Shairal Pathak is Leap Scholar's International Education Counsellor for the UAE, with over a year leading the UAE desk at Leap and 3+ years of hands-on study-abroad counselling experience overall. A British Council–certified counsellor specializing in UK, Ireland, and Dubai admissions, she has guided 200+ Indian students into leading UAE institutions, including the University of Birmingham Dubai, Heriot-Watt Dubai, Middlesex Dubai, Curtin Dubai, and University of Wollongong in Dubai, across undergraduate and postgraduate programs. Before Leap, Shairal spent nearly two years as a counsellor at SI-UK India and earlier at Leverage Edu, building deep expertise in end-to-end university shortlisting, application strategy, and student visa support. She authors and reviews Leap's UAE study abroad guides, with her on-the-ground admissions insights.