Guided research

program

Book one-on-one calls with our selected mentors to pursue your individualised research project in Computer Science, Politics and International Relations, Economics, Public Policy, Health and a range of other subjects.

Meant for hidden young scholars who are looking to develop their research profiles in their respective fields, the Guided Research Program at Kuhiro Class is run by mentors who are currently pursuing their PhDs or are researchers at some of the world's best universities.

In our partnership with ITHAKA, the parent company behind JSTOR, we also provide you with access to millions of journal publications and a range of primary and secondary sources to aid you in your research endeavours.

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Use your Kuhiro Class membership to access the largest collection of primary sources and more than 500,000 scholarly articles across the JSTOR network.

Mentors

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Urbi Chhaterjee

Alma Mater: Ashoka University

Expertise: Academic and professional writing

Urbi Chatterjee is an independent writer, translator and educator, with over a decade's teaching experience with students across ages. She provides English language communication coaching and career mentorship to young professionals at Urbi's Language and Mentorship. For the past 3 years, she has been helping students with their college application essays and resumes, working together to craft compelling narratives that encompass their experiences and aspirations.

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Ayush Shah

Alma Mater: Ashoka University | School of International Studies, JNU

Expertise: Acaedmic writing, International Trade, Political Economy, Theories in IR

Ayush is a graduate from the School of International Studies at JNU, New Delhi. His most recent works have focused on migration, supply chains and security studies. He previously worked as an investigator for the Mintz Group in Mumbai, helping create classified reports on corruption. sanctions impacts, and trade policy. He also has experience working as a researcher for the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation.

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Roshni Jain

Alma Mater: University of St Andrews

Expertise: Environment and International Relations, Political Economy

Roshani is a researcher with the Observer Research Foundation. She is passionate about the intersection of international relations and environmental resource sharing between neighbouring countries.
She was awarded a Master of Letters with distinction from the University of St Andrews in Diplomacy and Peacebuilding. With a wide academic background spanning psychology, environmental studies, and international relations, Roshani is committed to make meaningful change through conscientious policy making in the field of climate diplomacy.

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Ayush Shah

Alma Mater: Phd School of International Studies, JNU

Expertise: International Trade, Political Economy, Theories in IR

Ayush is a graduate from the School of International Studies at JNU, New Delhi. His most recent works have focused on migration, supply chains and security studies. He previously worked as an investigator for the Mintz Group in Mumbai, helping create classified reports on corruption. sanctions impacts, and trade policy. He also has experience working as a researcher for the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation.

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Gurmat Singh Brar

Alma Mater: Phd History, University of Oxford

Expertise: International Trade, Political Economy, Theories in IR

Gurmat Singh Brar is a Phd researcher at the University of Oxford and was awarded the Felix Scholarship to study Political Sciences at Oxford University. He graduated as valedictorian at Ashoka University and completed his thesis on ‘Democracy, Religion and the State: Sikh Reformation and the Creation of the SGPC ’ under Prof. Pratap Bhanu Mehta.

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Astha Wagle

Alma Mater: University of Oxford

Expertise: Environmental Economics, Business, Decarbonization

Currently is a PhD Candidate in Economics at the University of Oxford.

She completed her graduate degree in Environmental Economics at the London School of Economics and has previously worked for the Smith School of Entrepreneurship.

She completed her bachelor's degree and a diploma in advanced studies and research from Ashoka University.

She has also held the role of a Staff Research Associate at the Confederation of Nepalese Industries where she conducted research on Nepal's trade and investment environments.

Pradhyumna Wagle

Alma Mater: Cornell University | Cornell Health Policy Center

Expertise: Data Science, Healthcare, Public Policy

He has completed his masters in applied Economics at Cornell University.

Previously a student at Howard University where he completed his Bachelors degree in Economics with a Summa Cum Laude honors from Rampo College in New Jersey.

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Aditi Palit

Alma Mater: Indian Institute of Technology | Adobe Expertise: Visual Computing, Federated Learning, Machine Learning, AI, Diffusion models

She is a fourth-year PhD candidate in Computer Science at IIT Tirupati, specialising in federated learning, privacy-preserving algorithms, and decentralised data processing. She has research experience with Adobe and Ericsson, focusing on diffusion models, synthetic data strategies, and federated learning optimisation.

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Pradhyumna Wagle

Alma Mater: Cornell University | Cornell Health Policy Center

Expertise: Data Science, Healthcare, Public Policy

He has completed his masters in applied Economics at Cornell University.

Previously a student at Howard University where he completed his Bachelors degree in Economics with a Summa Cum Laude honors from Rampo College in New Jersey.

