Divya Kapoor
Résumé
School Admissions & Sales Lead · CRM & Counselling · 11 yrs

Every enquiry is a family choosing a future.

11 years leading school admissions — turning enquiries into enrolments without ever making a parent feel sold to. I run the funnel like a science and the counselling conversation like an art: honest campus tours, fast follow-up, a CRM that never drops a lead, and the judgement to know when a family is right for the school and when they're not.

11Years in admissions
32%Enquiry→enrol
+18%YoY intake
4,000+Families guided
01 · The lead

Every enquiry is a family choosing a future

I started in hospitality sales and moved into education because the 'product' finally mattered — I wasn't selling a room-night, I was helping a family find the place their child would grow up. That shift changed how I sell: slower, more honest, more useful. Eleven years later, referrals are my biggest source of enrolments, which tells me the approach works.

I've built admissions functions from a single desk to full CRM-driven teams, lifted enquiry-to-enrolment conversion into the low thirties, grown year-on-year intake by double digits through two new-campus launches, and trained counsellors who now lead their own admissions teams. I obsess over response times, tour quality and follow-up discipline, because that's where families are won or lost.

If your school or group needs an admissions and sales lead who hits ambitious targets without resorting to pressure — who builds the funnel, trains the team, runs the CRM, and treats every parent like the decision matters — my numbers and references are ready. Give me your leaky funnel; plugging it is the fun part.

— Divya Kapoor · counsel, don't close
ENROLLED

Admissions card

Particulars · one glance
BaseGurugram, Haryana
RoleAdmissions & Sales Lead
RunsFunnel · counselling · CRM · events
ToolsSalesforce · Zoho · school ERP
SegmentsK-12 · pre-school · new campuses
StatusOpen · 60-day notice
02 · The pipeline

What I build & convert

Enquiry to enrolment, campus tours to CRM, counselling to retention — the whole admissions engine.

Funnel & pipeline management

lead flow, conversion, forecasting, targets
Signature

Counselling & parent relations

consultative selling, tours, objection handling
Trust-first

CRM & lead nurturing

Salesforce/Zoho, follow-up cadence, MIS
Zero leaks

Marketing & outreach

campaigns, open days, digital leads, referrals
Growth

Team leadership

counsellor training, targets, coaching
Team builder

New-campus launches

pre-launch pipeline, positioning, first cohort
Launched 2
03 · How I sell

Counsel, don't close

Admissions gets mistaken for a numbers game, and the schools that treat it that way churn families and burn reputation. The real work is trust: a parent choosing a school is making one of the biggest decisions of their child's life, and they can smell a hard close from the car park. My job is to counsel honestly, match the right family to the right school, and make the whole journey feel like care rather than sales — the targets follow, and so do the referrals.

  1. RespondSpeed is respect. Every enquiry answered within the hour, warmly and by a real person — most schools lose families in the first day of silence.
  2. UnderstandBefore I pitch anything, I learn what this family actually needs. Half of good admissions is honest listening.
  3. ShowA campus tour that shows the real school, not a script. Parents trust what they can see and the students they meet.
  4. Follow throughTimely, human follow-up through decision and beyond — a CRM that forgets nothing and a relationship that outlasts the deposit.
04 · Track record

Eleven years, enquiry to enrolment

2018 — PRESENT

Head of Admissions & Sales

Presidium Group of Schools, Gurugram

Lead admissions and sales for a multi-campus K-12 group. Rebuilt the funnel on Salesforce, lifted enquiry-to-enrolment conversion from 22% to 32%, grew intake 18% year-on-year, and launched two new campuses to full first cohorts within a single admissions cycle.

2014 — 2018

Admissions Counsellor → Manager

GD Goenka School, Gurugram

Handled the full admissions journey and then managed a team of four counsellors; introduced the follow-up cadence and tour script that raised conversion across the desk.

2013 — 2014

Sales Executive

Hospitality group, Delhi NCR

Consultative B2C sales — where I learned that listening beats pitching, a lesson I brought straight into education.

05 · Credentials

Education

2011 — 2013

MBA — Marketing & Sales

Amity University, Noida
First class
2008 — 2011

B.B.A.

GGSIP University, Delhi
First class
2019

Certificate — Consultative Selling

professional programme
Distinction
06 · Qualifications

Certifications

Salesforce CRM administrationTrailhead certified · 2020
Consultative & solution sellingprofessional CPD · 2019
Digital marketing & lead generationGoogle / Meta certified · 2021
Child safeguarding awareness (schools)certified · renewed 2025
07 · Milestones

Targets beaten

Conversion lifted 22% → 32%Multi-campus funnel, verified
2018–
+18% YoY intake growthPresidium Group, sustained
2019–
2 new campuses to full first cohortPre-launch pipeline delivered
2021
Featured — 'Counsel, Don't Close'On ethical admissions selling
2023
08 · Notes

Notes from the front desk

MAY 2026

Counsel, don't close

Why the hard sell loses families in education — and how honest, consultative admissions beats pressure on every metric that matters.

Read →
FEB 2026

The first-hour rule

Most schools lose enrolments in the silence after an enquiry. The response-time discipline that wins families before competitors reply.

Read →
OCT 2025

A tour that tells the truth

How to design a campus visit that builds trust instead of overselling — and why the honest tour converts better anyway.

Read →
09 · From families & schools

What they say

TESTIMONIAL · 01

Divya never once pushed us. She understood what our son needed and told us honestly where her school fit and where it didn't. We enrolled because of that.

ParentCLASS 6 ADMISSION
TESTIMONIAL · 01

She took our conversion from low-twenties to thirty-two percent and launched two campuses to full cohorts. Numbers and integrity both.

Group DirectorPRESIDIUM GROUP
TESTIMONIAL · 01

I trained under Divya and now lead my own admissions team. She taught me that trust, not pressure, is what actually sells a school.

Former counsellorNOW ADMISSIONS HEAD
10 · For schools & groups

The hiring brief

● HIRING SEASON 2027 · GIVE ME YOUR LEAKY FUNNEL — PLUGGING IT IS THE FUN PART
Current roleHead of Admissions & Sales
Open toAdmissions head · sales lead · growth manager (education)
RunsFunnel · counselling · CRM · events · team
Expected salary₹9–16 LPA + incentives
Notice period60 days
Willing to relocateYes — Delhi NCR, Gurugram, Bengaluru, Hyderabad · schools & groups
Group Director, Presidium SchoolsCURRENT · SHARED ON REQUEST
Admissions Head, GD Goenka2014–18 · SHARED ON REQUEST
11 · Reach me

Get in touch

Based inSector 44, Gurugram 122003, Haryana
Phone / WhatsApp+919999999992
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