NIMB EDUEvery guide on nimb.in is researched from official sources, checked claim by claim against those sources, and scored by an independent review before it goes live. Research and drafting are AI-assisted, and no individual reviewer is named on any guide. This page explains each of those points so you can decide how far to trust what you read here.
NIMB EDU is an online, India-wide education consultancy. We also sell our own courses. That is a conflict of interest, and we describe below how we handle it. If you want to know who we are first, see About NIMB EDU.
Where do the facts in our guides come from?
Official bodies come first. For a guide on the CA course, that means the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). For entrance exams it means the National Testing Agency, and for school-level rules it means CBSE or the relevant state board. Where a regulator, ministry or university publishes the rule, we cite it rather than a summary of it.
We use three tiers of source, in this order:
| Tier | What it covers | How we use it |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 | Official bodies: ICAI, ICSI, ICMAI, UGC, AICTE, NCERT, CBSE, NTA, ministries, state boards, PIB, NIRF, RBI, SEBI | Preferred for eligibility, fees, exam rules, dates and syllabus |
| Tier 2 | Government data and university sites: PLFS, AISHE, NSDC/NCVET, college and university pages | Used for statistics, enrolment and course details |
| Tier 3 | Reputable research or major news outlets | Used only when no primary source exists, and the guide says so |
We do not cite competitors, coaching-sales pages, content mills or affiliate sites as evidence. Sources are linked inline next to the claim they support, and each guide also lists its sources, so you can open the original and check for yourself.
How do we check a claim before publishing?
Every claim that a reader might act on is checked against its source before the guide is published. That includes fees, eligibility, durations, exam dates and salary figures. We open the cited page, find the figure or rule, and confirm the guide says what the source says.
When a claim cannot be verified, we cut it. We do not round it, estimate it or keep it with a hedge. Sometimes that means a guide says less than a competitor’s page does. We would rather leave out a number than print one we cannot trace. For salary figures in particular, we state the source and year, give ranges, and say what the number does and does not mean.
Is there an independent review?
Yes. After drafting, each guide is scored against a 100-point quality rubric covering content quality, search optimisation, trust signals, technical markup and how clearly the answers can be quoted. A separate review then scores it again, and a guide needs a score of at least 90 and no critical issues to publish. These reviews are recorded as files alongside each guide, so the process leaves a trail.
We should be plain about what this is. The review checks accuracy, sourcing and quality against a written standard. It is not a sign-off by a named professional such as a chartered accountant or a university official.
Who writes and reviews the guides?
Guides are published by NIMB EDU as an organisation. There is no author photo, no personal bio and no “reviewed by” line, because we do not invent people. We will not add a named reviewer until we have real reviewers who have agreed to put their names to our work, and when that happens we will say so on this page.
We do not publish testimonials, placement figures or statistics of our own. Any number in a guide comes from a cited source, not from us.
Do you use AI to write the guides?
Yes. Research and drafting are AI-assisted. The AI helps find and read sources and produces first drafts. It does not decide what is true: every claim is checked against primary sources before publishing, as described above, and unverifiable claims are removed. We tell you this because you should know how the pages you rely on were made, and because honesty about it matters more than appearing to have a different process.
How do you handle dates and updates?
The “Updated” date on a guide changes only when the facts in it change. We do not touch the date to make a page look fresh. If we fix a typo or adjust the layout, the date stays as it was.
Fees and exam rules are the details most likely to go out of date, so we re-check them each official cycle, meaning each time the relevant body publishes its new schedule, bulletin or fee notice. Where a guide relies on the latest cycle, it says which cycle it used. If you find a figure that looks older than the official one, tell us (see the corrections section below).
What about your own courses?
NIMB EDU sells its own courses, and course pages are our commercial product. That affects how we write, so here is the rule we follow.
- A guide mentions a NIMB course only where that course genuinely fits what the reader is deciding. Many guides mention none.
- Where we do mention one, we link to the course page. Guides do not quote course fees. The course page is the one place for fees.
- Facts about exams, regulators and other institutions come from official sources, not from our own course material.
- Our career counselling is a service we offer. A guide may point to it at the end, after the information you came for.
You should still weigh a mention of our courses as coming from a seller. Compare it with the official source, and with other options, before you decide.
How do I report an error?
If you spot something wrong, out of date or unclear, tell us. Use the contact page, or call or message us on 9212008787. Please include the guide’s name, the sentence or figure you think is wrong, and, if you can, a link to the official source that shows the correct detail.
When a report comes in, we compare it with the official source. If the guide is wrong, we correct it and, if the facts changed, update the “Updated” date. If the guide is right, we may add the source or clarify the wording so the point is clearer. We have not set a response time and will not claim one here.
Need a person to talk to?
Guides explain options, but they cannot know your marks, budget or goals. If you want to talk through a decision, see our career counselling service, or start with a broader guide such as courses after 12th. You can also call 9212008787.