— Boardroom · Vol. I · MMXXVI
The first sitting of the Circle. The people putting up India's next USD 100 Bn of academic real estate — filmed, recorded, published.
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The Room · in Numbers
“If this room existed as a single firm, it would be the largest education-infrastructure platform in the country.”
Indicative — aggregated across confirmed cast and curated targets. Final figures published in the Vol. I Canon.
The cast · 35 voices on the editorial spine
Identities are not published until each voice clears. What we can show is the composition — the cross-section of the decade that will sit at the table on 22 September.
Names published on confirmation. The room is built for fit, not headcount. Logos and identities shown only with each voice's written consent.
Vol. I · Bengaluru · The Spine
The five episodes recorded at Taj West End on 22 September. One flagship film alongside. Cast is editorial — chosen on merit, never for sale.
Anchor build
Anchor build · mid-construction 2026
The flagship documentary subject — a landmark international branch campus, filmed on-site through the critical milestones of August–September 2026. Institution and design partners announced on confirmation.
EDI project study
Early-years campus · 1.8 acres · 320 children
India's largest purpose-built early-years environment becomes the proof point for child-scale design: arrival, light, sensory calm, movement and independence for children aged 6 months to 6 years. Featured in Architectural Digest India.
EDI project study
K-12 campus · holistic learning · sports + arts + academics
A purpose-built school campus where EDI's brief is not just classrooms, but a full learning ecology — collaboration, creativity, performance, sport and everyday student agency.
EDI project study
Higher-ed campus · 43 acres · economics institution
The Dr. B.R. Ambedkar School of Economics shows the other end of the arc: a state-scale university campus designed to carry institutional ambition, academic identity and long-hold public value.
Is this seat for you?
You belong ifYou run or build a school chain, university or learning platform with a live India footprint.
You walk away with
Your POV on the decade enters the public record — quoted in the Canon, the podcast, the film.
You belong ifYour practice has a current campus in design or under construction.
You walk away with
Direct sightlines to the operators and capital commissioning the next 220 campuses.
You belong ifYou make furniture, building systems, MEP, classroom tech or finishes specified into campuses.
You walk away with
A room where specifiers, principals and developers are in the same conversation, not on separate calls.
You belong ifYou sell into campuses — curriculum, edtech, security, F&B, hostel, transport, energy.
You walk away with
Three curated 1:1 intros queued by the desk, post-dinner — not cold outreach, warm context.
You belong ifYou advise founders, funds or boards on academic infrastructure, M&A or strategy.
You walk away with
A seat at the table where the year's biggest deals are unofficially scoped before they're announced.
You belong ifYou write cheques into education — PE, growth, family office, sovereign, foundation.
You walk away with
Founders you'd otherwise meet through three warm intros — within reach across one long table.
The Evening · minute by minute
Lobby · Taj West End
Welcome drinks. Names and cards exchanged. The desk introduces you to two seats you should meet first.
Crystal Room
Fifty seats. Allocated by the editorial desk for cross-pollination — founders next to capital, architects next to operators, suppliers next to specifiers.
From the head of the table
The convener frames the decade ahead — the ₹24,000 Cr question this room is here to answer.
Moderated round
Each seat speaks 90 seconds. Land cost, approvals, geography, demand. Recorded; quoted with attribution in the Canon after clearance.
Moderated round
Capex, design, supply chain, sustainability. Same format. Same record.
Moderated round
Pedagogy, outcomes, what the campus is finally for. Closing reflections from each seat.
Lawn
Off the record. The desk queues curated 1:1 introductions. Last car at 23:00.
On-the-record segments are recorded and transcribed. Every quote is cleared with you before it appears in the podcast, the film or the Canon. Off-the-record stays off.
What ₹1,11,110 actually buys
One of fifteen reserved around a thirty-five-voice cast.
Quoted with attribution. Hardbound. 10-year shelf life on the desks of the people who matter.
A 15-minute call to brief the room on your project before you walk in.
Your moment on the record, cleared by you, yours to use.
Queued by the desk on the night, made by email within seven days.
Room sheet, seat plan, dietary, hotel block code, dress.
The Seat
Voices are editorial and complimentary. The fifteen seats around the cast are reserved directly. The seat is the dinner, the record, and the standing room that follows.
The early-bird rate for the first sitting of the Circle. All-in — nothing further to pay.
Reserve and payPaid seat. Confirmed on receipt, subject to fit. Full refund if we can't seat you — decision within 48 h.
The standard ticket price once the founding allocation closes. Opens later — no action needed today.
What happens after you pay
Email within minutes of payment with your reservation reference.
Issued in your company name within 2 working days. Reply with GSTIN if needed.
A short call with the editorial desk to confirm fit and seating context.
Dietary, room block code and arrival note, two weeks before the sitting.
A seat is a place in the room, not a place on the record. The cast is editorial and is never for sale.
For room-fit questions, write first
Ganesh Babu — Convening Desk
If you'd rather speak before reserving, write to Ganesh with a line on your project and seat-count. The desk replies within the working day.
Common questions
By design: school-chain founders, campus architects (anchored by EDI), academic-infra investors and capital (with JV Ventures under The Verdict), and Vice-Chancellors of new universities. ANAROCK joins as Knowledge Partner. Named faculty is published on /voices as voices clear; the room around them is built to match.
No. The seat covers the evening at Taj West End only. We are happy to share a room block code with the hotel on confirmation.
Seats are individual and non-transferable. If your colleague has a live project of their own, they are welcome to apply separately.
The kitchen handles vegetarian, vegan, jain and most allergens. You'll be asked at confirmation; please tell us early.
One name change is permitted up to 14 days before the sitting, subject to fit (same seniority, same operating remit). Write to the desk with the new attendee's brief.
Only if you want it to. The room is private; the cast is editorial. Attendee names are never published without written consent, and any quotes are cleared with you before they appear in the podcast, film or book.
Partnership is a separate door. See /partners for tiers, or write to ganesh@eduinfraseries.com.
Reserve directly — pay online, confirmed within 48 h.