Our Speakers

Chairperson and Associate Professor

Prof. Prashant Das, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA)

Associate Professor of Real Estate (Finance & Accounting Area) at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA). Earlier, he served as an Associate Professor of Real Estate Finance, the Director of Real Estate Institute and a member of the Academic Board at EHL Lausanne, Switzerland. Before Switzerland, He taught courses at the Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University Atlanta (USA) as a PhD fellow.

State Joint Commissioner

Sameer Unhale, Municipal Administration,  Maharashtra

Working over two decades in urban issues having worked as CEO smart cities, Municipal Commissioner,  and Mission Director of SBM. Have authored books " singularities of Municipal Finance, etc.

Founder, Chairman and Managing Director

Vijay Gupta, SoftTech Engineers Limited

Mr. Vijay Gupta, an IIT Mumbai alumnus, is the Founder, Chairman and Managing Director of SoftTech Engineers Limited. He holds an M. Tech degree from IIT Mumbai. Vijay strongly believes that IT has to be leveraged extensively to bring in speed, efficiency and transparency in the processes for public and private sector organizations.

Owner

Dr. Sanjay Rana, Parsan Overseas (P) Limited

Sanjay Rana, a geophysicist by profession, an environmentalist at heart and a trainer by passion. Graduated in 1990 from the University of Roorkee, now IIT Roorkee, in M Tech (Applied Geophysics), as Gold Medalist. After working for initial 5 years with the state and central government (department of atomic energy), He started the first-ever engineering geophysics company in the private sector in India. Since 1995 he have been working tirelessly towards the growth of the geophysical industry in the country, exploring new & unique application areas in various fields like Hydropower, dam safety, oil & gas, mining, infrastructure, roads & highways etc. 

CEO

Sudhir Pai, Magicbricks

Sudhir Pai is a visionary business leader and strategic innovator who has been instrumental in transforming Magicbricks into India’s leading Real Estate platform. With over two decades of diverse experience spanning Consumer Internet, Consumer Goods and Banking, Sudhir has built businesses, driven groundbreaking growth & scale and has been at the forefront of spearheading digital transformation.

Advocate on Record

Anshul Gupta, Supreme Court of India

Managing Partner at ANG Partners and Advocate-on-Record at Honble Supreme Court of India.
A commercial dispute resolution lawyer. Successfully secured win several high stakes matters in Supreme Court of India, Delhi High Court and other allied High Courts and Tribunals Pan India. BW Legal top 30 under 30 lawyers of India and Forbes top 100 lawyers of India 2023. Regularly appeared in pro-bono cases. Principle is to give back to the society.

Ex Chairman AU Small Finance Bank

R.V. Verma

Housing/Mortgage Industry Professional with experience of over 35 years in the mortgage/financial sector. Held leadership positions- Chairman & CEO- at several national level Regulatory/Financial Institutions, NHB,IMGC,CERSAI,PFRDA. Dealt extensively with Balance-sheet & P&L management. Conceptualized and executed several groundbreaking initiatives in low income and informal sector housing. Initiatives in institution-building, formulating schemes and programs for financing. Developmental Initiatives for building market infrastructure for affordable housing. Designing Regulations and Financing Schemes for sound growth of the mortgage industry

Co Founder

Anantharam Varayur

Mr.Anantharam first generation entrepreneur, started business in 1989 at the age of 23 Years as co-founder of Webcom Information Technology. While his business was computer networking, his passion is HUMAN Networking. He was  Executive Director of BNI Bangalore. During his 15 years tenure as Executive Director of BNI, has guided over 20,000+ entrepreneurs in Bangalore and across the country to grow their business systematically. Later got into TWO more  businesses. Manasum Retirement Homes, creating luxury Retirement Homes for Senior Citizens, with the vision to take care of 2500+ seniors in the next Five Years. ATIYAS MOBILITY, chain of 100% Electric Two Wheelers showrooms across Karnataka  with a GOAL to expand to 1000+ showrooms across India.

