Dachepalli Publishers Limited

Publishes curriculum-aligned textbooks and learning material for K-12 schools under CBSE, ICSE, Cambridge and state boards, selling through 400+ distribution partners to 13,000+ schools across 13+ states. The business runs an integrated procurement platform called Pelican Edu Supply that lets schools and parents order textbooks, notebooks, uniforms and stationery through a single digital channel, lifting per-school ticket size from INR 1 lakh to INR 40 lakhs. Revenue is split roughly 70% from core publishing and 30% from the platform and services stream, with 90% of full-year revenue concentrated in Q4 and Q1 due to the academic buying cycle. Recent moves include buying two notebook manufacturing machines for in-house production, signing an MoU to acquire Hara Communications for edtech, and entering UP, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Assam where current market share is around 1%. Paper and printing materials are the largest input cost at 68.3% of FY26 revenue, with employees at 9.8% and other operating expenses at 6.3%.