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Top 25 Higher ed consulting firms based in India
RevenueBase identified 990 higher ed consulting firms headquartered in India as of September 2026 and tracks 7,861 professional contacts across them, including 643 with verified work emails. New Delhi is the largest hub.
This list covers higher ed consulting firms headquartered in India, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 28, 2026.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest higher ed consulting firms based in India
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 211 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded by two visionary Princeton graduates in 2014, Athena is on a mission to transform the education landscape in India and across the globe.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 150 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Career Craft Consultants specialises in helping students navigate their study abroad dreams with ease by providing end to end solutions at one place.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 143 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “World-class Enterprise Technology for Higher Education Our Mission is to Empower Educational Institutions with Comprehensive, Secure, Reliable and Simple-to-use Technology that…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 141 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “General Education is an educational consulting and counseling firm that offers a one-stop admission consultancy for MBA applicants.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 120 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We are an education consultancy specialized in connecting students to great universities that would bring out their hidden talent and are committed to providing the best advice to…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 120 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Welcome to Edroots!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 100 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “IMFS, with a rich history spanning 26 years, is a leading force in global education consulting.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 80 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Career Mosaic is a leading education consulting agency, working with Universities that are looking at market entry, expansion and diversification of their international student…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 79 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Global Study Link is one of the Leading Educational Consultancy firms recruiting International students, with head office in Cochin.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 75 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Our journey is all about helping you onto yours.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 70 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Welcome to Atmia Education, India’s Leading International Medical Education Consultants.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 68 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Collegepond is an online/offline-counseling career guidance, test preparation and admissions counseling outfit.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 56 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Not all consulting firms are created equal.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 54 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At PlanEdu, we always give importance to career decisions to ensure that the candidates have access to legitimate information prepared by our expert educational panelists and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 45 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Having worked with students from over 55 countries and interviewed a range of professors from various fields, I know exactly what the admissions committee likes to see in their…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 45 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We help you solve your most critical challenges in education to drive student success.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 43 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Pyramid Overseas Education Consultants has truly left an indelible mark on the landscape of international education over the past 21 years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 41 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Welcome to Quantel - Building Education Ventures Quantel is a leading growth consultancy specializing in the education sector.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 33 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Gresham Global is a global consulting and launchpad service provider to higher education institutions looking to establish their presence in the developing markets.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 33 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “LIFE EDUCARE is India’s premier school advisory and management firm, delivering end-to-end solutions for educational institutions at every stage of their lifecycle.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 32 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Phoenix a company with a dynamic 15-year history that is more than just a numbers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 30 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Collegify is a Bespoke Education Services Company specializing in Admissions Consulting for Foreign Universities.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 30 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Independent Education Consultant | Strategist | Mentor As a study abroad consultant, Inspirus Education specializes in guiding students through the complex and exciting process of…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 28 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Welcome to EdHike!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 26 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Be it the first time or nth time you are visiting an overseas education consultant, Career Bridge's distinctness can be felt.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: higher ed consulting firms. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names higher ed consulting firms.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of higher ed consulting firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name higher ed consulting firms. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Higher ed consulting firms based in India at a glance
As of Sep 28, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for India, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for India, over 990 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among higher ed consulting firms, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in India whose own description of what they do matches “higher ed consulting firms”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names higher ed consulting firms), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among higher ed consulting firms, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside India are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 643 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 28, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
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Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names higher ed consulting firms, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many higher ed consulting firms are there based in India?
RevenueBase identified 990 higher ed consulting firms headquartered in India as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Athena Education, headquartered in Gurugram, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most higher ed consulting firms?
New Delhi leads with 93 headquartered companies, followed by Mumbai (63) and Hyderabad (61).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 643 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 990 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 28, 2026.
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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.
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