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Who we are

Seven years at Siddhartha Chowk, doing the same job properly

SD Miracle Pokhara is the Kaski branch of a licensed study-abroad consultancy that has worked out of Kathmandu since 2013. We are not the biggest in Pokhara. We would rather be the one students recommend to their cousins.

4,800+

Students placed abroad

Since 2013

97%

Visa success rate

2025 applications

150+

Partner institutions

Across 8 countries

12 yrs

Guiding Nepalese students

Kathmandu · Pokhara · Chitwan · Seoul

Our story

We started because too many students were being sold the wrong country

In 2013, our founder had spent ten years watching capable students get pushed toward whichever destination paid the highest commission that season. Files were built to be submitted, not to be approved. When a visa was refused, the student was quietly dropped.

SD Miracle was set up to work the other way round. We assess a profile honestly before a single form is filled. If the answer is that a student should wait a year, retake IELTS, or choose a different country altogether, that is what we say — even when it costs us the file.

Twelve years on, most of our students arrive because someone in their family or their neighbourhood sent them. That remains the only marketing metric we genuinely care about.

“A refusal is not the student's failure. It is almost always a file that someone did not read carefully enough before it was sent.”
Sharma Ganesh · Founder & Managing Director
The SD Miracle team at work
  1. 2013

    SD Miracle opens in Kathmandu

    Two counsellors, one room in Bagbazar, and the first eleven students bound for Australia.

  2. 2019

    Doors open at Siddhartha Chowk

    Students from Kaski stop travelling to the valley for every appointment.

  3. 2021

    Test preparation moves in-house

    IELTS and PTE classes start running in Pokhara, so nobody pays twice for the same journey.

  4. 2023

    Korean desk in Pokhara

    TOPIK batches begin, backed by our Seoul office once students land.

  5. 2026

    900 Pokhara students later

    Same team, same building at Siddhartha Chowk, and 260+ partner institutions behind them.

Why choose us

What twelve years of practice actually buys you

Not slogans. These are the four commitments every counsellor here is held to.

Honest advice first

If a country or course is wrong for your profile, we say so before you spend a rupee. Counselling is always free and never conditional.

One counselor, start to finish

You are not passed between desks. The person who assesses your file on day one is the person who briefs you before your interview.

Direct university partnerships

260+ institutions work with us directly, so offers, fee waivers and scholarship decisions come back in days rather than weeks.

Support after you land

Airport pickup, accommodation, bank accounts and part-time work guidance — our alumni network keeps helping once you arrive.

Our team

The people who will actually be sitting across from you

One counsellor stays with your file from first assessment to departure. These are the people who do it.

Sabin Gurung

Sabin Gurung

Branch Manager — Pokhara

Opened the Siddhartha Chowk office in 2019. Handles every file that has been refused somewhere else first.

Anjana Poudel

Anjana Poudel

Senior Education Counsellor

PIER-certified, eight years on Australia and New Zealand files. Sits with the parents as often as with the student.

Bikash Baral

Bikash Baral

Visa & Documentation Officer

Knows every bank branch in Kaski that issues the statements embassies accept without a follow-up question.

Rekha Thapa Magar

Rekha Thapa Magar

IELTS & PTE Instructor

Band 8 herself. Runs the morning and evening batches and marks every writing script by hand.

Sujata K.C.

Sujata K.C.

Korean Language (TOPIK) Instructor

Four years in Daegu before coming home. Takes absolute beginners to TOPIK Level 2 in twelve weeks.

Prakash Adhikari

Prakash Adhikari

Front Desk & Student Support

The first voice on the phone. Books assessments, chases documents and remembers everyone's intake date.

How we work

The same five steps for every student

  1. 01

    Free profile assessment

    We look at your academics, budget and goals, then map the countries where you genuinely stand a strong chance.

  2. 02

    Test preparation

    IELTS, PTE, TOEFL or TOPIK classes in-house, with mock tests every week until your score is where it needs to be.

  3. 03

    Applications & offers

    We shortlist institutions, build your SOP and documents, and submit directly to our partner universities.

  4. 04

    Financials & visa file

    Loan documentation, income sources and a visa file assembled to the standard each embassy actually expects.

  5. 05

    Pre-departure & arrival

    Interview coaching, ticketing, forex, accommodation and a briefing so your first week abroad is not a shock.

Licensed & recognised

Who vouches for us

Every certification below is verifiable. Ask at the front desk and we will show you the paperwork.

MoMinistry of Education, NepalLicensed consultancy
PPIERCertified counsellors
CCTEVTApproved training partner
TTITITrainer certification
BCBritish CouncilIELTS registration partner
PPPearson PTEAuthorised test centre
Free · No obligation

Sit down with a counsellor this week

Bring your transcripts and your questions. In forty-five minutes you will know which countries are realistic for your profile, what it will cost, and what the next three months look like.