What is Dheya Mentor University?

Mentor University is Dheya's training and supervision institution for career mentors. Its 16-week core curriculum moves from human development and RAPD™ foundations through the 7D model, the world of work, possibility mapping, practical mentoring skills, and supervised application.

Who is eligible to join a Mentor University batch?

Practising psychologists, career counsellors, educators, HR professionals, and industry leaders. Applicants pass identity verification, professional reference checks, and a background review before joining a cohort. Batches open quarterly.

How long does the programme take?

The core curriculum runs for 16 weeks. A Youth or Professional specialisation adds focused learning beyond the core, while later certification levels are earned through demonstrated mentoring practice, leadership, and trainer development.

How is mentor capability developed and assessed?

Learning combines structured concepts, applied tools, reflection, supervised mentoring, peer feedback, and progressive evidence of practice. Higher levels add specialisation, leadership, contribution to mentor development, and observed training capability.

How do Mentor University graduates earn?

Four revenue lines feed off one demand pipeline: direct sessions, School Connect cohorts, referrals, and a volume bonus. Actual earnings depend on tier, availability, and specialisation; the full model is shared transparently during onboarding.

Which assessments do Dheya mentors use?

Mentors are trained only on Dheya's own instrumentation — RAPD™ for behavioural patterns, plus QPA, 4Q, and FUTURES™. We do not resell generic off-the-shelf personality inventories, and no mentor delivers a tool they were not trained and supervised on.

What does career mentor training cover?

The 16-week core covers mentoring foundations, the 7D model, RAPD™ and QPA, the world of work, possibility mapping, communication, development planning, and applied practice. Mentors can then deepen their work through a Youth or Professional specialisation.

How do I get a mentor certification in India?

Apply to a Dheya Mentor University batch, complete the required learning and assessments, and demonstrate your skills through supervised mentoring. The pathway then progresses from Certified Mentor to Expert Mentor, Master Mentor, and Accredited Trainer as your practice and contribution grow.

How much does Dheya mentor certification cost?

The Youth career mentor Tier 1 certification is Rs 25,000 + 18% GST (Rs 29,500 total). The combined Youth + Professional career mentoring programme covering Tier 1 and Tier 2 is Rs 40,000 + 18% GST (Rs 47,200 total). Fees are confirmed in writing before you commit to a batch.

How much can a certified career mentor earn?

Dheya publishes no average mentor income. Earnings depend on your fee, your case load and your specialisation, which is why the page carries a calculator you drive with your own numbers instead of a claim. Rates, platform share and payout mechanics are confirmed in writing during onboarding.

Mentor University

Training career mentors India can be held accountable to

Mentor University is Dheya's structured training and supervision pathway. Its 16-week curriculum combines Indian philosophy, behavioural assessment, the 7D Mentoring Model, the world of work, and applied practice before a mentor progresses through four earned levels.

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TL;DR · Summary at a glance

Mentor University at a glance

What it is: Dheya's training and supervision institution for career mentors
Core learning: A 16-week journey from foundations to applied mentoring practice
Pathway: Certified Mentor → Expert Mentor → Master Mentor → Accredited Trainer
Frameworks: Swabhava, Swadharma, RAPD™, QPA, and the 7D Mentoring Model
Specialisations: Youth Mentoring or Professional Mentoring
Earnings: Four revenue lines fed by Dheya's demand pipeline

What the programme is built on

Curriculum

A 16-week journey from human nature and RAPD™ foundations to the 7D model, career possibilities, mentoring skills, and applied practice.

Assessment

Capability is built through knowledge checks, reflection, supervised sessions, peer feedback, case evidence, and observed practice.

Supervision

Mentors begin with observed and supervised work, then take on greater responsibility as their judgement and practice mature.

Practice economics

Four revenue lines — sessions, School Connect, referrals, and a volume bonus — fed by Dheya's demand pipeline instead of your own cold outreach.

16-week core curriculum

What you learn — and why it matters

Six connected phases move from understanding people to guiding purposeful action. This is the top-level journey. See the full curriculum with module details — verify your email to unlock it.

