Studybase at ScooNews Global Ed-Fest 2026
Three days at Clarks Amer, one stall, and a great many conversations we did not want to end. This year's edition was themed ABLE — India's first education summit on disability inclusion — and it was the right room to be in.
3 days
6–8 August 2026
Stall #20
Clarks Amer, Jaipur
500+
School leaders in the room
ABLE
The theme: disability inclusion
How the three days went
We came to Jaipur as exhibitors and spent most of the Fest at Stall #20, with the platform running live rather than sitting in a slide deck. Principals, directors, trustees and school owners walked up, asked hard questions about fees, reconciliation, progress cards and parent communication, and we answered them on real screens.
A special highlight was ABLE itself. Seeing so many leaders and changemakers gather around disability inclusion — and hearing what that demands of schools, of the people who run them, and of the software behind them — reframed a lot of what we thought we were building.
We were honoured to meet Prathmesh Sinha, Shriji Huzoor Dr Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar, 77th Custodian of the House of Mewar and Patron of Global Ed-Fest, and Padma Shri Javed Ahmad Tak, among many others. Some of the best moments were the quieter ones: reconnecting with partner schools, and meeting institutions who already knew us through a sister campus.
Thank you to ScooNews and the ABLE team for putting this together, and to everyone who stopped by. We are already looking forward to the next edition.
Pictures from the floor
A few of the people we met at Global Ed-Fest 2026, and the stall they found us at.
Stall #20, Clarks Amer
Three days of the whole platform on the walls — fees, admissions, academics, transport, the parent app, and the Paytm integration behind fee collection.
Shriji Huzoor Dr Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar
77th Custodian, House of Mewar and Patron of Global Ed-Fest — on education, heritage and the responsibility institutions carry.
Padma Shri Javed Ahmad Tak
Founder, Zaiba Aapa Institute of Inclusive Education, Jammu & Kashmir. His work on opportunities for children with disabilities was the conversation we left thinking about.
Prathmesh Sinha
Student, TEDx speaker, national awardee, Shark Tank India participant and the face of Annie, the Braille learning device. Meeting him was the highlight of the Fest.
Shri Maneesh Goyal, IAS
At the stall, on education, technology, and how the needs of institutions are changing faster than the systems that serve them.
At Stall #20
Shri Maneesh Goyal, IAS, with the Studybase team on the exhibition floor.
Mr Naman Kandoi
Director, Mayoor School, Jaipur — a Studybase partner. Good to reconnect and carry on the conversation about where school operations are heading.
Mr Ashutosh Tripathi
Executive Director, Krishna Public School, Raipur. One of the warmest conversations of the event — he could relate closely to building something big out of a Tier-2 city.
Mr Umesh Chandra Pandit
Principal, Air Force School, Jamnagar. The school already knew Studybase — through their counterparts at Air Force School, Jodhpur.
Commander Manoj Bisht
Navy Children School, Delhi — on leadership and the evolving needs of schools that run to their own rhythm.
Mr Satish Kumar Sharma
Honorary Director and former Principal/Director, Maharana Mewar Public School, Udaipur — decades of the city's education landscape in one conversation.
Dr S. Prem Shankar
Chairman, Holy Sai Group of Institutions and Managing Trustee, Shiridi Sai Educational & Charitable Trust — on purpose-driven leadership and transforming education.
Mrs Komal Khubchandani
Learning Roots, Nagpur — early childhood education, and why the right digitisation strategy decides how well a group expands across branches.
Ms Arti Kumari
Vice Principal, Sunbeam School Sarnath, Varanasi — 15+ years across student guidance, academic development and modern approaches to learning.
Dr Jaishree Bhargava
Shri Jain Shwetamber Terapanthi Secondary School — an association built on making the everyday work of educators lighter.
Mrs Priyanka Bhargava
Principal, Rishikul Vidyapeeth Vijay School, Jaipur — a partner school, and a familiar face in a hall full of new ones.
On the floor
With Shriji Huzoor Dr Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar between sessions at Clarks Amer.
Photographs from the Studybase team at Global Ed-Fest 2026. Studybase attended as an exhibitor; the Fest is organised by ScooNews.
What we took away
Four things that came up often enough to count as a pattern.
Digitisation is now a growth decision
Group after group described the right digitisation strategy as the thing that decides how cleanly they can open the next branch. Not an IT project — an expansion plan.
Word of mouth travels between campuses
More than one school walked up already knowing Studybase, because a sister institution runs it. Air Force School, Jamnagar had heard about us from Air Force School, Jodhpur.
Inclusion has to reach the software
ABLE put disability inclusion at the centre of the agenda. It is a fair question to ask of every system a school runs, ours included, and we came back with a longer list than we arrived with.
Leaders want to talk to builders
The best conversations at the stall started when people realised they were talking to the founders rather than a sales desk. We plan to keep it that way at the next one.
1,100+
Institutions
5L+
App Downloads
10L+
Students
2,000 Cr+
Fee Payments
20+
Cities
Who you met at the stall
Both co-founders were at the Fest for all three days. If you spoke to us in Jaipur and want to pick the conversation back up, they are a message away.
Aashish Ahuja
Co-founder
18+ Years in EdtechAn education technology leader with over 18 years of experience building and scaling EdTech platforms that serve hundreds of educational institutions, driven by education-focused innovation and trusted customer partnerships.
Top Positions:
- Co-founder, Director @ Studybase
- Director @ EducationStack
- Director @ Gurukul Studio
Saurabh Vyas
Co-founder
20+ Years in OS / CloudA technology leader with over 20 years of experience in operating systems and cloud platforms. He leads Studybase's growth strategy, forges strategic partnerships, and drives its expansion across educational institutions and government education initiatives.
Top Positions:
- Co-founder, Chief of Growth @ Studybase
- Principal Engineer @ Oracle
- Technology Lead @ Sun Microsystems
Who was on stage
The Fest brought together 200+ speakers across three days. A few of the names on the 2026 programme:
V.R. Ferose
Chairperson & Founder Trustee, India Inclusion Foundation; ABLE
Shriji Huzoor Dr Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar
77th Custodian, House of Mewar & Patron, Global Ed-Fest
Padma Shri Dr Uma Tuli
Trustee, Amar Jyoti Foundation
Padma Shri Javed Ahmed Tak
Founder, Zaiba Aapa Institute of Inclusive Education, J&K
Sabriye Tenberken & Paul Kronenberg
Co-founders, Braille Without Borders
Jeeja Ghosh
Disability Rights Activist, EnAble India
Dr Kala Parasuram
Senior Manager, Equity & Inclusive Education, International Baccalaureate
Lina Ashar
Chairperson, Dreamtime Learning
Dr Aditi Misra
Director, Dharav High Schools; DPS Sector 45 Gurgaon
Manit Jain
Co-founder & CEO, Heritage Group of Schools; ABLE
Prajodh Rajan
Co-founder & Group CEO, Lighthouse Learning Group
Vicky Roy
Globally Acclaimed Photographer
Showing 12 of the announced speakers. The full programme is published by the organisers at globaledfest.com. Studybase was an exhibitor, not an organiser.
We didn't get to everyone in Jaipur
If we missed you at Stall #20 — or you want to carry on where the conversation stopped — tell us your institution and what you're trying to fix. We'll have the right person and the right screens ready.
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