Meet our founder

Paritosh Kanoria is the Founder of RECO Education.

He grew up in Mumbai and graduated with a 45/45 in the IBDP from The Bombay International School in 2015. He then earned a BA from Stanford University, where he won the 2018-2019 Lawrence Bermann Prize in Religious Studies and the Quad Award in Architectural History for his research on the temples of Mahabalipuram.

After Stanford, Paritosh attended the University of Chicago on a full scholarship as a Chester W. Laing Fellow and earned an MA in Religion and MA Certificate in Education & Society. His thesis focused on holistic education.

Prior to founding RECO, Paritosh managed programs for high school students at Ashoka University and worked as an Admissions Associate at Stanford University. He currently works in the Chancellor’s Office at Nayanta University in Pune.

Founder’s Note

When I began college, I quickly realized that I would have to learn many things beyond academics – how to make a new place feel like home, structure my time, and, eventually, land a job. While I learned from all these challenges, it was the following one that shaped me profoundly.

One evening, during orientation, my peers and I were gathered in a hall to listen to our university president discuss what college and education are for. College should help you understand what you want from life and prepare to pursue it. That was the gist.

Among all the challenges I faced in college, this was the hardest: understanding what I wanted from life and choosing the right pathways through college to pursue it. Since then, I have been deeply interested in education and preparing high schoolers for college. I have started RECO to pursue these aims.

Paritosh Kanoria

Meet our mentors

Dr. Marcos Sorá

Assistant Professor, Economics, UIUC (Fall, 2025). PhD, University of Chicago.
Abhishek Dudi

PhD Student, Environmental Studies, Ashoka University
Zachary Kuloszewski

Ph.D Student, Economics, University of Chicago.
Sanam Sheriff

Visiting Assistant Professor, Creative Writing, Bryn Mawr College. MFA, Washington University in St. Louis.
K Mohan Reddy

PhD Student, Biology, Ashoka University
Vivan Malkani

Clean Energy Consultant, E3. MS, BA, Stanford University.
Anirudh Raghavan

PhD Student, Sociology and Anthropology, Ashoka University
Rohin Bhatt

Advocate, Supreme Court of India. MS, Bioethics, Harvard University.
Shabdita Tiwari

Researcher, BRMA. Member, Royal Historical Society. MA, Ashoka University.
Paritosh Kanoria

Founder, RECO. MA, University of Chicago. BA, Stanford University.
Philip Cherian

Ph.D Student, Physics, Ashoka University. Former Research Fellow, Columbia University.
Dr. Anubha Anushree

PhD, History, Stanford University. Global Editor, The Review of Democracy.
Naomi Harris

Joint PhD Candidate, Comparative Literature and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Chicago.

What’s in a name?

“RE” captures a return to the basics. We ask fundamental questions about purpose, values, and impact to redesign education for the future.

“CO” embodies our commitment to fostering human connections through education and creating a positive impact on our societies.

Your gateway to academic reading.

Take a look at this excerpt from a college-level text. Colleges will require you to read 300+ pages of dense scholarship like this per week.

Imagine being in a class where participation affects your grade and feeling completely lost. The best way to prepare? Read with a mentor. Across all our courses, that’s what we provide.