What a family receives from us.

Transport

Airport pickup and hotel transfer

Arrivals, Shamshabad, Hyderabad. Open in Maps

Your IKAN consultant meets you at arrivals with a placard in your name. The car has your welcome pack and a working local SIM, and the drive to the hotel is about 34 km, a little over an hour in usual traffic. The driver’s name and number come by text the evening before.

Vehicle

Toyota Innova Crysta

Meet point

Arrivals exit, placard "IKAN · Krishnan"

Stay

Check in at ITC Kohenur

Hyderabad Knowledge City, Madhapur (HITEC City), Hyderabad. Open in Maps

Your base for the visit, in HITEC City on the edge of Durgam Cheruvu lake. A 30 minute welcome briefing covers the four days, your local SIM and who to call.

Room type

Executive Room

Board

Breakfast

Nights

3

Front desk, ITC Kohenur, +91 40 6766 0101

Orientation

City orientation drive

Financial District, Hyderabad. Open in Maps

A drive through the places that shape the choice: the Financial District around the Northwind office, then Gachibowli, Kokapet and Narsingi, where most of the homes are, and back through Jubilee Hills for contrast.

Neighbourhoods covered

Financial District · Gachibowli · Kokapet · Narsingi · Jubilee Hills

Focus

Commute

Meal

Welcome dinner at Dum Pukht Begum’s

Madhapur (HITEC City), Hyderabad. Open in Maps

A relaxed first evening with the consultant team, over dishes from the old royal kitchens of Hyderabad. No agenda and no paperwork.

Cuisine

Hyderabadi

Dietary notes

Vegetarian dishes on the menu

Reservation name

Under "IKAN · Krishnan"

School

School visit at Oakridge International

Khajaguda, Nanakramguda Road, Hyderabad. Open in Maps

A walk round the Gachibowli campus with admissions, booked for the morning because the office closes at 4. A nine year old joins the IB Primary Years Programme, so the talk covers Grade 4 or 5, the school bus from each home and the clubs your daughter asked about.

Curriculum

IB, with CBSE from Grade 7

Grades offered

Nursery to Grade 12

Seats note

For a nine year old: Grade 4 or 5, IB Primary Years

Admissions office, Oakridge Gachibowli, +91 40 6817 4111

Meal

Lunch at Chutneys

Durgam Cheruvu Road, Madhapur, Hyderabad. Open in Maps

A South Indian vegetarian lunch near the hotel, and time to compare notes on the morning.

Cuisine

South Indian

Dietary notes

Vegetarian

Medical

Hospital visit at Continental Hospitals

Road No. 1, Nanakramguda, Financial District, Hyderabad. Open in Maps

A short walk through the emergency and children’s wings, so you know the way in before you ever need it. Bring your insurance card and the desk will check whether your cover is cashless here.

Facility type

Hospital

Specialty

Emergency, children’s care

Insurance / empanelment

Ask the desk if your insurer is cashless here

Emergency, open 24 hours, Continental Hospitals, +91 40 6700 0111

Banking

Open a bank account at HDFC

Khajaguda, opposite Oakridge School, Hyderabad. Open in Maps

The Nanakramguda branch, opposite Oakridge, is open this Saturday until 4 because it is the third Saturday of the month. A salary account for your Northwind pay takes your Aadhaar, PAN and the employer’s letter; the address can move to the new home later.

Bank

HDFC Bank

Branch

Nanakramguda, opposite Oakridge School

Account type

Salary

Documents required

4 items

Orientation

Everyday places near the shortlist

Kokapet, Hyderabad. Open in Maps

Supermarkets, a pharmacy, a gym and places of worship near Narsingi and Kokapet, so the week after the move already has a shape.

Neighbourhoods covered

Kokapet · Narsingi

Focus

Family

With the family

Second viewing at Rajapushpa Provincia

Narsingi, Hyderabad. Open in Maps

Back to Rajapushpa Provincia with the whole family, to see the flat in the evening light and walk the clubhouse before the debrief.

Who

Meera, her husband and their daughter

Programme focus

Evening light and the clubhouse

Debrief

Debrief and next steps

Hyderabad Knowledge City, Madhapur (HITEC City), Hyderabad. Open in Maps

The visit in one hour: the shortlist, the lease and the school timeline. The offer goes in on My Home Avatar for a lease from 1 November.

Topics covered

6 homes seen · Oakridge · the bank account · everyday places

Next steps

Offer on My Home Avatar · lease from 1 Nov · confirm the Oakridge grade

Feedback captured

Shortlist: My Home Avatar first, My Home Bhooja second, Rajapushpa Provincia third

Transport

Check out and airport drop

Arrivals, Shamshabad, Hyderabad. Open in Maps

The car takes you from the hotel to the airport, about 65 minutes in usual traffic. Sunday is Saddula Bathukamma, a public holiday in Telangana, so tell us your flight time the day before and we set the pickup by it.

Vehicle

Toyota Innova Crysta