Founder & Chairman

Pradeep Kumar Aggarwal, Signature Global

Pradeep Kumar Aggarwal is the Founder and Chairman of Signature Global. He has completed his senior secondary education from Motiram Baburam Inter College, Haldwani, Nainital affiliated to Uttarakhand Board. He was previously associated with Paywell Securities Private Limited for five years. Further he has served as managing director on the board of directors of SMC Comtrade Limited, a subsidiary of SMC Global Securities Limited for a period of 10 years and was responsible for overseeing the financial capital market and commodity market segments. Further, he was also associated with SMC Global Securities Limited for a period of over 10 years. He has over eight years of experience in real estate industry. He has been appointed as a director on the Board of our Company since November 2, 2017.

Director

Debolina Kundu, National Institute of Urban Affairs

Dr. Debolina Kundu is a Director at the National Institute of Urban Affairs, India and has over 20 years of professional experience in the field of development studies. She was a doctoral fellow with the ICSSR and has a Ph.D from Jawaharlal Nehru University on urban governance. She has worked as consultant with, ADB, LSE, IIDS, UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF, UNESCAP, KfW, GIZ, Urban Institute, Washington and East-West Centre Honolulu on issues of urbanization, migration, urban development policies, municipal finance, governance and exclusion. She is currently the HUDCO Chair and editor of journals Environment and Urbanisation, Asia (SAGE) and Urban India (NIUA).

Chief Financial Officer

Dr. Kishore Nuthalapati, BEKEM Infra Projects Pvt Ltd - India

Corporate Finance Professional & Economist with 25 years’ experience in Finance, Banking, Credit, Public Private Partnership (PPP) Projects, Project Management, HR & legal. Holds Ph.D in finance, ACS (company secretary), PG degrees with university level Ranks in Commerce, Management and Law. Been holding honorary positions on Boards and Committees. Been Honorary Fellow / Professor of Practice for reputed institutes. Has been contributing to policy making bodies. Addressed several forums in and outside India. Published many articles and guided above 1,000 research projects. Has been mentoring Startups, MSMEs, Scholars & aspiring professionals and championing Financial Literacy.

Vice President (Central)

Chitra Sundararajan Jain, NAREDCO MAHI

Architect Planner with a design approach that emphasises contextual honesty with sustainability, having worked at project level as well as city level. Actively involved in addressing local area issues affecting Quality of Life and resilience in residential neighbourhoods, with a keen interest in Citizen Participation in Planning. A visiting faculty with SPA, Delhi, at Bachelors' and Masters' program in Planning, in design studios working on city level housing strategies, project formulation including feasibility studies, and design based on applicable policies including TOD, affordable housing etc. 

Founding secretary

Manas Human, Utkrisht Society for Safe Gurgaon

Manas Human is the founding secretary at Utkrisht Society for Safe Gurgaon and specialized in Culture-defined strategy, software-defined strategy, organization design, operations, supply chain management, manufacturing, software services, business and social optimization via technology, entrepreneurship.

Land Specialist and former IAS officer

B. K. AGARWAL

He is a retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer with experience of about 36 years in senior management positions in the Government dealing with policy-making, implementation of large-scale government programs in various sectors and land administration. Former Secretary, Government of India. Former Chief Secretary, Government of Himachal Pradesh. Author of the book "Land Registration: Global Practices and Lessons for India". The Government of India appointed him the Chairperson of the Expert Committee on SVAMITVA Scheme in the year 2022. Founding member of the Centre for Research in Schemes and Policies (CRISP-India). He has in-depth knowledge of land-related laws and land administration in India. Has studied extensively land administration systems in Europe and America. Articles on various subjects related to land administration have been published in newspapers and journals.

Founder & CEO

Sanjay Mandava, Landeed

2x YC founder. First time with GoLorry and now Landeed. Before startups, he worked as proprietary trader/investment analyst at investment management firms. Currently, He is the CEO and Founder of Landeed with focus on building India's (later for the developing world) fastest and most comprehensive property title search engine.

Director and Co- Founder

Deepak Sanan, Landstack

Major areas of Deepak Sanan interest include public policy in the areas of state capacity, land governance, public finance, water and sanitation. 

