Mr. Shreevats Jaipuria

Mr. Shreevats Jaipuria opened INSIGNIA 2026 by welcoming every promoter — those who had been part of the journey and those just beginning it. More than eighty years ago his forefathers set out to bring quality education to towns and cities across India; the family has been in education since 1945, opening its first school in Gomtinagar, Lucknow in 1992. Since 2014, through the collective energy of promoters, the network has grown to 62 operational schools with 25 under implementation and 57,000 students, heading toward 70,000 next year.

He was clear about why the group grows with promoters rather than alone. The insight, ambition and ownership each promoter brings to a school is something one family or one team simply could not — so franchising is not merely a way to grow, but a way to deliver far greater quality and ownership for every stakeholder.

Before the talk he did something unusual: he called students, parents, teachers, principals and promoters to look at Jaipuria through their eyes. Students spoke of discovery — "help me discover what I can become" — of achievement, exposure and confidence. A parent who had lost his wife said the school had given his daughter "pachas maa," fifty mothers in its teachers. Teachers, many of whom had worked at three or four chains, said Jaipuria helped them become better teachers, and spoke passionately about JLearn and Upskill. Principals valued systems because systems produce autonomy — a framework within which to show autonomy rather than rebuild everything.

Four priorities, he said, turn aspirations into actions: know every child (individual attention and base academic needs); prepare them not only academically but for life; develop great people; and unlock collective strength. On academics, centralised curriculum, lesson plans and benchmark assessments across grades 3, 5 and 8 now cover about 12,000 students a year, with roughly 9% score growth between the start and end of the year. Beyond the baseline, Jeet scholarships, Siddhi awards and iDeal 2.0 interdisciplinary learning push students higher.

Outside academics — personality, sports, fitness and communication. As India grows richer it is not growing fitter, so events like Pinnacle build a culture where sport and fitness are celebrated, and he flagged mental fitness as the next frontier. Communication and English matter, so the network launched Rehearsal Junior, an AI coach for communicative English for classes 6–8, with a mobile app coming and a rollout to classes 3–5. Sanskar, sanskriti and sanskrit root children in their past to make them steadier citizens of a rapidly changing future.

Developing great people sits at the heart of it: JLearn, the new JSTART induction course, Upskill for community, and Classroom Edge for mentoring. For administrators, admissions and marketing staff there are JIP and JConnect; for recruitment, JGrow now screens teachers through AI to reach more candidates with an objective, updated database. The lesson from teachers: they value the brand and the learning far more than they say at increment time, and the ones who value it most add the most in the classroom.

He closed on collective strength — every promoter building for their own reasons, yet each building on top of what the others build. Students who thrive, parents who trust, teachers who grow, promoters who gain in impact and name. "We are stronger together because of each and every one of you."