Held on July 30th the virtual Realty+ 40 under 40 summit concluded with a grand celebration of youth power in Indian real estate. As is customary, the E-Conclave commenced with the rousing address by Dr. Annurag Batra, Chairman & Editor-In-Chief, BW BusinessWorld Media Group & exchange4media Group. He congratulated the winners for the achievements and expressed, “The real-estate sector is seeing a revival after many years and it is real. This is happening in residential, commercial, industrial and retail. Today at Realty+40 under 40 event, we celebrate young achievers who are the next generation leaders, leading development of iconic projects with new ideas and customer centric approach. These 40 under 40 realty achievers are selected from a robust jury process and represents a mix of leaders from all segments of real estate, building and construction eco system.”
THOUGHTFUL CONVERSATIONS
The motivating opening address was followed by a light hearted conversation among the veterans of the industry deliberating on the youthful transformations in the sector. The topic, “The NextGen Makeover: Indian Realty’s Changing Face” saw Gagan Singh, Chief Evangelist, Culture, ANAROCK engaging in an informative dialouge with Sangeeta Prasad, Group CEO, Runwal Group. The speakers highlighted the paradigm shift across the industry as well as the consumers given that multi-generational professional and buyers are now making the investment decisions.
The panel discussion on “Youth for Change: Towards Tech-driven Economic Growth” was moderated by Dr Adil Malia CEO & Partner - The FiRM and the speakers were Arihant Raj Parakh, Director, Orbit Group, Avinash Suresh, COO, Arvind SmartSpaces Limited, Parth Mehta, Founder & MD, Paradigm Realty, Sujay Kalele, Founder & MD, TRU Realty and John K Kuruvilla, Chief Mentor, Brigade REAP. They concurred that the new generation of real estate entrepreneurs are exploring new ideas but need holding hands by the experienced leaders. Real estate transformations are on the right track though a lot more needs to be done.
The next panel discussion, “The Generational Shift: Shared Workspaces’ New Dynamics” was chaired by Charu Thapar, Executive Director, Property & Asset Management, Asia Pacific, Head of Strategy, Platform & Emerging Markets India, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam and Philippines. The speakers of the session were Mukul Ronak Das, Director - Sales, OYO WorkSpaces India Pvt. Ltd., Monika Misra, Founder & GM, iKeva, Manas Mehrotra, Founder, 315 Work Avenue, Shesh Rao Paplikar - Co-Founder & CEO – BHIVE, Parul Thakur, Senior Vice President, CoWrks and Vaibhav Joshi, Executive Director, Table Space. They deliberated on the major shift happening in the office space segment in sync with the millennial workforce and the new-gen enterprises.
The final panel discussion of the conclave themed “The Millennial Frenzy: Indian Realty’s Evolving Disruptions” was led by Piyush Gupta, Managing Director - Capital Markets and Investment Services India, Colliers. The speakers included Anuj Goradia, Director, Dosti Realty, Jay Mozaria, Director, Vraj Group & President - Naredco INDIA Nextgen, Pushpa Bector, Executive Director, DLF Retail and Rishabh Siroya, Founder, Legend Siroya, President - Elect Naredco NextGen. The dialogue among the young realty experts focussed on how through generations, the real estate sector has evolved and what the future looks like for the industry.
The E-conclave concluded with an interesting conversation on “The Second-Gen Leaders: Charting Real Estate Transformation” set between Neeraj Bansal, Partner Risk Advisory, Co-Head & COO, India Global, KPMG in India and Daval Ajmera, Director, Ajmera Realty& Infra India Ltd where they discussed how family businesses are being taken ahead in a more corporate way by the next gen.
DAZZLING AWARDS EVENING
The virtual stage of Realty+ 40 Under 40 2022 Awards was lit up with the presence of the winners brimming with zest and youthful vigour. The glittering evening also saw the esteemed Award Jury members expressing their views on the selection of the winners of the day. The winners joined-in live to walk down the virtual red carpet and received their felicitations.
"AT REALTY+ 40 UNDER 40 EVENT, WE CELEBRATE YOUNG ACHIEVERS WHO ARE THE NEXT GENERATION LEADERS, LEADING DEVELOPMENT OF ICONIC PROJECTS WITH NEW IDEAS AND CUSTOMER CENTRIC APPROACH." DR ANNURAG BATRA
THE VIRTUAL REALTY+ 40 UNDER 40 SUMMIT WAS A KNOWLEDGE SHARING PLATFORM AND A GRAND CELEBRATION OF YOUTH POWER OF INDIAN REAL ESTATE.
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