Decisions that
compound.
A consulting house with two practices — Overseas Education and Global HR Advisory — built on a single discipline: Analyse · Act · Achieve.
A leading global education & HR advisory firm — made in Bengaluru, made for the world.
We are a dream team of high-calibre HR and global education experts with experience across countries and industries. We help students design careers that endure, and help organisations build the people-systems that make growth inevitable.
Education Consulting
Career-first advisory for students and parents. Scientific assessment, expert counselling, admissions to 5,000+ universities across 150 countries.
- Career Counselling & Assessment
- Global Admissions (25+ countries)
- Visa, accommodation & loans
HR Advisory Services
Talent, performance, total rewards and organisation development — plus fully managed HR outsourcing across technology, recruitment and payroll.
- HR Consulting (4 disciplines)
- HR Outsourcing (3 services)
- India · US · Middle East · SE Asia · Africa
Training Programmes
Live cohort-based training for HR leaders. Two-day intensives on AI for HR, Total Rewards, Org Design, People Analytics and Strategic Workforce Planning.
- 5 flagship programmes
- Open cohorts: June–August 2026
- Razorpay registration · 80 seats
Build the next level of capability.
One weekend at a time.
The professionals who get the next role, the next mandate, the next seat at the table — they aren't the ones who read about the work. They're the ones who can actually do it. Five intensive trainings built for HR practitioners and business professionals ready to move from observing the work to owning it.
AI, total rewards, org design, people analytics, and strategic workforce planning. Live weekends over Zoom. The full stack, at practitioner depth — designed to make you the one in the room who knows how the work actually gets done.
Each participant ships a real artefact — a pay equity audit, a reorg plan, a working AI agent, a workforce forecast — built on their own company's context. Not a line on LinkedIn. A piece of work you can put on your desk Monday.
HRBPs become the function leader's first call. Managers earn mandates beyond their current scope. Function heads stop outsourcing decisions to consultants. Every training is designed for the leap — whatever your current rung.
Each training runs as a cohort — a small group of practitioners who start and finish together. Live weekend, capstone built in your own context, pitch-back the same Saturday.
The State of ESOP Design in Indian SMEs.
Wealth created. Wealth destroyed. The five design failures that decide which.
A 32-page research report drawing on public data from cap-table platforms, startup-ecosystem trackers, SEBI filings and IPO offer documents — overlaid with the practitioner experience of the Palo Santo Consulting team.
- Full IPO and pre-IPO buyback data, three-year trend
- The wealth-concentration finding nobody publishes
- What SEBI's June 2025 founder-ESOP reform means for 2026–27 IPO planning
- Five design failures we see at Indian SMEs repeatedly
- Five recommendations every CHRO and CFO should action this quarter
Fill the form to download the report
A three-step discipline. No shortcuts.
Understand market forces, business goals and HR strategy. Study existing processes, systems and identify gaps.
Provide a roadmap for unique competitive advantage — leveraging human capital to address challenges and meet objectives.
Convert strategy into tangible business value through the right delivery approach — building lasting capability.
Choose the practice that fits your moment.
For students, parents and institutions.
Practice overview→About the Education Practice→Students Admission Portal→Career Counselling Portal→Contact Education Team→For people leaders and growing enterprises.
Business mentors are key — that's why we're choosy.
We want to give each client the time and guidance they deserve. Whether you're seeking a strategic alliance, a specific skillset, or tools for talent management — we'll create and refine the plan together.
We use scientific psychometric tools to ensure choices align with innate strengths.
We evaluate universities and roles on their ability to launch a career — not just the prestigious name.
Our HR background means we know what employers in Europe, North America and beyond actually look for.
Decisions that compound across careers, classrooms and companies.
Tell us what you're working on.
Reach the practice most relevant to you — we respond personally, not from a queue.
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