{"id":1160,"date":"2026-10-19T13:50:32","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T17:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/future-readiness\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=1160"},"modified":"2026-10-19T13:50:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T17:50:32","slug":"sohini-snehan-olikara-2","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/future-readiness\/profile\/sohini-snehan-olikara-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Sohini Snehan Olikara"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sohini Snehan Olikara is the founder of Meridian, an education consultancy committed to ethical, personalized, and globally informed student guidance. A certified British Council agent, ICEF IATC, USATC, and CCG counselor, Sohini combines international best practices with deep personal experience across the education and consulting sectors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She holds a Masters from Warwick Business School, UK, and a Bachelor of Technology from NIT Calicut, India. Her career spans strategic roles at EY, PTC UK, and Deloitte, where she led cross-functional initiatives across Europe, the US, MENA, Japan, and India.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At Meridian, Sohini leverages this background to mentor students and early-career professionals using psychometric tools, industry insights, and a highly personalized approach. Her mission is simple: to help each student make confident, informed decisions aligned with their strengths, aspirations, and the demands of a global future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She works in Doha, Qatar<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LinkedIn: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/sohini-snehan-olikara-50b6bb138\/\">Sohini Snehan Olikara \u00a0<\/a><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/sohini-snehan-olikara-50b6bb138\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Professional Website: <a href=\"https:\/\/meridiansadvisors.com\/\">Sohini Snehan Olikara<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26187,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/future-readiness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/1160"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/future-readiness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/future-readiness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/future-readiness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26187"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/future-readiness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/1160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1188,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/future-readiness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/1160\/revisions\/1188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/future-readiness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}