Our Mission: Making Global Education Truly Accessible
EduSail Abroad was founded with one simple belief: No student should have to give up their dream of studying abroad because of money.
We are not just another study abroad consultancy. We are a mission-driven organization that helps Indian students from every field secure fully-funded PhD opportunities at top universities across the USA, UK, Canada, Switzerland, Germany, Singapore, and Australia. Our mission is to turn talent into opportunity: not by selling admissions, but by helping students earn their place through scholarships, research assistantships, and stipends.
Unlike traditional consultancies that earn commissions from universities, EduSail Abroad works only for students, not for institutions. We guide you toward genuine, fully funded programs that cover tuition, provide monthly stipends (₹1–4 lakh), and offer research or teaching opportunities abroad.
No hidden deals. No paid university promotions. Just transparent, student-first counseling.
Because we believe success should be earned, not bought.
Before EduSail Abroad was an institution, it was a real journey through the maze of global admissions, and the realization that ambitious students deserve a clearer roadmap.
Anand was a young graduate in India with a simple ambition: to pursue a fully funded PhD abroad. What he didn't have was a clear roadmap.
He spoke to consultants. He reached out to experts. He searched university websites, read research papers, followed funding announcements, and spent countless hours trying to understand a system that, from the outside, seemed unnecessarily complicated.
Eventually, he figured it out. His persistence led to several funding opportunities, including offers from Boston University, Washington State University, NYU Shanghai, and a university in the Czech Republic. He ultimately chose Boston University in the USA to pursue a fully funded PhD in Theoretical and Computational Chemistry.
“If it was this difficult for me to find the right answers, how many other students were struggling with the same problem?”
In 2023, Anand began sharing his experience with Pawan Kumar. They talked about the students who had the ability and ambition to pursue a PhD abroad, but didn't know where to look, whom to approach, what research direction to choose, or how funding actually worked.
Those conversations continued for months. Gradually, an idea took shape: Instead of simply telling students where to apply, why not build a system that helps them understand the journey itself?
That idea became EduSail Abroad.
Pawan Kumar brought his years of experience in software development and leadership to build the entire technology ecosystem and operational foundation for EduSail Abroad from the ground up, turning an idea discussed between a few people into a technology-enabled platform capable of supporting students through an end-to-end process.
More scholars joined. More students started reaching out. The idea that began with a few conversations in Boston slowly grew into a wider community.
In 2025, EduSail Abroad was formally incorporated as EduSail Abroad Solutions Pvt. Ltd. Today, we work with students across India exploring international PhD opportunities.
But at its heart, EduSail Abroad is still driven by the same question that started the journey: How can we make this process clearer for the next student?
“We know what it feels like to have the ambition but not the roadmap. EduSail Abroad exists to help build that roadmap. Because sometimes, the biggest problem isn't a lack of ambition. It's simply not knowing where to begin.”
Before founding EduSail Abroad, Anand won funded PhD offers across three countries. Tap an offer to see where it led.
Weighing funded offers against each other is a decision Anand made himself, and it is one we now help every scholar make. How we help you compare offers
Founder & Director (EduSail Abroad)
Pawan leads the organizational vision, platform ecosystem, and strategic operations at EduSail Abroad. Driven by a commitment to transparency in inter...
Current: PhD Candidate, Boston University, United States
Anand Sahu is a PhD Candidate in Theoretical and Computational Chemistry at Boston University, USA, where his research involves AI and machine learnin...
Current: Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Barcelona, Spain
Dr. Sonam Chorol is currently a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Barcelona, Spain. Originally from Basgo, Leh Ladakh, Dr. Chorol obtained bot...
Our academic direction is led by Anand Sahu, a PhD candidate in Theoretical and Computational Chemistry at Boston University, USA, whose research involves AI and machine learning, who won funded PhD offers from Boston University, Washington State University, NYU Shanghai, and a university in the Czech Republic before choosing his program. That firsthand experience of weighing admissions systems against each other shapes how every scholar is guided, and Anand personally leads the academic direction of every application. He is also a winner of the Merck Innovation Cup 2026 in Germany (AI agent category; 42 participants from 18 countries). Mentors like Dr. Sonam Chorol (University of Barcelona), who also compared funded PhD offers across multiple countries before choosing where she went, extend that expertise through our academic advisor network. We work only in STEM (engineering, computer science, and the physical and life sciences), because that is where our own research experience lies.
EduSail Abroad provides end-to-end guidance for students who want to study abroad without paying tuition. From your first counseling session to the day you land in your new country, EduSail Abroad stays with you every step of the journey.
Profile evaluation and opportunity shortlisting, before you commit.
See the stagesApplication strategy, CV, SOP, LOR, research proposal and supervisor outreach.
See the stagesSubmissions, interview preparation and comparing funded offers.
See the stagesVisa preparation and settling in at your lab abroad.
See the stagesWe envision an India where studying abroad is not a privilege, but a possibility for every deserving student, regardless of financial background. Our goal is to create 10,000+ fully funded global scholars by the end of this decade, who will lead in research, technology, and innovation worldwide.
Every student who earns a scholarship through EduSail Abroad becomes part of a global movement, proof that merit still matters.
We focus only on fully funded programs, not paid admissions.
We maintain 100% transparency with no hidden fees or false promises.
We pair academic strategy with steady motivation to keep you confident through every stage.
We target up to ₹70 lakh in annual fellowship value per scholar (full tuition waiver + living stipends).
We guide not just for admission, but for long-term career impact abroad.
We keep intakes small, about 15 scholars per cohort, so every proposal gets 1:1 attention.
When you work with EduSail Abroad, you don’t just go abroad: you go fully funded, fully prepared, and fully confident.
“Every year, thousands of exceptionally talented Indian minds either give up on their global research ambitions or take crippling financial loans - simply because no one showed them that world-class PhDs are fully funded. We built EduSail Abroad to eliminate that information asymmetry: combining rigorous, researcher-led mentorship with technology to ensure that merit and research ambition, not financial privilege, define a scholar's global trajectory. Our mission is clear: to make fully-funded doctoral education abroad the standard, not the exception.”
- Pawan Kumar, Founder & Director, EduSail Abroad
