Nobody taught us this stuff either.

The problem

Here's something we noticed: the students around us are not short on ability. They're short on information.

College is great at teaching the syllabus. But nobody tells you how to actually reach out to an alum, what a cold email should say, which rooms are worth being in, or how the people two years ahead of you got where they are. That knowledge exists. It's just scattered across group chats you're not in, seniors you've never met, and websites you've never heard of.

So most of us default to what's in front of us: attend classes, write exams, repeat. Then final year arrives and everyone's scrambling to “build a profile” in six months. It's not a talent gap. It's an access gap.

What we're doing about it

The Roundtable is our answer: one place where all of that scattered knowledge gets collected and shared, student to student. We're deliberately keeping it small and useful rather than big and impressive:

• Peers worth knowing. The other students at college who are serious about your field, which is harder to find than it should be.
• Circles. Three groups (finance, marketing, entrepreneurship) so you're learning alongside people chasing the same thing.
• Masterclasses. Honest sessions with seniors and alumni who've done the thing you're trying to do, always ending in open Q&A.
• The community itself. The people you'd never have met otherwise, which is the part that actually compounds.

We'd rather do these four things properly than list twenty features that don't exist yet. When we add something new, it will be because members asked for it and we can actually run it.

Why “The Roundtable”?

At a round table nobody sits at the head. First-years and final-years, toppers and backbenchers. Everyone sits as equals, everyone shares what they know, and everyone leaves knowing more than they came with. That's the whole idea.

Who runs this?

Students. That's it. No company, no fees, no catch. We started this because we wished it existed when we were freshers, and we run it for the version of us that didn't know where to look. We are based in Mumbai and started at our own college, though if you are somewhere else, apply anyway and we will tell you when your city opens.

Questions? Reach us at theroundtable0128@gmail.com.