Strategy Intern

*About Vedantu and this role *

Vedantu is one of India's leading K-12 learning companies, with offerings across grades 3 to 12, and is at the pre-IPO stage.The CEO's Office sets direction for the whole company. To do that well, it needs a sharp, current view of the market from the outside in: what competitors are building, how they are performing, where funding is flowing, and which new categories are opening up.

This role exists to build that muscle. You will own Vedantu's competitive intelligence, from first-principles research to presenting what it means for Vedantu to the leadership team.

*What you'll do *

• *Map the competitive landscape.

* Identify the key competitors in each of Vedantu's categories, from grade 3 to grade 12\.

• *Build and own a living competitor tracker.

* For every category, keep current each competitor's topline (revenue), bottomline (profit or burn), core strategy, and latest developments.

• *Do secondary research.

* Pull numbers and insights from company filings, annual reports, research databases, investor material and the news, and cross-check sources before trusting a figure.

• *Do primary research.

* Find and cold-reach industry experts, former employees, founders, educators and investors; set up and run interviews; and turn each one into crisp notes.

• *Stay on top of the news.

* Track ed-tech and Indian startup developments: product launches, regulatory changes, fundraises, M\&A, and emerging categories and opportunities.

• *Present to leadership every two weeks.

* Turn what you've found into a short readout on what changed and what it means for Vedantu.

*What you'll get *

• *A front-row seat in the CEO's Office

* of a pre-IPO company. See how strategic decisions are actually made.

• *Leadership exposure from week one.

* Present your work to the leadership team every two weeks.

• *Direct mentorship.

* Work one-on-one with the Chief of Staff to the CEO.

• *Real ownership.

* The tracker you build becomes an input to company strategy, not a side project.

• *A competitive stipend

* of ₹30,000–40,000 per month, with the option to extend the internship based on performance.

*Who we're looking for *

We care more about what you've done than where you study. You're a final-year or pre-final-year undergraduate from any discipline.

*You must have: *

• *Proof of market research.

* At least one internship, project or piece of work where you researched a market or company, such as a consulting or VC internship, a startup strategy project, an equity research report, or a published sector teardown.

• *Experience running interviews.

* You have spoken to customers, users or experts and turned those conversations into insight.

• *Confidence with cold outreach.

* You can get a stranger on a call through LinkedIn, email or your network.

• *Fluency with AI research tools.

* You use them to research faster, and you know where to double-check what they say.

• *Comfort with numbers.

* You can read a P\&L, find a company's revenue and profit or burn from public filings, and spot when figures don't add up.

• *Sharp synthesis.

* You can turn 20 data points into the 3 that matter and say clearly why.

• *Ownership and discretion.

* You keep things current without being chased, and you handle confidential information responsibly.

*Good to have: *

• Strong Excel or Google Sheets skills
• Interest in education or ed-tech
• Writing you've published (a blog, newsletter, or LinkedIn posts)