Shaping Personalities & Perspectives

Ivy GuruKul $100,000 Business Pitch

Open to middle & high school students from around the world

December 1st - December 31st: Registration period

January 31st: Round 1 video submission Deadline

February 15th: Semifinalists & Finalists announced

TBD: Finalists compete in Live Pitch & winners announced

Three Integrated Programs

One Goal

Inspire and nurture the talent in each student by guiding and coaching them through three distinct stages of their education journey: middle, high school, and college

College Acceptances: 2021-2024

Our college applications program is tiny (~30 students/year) but results are mighty

Our Three-Pronged Approach

Personality Development Through Public Speaking & Debate

We use speech & debate as the primary vehicle to develop a student’s personality by seamlessly integrating content that has been thoughtfully designed to emphasize five traits (SKILL) and the role each trait plays in our personal & professional lives.

S K I L L: Speaking in the Public, Knowledge of Self, Impact on Community, Leadership, Lateral Thinking

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Talent Identification & Development (Talent ID)

Talent ID guides parents and students in identifying students’ core strengths early on, especially related to extracurricular activities, and how students can develop their talent(s) to achieve in accordance with their abilities.

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We provide comprehensive guidance for every component of a strong college application e.g. college list, essays, extracurricular activity sheet, interview prep etc.

Extensive experience working with students from across the US/world: RSI participants, STS Scholars, USAMO qualifiers, ISEF/JSHS winners, published researchers with profs from Harvard, Penn, Brown etc, National Spelling Bee winner, jr. world record holder, recruited athletes to MIT, Stanford, UPenn. Students who have collaborated with national/state governments, NASA scientists…

College Applications Program (CAP)

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Meet The Founder

In Their Own Words

  • “A big thanks to you for providing Atharva a chance to participate in Speech and Debate Nationals. Your time-to-time guidance was very helpful and valuable to him. He was able to secure 3rd place in finals.”

    Nilima and Suhas Kasar Parents of Atharva

  • Hope you had a nice Memorial Day break! Just wanted to let you know that Preeti won 3rd place in AMSA lower school speech competition, 9 finalists among 400 students! Preeti’s Speech - “Why give up equality for diversity?” Thank you, part credit goes to your speech classes!

    Radhika

  • Shreya won in the extemporaneous speech; it was a competition across different school districts in chester county, PA. Thanks much!

    Neetu

  • I am writing to thank you for guiding Gaurav in his preparation for the NSF competition. Your advice was really very helpful. I am really happy to inform you that he came in first place in the Regional Junior Public Speaking competition (Marlboro Chapter).

    Shailesh

Blogs & Articles

For The Children, By The Children

Whether your child plans to compete in the national speech & debate championship or pursue her passion of reaching out to the world through her YouTube Vlog, middle & high school is the time to sharpen her public speaking skills.

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Taking The Stress Out Of Public Speaking

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Golf Vs Other Sports

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As a part of my job, which, by the way, is also my passion and hobby, I deal with so many ambitious kids on such a regular basis that I sometimes question myself as to whether I'm living in a fantasy world.

What Will People Think?

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