Client
Symbiquest Education
Deal Type
Strategic Advisory
Deal Team
Vipul Bhargava
Managing Director
Katrina Oropel
Vice President
Vignesh Hariharan
Principal Consultant & General Counsel
Client description
Symbiquest Education is an India-based K–12 school operator and the partner selected by Whitgift School to establish Whitgift-branded international schools in India. The group operates Suchitra Academy, one of Hyderabad’s leading schools, offering both local and international curricula on a large green campus serving more than 2,000 students.
Suchitra Academy is recognised for its academic strength and exceptional sports provision — a training base for athletes such as PV Sindhu and Nikhat Zareen — and has been featured in Fortune Magazine’s Future50 Schools, Forbes’ Great Indian Schools, and ranked India’s #1 ‘Multi-Sport’ school by Education World.
Symbiquest brings strong operating capability, a premium school ecosystem, and a track record of quality.
Approach
Novistra advised Symbiquest Education on its strategic collaboration with Whitgift School, one of the UK’s most respected independent schools, to establish a premium international K-12 school in India. The partnership combines Whitgift’s academic heritage and governance standards with Symbiquest’s on-ground expertise to bring British-style education to one of the world’s fastest-growing education markets.
Outcome
The new school, Sagebrook Academy, aims to open August 2026 and will be a co-branded IB and British curriculum K-12 school with a capacity for 2,500 students, located in Hyderabad, India.

