Next Chapter, Bengaluru
Everything between learning and the offer letter.
Next Chapter is an edtech company that builds student products, AI and e-learning around one belief: a certificate is not the finish line. Most of this industry stops there. We start there, with mentors who do the work, projects that ship, proof that holds up, applications done properly, and preparation for how companies actually hire.
We don’t promise placements. We prepare people for every step of earning one.
Verified organisation on the AICTE National Internship Portal
263 million
young Indians outside education who need meaningful work.
A generation is arriving at the job market at once. The systems that filter, assess and place them haven’t kept up.
Skills were never the only reason people don’t get hired.
11 million
graduates aged 20–29 were unemployed in 2023.
About 7%
of unemployed young graduates find permanent salaried work within a year.
Five steps to an offer. We work on all five.
Step 1 of 5
Learn
Where students usually get stuck
Recorded lectures, and no one checking whether any of it stuck.
What we do about it
Live, mentor-led training by working engineers, in the domain the student chooses, with recordings to go back to.
- Learning CenterLive
- NextStepComing soon
The offer
The last step belongs to the student. We don’t promise it. We prepare people for every step that leads to it.
Three months, and what you leave with.
Months 1–2
Training
- Live sessions, with recordings to go back to
- Mentors who are working engineers
- The domain you choose
- Corporate recruitment training (CRT) add-ons
Month 3
Real project work
- A minor project, on your own
- A major project, as a team
- Strong work can be built out and deployed with us
After
What you leave with
- Training certificate from Next Chapter Skills Private Limited, an MSME-registered company
- Internship certificate, signed by your mentor with their designation
- Lifetime access to the learning platform (LMS)
- A digital portfolio of your work
- Job assistance and live job-post channels, for as long as you need them
Domains
- Computer Science & IT
- ECE & EEE
- Civil & Mechanical
- Management
- Cloud
- AI
Who teaches.
Sri Bharathi Charan Chamarthy
Java Full Stack Mentor, TCS
Java Full Stack Development, 3 years
LinkedIn profile of Sri Bharathi Charan Chamarthy
Lakshmi Sai M
Python & AI/ML Mentor, Accenture
Python with AI & ML, AI Ecosystem, 2+ years
LinkedIn profile of Lakshmi Sai M
Harsha Vardhan C
Cyber Security Mentor, Cognizant
Cyber Security & Ethical Hacking, 4+ years
LinkedIn profile of Harsha Vardhan C
Venkata Pavan Rao Ongolu
IoT & VLSI Mentor, Bosch
IoT, VLSI, 3+ years in AI and VLSI digital design
LinkedIn profile of Venkata Pavan Rao OngoluGaneswari VR
Embedded Systems & Robotics Mentor, Bosch
Embedded Systems & Digital Robotics, 3+ years
LinkedIn profile of Ganeswari VRVamsi Siliveru
Web Development Mentor
Web Development, 2.5 years
Our mentors work at
Company names identify where our mentors are employed. They are not endorsements or partnerships.
What we build.
- Live, early access
ApplicantSpace
Step 4, Apply
One master resume, tailored to each job description in under a minute. Only real experience is rewritten.
About ApplicantSpace - Between seasons
Project Vertex
Step 2, Build
India’s National Product Innovation Challenge, with the workshops and hackathons that lead up to it.
About Project Vertex - Coming soon
NextStep
Step 1, Learn
A career roadmap that adjusts as hiring demand shifts, and flags the skill gap that matters most.
About NextStep
Student Startup Factory
The strongest projects from month three don’t stop there. Selected teams get hosting, a domain and deployment, guidance from our mentor network, and a path to launch through Project Vertex.
Work with colleges.
MOU partner, 2+ years
GUSAC, GITAM (Deemed to be University), Visakhapatnam
A long-term collaboration with GITAM's student activity council. Together we've hosted Shore Fest and technical workshops for GITAM students.
Title sponsor, 11th and 12th editions
Aarohan, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Bengaluru
Aarohan is the multi-level tech fest at Amrita's Bengaluru campus.
KL UniversityGen AI workshop with KL Radio 
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, BengaluruAarohan, 11th edition 
SRK CollegeHOD Connect 
Avinash College of CommerceSeminar 
SRK CollegeGen AI workshop seminar
How we work.
What we won’t do
- Guarantee placements, or imply it.
- Issue certificates just for attending.
- Show a logo or an endorsement we don’t hold.
Where we’re going.
Where a student studies shouldn’t decide whether they get hired. Every student in India should learn from people who do the work, build something that ships, prove it, and walk into any hiring process ready. We’re building the learning, the products and the campus partnerships to make that the standard, starting in Bengaluru and built for the whole country.
What we’re working on next
Launch NextStep
Give every student a readiness score and the one skill worth learning next.
Take student products to launch
Move the strongest Startup Factory projects from prototype to products people use.
Run the next season of Project Vertex
More workshops and hackathons on more campuses, leading to the national challenge.
Bring the Learning Center to more colleges
The same structure, mentors and certificates, for students wherever they study.