Your child has one career decision to make. We make sure it's the right one.

Psychometric assessment, 250+ researched careers and three one-to-one sessions with a trained expert — ending in a written plan from stream to college. Trusted by 60,000 students since 2011.

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60,000 students trust Lodestar

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60,000

Students guided

250+

Careers researched

300+

Partner schools

93%

Rate sessions excellent

Career decisions shouldn't feel like finding a needle in a haystack

Lodestar was founded by education entrepreneurs with more than 50 years of combined experience running Manipal Education, MeritTrac and Pearson. We replaced guesswork with data: scientific assessment, researched career guides validated by industry practitioners, and authentic information on 200+ colleges, 100+ exams and India's leading tutorials.

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How it works

Three sessions. One confident decision.

The same three-step process, refined across 60,000 counselling sessions and delivered one-to-one by a trained expert.

Scientific psychometric, aptitude and interest tests analyse your child's real strengths, personality and motivations — then open up the world of 250+ researched careers.

Map the education path each shortlisted career actually requires: streams, electives, entrance exams, courses and the institutes that teach them.

Lock in Career Plan A and Plan B, the +2 subject combination, exams to write, tutorials to join and the colleges to aim for — in a written 30-page report.

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Guesswork is expensive. We removed it.

A scientific approach
Validated tests and a decision algorithm match passion and aptitude to the right career and education path — not to whatever is fashionable this year.
250+ researched careers
Every career is written up as a guide book and validated by practitioners who actually work in that field.
Authentic institutional data
200+ colleges, 100+ entrance exams, 100+ special courses and 15 of India's best tutorials, kept current.
Individual attention
Three one-to-one sessions per child with an expert from a team of 100+ trained counsellors.
End-to-end decisions
From career and stream to electives, exams, tutorials and college — documented, not just discussed.

Our programs

One program for wherever your child is right now

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Foundation Building PLUS

Assessment, webinars and three expert sessions — the complete start.

Foundation Building

Assessment and webinars — early awareness with a potential map.

Core Decision

The stream decision, made with data instead of guesswork.

Students in the 11th / 12th Grade age group

Finalizing Decision

A college shortlist and a concrete plan before board exams.

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Not sure yet? Start with the free assessment.

Fifteen minutes online. Your child answers, you get an instant snapshot of their strengths and interest areas — and a clear sense of whether the full program is worth it. No payment, no obligation.

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Who we work with

Beyond the family: schools and institutions

The same science, delivered two ways. Find the offer that describes you.

For Schools

Career guidance, embedded in your school

The Career Leaders Program runs structured, scientific career guidance inside your school across Grades 8–12 — delivered on campus by Lodestar counsellors and reported back to parents.

Whole-cohort psychometric & aptitude screening
On-campus one-to-one counsellor sessions
Parent reports plus a school career-insight dashboard

Trusted by

GEAR Innovative Intl. SchoolDeens AcademyNational Public SchoolEkya SchoolsGreenwood High

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For Institutions

Assessment & counsellor training at scale

Colleges, pre-university boards and education companies license the Lodestar assessment engine and counsellor training to run guidance at scale under their own brand.