With increasing urbanisation and industrialisation, Vastu has come up as one of the most lucrative career options. Vastu Shastra is the study of habitable places. It deals with the powers inherent in your building (home, office, shop, or factory) which are responsible for all the good or bad outcomes of all your efforts and behaviour.

A Vastu Expert has complete knowledge of nature and effects of these powers. On the basis of his or her knowledge, experience and evaluation report of your building he or she is capable of analysing the influence of these powers on your subconscious mind and life. Accordingly, they suggest easy and effective solutions and remedies which restore balance of all the five elements in your building and also in your body. 

On the basis of Research work done in the last twenty years in the field of Vastu, scientific procedures for Vastu evaluation of a building have been developed. Because of this standardization of Vastu application procedure, this ancient Vedic wisdom – Vastu is now reckoned as a science.

Well-qualified people from different walks of life, for example, Architects, Interior Designers, Engineers, Doctors, Chartered Accountants, Banking Professionals, Teachers, Industrialists, Builders, and Housewives are learning Vastu. They are increasingly recognising the role of Vastu in their lives. With the knowledge of Vastu sutras they can now explore the power of their home to achieve success and fulfil their desires.

Scope of Work

Vastu sutras (formulae) mentioned in ancient Vastu texts have been proved equally relevant and effective in modern architecture also. When applied scientifically, they produce 100% results to live with more happiness, love and prosperity. If you know the underlying science and logics, you can apply those sutras in any type of building – flats, apartments, bungalows, offices, and factories to get desired results.

Lacs of new apartments are being constructed throughout the country, particularly, in and around Delhi. Everyone wants to have peace and prosperity in their life and looks for a Vastu compliant home. For that they need a reliable Vastu Consultant. Today, there is a huge demand of reliable Vastu experts.

Pay Off

Vastu offers immense potential as a Career. While a beginner can earn Rs. 35,000-50,000 per month, an experienced consultant, having an experience of one and a half to two years, can earn anywhere between Rs. 70,000 to 1,50,000 per month.

Pros & Cons

• Offers quick money, attractive earning, respect, social connectivity, recognition and fame.
• High level of Responsibility to complete all the steps of Vastu evaluation with utmost care and concentration.
• Responsibility to deliver practical, inexpensive and effective solutions and remedies.
• For that, Working on accurate maps (made to-the-scale) with accurate directions marked on it is must. Short-cuts could be detrimental for the client.
• Client-satisfaction has to be achieved by providing Documentation of problem, exact reason for the problem as observed in the building, and solutions and remedies.

Skills/Traits

• Possessing good communication skills is a must. You have to be a Good Listener to be able to understand the root cause of problems told by your client.
• Clarity of mind is must because then only you can give clarity to your client on their problem.
• Must have power of discrimination to decide what is beneficial for client. 
• Strong foundation of Vastu knowledge is must to authenticate your working and Vastu evaluation with logical reasoning.
• Regular documentation of case studies is must to evaluate effectiveness of your solutions and improve on practical aspects of application of Vastu sutras.
• Needs to update regularly with latest production processes and technologies to be able to understand requirement of an industry and deliver ideal and cost-effective solutions.
• Must be committed to deliver the best and
• Open to accept if finds himself or herself unable to handle the project.

Basic Qualification Required

To make a career in Vastu Shastra and be able to give rational Vastu advice on scientific grounds, you need a good training and do a Vastu Course. To get the best training of Vastu Shastra and learn the most effective Vastu sutras in a step-by-step systematic manner, you must select the course which is based on detailed research and maximum number of documented case studies.

Then only you will be able to learn the practical aspects of Vastu Shastra. Then only you can offer an effective and reliable advice to people and establish yourself as a reputed Vastu consultant.

Institutes Offering the Course

Aunkar Foundation, New Delhi

www.mahavastu.com

IFAS, New Delhi

Sai Vaastu Kendra, Hyderabad

ICAS, New Delhi

www.icas.org.in

Where all one can find work

Knowledge of Vastu application equips architects & interior designers with a tool to make better & more beautiful homes; enables civil engineers & town planners to build better townships, workplaces etc. Accordingly, there are many job opportunities in the offices of architects, interior designers & builders. Besides this, there are institutes which offer Vastu training and on successful completion of the training you can join them as Vastu consultant. So there are numerous career opportunities in the field of Vastu arising in the near future. 

The author is Chairman - Mahavastu Group