Plate 01 · An academic campus under construction · India · 2026
Vol. I — MMXXVI / Institution of Record · Bengaluru Edition
Between now and 2035, India will build four billion square feet of academic infrastructure — the largest such build-out in human history. This is the city-by-city record of how it gets built — and who builds it.
Chapter 00 · The Thesis · The Evidence
Source · Anarock EduInfra Report · 2026
The Thesis
India is entering an academic build-out without precedent — four billion square feet of campuses, across thirty thousand acres, requiring half a trillion dollars of capital across the decade.
Anarock has called it the largest single demand wave in Indian real estate. It will outweigh everything India has built for education in the last seventy years combined.
The EduInfra Circle exists to document this transformation as it happens — one city at a time. Bengaluru. Hyderabad. Mumbai. NCR. Each city, a season; each season, a permanent record.
The Evidence
4B+
New academic built-up area required
Square feet · 2026–2035
30K
Land aggregation across the decade
Acres · Pan-India
$100B
Capital deployment opportunity
USD · Education decade · 2026–2035
Cities · Vol. I
04
Episodes / city
05
Founders on record
60+
Public seats / city
12
Chapter 02 · The Instruments
Podcast · Boardroom · Blueprint · Documentary
Instrument 01 · Roundtable Podcast Series
Not interviews. A roundtable.
Multi-episode arcs per city — Bengaluru first, then Hyderabad, Mumbai, NCR. Each season convenes the full value chain of that market: K-12 and higher-ed promoters, university founders, standalone institutions, non-formal operators, architects, designers, infrastructure partners, EPC firms, and capital — around one table, on the record.
Instrument 02 · Closed-Door Dinner
Where the podcast is launched.
A vetted, off-the-record dinner that anchors each city's season — the room where the recording is unveiled and the conversation continues without microphones. Founders, allocators and architects of record, by invitation only.
Instrument 03 · Annual Coffee-Table Book
The reference text of the decade.
A hardbound annual compiling the season's work — twelve founders, twelve stories; the EduInfra Index; the research findings; the city profiles; the pipeline of futuristic campuses. One volume per year, shelved as the canonical record.
Instrument 04 · Documentary Series
The build-out, on film.
A cinematic chronicle of the people physically taking Indian education infrastructure to its next level — the architects, the promoters, the crews, the sites. Project by project, episode by episode, city by city.
Chapter 03 · The Spine
Twelve to fifteen leaders across the full arc of how a campus gets decided, designed, financed, governed and judged. Chosen on merit — never for sale.
Recast for each city · curated shortlist rolling
What they're betting on, and where.
The brief, the constraints, the as-built reality.
International partnerships, chains and scale.
Consolidation, M&A and succession — sell, scale or hold.
What the buildings are really for.
Chapter 04 · The Rollout
Four cities · One launch year · Bengaluru confirmed · Hyderabad, NCR & Mumbai to follow
Bengaluru
August 2026
Taj West End · Race Course Road
Five episodes · twelve public seats. Boardroom Dinner at Taj West End — filmed as the documentary centrepiece, recorded for The Big Build, photographed for Blueprint Vol. I.
Hyderabad
September 2026
The Quorum · Hyderabad
Five episodes · twelve public seats. Cast assembly underway with HITEC City and ORR corridor principals.
Mumbai
October 2026
The Quorum · Mumbai
Five episodes · twelve public seats. MMR on the record — Navi Mumbai, Thane and the western suburbs.
NCR
November–December 2026
The Quorum · NCR
Five episodes · twelve public seats. Delhi, Gurugram, Noida and the Jewar corridor convened as one volume.
Chapter 05 · The Cities
Each city is a season. Each season rolls into the national edition.
Plate · Confirmed venue · Taj West End · Bengaluru
Chapter 06 · Who's in the room
Names stay off the page until the cast is sealed. The composition does not. Thirty seats, cast by archetype — the full value chain of a city's education build-out, on the record, in one room.
§ A · Bengaluru · 27 Aug 2026 · Indicative seat composition
8
K-12 promoters & multi-school operators
6
Higher-ed founders & university leadership
3
Standalone institutions & non-formal operators
4
Architects & education designers of record
4
Infrastructure, land & EPC partners
5
Capital, strategy & advisory partners
§ B · Precedent · EduInfra Connect · Mumbai · 17 March 2026
A note on format. EduInfra Connect (Mumbai, March 2026) was a one-day, multi-stage execution forum — 60+ decision-makers, partner stages, curated 1:1s. EduInfra Circle (Bengaluru, August 2026) is a different format: a closed boardroom dinner of 30, filmed as a documentary, recorded as a podcast, published as a book. Different room, same standing in the ecosystem.
A closed-door execution forum that brought the education infrastructure ecosystem together for the first time. The standing the Connect built is what the Circle now convenes around.
§ Presented with
Title Sponsor
The Collective Infra · Strategy · Systems · Governance
Design Partner
Education Design International · EDI
Real Estate Knowledge Partner
CBRE
Higher-Ed Knowledge Partner
ANAROCK · Values over value
Foreign Universities Partner
Novistra Capital
60+
Curated decision-makers
30+
Education operators
30+
RE, land & infra partners
60+
Curated 1:1 meetings
§ Our Partners
§ Recap reel · 02:14
EduInfra Connect · Mumbai · 17 March 2026
§ From the floor
“The event uniquely brought education organisations and real estate developers together — enabling interactions, understanding and collaborations. Excited for expanding editions across cities.”
“Well-organised, providing a platform to connect with industry peers, investors and partners — delivering discussions and valuable insights into education's future.”
“The event was vibrant — bringing investors, operators and service providers together, offering opportunities to present, moderate and appreciate the team's commendable effort.”
“Well-curated. Great networking and valuable insights from higher education and K-12 sectors — I'll be back for future editions.”
Bengaluru Vol. I, 27 August 2026 — same standing, new format. A boardroom of thirty, filmed, recorded and published. Request the prospectus, reserve a seat at the dinner, or apply to be featured in the upcoming Blueprint.