From the dinner
The Big Build
12 longform podcast episodes, ~55 min each. Spotify · Apple · YouTube. First drops late 2026.
The Boardroom · Vol. I · Bengaluru Edition
One long table. Thirty seats.
The decade, on the record.
The first sitting of the Circle: 12 named voices on the cast and 18 applicant seats around them — the people putting up India's next USD 100 Bn of academic real estate, filmed, recorded, published.
Taj West End, BengaluruThu 27 August 202612 voices · 5 themesClosed-door · by application
The Evening
One night. Seven courses. Off the record.
Thursday, 27 August 2026 at Taj West End. The arrivals at dusk; the dinner through the night; the conversation that the rest of the city reads about later — published in measured edits, never live.
18:30
Arrivals
Lawn reception. First introductions, no programme.
19:15
Seating
One long table. Place cards. Phones to the silver tray.
19:30
The dinner
Seven courses. Five themes. Chatham-House rule.
22:30
Digestif
Off-table conversation. Cigars on the terrace.
23:30
Close
Cars from the porte-cochère. The record is sealed.
Dress code
Lounge. No black tie, no badges.
On the record
Off-table. Selected quotes are cleared before publication.
NDA
Soft, signed at the door. The room is private; the work is not.
The Room
Twelve voices on the cast. Eighteen seats around them.
The cast is chosen on merit and live project authority — never for sale. The room around them — eighteen applicant seats — is operators, architects, investors and academic heads with work in the ground today.
01
The Ground
School-chain operators
Faculty — rolling
02
The Build
Architects & design-build · anchored by EDI
Faculty — rolling
03
The Money
Investors & capital · with JV Ventures
Faculty — rolling
04
The Handoff
Operators & governance
Faculty — rolling
05
The Verdict
Vice-Chancellors & academic heads
Faculty — rolling
Confirmed for the cast
Faculty — confirming
The Ground
Faculty — confirming
The Build · EDI
Faculty — confirming
The Money · JV Ventures
Faculty — confirming
The Verdict
Names announced on a rolling basis as voices clear. See the voices wall →
What the night becomes
The dinner is the source. The record is everything after.
The Boardroom is one instrument of four. Vol. I feeds the podcast, the documentary and the book that follow it. Each instrument carries the work to a different shelf.
From the city
Building Bharat
A feature-length documentary on the city's build-out — the land, the brief, the money, the handoff, the verdict.
From the year
The Blueprint · India
A hardbound annual. Transcripts, drawings, data. Limited edition, on the shelves of the people who matter.
See the book →Recording crew is in-room throughout. Every voice has a pre-call, a light edit, and final cleared-quote approval before anything is published.
The Seat
A single seat at the table.
Voices are editorial and complimentary. The room around them is by application. The seat is the dinner, the record, and the standing room that follows.
What it includes
- —Reserved place at the long table, 27 Aug 2026
- —Seven-course dinner, beverages, digestifs
- —Your copy of The Blueprint · India Vol. I
- —Cleared-quote rights to the night's transcript
- —Standing introductions across the Circle network
Who we seat
- —Founders, MDs, principals with a live project at scale
- —Architects & design-build leaders with current campuses
- —Investors writing cheques into Indian academic infra
- —Vice-Chancellors and senior academic heads
- —No agencies, no junior delegates, no observers
Application opens
Open now
Decisions
Rolling · 14-day reply
Room closes
14 Aug 2026 · or sold-out
Common questions
Before you apply.
What does a seat cost?+
Pricing is shared on application. Voices on the cast are complimentary and editorial — never paid for.
Who will I actually meet in the room?+
By design — school-chain founders, campus architects (anchored by EDI), academic-infra investors (with JV Ventures), and Vice-Chancellors of new universities. ANAROCK joins as Knowledge Partner. Named faculty is published on /voices as voices clear; the applicant room is built to match.
What happens if I apply and don't get a seat?+
We reply in 14 days either way. Applicants we can't seat at Vol. I are offered priority on the Vol. II waitlist (next city) and an early copy of The Blueprint when it ships.
Is travel and stay covered?+
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.
Can I bring a colleague?+
Seats are individual and non-transferable. If your colleague has a live project of their own, they are welcome to apply separately.
Dietary needs?+
The kitchen handles vegetarian, vegan, jain and most allergens. You'll be asked at confirmation; please tell us early.
Is the dinner on the record?+
Off-table. The room is private. Quotes used in the podcast, film or book are cleared with you before publication.
I want to partner, not attend — where do I write?+
Partnership is a separate door. See /partners for tiers, or write to ganesh@eduinfraconnect.com.
Room closes 14 Aug 2026
Thirty seats. One room. One night.
If your work belongs at this table — apply. The rest of the doors (nominate, partner) sit one click away below.