A home, not just
an association.
ISAK — the Indian Students Association Koblenz — was founded in 2026 to support Indian and international students at both Hochschule Koblenz and Universität Koblenz. We're new, we're growing fast, and we run on volunteers, samosas, and one simple conviction: you shouldn't have to figure out a new country alone.
It started with one hard first semester.
When our founder Anchal Gera arrived in Koblenz to study, the hardest part wasn't the coursework — it was everything around it. Anmeldung, blocked accounts, finding a flat, the language, the paperwork, and the quiet loneliness of doing it all far from home.
He kept meeting other Indian students going through the exact same thing, re-solving the same problems alone. So in 2026, he started ISAK — a place where seniors share what they've learned, where festivals feel like home, and where no one has to figure out Germany by themselves.
We're just getting started — and we'd love for you to be part of the early story.
Where we're
headed next.
We believe in being open about the journey. Here's what we're building across 2026, 2027 and 2028 — and you can help shape all of it.
Founding & first community
ISAK is born. We launch the website, open free membership, start the WhatsApp community, and run our first trips and get-togethers across Koblenz.
Register as e.V. (Verein)
Draft our Satzung, gather our founding members, hold the Gründungsversammlung, and register with the Vereinsregister — plus apply for Gemeinnützigkeit (non-profit status).
First Welcome programme & Diwali
Our first Winter-Semester Welcome for new arrivals, and ISAK's first Diwali celebration — and the election of our first official board.
Careers, mentorship & partnerships
Launch CV workshops and company connects, a senior-to-newcomer mentorship programme, and formal partnerships with the universities, AStA and local businesses.
Reaching students in India
Pre-arrival support for students still in India — guides, Q&As and a buddy who answers messages before you even land.
Scholarship fund & alumni network
Establish an ISAK hardship/merit fund, build an alumni network across Germany, and grow into a 500+ strong community that looks after every Indian student in Koblenz.
Three things,
repeated daily.
Belonging
From the first WhatsApp message — "which bus goes to the Ausländerbehörde?" — to the last farewell party after graduation. Nobody navigates Koblenz alone as long as ISAK exists.
Roots & wings
We celebrate every Indian language, faith, cuisine and region — Tamil, Punjabi, Bengali, Malayali, all of it. And we build bridges with our German hosts, neighbours and classmates.
Pay-it-forward
Today's seniors become tomorrow's mentors. The second-year student who helped you find a flat will have freshers asking them the same question. The cycle is the whole point.
From every corner of
a billion people.
ISAK is open to all students with a connection to India — Indian nationals, PIOs, NRIs, and international students who want to understand and celebrate Indian culture. You don't need to speak Hindi. You don't need to have grown up in India. You just need to show up.