Cohort 101 · Starts 13 June 2026

Cohort to get your consulting| journey started

Build your consulting fundamentals. Learn from McKinsey, BCG, and Bain consultants in a four-week live cohort.

Merit-cum-Need-Based Scholarship available on application & evaluation
4.9 out of 5 rating from 2,000+ candidates

Our candidates have received offers from

McKinsey & Company
Bain & Company
Boston Consulting Group
Kearney
Strategy&
EY Parthenon
McKinsey & Company
Bain & Company
Boston Consulting Group
Kearney
Strategy&
EY Parthenon

Building the fundamentals of consulting and building a strong foundation

Everything you get inside the cohort, designed to take you from zero to interview-ready.

Live Cohort

20 hours of learning live sessions

Eight live classes over four weekends, taught in real time by McKinsey, BCG and Bain consultants. Ask questions live, work through cases together, leave with frameworks you actually internalised.

8 live classes
4 focused weekends
Taught by MBB consultants
Live peer practice
1:1

Sessions with MBB consultants

Personalised mock interview and feedback time with a consultant from McKinsey, BCG or Bain.

15+

Live cases

Profitability, market entry, pricing, M&A and unconventional cases solved together in class.

Full Preparation Library

Pro+ subscription access

700+ exercises, drills, video courses and case banks. Practise on your own schedule, anytime.

Peer-to-peer connect with global peers

Practise cases, swap notes and stay accountable with cohort-mates from across the world.

Live cohort, capped seatsOpen to candidates worldwide

Who is this for?

Built for people serious about building consulting fundamentals from the ground up.

Undergraduate students

Get a head start on case fundamentals before campus placements and consulting club selections.

Early-career professionals

Build the structured-thinking and case skills you need to break into consulting from your first job.

MBA aspirants and students

Prepare for summer internship and full-time recruiting at MBB and Tier-1 consulting firms.

Past mentors

MBB consultants from McKinsey, BCG and Bain who've guided previous cohorts.

Aparajita Subramanian

Aparajita Subramanian

Senior Associate, BCG

BCG
Kritika Jalan

Kritika Jalan

Senior Associate Consultant, Bain

Bain
Nikhil Nair

Nikhil Nair

Consultant, Bain

Bain
Siddharth Panpaliya

Siddharth Panpaliya

Consultant, BCG

BCG
Thaman Veer

Thaman Veer

Senior Associate Consultant, Bain

Bain
Vikram Gunda

Vikram Gunda

Director, Oliver Wyman

BCG
Aman Tomar

Aman Tomar

Consultant, BCG

BCG
Astha Maloo

Astha Maloo

Consultant, Bain

Bain

Our candidates have received offers from

McKinsey & Company
Bain & Company
Boston Consulting Group
Kearney
Strategy&
EY Parthenon
McKinsey & Company
Bain & Company
Boston Consulting Group
Kearney
Strategy&
EY Parthenon
Scholarship availableCohort starts 13 June 2026

Merit-cum-Need-Based Scholarships open for this cohort

Submit a short application. Our team reviews every candidate on academic merit and financial need, and gets back to you within two days with a decision.

Cohort Curriculum

Cohort kicks off 13 June 2026. Eight live sessions across four focused weekends, every session 6:00–8:00 PM IST, plus a bonus session on building a consulting-grade CV.

All sessions are live, 6:00 – 8:00 PM IST
WeekDayTopic
1
Saturday
6:00 – 8:00 PM IST
Kick-off and Induction + Platform Introduction + Introduction to Consulting

Meet your cohort and mentors, get a guided walkthrough of the GradNext platform, and unpack what consulting really involves: the work, the firms and the interview funnel.

Sunday
6:00 – 8:00 PM IST
How to Approach Cases?

Build a repeatable mental model for cracking any case: clarifying questions, structure-first thinking, hypothesis-driven analysis and a clear recommendation.

2
Saturday
6:00 – 8:00 PM IST
Guesstimates + Live Case Example + Peer Practice

Master market-sizing and estimation under pressure. Watch a mentor solve a guesstimate live, then practise one yourself with a cohort peer and structured feedback.

