About IRIS

An industry thinktank, not a content library.

An industry thinktank for real estate and infrastructure. IRIS reads how markets actually move — and converts that reading into research, consultancy, advisory and advanced management programs for the built environment.

What IRIS is

Four engines — research, consultancy, advisory, programs.

Original market studies, transformation engagements that build PMOs and capability architectures, retained counsel to founders and CXOs, and advanced management programs that convert technically strong professionals into leaders of capital and governance.

The thesis

Real estate is a capital business.

The roles that pay better and decide more in Indian real estate are not built on execution. They are built on capital judgment, feasibility thinking, transaction awareness and executive communication. That is what we teach.

The method

Three lenses, held at once.

IRIS trains operators to hold the Investor, the Developer and the Contractor lens simultaneously. Most leaders master one. Boardrooms reward those who hold all three.

Built by an operator

IRIS is one operator's accumulated thesis — productised.

He sits in two seats at once. That dual seat is the IRIS curriculum.

Sachin advises the strategy and PMO functions of India's leading real estate developers and contractors. He sees what the boardroom is solving for, because he is in the boardroom.

He also leads the in-house capability programs for those same firms. He sees what mid-senior managers are missing, because he trains them every week.

Most curriculum designers have one of these two views. IRIS has both. Every concept, case and framework on the IRIS curriculum has been used in a real boardroom, a real feasibility, a real transformation mandate — before it reaches a cohort.

Quantifiable impact · 2025
1,090+
Professionals trained across 29 sessions in 2025
NPS +68
World-class. Top 5% of Indian corporate trainers
4.65 / 5
Verified satisfaction across 1,056 responses
96%
Of participants rate the program 4 stars or higher
62%
Mid-senior leadership cohort match — the IRIS audience
15+
Marquee developer, contractor and institutional clients
Flagship engagements for prestigious clients
Godrej Properties
Digital learning (e-module strategy & delivery) and capability assessment for optimising the 7-day slab cycle
Content strategy and preparation for ACERs — the national flagship GET program for IITians, NITians and Tier-1 colleges
Program strategy & delivery management across 50+ sites on construction sequencing
End-to-end program strategy and delivery for the MEPF program for senior engineers
DLF Properties
Capability building partner for technical training programs — GETs, facilities management and AI adoption
Larsen & Toubro
GET & PGET programs at CTEA Mysuru
Lean construction & value engineering with L&T IPM for senior managers handling flagship infrastructure projects
ISRO
End-to-end program strategy, content and delivery on effective project management for senior scientists (C&M department) at DOS Bengaluru and SAC Ahmedabad
Rising Star

Recognised as a 'Rising Star' by NICMAR's Distinguished Global Alumni Forum for contributions to the construction industry.

Functional depth
Project & Construction Management PMO Establishment Contracts Administration Procurement & Cost L&D Systems Design Digital Onboarding CXO LinkedIn Strategy Financial Modelling SME Fundraising Advisory Competency Frameworks ERP Advisory Knowledge Management

Not a webinar. A room where work happens.

Boardrooms, classrooms and site walks — IRIS teaching happens where the industry actually operates.

Boardroom session with a developer leadership team
Developer leadership · strategy session
Training a full engineering cohort
Engineering cohort · contractor academy
Executive session in progress
Executive session · in the decision room
How we teach

The IRIS doctrine. Non-negotiable.

Most learning institutions productise other people's frameworks. IRIS productises one operator's accumulated thesis — and holds every session to four rules.

01

The Triangle Rule

Every concept through three lenses — the investor's capital, the developer's strategy, the contractor's execution. No single-lens teaching, ever.

02

Bridge the gap

Site reality is always connected to capital consequence. A delay is never just a delay — it is IRR erosion with a date on it.

03

Visual first

Every idea arrives as a chart, a diagram or a table before it arrives as a paragraph. If it can't be drawn, it isn't understood yet.

04

Data-led

Narratives are built on evidence, benchmarks and hard metrics — DSCR, SPI, CPI, EBITDA. Opinion is welcome; it just has to survive the numbers.

Track record

Teams trained across India's leading organisations.

Prestige Group
Godrej Properties
DLF
Birla Estates
Piramal Realty
Sattva
Century Real Estate
Sumadhura
M3M
Signature Global
Hines
Tamara Leisure Experiences
MFAR Constructions
Larsen & Toubro
L&T Institute of Project Management
Tata Projects
Shapoorji Pallonji
Ramky Group
HG Infra Engineering
SJ Contracts
Riviera Infraprojects
Uniqcore
Studio Masons
Hexagon
ISRO

Logos indicate organisations whose teams the founder has trained through prior engagements, including via CMTI. They are not endorsements of IRIS programs.

Legal entity

Institute for Real Estate and Infrastructure Strategy Private Limited

A registered private limited company in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. All programs, advisory engagements and intelligence products under the IRIS brand are operated by this entity.

Get in touch

Program enquiries, partnerships, press.

Write to [email protected] or call +91 89512 66423.