BENGALURU
Managing Director, Hiranandani Group
Dr. Niranjan Hiranandani is the Managing Director of the Hiranandani Group of Companies. The Group is today considered as a producer of best quality housing and commercial premises in the country. Apart from construction, the group has diversified into education, horticulture, hospitality, entertainment and retail. Today, the Hiranandani Brand is synonymous with Quality, Timely Completion of Projects, and Total Township Development.
Prem Nath & Associates
Architect Prem Nath, having 50 years of practice, is a rare combination of an Architect-Engineer, Real Estate Appraiser, Handling Celebrity Homes, Residential and Integrated townships, Hotels-Resorts, Malls-Multiplexes and various other Commercial projects. Mr. Nath is presently involved with Smart buildings with an emphasis on sustainable & affordable housing and re-developments.
Chairman, Della Group
Jimmy Mistry is best explained as a Designer, Hotelier, Adventurer & Entrepreneur. He is the Chairman & Managing Director of Della Group. He founded the company in 1991 at the age of 19 with 2 employees and merely Rs 20,000.
Architect
M N Ashish Ganju has taught at the School of Planning and Architecture, and the Indian Institute of Technology in New Delhi. He was founding Director of the TVB School of Habitat Studies, New Delhi, Visiting Professor at the University of East London, U.K., and the Universita IUAV di Venezia, Italy.
Sr. Urban Planner, Sunlight World
Scott B. Knox has spent decades working on many different building types: airports, museums, industrial, educational, commercial, and housing. The roles of his career have evolved from builder, to draftsman, to programmer of Building Information Models (BIM) and simulations, project manager, up to a US Operations- BIM Lead on a multi-billion dollar semiconductor ChipFab.
Founder Partner, Morphogenesis
Manit Rastogi commenced his architecture studies at the School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi, then went on to graduate from the Architectural Association and then received the AA Diploma with Honours, under John Frazer. He is the founder partner of Morphogenesis, India’s leading award-winning Architecture & Urban Design practices with 95 international & national awards, 5 Indian Institute of Architecture Awards, 3 AD50 and Laureates of the Singapore Institute of Architects Getz Award.
Director Maharashtra Fire Service and Chief Fire Officer, Mumbai Fire Brigade
Phd. in Disaster Response and Mitigation, he successfully completed United Nation Disaster Assessment and Coordination refresher Course in 2008. Awarded with Fire Service Medal for Gallantry, conferred by the President of India in recognition for exemplary courage, leadership, expertise and devotion to duty of very high order in executing fire fighting and rescue operations, he has received various awards like the Fire Service Medal for Meritorious Service conferred by the President of India on
President - Infrastructure Business, Time Technoplast Ltd
Founder and CEO of Hiten Sethi & Associates
Ar.Hiten Sethi is a Visionary and a Renowned Architect with 24+ years of experience. His iconic designs have earned him national & international recognitions. His expertise lays in Master planning, Commercial, Residential, Institutional, Transportation, Hospitality, Administrative, Social & Healthcare Projects. Awarded as the “Best Architect” in many forums, his most famous structure, the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) headquarters, has entered the Limca Book of Records.
Immediate Past President, PEATA
Manoj Kumar Dubal, B.E. (Civil) in the year 1982 from Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat. Stood 1st in the final year in the University and was honored with Gold Medal. He started own practice as Licensed Surveyor in the year 1996 and was elected in the PEATA(I) in as Committee member in the year 2007. Since then he has been working for the Association. He was elected as President of PEATA(I) on September 2014 and held the post up to September 2016.
Director and Co-founder, Edifice
A recipient of numerous awards and recognitions, Ravi has been instrumental in growing Edifice to its current pre-eminent position. He currently oversees Edifice's Brand Management, handles Key Clients, and participates in the creative design process. He delivers lectures on the design & practice of Architecture and serves on the jury of various eminent design award competitions. Ravi has been intimately involved with several landmark projects,like JSW, Cap Gemini, etc.
Head Project office Finance and Planning, Forests Minister, GoM
Dr.Dhairya Roy heads the Project Management Office for the Finance and Planning, Forests Minister - Government of Maharashtra (GOM). The office, located in Mumbai, majorly handles Project Management, Corporate Relations - to facilitate ease of doing business, Corporate Social Responsibility - successfully raised few million dollars for social infrastructure, Media Management - Managing the Ministers PR and publicity on all platforms and Research wing of Hon'ble Minister.
President, PEATA
Director, iNFHRA
Associated with various reputable companies in the fields of Advertising, Business Process Outsourcing and Marketing, currently, he is one of the Directors (Co-Founding Member) of iNFHRA (Infrastructure, Facilities, Human Resource, Realty Association) which was formed in the year 2014. As an industry body, iNFHRA epitomises the interests of industry and trade, interfaces with Government on policy issues and interacts with counterpart international partners to promote bilateral issues.