Sunday
6:00 – 8:00 PM IST
Profitability + Live Case Example + Peer Practice

Apply the profit = revenue − cost framework to real-world cases. Live solve, then partner-up to drill an MBB-style profitability case end to end.

3
Saturday
6:00 – 8:00 PM IST
Market Entry Cases + Live Case Example + Peer Practice

Learn to evaluate new-market opportunities: market attractiveness, capability fit, entry mode and risk. Live case followed by a peer-led practice round.

Sunday
6:00 – 8:00 PM IST
Pricing & Growth + Live Case Example + Peer Practice

Cover pricing strategies (cost-plus, value-based, competitive) and growth levers across product, channel and geography. Live solve plus peer practice.

4
Saturday
6:00 – 8:00 PM IST
M&A + Live Case Example + Peer Practice

Walk through the M&A diligence framework: strategic rationale, market & target attractiveness, synergies and deal economics. Live case and peer practice.

Sunday
6:00 – 8:00 PM IST
Unconventional + Live Case Example + Peer Practice

Tackle the off-script cases that catch candidates off-guard: operations, public-sector, behavioural-economics styled prompts and creative briefs. Live solve plus a final peer practice round.

Bonus
Bonus session
How to build a consulting CV

A walkthrough of what makes a consulting-grade resume: structure, impact-first bullet writing, signal-rich one-liners and the patterns recruiters actually screen for.

Scholarship availableCohort starts 13 June 2026

Merit-cum-Need-Based Scholarships open for this cohort

Submit a short application. Our team reviews every candidate on academic merit and financial need, and gets back to you within two days with a decision.

Pricing · Cohort starts 13 June 2026

Pick the plan that fits your goals.

Every tier is designed to land you in consulting. Choose how much 1:1 support you want.

Cohort Premium

₹25,000
  • 20+ Hours of Live Sessions
  • 15+ Live Cases
  • 1:1 Practice Sessions with Global Peers
  • 1 1:1 coaching session
  • 1 strategy call
  • Full course recordings library
  • All drills & practice exercises
  • Full case interview materials

Cohort Elite

₹25,000
  • 20+ Hours of Live Sessions
  • 15+ Live Cases
  • 1:1 Practice Sessions with Global Peers
  • 3 1:1 coaching sessions
  • 2 strategy calls
  • Full course recordings library
  • All drills & practice exercises
  • Full case interview materials

Success stories from our cohort

Hear from candidates who landed offers at MBB and Tier-1 firms

"Kashish and the team are truly the best mentors anyone could have for consulting prep. Every session with them was filled with valuable insights and learnings. They made sure that ..."

Jasmeet Kaur

Jasmeet Kaur

Accenture Strategy

"The session was well-structured, making it easy to follow and understand. Kashish provided clear, targeted answers to each question, guiding me toward the right approach and helpin..."

Mohit Jain

Mohit Jain

BCG

"Great experience with Gradnext. I'd strongly recommend it to anyone looking to sharpen their case and interview skills. What stood out: - Clear, actionable feedback after every ca..."

Vaibhav Sinha

Vaibhav Sinha

BCG

"As someone who used to underestimate himself at every point & dealt with the infamous impostor syndrome, the journey with the GradNext team has been a transformational one. From th..."

Mayank Medhavi

Mayank Medhavi

YCP

"It's a very smooth experience. The major advantage with the program is the availability of quality resources for casing with streamlined process. Given my busy schedules made it ea..."

Vamsi Teja

Vamsi Teja

BCG

"Gradnext has been super helpful, I did a few cases with the team and appreciated the detailed feedback. I only had a couple of days to prepare for my first interview and I apprecia..."

Harsh Nagle

Harsh Nagle

Bain & Company

"The experience was extremely helpful. The mentor communicated my weaknesses and strength in depth. He also provided me with useful insights"

Ananya

Ananya

Bain & Company

"I got the offer from McKinsey! The last 2 weeks were nothing short of momentous with lots of highs and lows, I'm really glad I made that leap of faith and called you up, each case ..."

