From thought-provoking dialogues on building sustainably to celebrating India’s finest design talent, the day promises to be a confluence of ideas, innovation, and inspiration. The morning will open with the motivating address by Dr. Annurag Batra, Editor-in-Chief & Chairman, exchange4media & BusinessWorld Media Group
Harit Bharat Leadership Summit & Awards
Taking a step forward towards a greener tomorrow, the day’s proceeding will begin with the 3rd Edition of Harit Bharat Leadership Summit & Awards.
The first sessions of the day discussing Future-Ready Offices: Are Green Buildings Now a Tenant Expectation? Will see the presence of Dr. Mala Singh, Chairperson, IGBC Mumbai Chapter, Rajco Metal Industries Pvt. Ltd., Navinder Narang, Head, Infrastructure Facilities & ESG, ICICI Home Finance, Nitin Gupta, Head Technical-RMX, Nuvoco Vistas Corp. Ltd., Senthilraj Balachandran, Sr. VP-Head of MEP & Sustainability, K Raheja Corp., Tripti Agarwal, Sr. Vice President – Commercial Transactions and Growth Strategy, Century Real Estate Holdings Pvt Ltd. The session will be moderated by Abbishek Sharma, Executive Director - Commercial Leasing & Advisory, Anarock Property Consultants Pvt. Ltd
The second session Beyond Glass and Steel: Collective Consciousness for Climate Resilience will have speakers Aparna Khemani, Senior Associate, Co - Managing Director, Gensler, Mumbai, George Abraham, Regional Head - Market Development, GBCI India, Lalit Kumar Tiwari, President - EHS & Group Chief Sustainability Officer, ESG, Kalpataru Projects, Prashant Deshmukh, Principal Architect, Prashant Deshmukh & Associates, Dr. Sunita Purushottam, Head- Sustainability, Mahindra Lifespace Developers Ltd. The session will be chaired by Deepali Dhuliya, Director, Strategic Consulting, Cushman & Wakefield India.
Architecture and Design Fest (AADF)
In the afternoon, the spotlight shifts to creativity and innovation with the 2nd Edition of the Architecture and Design Fest (AADF)- West Edition.
The first set of discussion for the Experience is the New Luxury: Building Brand Trust Through Design will be led by Tushar Mistry, Principal Architect Tushar Mistry Design Studio (TMDS) with speakers comprising Ayushi Ashar, Director, Ashar Group, Bhavik Bhandari, CSMO, Ashwin Sheth Group, Kshitij Limaye, Co-Founder & Managing Director, KBNK Design Build Pvt. Ltd., Rakesh Setia, President - Sales & Marketing, Keystone Realtors Limited – Rustomjee, Ram Raheja, Director, S Raheja Realty.
The next panel discussing Next-Gen Architecture: Build Fast. Build Quality. Build Green will be chaired by Sapna Srivastava Editor Realty+ and the experts will comprise Sharmin Wade, Co-founder & Principal Designer StudioSB, Karan Daisaria Principal Architect, Daisaria Associates, Sheettal Sarvaiya, Vice President Business Development & Client Solutions, Eleganz Interiors, Durvesh Mhatre, Senior Associate, RMA Architects, Sachin Zanwar, Founder - Director, Urbanscape Studio.
Speaking on the Era of Tech-tecture: Technology Redefining the Language of Design will be Moderator Vipul Tapke, CEO and Chief Architect, JTCPL Designs and the experts panel comprising Amit Agrawal, Founder & Director, Pinakiin Designs, Kush Bhayani, Founder & Creative Director, KUL, Ar. Nandita Agnihotri, Senior Associate, Mandviwala Qutub and Associates, Satish Vayuvegula, VP - Pune, RSP India, Shoaib Shaikh, Sales Head - Nemetschek Architecture & Design Business, Nemetschek India Private Limited.
Next topic of deliberation is What’s Trending: Balancing Design Fads with Tech for Lasting Impact that will be chaired by Nisha JamVwal, Luxury Brand Consultant, Interiors Architect Designer, Art Consultants, Celebrity Columnist & Author, Partner, Nisha Jamvwal Design, and the expert panel will comprise Clyde Crasto, Proprietor, White Paper Designs & National Spokesperson / Secretary NCP-SP, Reema Diwan, Vice President- Design and Technical Services, Accor, Priya Daniel, Principal Architect, Five Scale Design.
Not to miss will be the Design Dialogue on Fusion of Art, Space & Design that will be led by Sapna Srivastava, Editor Realty+ and the Design Gurus joining will be Jamshed Banaji, Principal Architect, Banaji & Associates, Nitin Killawala, Director, Group Seven Architects + Planners, Suresh Babu, Principal and Founder, Suresh Babu and Partners, Vivek Kishore, Principal Architect, Finer Edge.
An Evening of Felicitations
The day will culminate in a glittering awards evening, honouring iconic designers of India and sustainability Champions across individual and organization categories.
The events are Co-Partnered by Signature Global (India) Ltd & Nemetschek Group, Industry Partners are IGBC and AESA and the technology Partner is Wybrid.
Date: August 13, 2025
Venue: Novotel, Andheri, Mumbai
Entry: By Registration Only
Registration: 10.00 AM
Register at: https://bit.ly/3S7Jqig
