12 years, 4000+ admissions, and 30 countries later…
- Profile Strategy
- Bespoke Counseling
- Personal Brand Development
What We Do?
Athena was built for the ones who don't fit the template.
For the kids who care too much, dream too big, or don't know where they belong (yet). We help you turn all of that into something powerful.
We coach students to ditch the checkbox mindset and build something that actually matters, to them and to the world.
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The Road Not Taken
Athena is born, over coffee and big ideas. It is operated primarily by our two founders, Rahul & Poshak, from a modest basement office in Gurgaon.
First Flight
30+ enrollments. We begin expanding our team and host our very first banquet to bid farewell to Athena's batch of '16.
Laying Foundations
We enroll our first set of 9th graders. We also establish our first learning center to host sessions on scholar development and essay writing.
A Place of Our Own
We hit 70+ enrollments and relocate to an entirely renovated space on the first floor of Vatika Triangle in Gurgaon.
New Horizons
We hit a landmark of 100+ applicant enrollments. Our team grows to 75 employees and we expand to Mumbai and Bangalore locations.
Dreams to Reality
We break into double digits for Ivy League Admits and launch our in-house tech lab to mentor scholars on the cutting-edge of STEM. We welcome students from 20+ countries.
Turning the Page
We debut our very first book, The Ivy League Playbook, co-written by Co-Founder Rahul Subramaniam, Co-Founder Poshak Agrawal, and Creative Director Jared Griffin, published by Penguin India.
The Journey Continues
Today, Athena serves more than 500 scholars across 30 countries. We continue to grow our family and look forward to helping many more students achieve their aspirations of attending the world's best universities.
Who We Are
Our Founders
Poshak Agrawal
Princeton, 2012
Poshak began his education at DPS R.K. Puram, where he graduated in the top 1% and ran the Mathematics Society.
In 11th grade, he pulled off something never done before: he became the first student from India to snag a full scholarship to Stanford's prestigious SUMaC program.
Upon graduating, Poshak secured 100% scholarships from both Stanford and Princeton. At Princeton, he became President of the Entrepreneurship Club, leading innovative projects and commanding the respect of his esteemed peers.
Rahul Subramaniam
Princeton, 2011
Born and raised in Fremont, California, Rahul started stacking superpowers early, acing the SAT with a perfect score and getting into every Ivy League he applied to. He chose Princeton over Harvard, because real heroes go with their gut.
At Princeton, he dove into Politics and Political Economy, learning how power works and how to use it with purpose (he's now teaching our students this).
Before Athena, Rahul was already shaping futures, serving as Director of College Counseling at a top-tier firm in California. Then came the big move: he left the familiar behind, flew across the world, and co-founded Athena with Poshak.
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