Annual flagship · Edition 2026

The Dheya Index 2026.

India's annual report on career clarity, stream-fit and mentor effectiveness — built on cohort evidence, not opinion. Five chapters. One method. Twenty years of practice.

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120,000+
RAPD assessments analysed in the 2026 edition
78%
Stream / role choices that hold at 12 months
+11
NPS uplift over peer mentoring benchmarks
4.7 / 5
Verified mean mentor effectiveness rating

The five chapters

  • Chapter 01
    The clarity gap

    Why 67% of Indian students enter college without an articulated destination — and what closes the gap fastest.

  • Chapter 02
    RAPD at scale

    Five years of behavioural pattern data: reliability, validity, and the four archetypes that matter most.

  • Chapter 03
    Stream-fit, durably

    12 / 24 / 36-month stability of stream choice across Discover, Define and Drive cohorts.

  • Chapter 04
    Mentor effectiveness

    What predicts a great mentoring engagement — and what stalls one. A practitioner's evidence base.

  • Chapter 05
    Work in 2035

    Our forward POV on AI-augmented careers, skills half-life and the 70-year career.

Methodology in brief

The Index aggregates anonymised cohort data from RAPD assessments, TriFit scoring sessions and 7D mentoring engagements between April 2024 and March 2026. All numbers carry sample sizes; confidence intervals are reported in the full PDF. The dataset is released under CC BY-ND 4.0 for academic citation — contact our research team for a structured copy.