University of Plymouth

The Consultants were retained by University of Plymouth to develop partnerships in transnational delivery of programmes in India. Several potential partners were introduced. However, the University was unable to implement the partnership due to regulatory issues in India.

IREO

The Company secured a contract to provide consultancy services to Knowledge Corporation Pvt. Ltd. a company sponsored by one of the largest construction companies in India, namely, IREO. KCPL, to begin with were seeking expertise from the consultants to establish private universities in India in association with best of the Universities globally. The first such two universities were to be established and start offering courses from 2013 in Ludhiana, State of Punjab and from 2014 in Gurgaon, State of Haryana.

IREO is the first and the largest Private Equity Fund dedicated to the Indian real estate sector with a fund size of around US $2 billion and the backing of global blue-chip investors and financial institutions. Over the period they have emerged as a major pan-India developer equipped with financial strength to fully leverage available opportunities in this sector.

Since establishing their presence in 2004, IREO has evolved into a fully integrated real estate organization that is both the financer and developer of its projects. The company has a pan-India footprint of projects in prime locations across NCR (including Gurgaon), and in the provinces of Haryana, Punjab, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra under various stages of development and implementation.

The Consultants were able to introduce a leading UK University to IREO. However, the project could not take off as the infrastructure industry was faced with a downturn and recession and IREO decided to postpone its investments in education ventures.

University of Lancaster, UK: Reports and Implementation

The University of Lancaster retained the consultants to undertake market research for three departments of the University to develop partnerships to undertake joint research and delivery of education and training programmes in India. Four different reports were prepared for four different schools namely, Psychology, Law, Engineering and Computing.

Following development of reports, Lancaster University sought inputs in developing and implementing its strategies for developing partnerships in India. The Consultants successfully organized setting up a partnership for delivery of Lancaster University programmes in India with G D Goenka World Institute a leading education organisation in India that is branded as the University of Lancaster’s campus in India.

University of Keele, UK

The Consultants had an arrangement with the University of Keele to identify and implement developing partnerships for the University of Keele on a project to project basis in India.