Managing Director, Sai Estate Consultant
Founded his company in 2010, has now re-modeled the real estate landscape. Amit commands a team of nearly 500+ people and is valued at Rs. 200 crore. His team has young and driven sales consultants and a monthly sales turnover of Rs. 300-350 crore. Amit has embarked on projects that support the government initiative of ‘Housing For All by 2022’ in Mumbai. RERA certified, his company has received the Marketing Firm Of The Year: 31st National Real Estate Award and other prestigious recognitions.
Director, Urban Practice CRISIL Infrastructure Advisory
Abhay Kantak is Director - Urban Practice at CRISIL Infrastructure Advisory. CRISIL Infrastructure Advisory is a leader in the areas of infrastructure policy, development and transaction advisory services. Abhay’s areas of expertise include infrastructure financing, policy formulation and institutional development. Through the years, he has led several urban assignments, which involved preparing city development plans and innovative urban infrastructure financing options.
Senior Vice President, K Raheja Corp
An evangelist for the ‘green’ cause, Shabbir spearheads the sustainability initiatives for Real Estate, hotels and malls of K Raheja Corp for the last eleven years, amongst other key functions which include Purchase, Contracts , Project coordination and heading the Goa region projects.
Managing Partner – B Kandhari Properties
Mr. Vijay joined his father at a young age in the property broking business. With great zeal, enthusiasm and drive, he has built enduring relationships with thousands of delighted customers over the years, thereby establishing the trusted reputation of B Kandhari Properties.
Founder, Liases Foras
Pankaj Kapoor is the founder and managing director of Liases Foras Real Estate Rating & Research Private Limited. He started Liases Foras as an independent, non-brokerage real estate research outfit in the year 1999. Leading a team of 100+ professionals now, his firm tracks over 17,000 projects in 29 urban agglomerations comprising of 55 census cities in India on quarterly basis. It provides data, business intelligence and risk advisory to leading housing finance companies and banks in India.
Joint CEO, Knight Frank
Deben Moza has over 22 years of work experience in architecture, construction/ project management and corporate relocations. He has led teams delivering projects totaling more than 30 mn sq ft across multiple sectors, including hospitality, residential, commercial, healthcare, education, retail (food and non-food) and renovation, as well as refurbishment projects as a business leader and consultant.
Founder & Chairperson, PEC Greening India
Ms. Mala Singh, an Environmental Scientist from IIT Roorkee, is a leading Green Entrepreneur in India. She is an Environment & Sustainability Strategy Expert for Green Building Projects & Smart City initiatives. She has been bestowed upon with the title of IGBC for her outstanding contribution to Green building movement in India during the International Green Congress, held in Mumbai in 2016. She has been working with many stalwarts of the construction industry.
Managing Director at Karma Management Consultants
With a background in law and business administration, Pratik is a leading entrepreneur in the Indian HR scenario. After a few years with leading corporates, he joined Kishor Vaidya & Co. and transformed a conventional PF & ESI related company into a service that covered all compliance related aspects, payroll and staffing solutions, now registered as Karma Management Consultants Pvt. Ltd. in 2004. He is a proud recipient of Hind Ratan Award for Young Entrepreneur in 2018.
CEO, Mayfair Housing Pvt. Ltd.
Mr. Nayan Shah is the CEO of Mayfair Housing. Mayfair Housing is a real estate brand that has been prominently based in Mumbai for the past 53 years, building a reputation that has relied on the foundation of compliance, trust, creativity, innovative thinking for their projects. Mayfair prides itself on the reputation of delivering all their projects on time for their future residents. Mayfair Housing has also received a BBB Stable CRISIL Rating.
V.P Excel Industries L.T.D
Saurabh has MS in Electrical Engineering and MBA in Marketing from University of California, Irvine. He worked in various Engineering and Marketing capacities for Western Digital Corporation in Orange County, California. He was a Senior Business Consultant at Price Waterhouse Coopers where he worked on strategy and technology solutions to some of the largest corporate houses in India. At Excel Industries, Saurabh heads the business of Municipal Solid Waste Management.
Principal Consultant at Assess Build Chem Pvt. Ltd.
Mr. Samir Surlaker is a Civil and Structural Engineer from VJTI having over 40 years of National and International experience in Germany, Europe, Middle East, Far East & India. He retired as the Managing Director of MC-Bauchemie. He is currently Principal Consultant at Assess Build Chem Pvt. Ltd. He is also Director of Institute for International Talent Development (IITD), specializing in skill development. For this he has received several awards including “ACCE’s Gourav Award” – Highest Honour.
