Education Abroad Counselling Centre

You can find us at Vile Parle East 208 A in the West Wing of the Shyam Kamal building. It’s a bit of a walk up, but we’re here most days from morning until evening. At Education Abroad Counselling Centre, we spend a lot of time looking at maps and talking about places far away. The office has piles of folders on every flat surface. Sometimes it feels like we are drowning in visa forms and university catalogs. It isn't a high-tech place. We have our computers and a printer that jams if you put too much paper in at once. We talk to a lot of families who are worried about sending their kids away for school. It’s a lot of explaining the same things over and over, but we don't mind. It’s just the nature of the job. The building itself is older, and you can hear the neighbors through the walls sometimes. We have a small kettle in the corner for making tea, which is basically what keeps us going through the long afternoons. Vile Parle is a busy area, so there’s always something happening outside. We don't have a big sign out front, just the name on the door. It’s a simple setup for a simple purpose. We just show up and help out whoever walks in. The Shyam Kamal building has history and the floors creak when you walk down the hallway. It’s got character, I suppose.