Anand Desai founded Dheya in 2008. He has spent eighteen years building India's structured career-mentoring practice, designing the 7D Mentoring Model and the RAPD assessment framework that have guided over 15,000 families.
LinkedIn →A US$100,000 fee on new H-1B petitions has upended the default dream of moving to the US for Indian techies. But the shift is also accelerating high-quality opportunities at home, from GCCs to offshore delivery and near-shore hubs.
You have probably heard that India's young population is its superpower. But a demographic dividend is an opportunity, not a guarantee — and for an individual it can just as easily become fierce competition. Here is what it really means for your career.
Employers are quietly rewriting the rules of who gets hired. A degree is no longer the password it once was — but only candidates who can prove their skills will turn that shift into an advantage.
Retirement at sixty was designed for a shorter life. With Indians living longer and healthier, the years past 60 are becoming a fertile second act — for advisory work, mentoring, entrepreneurship and contribution that earlier careers rarely allowed.
If your child loves sport, you don't have to choose between their happiness and their future. India's sports industry now offers stable, well-paying careers far beyond elite athletes — here's how to support your child wisely.
Most Indian parents think a sports career means becoming Virat Kohli or nothing. That belief is costing children a place in one of the fastest-growing job markets in the country. The real opportunity sits off the field.
Vibe coding — building working software by chatting with an AI rather than typing — has cratered the demand for traditional junior developers in India. The careers that survived the shift now require a different bar at entry. Here is what changed and how to enter the field in 2026.
AI disruption has forced career reinvention onto millions of Indian professionals over 40 — earlier than they planned. The reinventions that work share a common pattern. The ones that fail share a different pattern. Here is what we have learned from running this conversation since 2022.
Cambridge and IB are the two dominant international curricula in Indian schools. They produce very different graduates. This guide breaks down the philosophical, academic, and practical differences — and tells you which type of student each suits.
B.Tech CSE has become the default engineering choice for Indian students. The data shows it's the wrong choice for most of them. This piece is the critical look — saturation, salary realities, employability gaps, and when CSE actually fits.
Fellowships are becoming a serious post-graduation choice for Indian students — sometimes a better one than a generic master's degree. This guide is for parents trying to understand what fellowships offer, what they require, and how to evaluate them honestly.
The 7D Mentoring Model is Dheya's canonical framework for career development — seven structured stages from self-awareness to outcome.
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