A successful pilot was conducted in Spring 2025 with Harvard Students mentoring 12th class students from tribal state of Meghalaya in India.
Beyond Boundaries is a mentorship-driven initiative helping brilliant students from vulnerable communities in India and the Global South take the next bold step in their lives. These are students with dreams in their eyes but little access to mentors, networks, or career guidance.
Through one-on-one mentorship by students and alumni of Harvard, MIT, Stanford, and other top global universities, the students from the developing world are gaining confidence, critical thinking skills, communication abilities, and most importantly, a sense that they can achieve anything in life.
We are building ladders of opportunity where walls once stood.
From guiding a student toward their first college application to helping them discover scholarships they never knew existed, mentorship is transforming lives—quietly but powerfully.
We are currently mentoring students from government schools in India, and plan to expand across many countries by next year.
But we can’t do it alone.
Your support will help us:
1. Build a dedicated mentorship platform
2. Provide skill-building toolkits to mentees
3. Fund college application and travel costs for students
4. Create a long-term alumni support network
5. Empower 5000 + students a year within 3 years
Every contribution—no matter how small—helps close the opportunity gap for students who need just one person to believe in them.
Be that person.
Support a student. Support a future. Support Beyond Boundaries.
With heartfelt thanks,
Team Beyond Boundaries
Our Story
The magic of Beyond Boundaries Initiative was born at Harvard Kennedy School — a place where lives are transformed.
During a Power and Influence class, Aarushi, a policy expert and a lifelong Redcross volunteer, shared her dream: to connect underserved high school students in India with mentors from Harvard and beyond. Having already reached over 35,000 rural students through her Know Thyself workshops, she knew the power of mentorship.
Himi, a public health expert who had worked at the grassroots in Rajasthan, India, instantly saw the potential of this vision and stepped forward to support. Many classmates volunteered as the first mentors, and the idea took flight.
Prajakta, an education policy expert, joined as a mentor in the initial cohort and witnessed the deep inner transformation mentorship could bring. Inspired, she became part of the founding team after Harvard graduation.
From that one classroom moment, a movement was born — to open doors of opportunity, nurture dreams, and transform lives.
Dr. Aarushi Jain
Senior Public Policy Leader, MC-MPA 2025, Edward S. Mason Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School
Dr. Himi Mathur
Public Health Expert, Doctoral Candidate, Harvard Chan School of Public Health
Prajakta Kharkar
Senior Policy Advisor, Education Policy and EdTech, Harvard JFK Fellow (MPA 2025), Harvard Canada Scholar, Economist
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