Podcast
The Big Build
Twelve longform conversations, ~55 minutes each, with the operators, architects, investors and academic heads building India's education decade.
| PROJECT | Building Bharat |
| SHEET | Edition 01 / BLR |
| VENUE | Taj West End |
| ISSUED | 27 Aug 2026 |
Bengaluru edition · Edition 01 of the 2026 series
BUILDING
BHARAT
भारत
India's $100 billion education decade — on the record.
Taj West End, BengaluruThu 27 August 202612 voices · 5 themesClosed-door · by application
Ep. 01 — The Land Before the Brief · The Big Build
Confirmed partnersDesign Partner — EDIIntelligence Partner — ANAROCKIndustry Partner — JV Ventures
02 · The edition
A documentary, a podcast, and a closed-door room
Building Bharat goes inside the decade-long build-out of India's education infrastructure — from school chains and university campuses to the architects, investors and operators putting them up. Each city edition produces longform podcast episodes, a documentary film, a single off-the-record dinner, and a hardbound book. The record, not the press release.
2.7 Bn sf
new academic real estate needed
30,000 ac
campus land opportunity
25M
new university seats by 2035
265M
K-12 students today
Sources: Anarock Investment Banking, The Academic Real Estate Supercycle; CBRE K-12; UDISE+ / Economic Survey FY2023-24; NEP 2020.
03 · One story, four formats
One story, told four ways
Documentary film
Building Bharat
A feature-length cut following the build-out across the city edition — the land, the brief, the money, the handoff, the verdict.
Closed-door dinner
The EduInfra Boardroom
A single seven-course dinner. Off the record. The twelve voices and a curated room, once a city.
Hardbound book
EduInfra Blueprint · India
Limited-edition print volume. Transcripts, drawings, data. The reference set of the decade.
04 · The cast
Five themes that build a city
Twelve voices. Five themes. The cast is chosen on merit and live project authority — never for sale. Faculty announced on a rolling basis as voices confirm.
01
The Ground
School-chain operators
The people running networks of K-12 and pre-K across India — what land, what brief, what bell.
Faculty — rolling
02
The Build
Architects & design-build
Anchored by Design Partner EDI. From master plan to handover, the people drawing the campuses.
Faculty — rolling
03
The Money
Investors & capital
With JV Ventures. The funds, family offices and strategics underwriting the decade.
Faculty — rolling
04
The Handoff
Operators & governance
M&A, succession, board craft — what happens after the ribbon is cut.
Faculty — rolling
05
The Verdict
Vice-Chancellors & academic heads
The people the buildings are supposed to serve. Their tests, their report card.
Faculty — rolling
05 · How it runs
One city week, five steps
STEP 01
Pre-call
Editorial brief, scope of topics, comfort with the record.
STEP 02
Recording
In-studio, in-city. ~55 minutes, longform.
STEP 03
Dinner
EduInfra Boardroom. Seven courses. Off the record.
STEP 04
Review
Light edit. Confirm transcript, art and pull-quotes.
STEP 05
Release
Spotify · Apple · JioSaavn · YouTube + film + book.
06 · The 2026 series
It begins in Bengaluru
Confirmed
City Edition
Bengaluru
27 Aug 2026 · Taj West End
City Edition
Hyderabad
2026 · announced rolling
City Edition
NCR · Gurugram
2026 · announced rolling
City Edition
Mumbai
2026 · announced rolling
07 · The room
Who's in the room
The EduInfra Boardroom is a single dinner. Twelve voices. A curated room of operators, architects, builders, investors and academic heads — chosen for live projects and decision authority, never for the size of their cheque.
Every voice is chosen for a live project and real authority. No junior representatives.
In the room
- —Founders & MDs of school chains and university operators
- —Principal architects & design-build leaders
- —Project builders & EPC heads
- —Investors — funds, family offices, strategics
- —Vice-Chancellors & academic heads
08 · What a seat returns
What a seat returns
/ 01
Relationships
An evening with the people deciding the decade — across capital, design and academia. The conversation continues after the dinner.
/ 02
On-the-record perspective
Longform podcast and film distribution. Your view, properly framed, in the canonical record of the build-out.
/ 03
The hardbound book
EduInfra Blueprint · India. A limited-edition reference volume on your shelf and in the libraries that matter.
/ 04
Curated network
Quiet introductions across editions and cities. The cast becomes a standing room you can call on.
09 · Take part
Three ways in — and a wall between them
A cast seat is editorial and earned, never bought. Partnership is a separate door. The wall between the two is the point.
Featured
Door 01
Be a voice
By invitation. Editorial. Complimentary. Your seat is your record — earned on the work, not the cheque.
tospeak@eduinfraconnect.comDoor 02
Partner with us
Five tiers. Editorial wall maintained. Rate card on a short call.
ganesh@eduinfraconnect.comDoor 03
Attend the dinner
By application. Limited seats. The room around the twelve.
10 · Partner with the series
Five ways to stand behind the record
Tier
Founding
Season Partner — the series-defining presence across all city editions.
Tier
Category
Vertical Partner — own a category across the year (design, capital, intelligence).
Tier
Intelligence
Research Partner — supply and co-author the data spine of the book.
Tier
City Host
City Edition Partner — single city, single edition, single room.
Tier
Reference
Volume Partner — the hardbound book and its distribution list.
Plus an Industry-Partner route for a single city. Rate card on a short call.
11 · Proof
From the team behind EduInfra
"A great platform to meet industry colleagues, investors, designers and partners… a few hours of very sharp discussions…"
Confirmed partners
- EDI
- JV Ventures
Track record
EduInfra CONNECT, Mumbai
The forum that convened the category — now extending into the canonical record.
Convened by
Ganesh Babu
Series Editor, AlphaGamma Market Ventures.
12 · FAQ
Common questions
Is this for me?+
If you are running, building, funding or governing an India education-infrastructure project at scale — yes. The room is small and the work is concrete.
Can I buy a place as a voice?+
No. The cast is editorial and is never for sale. Partnership is a separate door, behind a wall.
What does it cost?+
Being a voice is complimentary. Partner tiers carry a rate card, shared on a short call. Dinner seats are by application.
What's expected of me?+
A short pre-call, a ~55-minute recording in-city, the dinner, and a brief review on release.
When and where?+
Taj West End, Bengaluru. Thursday, 27 August 2026.
What do I leave with?+
Your record on the canonical podcast and film, your copy of the hardbound book, and a standing room of peers across editions.
Twelve seats. One city week. Be on the record.
Bengaluru, 27 August 2026. The first edition of the 2026 series.
Twelve voices · by invitation & application · the room is forming