Adhyay — The Next Chapter
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अध्याय · noun · a chapter

School writes the chapters.
We were built to write
the next one.

Most school trips are sold as sightseeing and forgotten in a term. We started Adhyay because that is a waste of the single most memorable fortnight of a child’s school life — and because thirty years in this industry taught our founder exactly how to do it differently.

INSTITUTIONALLY BACKED
$1M

A million-dollar seed round,
led by Kalpvriksh Capital Advisors.

Backing of this kind changes what a school travel company can promise. It means we commit to partner schools years ahead, invest in safety infrastructure before we need it, and never price a programme to survive a quarter. Kalpvriksh Capital Advisors Private Limited is our institutional partner in that.

Kalpvriksh
CAPITAL ADVISORS PVT LTD
Our institutional backer — and the reason we can commit to partner schools years ahead.
Seed
ROUND CLOSED
Capital directed at safety infrastructure, partner relationships and programme design.
20
CHAPTERS FUNDED
Twelve open this season, eight in preparation — built without waiting for bookings.
0
RUPEES ON HARD SELLING
We would rather spend it on escorts, medical cover and exchange partnerships.
Mr. Deepak Singh, Founder & COO of Adhyay
Mr. Deepak Singh
FOUNDER & COO
THE MAN BEHIND IT

Thirty years in the industry.
Eight of them spent getting
school trips right.

Three decades in travel gave him the operational instinct; the last eight, dedicated entirely to educational trips, gave him the conviction. He writes the learning outcome before the itinerary — because a trip that cannot be defended to a school board should not be sold to one.

He is respected across school organisations for the plainest reason in business: he is a man of integrity. He answers his own phone. When a principal calls with a hard question about supervision or medical cover, he is the person on the other end.

“A school trip should be the chapter a child rereads for the rest of their life.”

30 YEARS IN INDUSTRY8 YEARS IN SCHOOL TRIPSRESPECTED ACROSS SCHOOL BODIESANSWERS HIS OWN PHONE
HOW WE GOT HERE

The chapters before this one.

30 years ago
A career begins in travel
Operations, logistics, ground handling — the unglamorous end of the industry, where you learn what actually goes wrong and how quickly it has to be fixed.
8 years ago
The shift to school groups
Educational travel becomes the whole focus. Different discipline entirely: learning outcomes, board approvals, parent orientation, supervision ratios that cannot slip.
730 students
This year alone
730 students and 80 escorting teachers travelled with us in 2026, across programmes in Asia, Europe and Africa.
Now
Adhyay — The Next Chapter
A company built to do it properly: curriculum-mapped chapters, real school exchanges, and institutional backing behind every promise made to a school.
THE FOUNDING TEAM

Operators, not tour agents.

Alumni of SRCC, IIM and RV College — people who have built businesses and run operations at scale, and chose to build this one.

SRCC
Commerce and finance discipline — why our costing is transparent and our payment plans work for parents.
IIM
Operations and programme design at scale, applied to logistics that must be right the first time.
RV College
Engineering rigour — the systems behind tracking, escorts, medical cover and daily updates home.
Kalpvriksh Capital
Institutional backing that lets us plan seasons ahead and commit to partner schools abroad.
2026, IN NUMBERS
730
STUDENTS TRAVELLED
80
ESCORTING TEACHERS
20
CHAPTERS & COUNTING
1:10
TEACHER PER TEN STUDENTS
30yrs
INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP
24×7
INDIA PARENT HELPLINE
every one of them came home with a story their parents had to sit down for
HOW WE WORK

Non-negotiables.

One teacher per ten
On every programme, without exception. Escorting teachers travel free — it is a safety standard, not an incentive.
We meet your parents
In person, at your school. Itinerary, safety protocol, medical cover and costs — every question answered in the room.
The paperwork is ours
Visas, insurance, consent forms and payment plans handled from one place, so the school office is not buried in it.
Learning outcomes first
The outcome is written before the itinerary. Your board gets a report on return, not a photo album.
24×7 India helpline
Live for the duration of every programme, answered by someone who knows that group’s chapter by heart.
Meals they will eat
Indian dinners on every programme, with veg and Jain options planned in advance rather than improvised.
Daily updates home
Photographs and check-ins to the parent group every day, GPS-tracked coaches, vetted local partners.
Everybody gets the kit
A goodie bag on day one — the Adhyay Passport, cap, T-shirt and media kit journal — on every journey we run.
They write it down
Daily journal entries in the media kit, read aloud on the final night, with a Best Journal Entry award at the end of every trip.
Insurance, always
Comprehensive travel and medical insurance for every student and teacher on every programme — arranged by us, never an optional extra.
Vetted local partners
Hotels, coaches, guides and restaurants inspected before a group ever reaches them, and reviewed after every season.
We will say no
If a chapter does not fit your grade band, budget or timing, we say so. We would rather lose the booking than run it badly.

Come and meet us.

We will present at your school — the chapter, the safety protocol and the costs — and answer every parent question in the room. Ask for a thirty-minute call with Deepak; there is no sales script.