experience offering education and career assistance to students before founding Wizr U with the goal of positively impacting millions of people’s lives.
The Inception Idea
Neha Shukla came up with the idea for Wizr U a few years ago after learning that 92 percent of Indian students do not receive proper career counselling. This underlying problem leads to rising discontent (in India, 80% of employees are unsatisfied), and this dissatisfaction, in turn, leads to catastrophic repercussions such as increased sadness, frustration, family problems, and health problems in the long term. Neha was driven to find solutions to these issues at their source. But it was difficult for her to establish a business while caring for her new-born baby, in the absence of her husband, whom she had urged to focus on getting an MBA from a prominent European institution.
In spite of all these odds, it was impossible for her to stay away from her passion, and she kept doing her best to conceptualise and develop the product in whatever time she could find after chores. After doing decent research, she presented the business idea to her husband (Vivek Tripathi, who was now back from Europe) and asked for feedback.
“I was astounded by Neha’s detailed research, ideas, and passion to solve a major problem in the Indian education sector,” says Vivek Tripathi, who has vast experience of advising top management of multiple MNCs/startups for business growth, digital transformation, and brand building.
With the motivation and support given by her husband, Neha has finally decided to embark on the journey to become the first entrepreneur in the family.
A Growing Workplace
The management of Wizr U encourages everyone in the firm to ask questions, express their ideas without fear, and never be shy to compliment team members on their accomplishments. It has established a culture of celebrating little triumphs to re-energize and boost team morale, taking group responsibility for failures rather than criticising individuals, and dissecting mistakes to learn from and continue on the path to success. Neha states, “We encourage our leaders to follow the policy of praising in public and giving constructive feedback one-to-one.”
Wizr U has flexible working hours and an option to work from anywhere, given the quality of work being delivered by the team in a timely manner. In a nutshell, it instils a culture of ownership among its employees and empowers them with autonomy for their deliverables. Neha asserts,
“Our employees consider themselves partial owners of the company and that is why all our employees are as passionate as our founding/core team is to deliver the best and bring a positive change in the society. Such a transparent, open, and trusting-the-team culture helps us to keep our employees motivated and have a highly productive work environment.”
Heading to Bring Excellence
Wizr U aspires to be India’s most-loved brand for career and higher education consulting in the next five years by providing best-in-class guidance to everyone at a reasonable price. Neha wants the Wizr U team to be present in every state in India, and she has a hybrid strategy (on-site and online) to allow individuals to get world-class instruction in the method that suits them best.
Wizr U wants to seek funding to increase its workforce, expand into new areas, build a more scalable digital platform for its solution, and develop additional goods and services to assist candidates at various phases of their lives. It also intends to spread its services to other countries that have comparable issues and require its solutions to close the gap. The platform aims to have a customer base of 20 million in the next 5 years to positively change their lives.
TESTIMONIALS
Wizr U has a team of well-trained consultants, who are graduates of tier-1 colleges, have wide range of experiences, and are able to resolve career related queries of students of our school and guide them towards a highly successful and satisfying career…Kudos to the team”
– Mrs. Aradhana Yadav
Director, New Public Inter, College Group, Lucknow
I searched a lot of counsellors for my brother, but I found Wizr U is the best because they use AI/ML tool for counselling. They assigned the best counsellor according to my query, and session was very helpful and interesting. Thanks for helping me to find best-fit career for my brother. I strongly recommend Wizr U for career counselling!
– Mr. Harishchandra Yadav
Associate Consultant at KPMG
It’s really helpful…as it simplified lots of my confusion related to best future career… Thank you so much…
– Khushi Jaiswal
Student, Lucknow Model School
For More Info:
Website: www.wizru.com
E-mail: contact@wizru.com
WhatsApp: +91 7080919886
