Who is moving in each wave?
Headcount, assignment type, nationality and household shape change the work.
For GCC and expansion leaders
Plan the people system behind the India centre.
A site plan becomes an immigration, housing, school, transport and household plan. IKAN tests each city, worksite and wave before start dates or service capacity are treated as confirmed.
- City-by-city cohort planning
- Immigration timing reviewed case by case
- Advance corridor capacity checks
Prepare the question here. A person confirms what applies.
The cohort brief
Five inputs determine whether each wave is workable.
A useful capacity conversation begins with the people, households and dates behind the number. Each wave is planned against the actual city, site and service scope.
When does each need become time-critical?
Authority, school, property and business dates rarely move together.
Where is the work anchor?
The office, factory or greenfield site determines commute and housing trade-offs.
What must exist beyond the office?
Temporary stay, home, school, partner, pet and daily-life needs shape capacity.
Who owns which decision?
Policy, RMC, HR, local business and authorities each retain different control.
Beyond the familiar metro
Project corridors need plans built around the actual worksite.
Factory and greenfield sites can sit far from housing, schools and everyday amenities. We test temporary accommodation, transport and household needs against the real route before each wave is confirmed.
Street-address offices in Delhi NCR, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai and Pune, with an on-ground Mumbai metro team. Corridor waves are planned from the nearest anchored route.Resolve before the wave
Three parallel workstreams, one confirmed start window.
- 01
Immigration
Review category, dependants, documents and post-entry registration obligations before start dates are treated as fixed.
- 02
Housing capacity
Test temporary and permanent inventory against wave size, worksite distance, budget and household needs.
- 03
Household needs
Map school timing, partner needs, pets and local-life support into the cohort sequence rather than adding them later.
Public sources
Company proof behind the people plan.
Open any entry to see its public source and check date. Where IKAN publishes a standard but the current certificate is not linked, that status remains clear.
01India relocation roots since 1996IKAN publishes company roots in Indian relocation dating to 1996, when Diwakar Gupta and Rohit Kumar began the original business chapter; the independent IKAN business was re-established in 2014.IKAN-published recordIKAN company historySource current at check date · Checked 02DSP of the Year, APAC 2025IKAN won Destination Services Provider of the Year at the 2025 FEM APAC EMMAs.Independent public sourceFEM APAC EMMAsSource current at check date · Checked 034.8 across 501 reviewsTrustpilot showed a 4.8 rating across 501 reviews, with 94% rated five stars.Independent public sourceTrustpilot public profileSource current at check date · Checked 04EuRA GQS listed since 2015EuRA's current qualified-members register lists Ikan Relocation under India, with the Global Quality Seal since 2015.Independent public sourceEuRA qualified membersSource current at check date · Checked
Next useful
Make the programme specific.
The useful next move is to connect the India model to its city, service dependencies and live programme boundary.