Architect and Director

Deepak Gahlowt, Xebec Design

An Architect and Former Member, Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, with over 31 years of diverse experience in design, historical conservation, journalism, facility management, project management, sustainability, lighting design, energy efficiency, standards writing and building bye-laws drafting, advocacy, training, research, sketching and writing.
Deepak is currently with Xebec, an integrated design-build-manage company that has delivered projects over more than 240 cities across India under three verticals - consulting, design and build, and facility management. 

Founder

Amit Malhotra, McCoy Mart

Amit Malhotra's passion lies in driving innovation, introducing cutting-edge technologies, and championing best practices that will redefine the future of the Industry we are engaged in. Been there for 25 + years, they deliver experiences and solutions for - Adhesives, Sealants, Silicones and Chemicals, Infratech, Digital Marketplace, Building Hardware and Accessories, Print, Media & Communication. Did various M&A, JV`s, Few Exits and Acquisitions with Global and Indian Giants. Covered the entire horizon - Distribution to Manufacturing!

Director

Rishabh Aggarwal, VENTINO WINDOWS PRIVATE LIMITED

Professionally, he is a business owner where I trade multiple types of construction materials and manufacture and trade some materials too. He give advise/ consult only when he found the right answer. 

Founder

Shiv Parekh, hBits

Parekh founded hBits, India's tech-enabled fractional property ownership platform in 2019. The company allows investments as low as $30,000 in commercial real estate that generates rents from properties such as office buildings. hBits claimed to have $20 million in assets under management as of the end of last year with 30,000 registered users. Parekh has an MBA from Harvard and a bachelor's degree in engineering physics from Stanford. He is a director at property firm Raycon Group and also founded its subsidiary coworking company WorkLoft.

Principal/Lead

Murali Krishna V, Spyre Proptech Venture Fund

Leading SPYRE Proptech Fund with 18+ years of experience in investment and venture capital investments. Led significant ventures at Unilazer Ventures, Famy Care, and Kolte Patil Developers Ltd. Pioneered student housing (6,000+ beds) and a 15+ school platform. Guided 40+ early-stage startups, including Lenskart and Zivame, to success. UCLA Anderson (PGPX) alum, with an MBA from ICFAI and a Mathematics degree from Kerala University. Former roles at HSBC, HDFC, and Country Garden Holdings, focusing on key real estate investments in India and Sri Lanka.

Co-Founder

Paras Tyagi, Centre for Youth Culture Law and Environment

A public policy consultant with a strong focus on social impact. Passionate about addressing urban development challenges and dealing with the rural-urban divide. A Co-founder at Centre for Youth Culture Law and Environment (CYCLE) which is a non-profit organisation based in New Delhi, India. It works with people and the government to improve the implementation of public policies in India. We envision to build conversations across boundaries for India’s social, cultural & economic development.

Network Coordinator

Jens Kimmel, Consul Democracy

Spreading digital democracy at the Consul Democracy Foundation and strengthening the global network of municipalities, ministries and national governments using the open source CONSUL DEMOCRACY software that facilitates versatile digital citizen participation. Always looking out for new network and collaboration opportunities.

 Chief Strategy Officer

Jatin Shah, Colliers India 

Chief Strategy Officer and Managing Director (Technical Advisory Team) at Colliers, Jatin leads a proficient team of professionals collaborating with investors, financial institutions, occupiers, and developers. In his dual role, he spearheads strategic initiatives that shape the company's growth and direction within the real estate sector while also overseeing technical advisory.

​Chairman and former CMD HUDCO

V. Suresh, National Building Code

Vasudevan Suresh is a Civil Engineer from Anna University (College of Engineering, Guindy, Chennai) with over 53 years of professional experience in the Housing, Infrastructure, Rural and Urban Development and Built Environment sectors. Has worked in Tamil Nadu Public Works Department (1 ½ years) and later in Bureau of Indian Standards (12 ½ years) and was directly associated with the formulation of leading National Standards and Codes and National Building Code, and is Vice Chairman, National Building Code Sectional Committee, and Chairman, Housing, Planning and Prefabricated Construction Sectional Committee of BIS.

President

Domnic Romell, CREDAI

Domnic Romell's leadership philosophy revolves around collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning. He believe that empowering his team and encourages open dialogue allows them to unlock creative solutions to the sector’s challenges.