Associate Director - IoT, Tata Communications
Gautam has about 16+ years of experience in Telecom and IT Industries globally, working in various functions from Marketing, Sales, Business development to Vendor Management. He leads the smart metering for Utilities in Tata Communications. Before working with Tata Communications, Gautam was driving a Sales leadership role in UAE with the telecom incumbent (Etisalat). His core strength has been dealing with Utilities and large enterprises in Middle east & India.
Chairman & Managing Director of Zonta Holdings Pvt Ltd.
Raj Kumar founded InfraEn (India) Pvt Ltd in the year 2010 and made the company one of the largest environmental consulting company in India. In 2012, it acquired a German company to form InfraEn Europe GmbH. InfraEn has over 120 staff spread across its various offices. Mr. Kumar has turned around the company as a strategic player in the environmental space in India. He is a member of Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) and American Association of Corporate Counsels (AACC).
General Secretary, FSAI
He has been associated with FSAI for long holding the posts of Vice Chair- Branding, Marketing & Event and secretary of its Mumbai chapter. His involvement in the Fire & Security Industry goes way back to 1988, when he was a part of the team which set up the India’s most modern Electronic Security Systems manufacturing plant for the Tata’s. Later he was a leading System Integrator of Fire, Security and Building Automation and also a winner of Frost & Sullivan Award.
CMD, Mennen Financial Services ltd
National Director, JLL
Velprakash K spearheads the India Industrial project management business. He is specially focused on strategic initiatives for increasing the industrial share of wallet for year on year business growth. His priorities remain providing superior clients services across business operations and identifying key growth segments for business pursuits.
Sr. Vice President and Head (Tech. Services) – UltraTech Cement Ltd.
M. Tech (Marine Structures) from NIT-K, Suratkal and PhD in Structural Engg., Dr.Ramachandra has taken various initiatives for Technology Demonstration Projects on White topping in Bangalore, Chennai & Hyderabad, Alternative technologies for Mass Housing Projects and Development of new cement & products. He is Former Vice President, Indian Concrete Institute, Member of the Academic Council of several autonomous Institutions and currently member of Niti Aayog Sub-Committee on Fly Ash utilisation.
Chairman, Organic Recycling Systems
A noted Expert and Technical Advisor in Urban Infrastructure and Environment with rich experience in both Government and Private Sector. Since 2008, Mr. Bhand has been associated with Organic Recycling Systems Pvt. Ltd (ORS Group) as Chairman of the Group. In his endeavor to provide an environmental friendly solution for treatment of MSW, he has indigenous developed a patented Anaerobic Digester Technology based on the principles of Thermophilic Bio-methanation.
Business Director- Construction Chemicals, South Asia, BASF
A Civil Engineering Graduate, with over three decades of experience in the field of cement, concrete and construction chemicals, Neil has worked across Asia, Pacific and Middle East and been involved in prime projects like the Palm Island, Beirut Tunnel, Burj Khalifa, Doha Pearl (All Middle East), Great Man-Made Reservoir project (Libya), North West Rail Link (Australia) and many more. He is the current President of “Construction Chemicals Manufacturer’s Association” (CCMA) in India.
Director R&D, Nippon Paint (India) Private Limited
With over 23 years of experience in leading paint industries in India, Tushar has been responsible for development of several new technology products for the Indian market. He has an extensive experience in formulating water based emulsion paint, designer paint, texture paint, enamel paint, wood coating and performance coating. He has engaged in collaborative projects work with other group companies like Nippon paint Singapore,China,Malaysia etc, and also with various suppliers and institutes.
ED (Business Development), ABM Knowledgeware
Govind Singh Chauhan has 30 years of overall work experience which includes 19 years with ABM. He is responsible for large account acquisition, increasing account penetration and growth & expansion in newer geographies. He holds a B.Tech degree from Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture & Technology (GBPUA&T). Under his leadership, ABM Knowledgeware has touched new heights of success and is still continuing.
General Manager, B.G. Shirke Construction
M. Tech (Civil) from IIT Kanpur, possessing over 29 years of diverse experience in Infrastructure Project Management, Precast & Conventional Construction Technology using Green building concepts, while serving in prestigious appointments within and outside the Army.
Marketing Head/CMO for Illumination Business for Bajaj Electricals Ltd
Shakti Leekha, Marketing Head/CMO for Illumination Business for Bajaj Electricals Ltd. has expertise in expanding solutions & product portfolio, leading business teams, establishing thought leadership, driving new initiatives and building strategic alliances for creating successful business. He is awarded by CIMS, All India Institute of self-governance and UBM Medica as “The Best IBMS Company” in 2015.
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