Phase 1
Foundation
Weeks 1–4
Why: A mentor needs a sound understanding of human nature before guiding another person's choices.
What: Mentoring purpose, Swabhava and Swadharma, positive psychology, psychometrics, and RAPD™ foundations.
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Phase 2
Mentoring Model
Weeks 5–8
Why: A repeatable method makes mentoring purposeful, consistent, and accountable.
What: The 7D journey, RAPD™ behavioural interpretation, QPA, and adapting your mentoring style.
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Phase 3
World of Work
Weeks 9–11
Why: Useful career guidance must reflect how work, industries, and opportunities actually operate.
What: The anatomy and modes of work, career environments, the Dheya alignment model, and the future of work.
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Phase 4
World of Possibilities
Weeks 11–12
Why: People need to see meaningful possibilities before they can make a confident choice.
What: Possibility thinking and mapping, aspiration building, and integrated career and life planning.
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Phase 5
Mentoring Skills
Weeks 13–14
Why: Framework knowledge creates value only when it becomes an effective mentoring conversation.
What: Communication, advanced 7D application, personalised development planning, research, and long-term support.
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Phase 6
Development Practicum
Weeks 15–16
Why: A mentor must demonstrate the ability to turn insight into action and sustained progress.
What: Action plans, opportunity development, milestone reviews, future readiness, and motivation.
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Choose where you want to make an impact

Youth Mentoring

Why: Students need age-appropriate guidance that includes their education, family, and transition to adulthood.

What: Career exploration, development planning, parent conversations, ongoing handholding, and anxiety-sensitive support.

Professional Mentoring

Why: Working adults face career-stage, workplace, identity, and transition questions that require a different approach.

What: Career stages, workplace realities, asset analysis, possibility mapping, identity, and career transitions.

How mentors earn

Direct sessions

Per-session honorarium for client mentor work, paid monthly.

School Connect

Annuity revenue for every cohort run with a partner school in your region.

Referrals

Trail revenue on every family or institution you bring into the Dheya network.

Volume bonus

Quarterly bonus pool for mentors above a sustained case-load threshold.

Rates and payout mechanics are shared in writing during onboarding — before you commit to a batch.

The four-level certification pathway

Each level marks a meaningful shift in capability — from supervised practice to professional mastery, leadership, and training others.

Level 1
Certified Mentor
Entry certification
Why: Build the essential knowledge and supervised confidence to begin structured career-mentoring practice.
What: Foundation and Mentoring Model learning, knowledge assessment, supervised sessions, peer feedback, and reflective practice.
Level 2
Expert Mentor
Professional mastery
Why: Deepen your ability through a chosen field of practice and repeated complete mentee journeys.
What: A Youth or Professional specialisation, sustained casework, advanced skills, and evidence-based reflection on mentoring impact.
Level 3
Master Mentor
Leadership level
Why: Move from accomplished practitioner to a leader who strengthens the quality of the wider mentor community.
What: Both specialisations, complex and diverse casework, published case learning, and development of newer mentors.
Level 4
Accredited Trainer
Trainer of trainers
Why: Prepare proven Master Mentors to protect standards while developing the next generation of practitioners.
What: Train-the-trainer practice, observed teaching, mentor assessment and certification, curriculum contribution, and ongoing development.

Certification fees

Two ways to certify. Fees are quoted exclusive of GST; the invoice shows GST at 18%.

Tier 1

Youth career mentor certification

₹25,000 + 18% GST

₹29,500 inclusive of GST

Foundation curriculum with RAPD™ learning, supervised practice, and the Youth Mentoring specialisation for work with school and college students.

Tier 1 + Tier 2

Youth + Professional career mentoring programme

₹40,000 + 18% GST

₹47,200 inclusive of GST

The full pathway — foundation plus the Professional specialisation track — so you can mentor mid-career and senior professionals as well as students.

Full fee breakdown and October 2026 dates

Next batches

Upcoming mentor certification batch dates

Batches are capped so supervision stays real. Dates and seats are kept current by our admissions team — apply against the batch you want and we confirm your place in writing.

October 2026

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October 2026 Batch

Applications open

Dates: 10 Oct 2026 – 25 Oct 2026
Format: Live online
Apply by: 5 Oct 2026
Seats: 20 of 20 left

Live training days: 10, 11, 24 and 25 October 2026. 12–24 October is supervised casework and self-study (no live sessions). Fees: Youth career mentor Tier 1 ₹25,000 + 18% GST (₹29,500); Youth + Professional T1+T2 ₹40,000 + 18% GST (₹47,200).

