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Guidance that isn’t selling you something

College Charcha Online helps people choose an online degree in India without being sold to. We compare UGC-DEB entitled universities on fee, accreditation and outcome, publish the source behind every figure, and charge students nothing.

Four commitments we can be held to

We are paid by universities, and we say so. A university pays us a referral fee when a learner we introduced enrols. Students pay nothing. The fee is identical across the universities we work with, so no counsellor has a reason to steer you anywhere.

Every number on this site has a source. Fees come from published university schedules, rankings from NIRF, entitlement from the UGC-DEB list, and salary bands from alumni who tell us directly. Each carries the date it was last checked.

Unflattering reviews stay up. The charcha forum is not moderated for tone or for a university’s benefit. We remove personal attacks and spam. We do not remove a post because it costs a partner an admission.

We never publish a single overall score. A composite score hides the trade-off you actually have to make.

Learner stories

What changed, and by how much

Self-reported by learners who agreed to be named, with the before and after salary they gave us. Typical, not exceptional.

Amity Online

The programme gave me a structure I could follow while working. The flexibility kept me consistent, and I could apply most of it in my day job the same week.

Before Sales executive ₹20,000/mo
After Software engineer ₹62,000/mo
AN
Anita Verma

Bengaluru

Jain Online

Studying online meant I did not have to put my career on hold. The content was closer to what my industry actually does than I expected.

Before Product operations ₹32,000/mo
After Product manager ₹82,000/mo
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Rajeshwari Kumari

Pune

Chandigarh University

The guidance and the learning resources both held up. It made the move into a more creative role realistic rather than aspirational.

Before Field sales ₹25,000/mo
After Social media lead ₹45,000/mo
KU
Kumari Gautam

Delhi NCR

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