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Balbeer Singh

Alma Mater: Indian Institute of Technology

Expertise: String Theory, black hole physics, Physics in computing

Currently pursuing a PhD in Physics at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, Balbeer Singh brings a strong interdisciplinary foundation in both mathematics and physics. His research focuses on theoretical physics, with particular interest in string theory and black hole physics—areas that challenge the frontiers of scientific understanding.

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Ishan Mishra

Alma Mater: Indian Institute of Technology

Expertise: Machine Learning, Transfer Learning

A PhD scholar in Computer Science at IIT Jodhpur, specializing in AI and machine learning, with recent experience as a Research Support Specialist at the University at Buffalo. His work spans deep learning, federated learning, and out-of-distribution detection, with multiple publications in these areas.

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Alexander Dmitriev

Alma Mater: SPPU

Expertise: Clinical studies in Ayurveda

Dr. Alexander Dmitriev is an Ayurvedic physician and researcher holding a BAMS and MD (Ayu). He currently serves as a Research Fellow at Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) and collaborates with the World Health Organization (WHO). Recently, the WHO Regional Office in Turkmenistan invited him to design a course for the faculty at Turkmen Medical State University—a project that deepened his engagement with research methodology and statistics.

Passionate about demystifying complex concepts, Dr. Dmitriev now shares accessible, “simplified” insights on research and statistics, particularly in the context of medicine. His work emphasizes that while his examples may come from healthcare, the principles of scientific inquiry remain universal across disciplines.

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Bidit Bhattarai

Alma Mater: Harvard Medical School

Expertise: clinical research methods, biostatistics, study design

itika Nara is a PhD researcher in cancer sciences at the University of Glasgow who 'hacked' our Instagram account last week. The Cancer Research UK Scotland Centre funded her doctoral research on pancreatic cancer. Before moving on to a PhD, Nara completed her Master’s in Cancer at University College London and Bachelor’s in Science at Ashoka University in India. In her free time, Nara enjoys poetry, football, reruns of her favourite tv shows, and long walks by the river Kelvin in Glasgow.

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Ritika Nara

Alma Mater: University of Glasgow, Cancer Research UK

Expertise: Medical Imaging, Cancer Cell

itika Nara is a PhD researcher in cancer sciences at the University of Glasgow who 'hacked' our Instagram account last week. The Cancer Research UK Scotland Centre funded her doctoral research on pancreatic cancer. Before moving on to a PhD, Nara completed her Master’s in Cancer at University College London and Bachelor’s in Science at Ashoka University in India. In her free time, Nara enjoys poetry, football, reruns of her favourite tv shows, and long walks by the river Kelvin in Glasgow.

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Jeenus Shrestha

Alma Mater: UC Berkley

Expertise: Urban Planning, Architecture, Development, and Cultural Preservation

Can help students at the high school, gap year and undergraduate level only.

Ayush is a graduate from the School of International Studies at JNU, New Delhi. His most recent works have focused on migration, supply chains and security studies. He previously worked as an investigator for the Mintz Group in Mumbai, helping create classified reports on corruption. sanctions impacts, and trade policy. He also has experience working as a researcher for the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation.

How it works

Phase 1 | (Months 1-2) | 8-10 hours

You will work with your mentor to narrow down a topic of interest and identify the right resources to read and understand. Once you are ready, they will also help you identify suitable calls for papers in journals and conferences aligned with your background and goals. Your mentor will also help you identify a suitable methodology to pursue your research.

Phase 2 | (Months 2-4) | 8-10 hours

Use this time to conduct surveys, literature reviews, or experiments, and begin drafting your research paper under your mentor’s guidance. You may also spend some sessions learning the data tools best suited to your project. Your mentor is only a booking away whenever you need support.

Phase 3 | (Months 4 onwards) | 8-10 hours

Present a final draft of your paper to your mentor for approval before submission. When revision requests arrive from the journal, work with your mentor to address them—or use your remaining hours to begin your next paper.

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A limited number of scholarships up to 100% are available for outstanding applicants. These scholarships are based on a first profile assessment conducted by our mentor team and based on your GPA, work experience (for graduate applicants, extracurriculars, and financial need.

Payment Structure

Enrollment in this program is facilitated through the Kuhiro Class Credit system. Mentor sessions are billed at a rate of 10 credits per hour. Mentor sessions are typically priced at approximately 10 credits per hour; however, credit requirements may vary depending on the mentor’s experience, specialisation, and demand.

Upon initial enrollment, students are required to commit to a minimum of 20 hours of mentorship.

This initial commitment may be fulfilled through a purchase of 200 credits, priced at NPR 88,000 or INR 55,000, which corresponds to 20 hours of allocated mentor time.

You may choose to then add additional credits to your account based on your requirements at NPR 440 / INR 275 / USD 2.5 per credit.