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Mentor ROI calculator

What a certified mentor practice can look like

Set your own case load and your own fees. This calculator does the arithmetic — it is not an earnings promise, and Dheya publishes no average mentor income. Actual fees, payout mechanics and cohort rates are confirmed in writing during onboarding.

One-to-one sessions per week6 sessions

Your fee per session₹2,500

Working weeks per year44 weeks

School / college cohorts per year2

Your fee per cohort programme₹40,000

Indicative annual practice value

₹7,40,000

about ₹61,667 a month on the numbers you set

Sessions a year: 264
From one-to-one mentoring: ₹6,60,000
From cohort programmes: ₹80,000
Mentoring hours a year (1.5 h per session): 396 h
Value per mentoring hour: ₹1,869

Arithmetic only: sessions × fee × weeks, plus cohorts × cohort fee. It excludes taxes, platform share and your own costs, and assumes you fill the case load you chose.

The return that is not money

Psychological return

Structured supervision means you stop carrying difficult cases alone. Mentors consistently report the confidence that comes from a documented method — RAPD™, the 7D journey — instead of improvising each conversation.

Personal return

You choose your case load and your hours. Mentoring compounds: the families you help in year one send the families of year three, so the practice grows without cold selling.

Social return

Certification places you in a peer network of mentors across 16 states, with monthly supervision pods, shared casework and referral flow between practitioners.

Practice return

Demand, assessment tooling, reports and scheduling come from Dheya. Your hours go into mentoring rather than marketing, admin and building instruments from scratch.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What is Dheya Mentor University?: Mentor University is Dheya's training and supervision institution for career mentors. Its 16-week core curriculum moves from human development and RAPD™ foundations through the 7D model, the world of work, possibility mapping, practical mentoring skills, and supervised application.
Who is eligible to join a Mentor University batch?: Practising psychologists, career counsellors, educators, HR professionals, and industry leaders. Applicants pass identity verification, professional reference checks, and a background review before joining a cohort. Batches open quarterly.
How long does the programme take?: The core curriculum runs for 16 weeks. A Youth or Professional specialisation adds focused learning beyond the core, while later certification levels are earned through demonstrated mentoring practice, leadership, and trainer development.
How is mentor capability developed and assessed?: Learning combines structured concepts, applied tools, reflection, supervised mentoring, peer feedback, and progressive evidence of practice. Higher levels add specialisation, leadership, contribution to mentor development, and observed training capability.
How do Mentor University graduates earn?: Four revenue lines feed off one demand pipeline: direct sessions, School Connect cohorts, referrals, and a volume bonus. Actual earnings depend on tier, availability, and specialisation; the full model is shared transparently during onboarding.
Which assessments do Dheya mentors use?: Mentors are trained only on Dheya's own instrumentation — RAPD™ for behavioural patterns, plus QPA, 4Q, and FUTURES™. We do not resell generic off-the-shelf personality inventories, and no mentor delivers a tool they were not trained and supervised on.
What does career mentor training cover?: The 16-week core covers mentoring foundations, the 7D model, RAPD™ and QPA, the world of work, possibility mapping, communication, development planning, and applied practice. Mentors can then deepen their work through a Youth or Professional specialisation.
How do I get a mentor certification in India?: Apply to a Dheya Mentor University batch, complete the required learning and assessments, and demonstrate your skills through supervised mentoring. The pathway then progresses from Certified Mentor to Expert Mentor, Master Mentor, and Accredited Trainer as your practice and contribution grow.
How much does Dheya mentor certification cost?: The Youth career mentor Tier 1 certification is Rs 25,000 + 18% GST (Rs 29,500 total). The combined Youth + Professional career mentoring programme covering Tier 1 and Tier 2 is Rs 40,000 + 18% GST (Rs 47,200 total). Fees are confirmed in writing before you commit to a batch.
How much can a certified career mentor earn?: Dheya publishes no average mentor income. Earnings depend on your fee, your case load and your specialisation, which is why the page carries a calculator you drive with your own numbers instead of a claim. Rates, platform share and payout mechanics are confirmed in writing during onboarding.

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