From the dinner
The Big Build
12 longform podcast episodes, ~55 min each. Spotify · Apple · YouTube. First drops late 2026.
The Record · MMXXVI · Vol I — BengaluruOne long table. Thirty seats.
One long table. Thirty seats.
The decade, on the record.
The first sitting of the Circle — 18 named voices on the cast, 12 applicant seats around them. The people putting up India's next USD 100 Bn of academic real estate, filmed, recorded, published.
Convening dateThu 27 Aug 2026
VenueTaj West End, BLR
Seat₹50,000 + GST
§ 01 — The ConveningFolio 001 / Vol. I
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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.
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The Room
Eighteen voices on the cast. Twelve seats around them.
The cast is chosen on merit and live project authority — never for sale. The room around them — twelve 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 →
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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.
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From past rooms
What people said after the last table.
The Circle is new. The dinners we have hosted before it are not. A few notes from the operators who have sat at our earlier tables across Bengaluru, Mumbai and Delhi.
“The first room in years where every chair belonged. No vendors, no fluff — just operators with current campuses in the ground.”
Founder · K-12 chain
Bengaluru · 2024
“I walked out with two real conversations and an introduction I had been chasing for eighteen months. The format works because the room is small.”
Managing Partner · Education-focused fund
Mumbai · 2024
“The editorial discipline is the difference. What got published later was the conversation we actually had — not a press release.”
Vice-Chancellor · Private university
Delhi · 2025
Quotes cleared with attribution; names withheld at speaker request per house rule.
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A note from the desk
Why we are setting this table.
Ganesh Babu
Editor · EduInfra Circle
Editor · EduInfra Circle
For ten years I have been in rooms where India’s next hundred campuses are being drawn up — and watched most of those conversations die in pitch decks and panel halls. The work is real. The record is not.
The Boardroom is the room I wished existed. Thirty people who are actually building, one long table, a kitchen that knows what it is doing, and a small crew making sure the conversation does not vanish with the dessert course.
If your work belongs here, write to me directly — ganesh@agxperiential.com. I read every note.
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The filter
This is for you if — and isn't, if not.
The room is small on purpose. Before you apply, read both columns. If your honest answer to the left side is yes on three of five, the seat is yours to ask for.
This is for you if
- You are a founder, MD or principal with a live K-12, higher-ed or university project at scale.
- You are an architect or design-build leader with campuses in construction today.
- You write or allocate cheques into Indian academic infrastructure.
- You are a Vice-Chancellor or senior academic head of a new or growing university.
- You will speak candidly under Chatham-House and stay for the digestif.
This isn’t for you if
- You are an agency, consultant or vendor selling into the sector.
- You are a junior delegate sent on behalf of a leader who couldn't make it.
- Your interest is press, observation or panel-style networking.
- Your project is at deck stage with no ground, capital or campus committed.
- You need the dinner to be on the record or live-streamed.
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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
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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.
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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.