Booking Amount
Payable to reserve your project's production schedule and set our editorial calendar in motion.
Investment & booking
Investing in a Legacy
A professionally documented legacy resists the ordinary logic of commerce. It is not purchased for immediate consumption, nor evaluated by the usual arithmetic of price against convenience. It is commissioned on behalf of readers who have not yet been born, and who will judge its worth by a standard no invoice can capture.
Every Gyaanka assignment represents months of disciplined research, patient interviews, considered writing, rigorous editing, thoughtful design, careful production and lasting archival work, carried out by a multidisciplinary team of seasoned professionals who bring the seriousness of scholarship to every page and frame.
It follows, then, that no two Gyaanka projects are priced alike; each is scoped with the same individual attention we bring to the life it preserves.
Scope
What Determines the Investment
The overall investment in your project is shaped by the scope and form of the legacy you choose to create.
The foundation
A professionally researched written biography
Available in one language, or in two or three languages (English, Gujarati and Hindi), delivered as high-resolution, print-ready digital files. From this foundation, the work may also be transcreated into any other language or languages of the client's choice, with the investment adjusted accordingly.
Then, as you choose
Additional elements a family or institution may commission
An audio version of the biography
A cinematic documentary film
A complete Family Legacy Project
A photography-led Coffee-Table Edition
A Children's Legacy Edition
Extended Digital Legacy Archives
Any further combination
While every life is unique, this structured approach allows families to understand clearly how the chosen scope shapes the investment required and ensures that each project receives the depth of research, craft and care it deserves.
Our approach to pricing
We do not compete on price. We compete on lasting worth.
Every assignment Gyaanka accepts carries the full weight of our institutional reputation into a family's most treasured possession, and for that reason alone, we decline ever to compromise editorial rigour or production quality in pursuit of a lower cost.
Payment structure
A Transparent, Milestone-Based Structure
Designed so that what a family pays and what Gyaanka delivers remain in careful, visible step with one another at every stage.
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Commencement of Work
Payable upon signing of the project agreement, at which point research and production formally begin in earnest.
Production Milestones
Released across five equal instalments over the course of interviews, documentary filming and production work, as applicable to your particular project.
Final Delivery
Payable prior to the delivery of your completed legacy, the final act of a partnership built on trust from its very first conversation.
What is included
Complete Transparency, From Proposal to Delivery
Every proposal specifies, in plain and unambiguous language, the following. No hidden costs. No unexpected additions.
- Scope of work
- Deliverables
- Timelines
- Editorial process
- Revision stages
- Production responsibilities
- Confidentiality commitments
Limited annual projects
Excellence resists mass production
Every Gyaanka assignment demands months of patient research, writing, editing, filming and archival labour, work that cannot, and must not, be hastened for the sake of throughput.
To safeguard our editorial and production standards, Gyaanka deliberately limits the number of projects it accepts each year, whether the work is undertaken in English, Gujarati, Hindi, or any other language. This encompasses personal biographies, documentary biographies, family legacy projects, institutional histories, community documentation and premium legacy collections alike.
Reserving your project
Begin Well Ahead of the Occasion
Once your proposal is approved, your project's place upon our calendar is reserved on receipt of the booking amount, enabling our editorial and production teams to allocate dedicated resources to your assignment without delay. The booking amount is non-refundable, as planning and resource allocation commence the moment confirmation is received; complete terms are set out in your project agreement.
Many families choose to begin their project, or to unveil the finished work to their loved ones, around a meaningful milestone:
A significant birthdayAn anniversaryA retirementA company centenaryA memorial tribute
As no meaningful biography can be conjured within a few hurried weeks, we encourage every family to begin the conversation well ahead of any such occasion, so that memory might be met with the patience it deserves.
Request a Proposal
Reserve your legacy consultation. A detailed, transparent proposal follows.