Vinay Mehta

Vinay Mehta

McKinsey & Company

"Kashish conducted mock case interviews for me. The cases were challenging and very similar to what is asked in actual MDP/Partner rounds at MBB. This is especially helpful if you w..."

Sumona Nag

Sumona Nag

BCG

"Kashish and the whole grad next helped me from step 1, in the process of building confidence and they gave me the competitive edge over the rest of my cohort. Really grateful to al..."

Karthik Ramasubramanian

Karthik Ramasubramanian

BCG

"When a sudden interview invitation came my way, I knew I needed to get back into interview shape quickly. Even with my past consulting experience and MBA case prep, I felt quite ru..."

Pranav Kapoor

Pranav Kapoor

Mastercard Advisors

"gradnext and the whole team have been super supportive throughout the case preparation phase. Kashish understands your needs and connects you with the right mentors who not only he..."

Prabhnoor Bhatia

Prabhnoor Bhatia

BCG

"Thanks Gradnext team for all preparation for interviews - building my concepts and practising with me various case interviews. It helped build my muscle and confidence for cases wh..."

Kanika

Kanika

Arthur D. Little

"1. Really appreciate the over delivery of a session towards the end 2. Kashish genuinely cared about helping and wanting to see me do well which really stood out to me 3. Immensely..."

Radha Hardas

Radha Hardas

Accenture Strategy

"I think each consultant was different and had a different approach so the tips and strategies were very unique and showed a personal journey. The schedule was very adaptive to my p..."

Rabjeet Chhabra

Rabjeet Chhabra

Deecon

"gradnext was a huge help in my consulting prep journey. Their mock interviews gave me the structure and confidence I needed, and the detailed feedback helped me improve with each s..."

Raika

Raika

BCG

"With just one week to prepare for my case and fit interviews, I knew I had to be strategic. Having been out of touch with case solving for over 1.5 years since graduating from B-sc..."

Anuj Balodi

Anuj Balodi

BCG

"Kashish has been a mentor to me for the past two years. He's never failed to make time, despite the time difference, in case prepping and preparing me for different interviews at t..."

Megan Valderio

Megan Valderio

EY Parthenon

"I had a great experience with gradnext! I was referred to gradnext by Mahika, who had worked with them and received an offer herself so proof of delivery was there. Bit of backgrou..."

Anshul Saxena

Anshul Saxena

BCG

"Very helpful in terms of getting to know the areas to work upon and how exactly can I work upon them"

Suyash Ranjan

Suyash Ranjan

Bain & Company

"The sessions were planned really well, with enough breadth and depth of case frameworks. Kashish and his team delivered sessions that were easy to grasp, engaging and genuinely ins..."

Himank Wadhwa

Himank Wadhwa

Accenture Strategy

"Kashish was a true pillar of support throughout my prep process. I definitely owe a huge part of my convert to him! From resume reviews to case prep his inputs at each stage were ..."

Avni Shah

Avni Shah

BCG

"It has been very helpful. They all are very motivating and super invested in your success. The last minute sessions were very proactively scheduled."

Megha Aggarwal

Megha Aggarwal

BCG

"The biggest strength is definitely the access to a large pool of consultants already working at top firms. You know they've been through the process themselves, so you can trust th..."

Aneesh Dubey

Aneesh Dubey

YCP

"Thank you so much team for helping me turn this into reality! Gradnext is truly the best in the game, and it has been my absolute pleasure to be working with the team. None of thi..."

Mahika Nahata

Mahika Nahata

BCG

"I have always had deep respect for Kashish, having seen his inspiring professional journey since our undergrad days. Knowing his standards and commitment, I was confident that Grad..."

Gautham Krishna

Gautham Krishna

BCG

"The process is great, Gradnext team takes you through each step of the process in a detailed manner, is always open to discuss things on a short notice which helps clarifying cruci..."

Shubh Chadha

Shubh Chadha

BCG

"I had a great experience working with the grad next to prepare for my case interviews. The support and guidance I received were instrumental in improving both my confidence and my ..."

Dinesh M

Dinesh M

McKinsey & Company

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about the cohort. Cohort starts 13 June 2026.