Edify Education mulls franchise expansion

Edify Education, a Hyderabad-based chain of schools, is all set to open eight schools in Gujarat by 2015. All these schools will be opened via franchise route, confirms a company official.

The company is targeting various cities of the state including Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Surat, Vadodara, Anand, Rajkot, Jamnagar, Porbandar, Junagadh and more.

Besides setting up two franchised schools in Gujarat by 2010-11, the company is aiming at opening three schools in Ranipet (Tamil Nadu), Nagpur and Amravati (Maharashtra) in 2010-11.

The company will be hosting a Franchise India Expo on July 24-25, 2010 in Ahmedabad. Edify Education is an initiative of DRS Group, which has interests in logistics, and warehousing.