GARI

What GARI does

GARI (Global Academic Research Institute (Pvt) Ltd) is an international scientific research conference organizer headquartered in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Founded in 2010, the company operates an event-driven academic platform that hosts peer-reviewed conferences in over 20 countries across Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, Oceania, and South America — including recurring programs in France, Portugal, the USA, India, Australia, the Netherlands, Bulgaria, Belgium, Finland, Latvia, and Italy. The platform serves academics, researchers, PhD students, industry professionals, and policy makers across disciplines that include business management, economics, health and medicine, ayurveda and traditional medicine, education, engineering, social sciences, law, election and democracy, leadership, sport science, aerospace, and robotics.

The core product is the GARI Conference Registration Platform, which supports online abstract/paper submission, peer review, participant registration, virtual presentations via Zoom, and live streaming on Facebook. The platform is complemented by 13 peer-reviewed open-access journals under the GARI umbrella — each with a registered ISSN — covering multidisciplinary research, health and medicine, ayurveda, management, social science, economics, law, education, food science, engineering, technology, and apparel/textiles. A Research Library provides permanent open-access hosting, while conference proceedings are published with ISBN/ISSN. Multi-language interpretation services cover English, Russian, French, Chinese, and Sinhala.

GARI's business model is professional services with horizontal segmentation across academic personas. Revenue is generated primarily through tiered per-conference registration fees — delegate presenter (EUR 290), student presenter (EUR 260), virtual delegate (EUR 230), accompanying person/listener (EUR 260), e-poster (EUR 175), and keynote speaker (USD 290) — paid one-time per event. Distribution is via direct online registration, a media-partner network of conference-alert platforms (International Conference Alerts, All Conference Alert, Conference2go), university partnerships (York St John University), and ancillary revenue from corporate sponsors (Medobal, Mega Pharma, Fadna Life Sciences) and a venue partner (Galle Face Hotel). The company is privately held, bootstrapped with no disclosed external funding, and operates with 11-50 employees.

Name

GARI

Legal name

Global Academic Research Institute (Pvt) Ltd

Website

https://globalacademicresearchinstitute.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

GARI (Global Academic Research Institute) is a Sri Lanka-headquartered international scientific research conference organizer that hosts peer-reviewed academic conferences in 20+ countries. It serves academics, researchers, PhD students, and industry professionals, and operates a conference registration platform supported by 13 peer-reviewed journals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Academic Conference Services

NAICS

Book Publishers (513130)

SIC

Books: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2731), Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYMPAGAGAD

Academic & Scientific Conferences

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Live Entertainment & Events (Concerts, Theater, Festivals)/Conventions & Conferences (Business Events)

SECONDARYEDAGAFAI

Interdisciplinary & Multidisciplinary Scholarly Publishing

Education/Educational Publishing & Learning Content/Academic & Scholarly Publishing (Journals, Monographs)

SECONDARYMPAJABAK

Scholarly Societies & Conference Proceedings Publishing

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Publishing (Books, News, Magazines)/Educational & Academic Publishing (Textbooks, Scholarly, STM)

SECONDARYMPAJABAC

Academic & Scholarly Journals Publishing (Peer-Reviewed)

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Publishing (Books, News, Magazines)/Educational & Academic Publishing (Textbooks, Scholarly, STM)

SECONDARYEDAGAFAL

Conference Proceedings & Research Reports Publishing

Education/Educational Publishing & Learning Content/Academic & Scholarly Publishing (Journals, Monographs)

Keywords

• Academic conferences
• Peer-reviewed journals
• Conference proceedings
• Research publishing
• Academic event management

Headquarters

HQ city

Ponta Delgada

HQ country

Portugal

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Conference Registration Fees: GARI charges registration fees for conference participation including delegate presenter (290 EUR), student presenter (260 EUR), virtual delegate (230 EUR), accompanying person/listener (260 EUR), and e-poster presentation (175 EUR). Keynote speaker registration fee is USD 290.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

GARI organizes international scientific research conferences across multiple countries and disciplines, and publishes a portfolio of 13+ peer-reviewed academic journals. It also operates a conference registration platform, provides multilingual interpretation services for academic events, hosts a research library, and publishes conference proceedings for participating scholars.

