SMART India - Ecopark

Name

SMART India - Ecopark

Legal name

Sushma Medicinal and Ayurvedic Research Trust (SMART)

Website

https://smartindia.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nature-Based Education Services

NAICS

Nature Parks and Other Similar Institutions (71219)

akta.pro primary industry

Educational & Edutainment Parks (Science/Discovery/Children’s Parks) (THAJAEAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Parks, Gardens & Botanical Attractions (THAJACAH), Parks, Recreation & Protected Areas Administration (BPAIAMAH)

Keywords

• Ecological park education
• Experiential learning programs
• School field trips
• Nature-based education
• Outdoor learning facilities

Headquarters

HQ city

Panvel

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. School Group Visits: School groups visit the park for educational field trips with customized DIGS learning modules. Pricing starts at ₹499 per person for school groups, with programs ranging from single-day to week-long experiences.
2. Private Group Visits: Private group visits including birthday parties, corporate events, and other private gatherings. Minimum 30 people required. Pricing starts at ₹899 per person for other groups.
3. Individual Open Day Visits: Individual visitors during monthly Open Days, offering nature experiences and activities for the general public.
4. Sponsorships and Donations: As a not-for-profit organization, SMART also relies on sponsorships and often sponsors visits for schools and groups without the funds to visit.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

SMART EcoPark operates a 20-acre nonprofit ecological park in Panvel, Maharashtra offering immersive nature-based educational experiences to schools, private groups, and individual visitors. Its flagship offering is the DIGS learning program, a holistic curriculum built on Harvard's multiple intelligences theory that covers Dreamcatching, Inner Values, Global Citizenship, and Sustainability. The park also features themed forest trails, a 4-D Global Warming Simulator, and an amphitheater for ecological awareness performances.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• SMART EcoPark Field Trip Programs Curated educational field trip experiences for school groups (kindergarten through college) at India's first nonprofit ecological park, spanning 20 acres of tropical forests, clear lakes, and organic gardens with six themed forest trails. Programs range from single-day to week-long experiences.
• DIGS Learning Program A holistic educational curriculum based on Harvard University's multiple intelligences theory, addressing Linguistic, Logical-Mathematical, Musical, Bodily-Kinesthetic, Spatial-Visual, Interpersonal, Intrapersonal, Naturalist, Spiritual-Existential, and Moral dimensions. Built on four pillars: Dreamcatching, Inner Values, Global Citizenship, and Sustainability. Designed for school groups seeking 21st-century skills.
• Private Group Bookings Private bookings for groups of 30 or more people, including birthday parties, corporate events, family gatherings, and retreats held in the park's natural setting. Located 45 minutes from Mumbai.
• Monthly Open Day Visits Individual and family nature experiences and activities offered during monthly Open Days at the EcoPark, with no group booking requirement.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 1000 students from kindergarten to college have experienced the EcoPark
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Mr. Nick LanecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMr. Nick Lane, former Head of Education for Hyde Park in London, England, collaborated with SMART in developing the DIGS curriculum and interdisciplinary approach to learning. His expertise contributed to creating the unique holistic educational modules.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World-leading botanical garden with structured school and visitor educational programming. Comparable through its park + education + biodiversity focus and tiered group/individual visitor model.
• Eden Project: UK-based visitor attraction and educational complex built around biomes and sustainability learning. Comparable as a large-scale ecological attraction using immersive environments for curriculum-linked education.
• Imagicaa Theme Park: Large Indian theme park with school-group packages located within reach of Mumbai. Competes for the same school-trip and family-day-trip wallet as SMART EcoPark.
• KidZania: Global edutainment theme park operator with an India presence; competes for school field-trip and family-day budgets. Comparable as an institutional player in the educational leisure category.

Direct peers

• Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS): India's leading conservation-education organization running nature-based learning centers and programs in and around Mumbai. Directly comparable as a nonprofit driving experiential environmental education in the same geography and audience.
• Discovery Village: Indian operator of outdoor experiential-learning resorts serving school groups and corporate retreats. Matches SMART's school-trip + private-group GTM and nature-immersed education offering.
• Centre for Environmental Education (CEE): India-headquartered nonprofit focused on environmental awareness and school-based experiential learning programs. Comparable through overlapping mission, school-tied curricula, and educational content delivery model.

Others

• Outward Bound: Global experiential and outdoor education organization running multi-day, curriculum-linked adventure learning. Comparable conceptually as a developer of structured outdoor experiential learning programs.

Regional players

• Sanjay Gandhi National Park (Borivali): Large urban-adjacent national park in Mumbai offering nature trails, education programs, and group visits. A directly comparable regional nature-based leisure and learning venue for Mumbai-based audiences.
• Periyar Tiger Reserve (Ecotourism/Education): South Indian protected area with guided nature-interpretation programs and group bookings. Comparable in combining outdoor adventure, biodiversity interpretation, and structured visitor education.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/smartecopark
• Facebookfacebook.com/smartecopark
• Instagraminstagram.com/smartparkindia
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/smart-india---ecopark

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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