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Closing Plenary | 2024 Annual IC3 Conference & Expo

The 2024 IC3 Conference and Expo at YashoBhoomi concluded with a powerful plenary, "From Competition to Competence." The session featured "Synergy of Souls," a performance by Lotus Valley International School students illustrating a shift toward mindfulness. IC3 Founder Ganesh Kohli and keynote speaker Gauranga Das Prabhu emphasized replacing comparison with spiritual duty to foster peace through competence. Padma Shri Dr. Ananda Shankar Jayanth further inspired attendees with her journey of balancing public service and classical dance. The event closed with the IC3 Annual Awards, honoring excellence across eight counseling categories dedicated to the mission: Sensitize, Elevate, and Develop.
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Opening Plenary | 2024 Annual IC3 Conference & Expo

The 2024 Annual IC3 Conference at ATLAS SkillTech University opened with the theme "From Competition to Competence." The session featured "Nature’s Tapestry," a fusion dance by students from The Shri Ram Millennium Schools highlighting the balance between extrinsic and intrinsic awareness. Following a traditional lamp-lighting ceremony, global leaders including Dr. Indu Shahani and U.S. Ambassador Eric Garcetti delivered keynote addresses. Supported by Ohio University and other key partners, the plenary set a collaborative tone for the expo, focusing on shifting educational mindsets from rivalry to holistic capability and self-awareness.

Blogs

The Untapped Power of Governments in Mainstreaming School Counseling

24 September 2025
Have you ever noticed how when schools, communities, NGOs, and government institutions team up, public school counseling begins to shift from aspiration into action? For the IC3 Movement, highlighting these collaborations shows how education policy, public school counseling, and government and education reform can work together with inspiring results.

Counseling as Culture Takes Center Stage at the 2025 IC3 Annual Conference and Expo

16 September 2025
The 2025 Annual IC3 Conference and Expo in Mumbai was far more than a gathering of educators. It was a vivid demonstration of what a global, volunteer-driven community can achieve when united by a singular purpose: to make career and college counseling an integral part of every student’s education.

Thank You for Making the 2025 IC3 Regional Forums a Global Force for Change

31 July 2025
It is a beautiful thing when educators, institutions, and communities pause to ask: Are we doing enough to guide our students toward purposeful lives? That question is at the heart of the IC3 Movement. And this year, through the 2025 IC3 Regional Forums, it was answered with resounding clarity in classrooms and campuses across 14 countries. With immense gratitude, we reflect on this incredible journey that brought together over 2,600 participants across 32 cities across the world. More than 642,000 students were directly impacted through forums held at host schools that generously opened their doors, minds, and hearts to the mission of IC3: counseling in every school, purpose to every child.

The City of Dreams, the Conference of Purpose

21 July 2025
After six years, the IC3 Movement is coming home, and there is no place better for it than Mumbai. On 20 & 21 August 2025, the global education and counseling community will gather at the Jio World Convention Centre (JWCC) for the 2025 Annual IC3 Conference & Expo, in a city that perfectly reflects our vision: dynamic, diverse, and forward-looking.

News & Updates

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March 7, 2026

Preparing students for exams beyond the syllabus

Ganesh Kohli, Founder of the IC3 Movement, highlights the importance of emotional readiness alongside academic preparation during the board examination season, bringing attention to the growing pressure students face beyond the syllabus in this authored article.
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March 3, 2026

Why are female students reporting higher stress and anxiety levels than their male counterparts in schools?

The IC3 Student Well-being Pulse Report (2025), drawing on responses from students across schools, exposes a widening gender gap in stress, anxiety, and emotional security. Nearly 1 in 3 female students rarely or never feel calm and relaxed, compared to about 1 in 4 boys, according to the IC3 report.
February 16, 2026

Beyond Marks: Why Counseling Must Become Core Infrastructure In Indian Schools

Ganesh Kohli, Founder of IC3 Movement, reflects IC3’s sustained work over the past decade in building counseling ecosystems across schools and advocating for structured, continuous guidance as a core part of education. He reinforces IC3’s perspective that counselling must move from being an optional or late-stage service to becoming an integral component of school readiness and student well-being.
February 9, 2026

Stress does not begin in exam hall, it builds gradually

Ganesh Kohli, Founder of the IC3 Movement, explores how student stress is cumulative and often begins much before examinations, driven by sustained academic pressure, performance expectations, and uncertainty around future pathways. He highlights that emotional fatigue, lack of clarity, and limited access to structured guidance frequently shape students’ experiences during board exam periods.