Product overview

GARI (Global Academic Research Institute) is an international scientific research conference organizer that operates a platform for hosting academic conferences and publishing research. The core offering is the GARI Conference Registration Platform, which enables abstract/paper submission, participant registration, and virtual presentation capabilities. This platform is complemented by 13 peer-reviewed journals under the GARI umbrella (including the International Journal of Health and Medicine, International Journal of Management, International Journal of Social Science and Humanities, and others), a Research Library for open access publishing, and Conference Interpretation Services supporting multiple languages. The company organizes conferences across diverse disciplines including Business Management, Economics, Health & Medicine, Ayurveda, Education, Engineering, and Social Sciences, hosting events in Sri Lanka, Portugal, USA, France, India, Australia, Netherlands, and other countries worldwide.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• GARI International Conference Series International scientific research conferences held globally across numerous disciplines (business management, economics, engineering, social sciences, health, etc.) where academics, researchers, PhD students, and professionals present and publish papers.
• GARI Peer-Reviewed Journals (13+ titles) A portfolio of 13+ peer-reviewed academic journals that publish original research articles across multiple disciplines for researchers, PhD students, and academics seeking publication venues.
• Conference Registration Platform Online platform that handles conference registration, paper submission, and participant management for GARI's international academic conferences.
• Conference Interpretation Services Multilingual interpretation services provided at academic conferences to enable participation by researchers from different language backgrounds.
• GARI Research Library Online research library that aggregates and provides access to academic papers and publications associated with GARI's conferences and journals.
• Conference Proceedings Publishing Formal publication of conference proceedings volumes compiling accepted papers from GARI's international academic conferences.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Partnerships

16 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• York St John UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborating university partner for conference organization, with joint hosting of events and academic exchange programs.
• Conference AlertminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorConference alert service that promotes GARI conferences to its subscriber base.
• Sri Lankan AirlinesminorGTM or Marketing PartnerOfficial airline partner providing travel support for conference participants.
• GARI ToursminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPost-conference tour operator for participant excursions and cultural experiences.
• National Library of Sri LankaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational library partner for research documentation and archival purposes.
• Centre for Socio-economic and Sustainability ResearchminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partner for socio-economic and sustainability themed conferences.
• International Conference AlertsminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorConference alert platform partner for marketing GARI events.
• All Conference AlertminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorConference alert platform partner for marketing GARI events.
• Conference2gominorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorConference alert platform partner for marketing GARI events.
• Research.lkcoreTechnology or IntegrationHosting platform for GARI International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research with ISSN 2659-2193.
• Galle Face HotelcoreOthersPrimary venue partner for conferences held in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
• Make Me SafariminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSafari tour operator for post-conference tours in South Africa.
• MedobalminorGTM or Marketing PartnerHealthcare/medical partner for health-related conferences.
• Beam Hela Osu Lanka (Pvt) LtdminorOthersCorporate sponsor for GARI events.
• Fadna Life Sciences Pvt LtdminorOthersLife sciences corporate sponsor.
• Mega Pharma (Pvt) LtdminorOthersPharmaceutical corporate sponsor.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• OMICS International: Global organizer of scientific/academic conferences with a large portfolio of open-access journals and proceedings, directly overlapping GARI in business model (event + journal) and target customers (researchers seeking fast-track publication).
• World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology (WASET): Long-running international organizer of multidisciplinary scientific conferences targeting academics and researchers worldwide; closest functional analog to GARI's recurring, multi-discipline conference model.
• Conference Series: Organizes high-volume international scientific conferences across multiple disciplines with peer-reviewed proceedings, directly comparable to GARI in event cadence, registration-fee structure, and multidisciplinary breadth.
• Science Publishing Group (SciencePG): Open-access journal and conference publisher serving international authors, overlapping GARI on the dual conference + journal publishing model and the global author target market.

Broad incumbents

• MDPI: Large-scale open-access academic publisher that also runs sponsored academic conferences and journal partnerships (MDPI is already a GARI journal partner); comparable as a vertically-integrated academic publishing + events incumbent.
• Hindawi: Established open-access journal publisher with international editorial reach and special-issue sponsorship programs; comparable to GARI on the academic publishing model serving a global researcher base.
• ResearchGate: Global academic platform connecting researchers, hosting publications and conference-style discovery; a broader incumbent that targets the same researcher persona GARI acquires through its events.

Others

• Cvent: Enterprise event-management technology platform used by conference organizers; comparable to GARI's in-house registration/submission platform as enabling infrastructure for academic events rather than a direct competing organizer.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Xx.com/GARIConferences
• Facebookfacebook.com/profile.php

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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