In today’s fast-moving digital era, education has never been more accessible—and yet, meaningful learning has never felt more fragile. Schools, tuition classes, coaching institutes, and online platforms are everywhere. Parents are investing heavily in their children’s education. Still, a silent crisis is unfolding inside Indian homes: children are losing the habit of self-study.
This is the problem that gave birth to Niyantran—India’s, and possibly the world’s, first structured Self-Study Management System.
The Hidden Crisis in Modern Education
Across India, parents share a common frustration.
Children attend school.
They go to tuition.
Homework gets completed.
Yet confidence drops, focus weakens, and academic performance gradually declines.
In early classes, many children score 90–95%. By middle school and higher classes, the same students often struggle to maintain 60–70%. This decline is frequently mistaken for a lack of intelligence. In reality, the root cause is far deeper.
Homework done is not the same as learning done.
Today, most children do not study independently. Parents pay school fees so teachers can assign homework—and then pay tuition fees so tutors can help complete that homework. Learning becomes outsourced. Over time, children forget how to sit, think, revise, and learn on their own.
Self-study—once the backbone of education—is slowly disappearing.
The Founder’s Journey: Kishore Kunal
Kishore Kunal, Founder & CEO of Niyantran, comes from Hajipur, Bihar—a region where education is both a hope and a struggle for many families.
A B.Tech graduate, Kishore began his professional journey with leading organisations such as BYJU’S and L&T, gaining exposure to large-scale systems, sales psychology, and operational discipline. However, his most valuable learning came from the ground.
Alongside his corporate experience, he successfully ran schools in both rural and urban areas, interacting daily with parents, teachers, and students. Over time, he observed a disturbing pattern:
- Parents were deeply concerned but helpless
- Teachers were overburdened
- Children were becoming dependent, distracted, and anxious
- Mobile phones were replacing books
- Discipline was replaced by pressure
This was not a syllabus problem.
This was not a teaching problem.
This was a habit problem.
For over four years, Kishore studied parent behaviour, student psychology, academic decline patterns, and discipline systems. The conclusion was clear:
India doesn’t need more coaching.
India needs a system that teaches children how to study.
The Birth of Niyantran
The word “Niyantran” means control, discipline, and regulation. The idea was simple yet powerful:
to bring discipline back into a child’s daily academic life—without pressure, fear, or force.
Niyantran was designed not as a tuition platform, but as a Self-Study Management Ecosystem.
Children are not taught subjects.
They are taught how to manage study time, focus, routine, and accountability.
The Co-Founder & Leadership Team
Niyantran is co-founded by Keshav Raj, a B.Tech graduate, who leads execution, scaling, and operational alignment. Together, Kishore and Keshav are building Niyantran on one core belief:
Systems outperform motivation.
The technology backbone is led by Rakesh Ranjan, CTO of Niyantran, who is developing the digital framework for mentoring, monitoring, reporting, and scalability.
Today, Niyantran operates with:
- 50+ Business Development Associates
- 8 Team Leads
- 4 Managers
- Dedicated HR and Operations teams
All aligned around one mission: restore self-study as a life skill.
What Makes Niyantran Different
Each child is assigned a personal online mentor, who works with the student five days a week. The mentor does not teach chapters. Instead, they focus on:
- Building daily study discipline
- Creating personalised routines
- Reducing mobile and distraction dependency
- Improving writing, revision, and focus
- Tracking consistency, effort, and progress
Parents receive real-time updates, WhatsApp notifications, and end-of-day study reports. There is complete transparency—no guessing, no waiting for exam results.
Niyantran ensures a minimum of 10 hours of pure self-study every week, excluding school, tuition, and homework.
The 30–60–90 Day Impact Model
- First 30 Days: Sitting habit develops, resistance reduces, routine stabilises
- 60 Days: Focus improves, confidence builds, anxiety decreases
- 90 Days: Self-discipline becomes natural, academic independence emerges
This is not short-term motivation.
This is habit engineering.
A Contribution Toward India’s Future
Niyantran is not just an ed-tech startup—it is a discipline-first education reform.
By rebuilding self-study habits at the grassroots level, Niyantran contributes toward India’s vision of becoming a Vishwaguru—a nation known not just for talent, but for disciplined learners who can think independently.
Growing Trust from Parents
Niyantran has already earned the trust of 1,000+ parents, who report visible improvements not only in marks, but in their child’s confidence, behaviour, and attitude toward learning.
Parents no longer need to sit beside their children daily. The system works even when they are busy—because discipline does not depend on reminders.
Looking Ahead
The vision of Niyantran is clear:
to make self-study a lifelong habit for every child.
As education evolves, Niyantran stands at the intersection of human mentoring, behavioural science, and digital support—proving that the future of learning is not more content, but better systems.
🔗 For more information, visit:http://niyantran.in/
About the Founder
Kishore Kunal is the Founder & CEO of Niyantran, an education reform initiative focused on building self-study discipline in students from Class 3 to 12. With experience at BYJU’S, L&T, and school leadership across rural and urban India, he is on a mission to bring discipline back into learning.
