ABOUT BEYOND GRADE 12

From our family
to yours.

Five doctors. One family. Raised together on a single conviction — that knowledge is not just acquired. It is lived, earned across continents, and passed forward with intention.

5

Doctors on
the core team

$500K+

In scholarships
won by this family

4

Continents of
lived experience

50+

Years of academic
leadership

"Education, in our home,
was never optional.
It was identity."

The Syed family was not built in a boardroom. It was built around dinner tables where academic excellence was the standard — where curiosity was celebrated, where borders were meant to be crossed, and where the pursuit of knowledge was simply what you did.

Between them, this family has led universities as Vice Chancellor, earned Erasmus Mundus Scholarships — with one member topping the global ranking list out of applicants worldwide — collectively secured over $500,000 in scholarships and research grants, published over 175 combined research papers, and built careers across India, South Korea, Europe, Australia, the UAE, Malaysia, and Canada.

Now, every ounce of that experience is dedicated to one purpose —
giving your student the clarity, the strategy, and the mentorship that changes everything.

Board of Directors

Meet the family that has
lived every step of this journey.

Every credential below was earned — across borders, against global competition, through decades of relentless discipline. This team doesn't advise from the sidelines. They mentor from the front.

Founder

Dr. Nabeel Ahmed Syed

Founder & CEO, Beyond Grade 12

Dr. Nabeel Syed built this platform after confronting a hard truth: most students don’t fail because of a lack of talent—they fail because no one shows them how to win. He experienced that gap firsthand, and instead of accepting it, he engineered a solution. By strategically navigating global academic systems, he secured $140,000+ CAD in scholarships, grants, and research funding across India, South Korea, and Canada—mastering a process most students never even understand exists. But credentials alone don’t define him. With a Ph.D. in Polymer Composite Materials, leadership over a $1M+ research portfolio, and hands-on experience in industrial R&D, Dr. Nabeel operates at the intersection of technical excellence and real-world execution. Beyond Grade 12 is not theory. It’s a system. A system designed to give students what he had to figure out the hard way:Clarity when they feel lost, strategy when others guess, and a competitive edge that sets them apart.

Board of Directors
AAS

Prof. Dr. Akheel Ahmed Syed

Board of Directors · Senior Academic Advisor

Former Vice Chancellor — 2 Universities, India

Post-Doctoral Fellow, Europe · IKON Professor, Malaysia

50+ years

of university-level teaching, research & leadership — joined faculty 1974

130+ research publications · 3,174+ total citations · h-index 28
300+ keynote and invited lectures

worldwide — all by invitation

30+ citations by Nobel Laureates

(1985 to present)

Dr. Akheel didn't just study at a university — he ran two of them. With over five decades of academic leadership, 130+ published works cited over 3,000 times — including by 30+ Nobel Laureates — and 300+ invited lectures delivered worldwide, he is the kind of authority that no other mentorship program can place in the same room as your student. When he speaks about academic excellence, university systems, and what it takes to reach the very top — he speaks as someone who has shaped it for 50 years.

Cited by 30+ Nobel Laureates · h-index 28 · 3,174+ citations
RS

Dr. Raihan Taqui Syed

Board of Directors

DBA

— University of Bradford, UK

MBA

— James Cook University, Australia (High-Performing Student Award)

Assistant Professor

— UAE University, QS Top 300 globally

Founding Director

— Center for Entrepreneurship & Business Incubation

20+ publications · 20+ keynote addresses · 25+ countries

Three degrees. Three continents. Fifteen years of lived international experience across Europe, the Middle East, South Asia and the UK. Currently a professor at a globally ranked university, Dr. Raihan develops not just the application — but the mindset of a future leader.

Erasmus Mundus Scholar — 1 of 3 selected from all of Asia
NT

Dr. Syed Noeman Taqui

Board of Directors

PhD, Chemistry

— Malaysia · Masters — India

15 published papers

in international journals of repute

Co-author

Basics of Chemistry for Pre-University Students

10 international conference presentations

· 2 awards for technical excellence

6+ years research

across Analytical, Physical & Environmental Chemistry

Dr. Noeman literally wrote the book on helping students learn chemistry at the pre-university level. With 15 published papers and an analytical precision that defines everything he does, he brings a depth of academic rigour to student mentorship that is genuinely rare.

US

Dr. Usman Taqui Syed

Board of Directors

PhD & Masters

— Europe (6 institutions across Portugal, Netherlands, Czech Republic, France, Belgium & Italy)

Erasmus Mundus Doctoral Fellowship

€129,900 · Topped global ranking list

One of 5 scholars selected worldwide

for the doctoral programme

Specialisation

— Membrane Engineering & Science

Dr. Usman didn't just win the Erasmus Mundus scholarship — he topped the global ranking list. Selected as one of five scholars worldwide for a €129,900 fellowship across six European nations, his journey is the living proof of what strategic academic positioning achieves at the highest level.

Global #1 — Erasmus Mundus Doctoral Fellowship · €129,900
The numbers speak

A family whose credentials
are impossible to ignore.

$500K+

in scholarships and research grants won collectively by this family — they teach exactly what they have lived

3,174+

citations of Dr. Akheel's work alone — including over 30 by Nobel Laureates across four decades

175+

combined research publications across the board — in the world's most respected indexed journals

2

Erasmus Mundus Scholars on the same team — one topped the global ranking. Both in the same family.

Our promise

We don't just prepare students for the future. We position them to own it.

Beyond Grade 12 was built by a family that earned everything the hard way — through discipline, borders crossed, and decades of uncompromising excellence. That is the standard we hold for every student we work with. No exceptions.

Clarity·Strategy·Confidence·Results

From our family to yours —
let's build this together.

Limited spots · Personalised mentorship · Real outcomes