Capital-ready projects
DPRs, BOQs and cost plans structured the way HEFA and education lenders underwrite — sanction-grade from day one.
₹43,438 Crsanctioned by HEFA across 109 institutions — the underwriting bar we build to (HEFA, 2025)
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Build the campus advantage
From land diligence to net-zero operations, Profmax delivers campuses that lenders fund, students choose and energy bills don't erode — owner's-engineer discipline on every rupee.
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Campus energy mix% of monthly demand
Project milestones
Phase 1 build · handover tracking Apr 2027
Profmax Insights
Indian higher education needs 2.7 Bn sq ft of new academic space — a US$100 Bn build-out by 2035. See what it means for your campus.
Read the outlook$0 Bn
of construction Indian higher education needs by 2035 — 2.7 Bn sq ft of new academic space
Anarock, Feb 20260 GW
of rooftop solar India added in CY2025, up 123% year on year — institutions are claiming their share
Mercom India, 20260%
peak cut in campus electricity bills with rooftop solar (40–65% range), on a 3–5 year payback
Industry estimate (SafEarth), 20260 Mn
relocating students chasing roughly 7.5 Mn hostel beds — demand heads to 31.1 Mn by 2035-36
Colliers India, 2023Market indicators for India's education-infrastructure build-out, cited to Anarock (Feb 2026), Mercom India (2026), industry solar estimates (SafEarth, 2026) and Colliers India (2023) — shown to size the opportunity, not as Profmax client outcomes.
Why Profmax
Infrastructure that recruits, retains and repays
A campus is your most visible argument. We design and deliver assets that win admissions, clear lender scrutiny and pay their own bills.
Spaces that teach
Labs, libraries and digital classrooms specified to NEP and accreditation norms — closing the gaps national data keeps exposing.
56%of secondary schools have integrated science labs — the differentiation gap (UDISE+ 2023-24)
Energy as an asset
Rooftop solar, storage and efficiency engineered into the campus — power becomes a managed line, not a leak.
3–5 yrtypical payback on institutional rooftop solar (industry estimate, 2026)
Assets that earn
Hostels, exam centres and sports facilities planned as revenue assets with their own P&Ls — infrastructure that funds its next phase.
How we engage
From site visit to steady state
A disciplined arc from feasibility to an operating campus — one accountable owner's engineer throughout.
- 1
Assess
Site and title diligence, demand mapping, regulatory pathway and a feasibility verdict you can take to the board.
- 2
Design
Master plan, DPR with BOQs, lender-grade cost plan and approvals filed — solar and revenue assets engineered in, not retrofitted.
- 3
Build
Tendering, vendor qualification and owner's-engineer site control: QA/QC, bill certification, weekly progress reviews.
- 4
Operate
Facilities, energy and AMC management on one dashboard — generation tracked, warranties enforced, the next capex planned.
Products
Eleven products. One campus, fully delivered.
Engage a single product or compose the full build — every product below is scoped, priced and supervised by the same infrastructure bench.
11products in the practice
40+standard deliverables behind them
40–65%energy savings engineered into campuses
Campuses lenders fund
Get land, buildings and hostels right the first time in a $100 Bn build-out — products that help you:
- Buy on clean title with zoning, FSI and land-use diligence done first.
- Take lenders a DPR built to the bar HEFA set with ₹43,438 Cr sanctioned.
- Hold construction to ₹1,600–3,500 per sq ft CPWD-referenced benchmarks.
- Open hostels into a market of 11.3 Mn students chasing 7.5 Mn beds.
Land/Building Acquisition
Site scouting, title and zoning diligence, and negotiation support — buy the right land before designing anything on it.
- Site shortlist with title reports
- Zoning, FSI & land-use diligence
- Negotiation & transaction support
Building Construction
Owner's-engineer delivery from BOQ to handover, benchmarked against ₹1,600–3,500 per sq ft CPWD-referenced costs.
