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We help schools go beyond the classroom, for every student.

We work inside schools to help students understand themselves — their strengths, their pressures, and what's next for them. In person, ongoing, and built to work with your teachers, not around them.

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Hriday leading a group session with students seated on the floor of the school hall
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Why we built this

Students have more choices today than ever. What they're missing is clarity.

Growing up, every student faces the same big question: who am I, and who do I want to become? There are more options open to them than ever before — but very little clarity on which one is actually theirs. Parents want to help, but many grew up in a different world, and find it hard to guide their kids through this. That gap can lead to real emotional pressure, for the student and the parent both.

Today, most of the help available is a career aptitude test. It's been around for years, but it was never built to answer these questions — it gives a label, not understanding.

We built The Growing Up Project to do this differently. Our goal is simple: help a student truly understand who they are, so they can make an informed decision about who they want to become — and get a real feel for a path before they commit to it, not after.

What this means for your school

In practical terms, here's what changes for you:

  • Fewer students slipping through unnoticed — our discovery process catches what's easy to miss in a busy classroom.
  • A real answer for parents who ask what the school does beyond marks and exams.
  • Teachers get a clearer picture of which students need support, before it becomes a bigger issue.
  • You meet what NEP 2020 already asks of schools, without hiring or training anyone new.
  • A monthly report your leadership can actually use — not a stack of data nobody reads.
  • No new hires, no new training, no new department — we run inside your existing structure.
The programme

Here's what happens once we're in your school.

A single day, in person, built to give your students real space to reflect and your school a real, honest answer back. Here's exactly what it involves.

An easy place to start

The Discovery Session

A single day, in person. Students go through a guided reflection with us — it's genuinely a check-in too, a real chance to understand how they're doing. Your school gets a plain-language report back on confidence, pressure, and what's shaping their choices right now. No ongoing commitment, and it's NEP 2020 aligned.

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In the room

What a session actually looks like.

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Full group of students seated on the floor with Neha and Hriday standing at the front of the hall
Grade 8 — closing a session01/04
Neha addressing a hall of seated students during a group session
Opening circle, whole-grade session02/04
Students standing in a large circle formation during an activity
A standing reflection activity03/04
Students at GGIS standing on desks and chairs, hands raised, during an energized classroom activity
GGIS — an activity in full swing04/04
Where we've worked

Four campuses. Sixteen workshops. Real students.

Session in progress at Dnyan Prakash School

Dnyan Prakash, Latur

Grades 7–10 · 3 workshops · continuing this year
Students at GGIS raising their hands during an in-class activity

GGIS, Pimpri

Grades 7–10 · 6 workshops
Students seated in the DY Patil College auditorium during a session

DY Patil College, Pune

First-year students · 4 workshops
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Vibgyor, Pune

Grade 10 · 3 workshops
Who's behind this

Two facilitators. One consistent presence.

Students see the same two faces every visit — that continuity is the point.

Neha Aswani, co-founder of The Growing Up Project

Neha Aswani

Emotional education strategist

A certified NLP practitioner and Babson-trained entrepreneur, Neha started this because it's personal — watching how easily people lose touch with their own emotions, and how much that costs them later. She's also a triathlete, and the same discipline and self-awareness that takes shows up in how she works with students and parents alike. Everything she does, on and off the field, shapes how she builds this.

Hriday Munoth

Hriday Munoth

Career exploration specialist

Hriday holds a Master's in Entrepreneurial Leadership from Babson. Across 4+ years of work, including startups in the career-exploration space in the US and India and consulting for early-stage founders, he has built a strategic, analytical practice with a strong grounding in finance. He designs the career-readiness thread — helping students connect self-understanding to the real choices ahead.

A moment from a session at Dnyan Prakash School A moment from a session at Dnyan Prakash School A moment from a session at Dnyan Prakash School
Neha and Hriday leading a session together at Dnyan Prakash School, Latur
Neha and Hriday, mid-session — Dnyan Prakash School, Latur
How to begin

The first step is simple.

It starts with the Discovery Session — a single day, in person, where we get an honest first look at how your students are actually doing. Pricing depends on grade size, and we'll work it out together on a call.

Set up a call Takes one school visit. The findings are yours either way.
Questions we always get

Straight answers, before you ask.

Does this cost the school anything to start?

The Discovery Session is priced per student, kept deliberately low, with no hidden costs. Set up a call and we'll work out the exact number for your grade size.

Who actually runs the sessions?

Neha and Hriday, in person, every time — not a rotating team of contractors. You get the same two facilitators building a relationship with your students over the length of the partnership.

Does this replace our existing counsellor or wellness staff?

No. We're built to run alongside whatever your school already has — not instead of it. If you have a counsellor, our monthly report is designed to make their job easier, not compete with it.

Is anything from the discovery session or sessions shared outside the school?

No. Everything we report — discovery findings, session themes, one-on-one patterns — is shared only with your leadership team, and never identifies individual students.

How much time does this take from our teachers and timetable?

Depends on the tier. A 1-day workshop needs one day. The monthly programme is built around a single visit day per month, plus a short teacher session at the end of that same day — we don't ask for separate blocks of staff time.

What if I still have questions after reading this?

Then this page has done its job by telling you that — email us or fill in the form below and we'll set up a call. We'd rather talk it through than have you guess.

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Thinking about this for your school?

We'd rather have a real conversation than send a brochure. Tell us a bit about your students and we'll figure out the right starting point together.

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