- Bill-of-quantities & rate review
- Contractor tendering & L1 negotiation
- Snag-list to handover
Hostel
India's 11.3 Mn relocating students chase roughly 7.5 Mn beds, and Colliers sees demand reaching 31.1 Mn by 2035-36 — student housing is education's most undersupplied asset. We benchmark the demand, plan the room mix, build to budget and commission operations, so the hostel opens full and runs as a profit centre with its own P&L.
- Bed-demand & rent benchmarking
- Room-mix & design brief
- Mess, laundry & security planning
- Operator shortlist & diligence
Other Infrastructure
Auditoriums, kitchens, transport bays and staff housing — supporting assets master-planned in, not bolted on later.
- Campus master-plan integration
- Design briefs & cost plans
- Vendor tendering & site supervision
L&T ConstructionConstruction & EPC delivery
Large campus builds tendered and benchmarked against India's biggest construction major — owner's-engineer oversight stays with us.
GRIHA CouncilSustainable habitat rating
New builds designed to GRIHA criteria from the master plan onward, so the rating is earned — not retrofitted.
From the field
The hostel waitlist became a second campus
Our 480-bed hostel opened 92% full, and the waitlist that remained underwrote the board case for phase two. The hostel P&L now funds its own expansion.
— TrusteeThe academic block closed ₹2.1 Cr under sanction
Rate benchmarking against CPWD-referenced costs caught padded BOQs before tendering. Handover came three weeks early and ₹2.1 Cr under the sanctioned budget.
— Director of projectsPartners
An ecosystem built around your institution
Engagements plug into India's campus-building ecosystem — certification councils, solar EPCs and module makers, construction majors, furniture houses and exam networks.
Ecosystem we design around and route tenders through. Named organisations are independent; introductions are engagement-specific and never exclusive.
Resources
Proof, stories and what's next
Real campuses, real numbers — what India's build-out and energy shift mean for your balance sheet.
₹1 Cr a year off the power bill: Jamia's 2.25 MW rooftop
Jamia Millia Islamia commissioned a 2.25 MW rooftop plant — 7,042 panels across 54 buildings — under a zero-capex model, buying solar power at ₹3.39/kWh and saving over ₹1 Cr a year. The playbook is repeatable: aggregate rooftops, tender hard, pay only for generation.
Nalanda's net-zero argument
Nalanda University's 455-acre campus runs net-zero on 6.5 MW of solar with GRIHA 5-star certification — proof that sustainability can be the flagship admissions story, not a CSR footnote.
7,000 classrooms, one summer deadline
Delhi's CM Shri program is converting 7,000 classrooms into AI-enabled smart classrooms by March 2026 — the state-level echo of the centre's ₹27,360 Cr PM SHRI push upgrading 14,500 exemplar schools. Exemplar-grade infrastructure is now public policy, and parents are recalibrating expectations accordingly.
Solar without capex
Under RESCO and opex models, a developer funds, builds and runs your rooftop plant — you simply buy the power at a contracted tariff below grid. India added 7.1 GW of rooftop solar in CY2025; institutions are claiming their share without touching reserves.
Net-zero as a differentiator
GRIHA and IGBC-certified campuses are becoming the headline in admissions brochures — lower operating costs, ESG-aligned donors and an edge with sustainability-minded parents.
The exam centre that pays rent
TCS iON runs 6,800+ authorised exam centres in 670+ cities — most hosted on institutional premises. Certify your computer labs once and they earn through every recruitment and entrance cycle.
The 3.8-million-bed shortfall
India has roughly 7.5 Mn hostel beds for 11.3 Mn relocating students, with demand projected at 31.1 Mn by 2035-36. Purpose-built student housing is the most undersupplied asset in Indian education — and the strongest case for building yours.
Trials
Start with a Campus Infrastructure & Energy Audit — on us
A complimentary half-day walkthrough with a Profmax projects lead. We map your space, energy and utilisation position, then hand you three capital moves worth making this year — whether or not you engage us.
Your audit includes
- Space utilisation and expansion headroom map
- Rooftop solar potential with indicative payback
- Lab, library and digital readiness scored against UDISE+ norms
- Three prioritised capital moves, in writing