Influential figures from India’s real estate, development, investments, urban planning, and built environment sectors will come together for the two-day conference to discuss the opportunities and challenges.
The Urban Land Institute (ULI) is about to start its second year of operations. ULI’s India National Council is holding its Annual Conference on February 21 and 22, 2022, at Mumbai’s Taj Mahal Palace and Taj Lands End, respectively, laying out the agenda for 2024-25. Addressing the opportunities and challenges in creating “21st Century Indian Cities,” the conference brings together prominent leaders from the nation’s built environment, including real estate, investments, urban planning, and architecture & design spaces.
The two-day event will start with an exclusive tour of the National Center for Performing Arts, Bombay House– Tata Experience Center, and Subko Cacao Mill, offering unique case studies on adaptive reuse and heritage retrofits in the real estate industry. A series of illustrated keynotes and panels will follow, kicking off discussions on the following subjects: The Need for Equitable Housing, Planning, and sustainability in development; the role of Airports in Creating New Urban Centers; Infrastructure as an Accelerator of Change; New Real Estate Investing and Operating Models; New Practices in the Residential sector; and Women in Built Environment.
The speakers and panellists include eminent leaders, namely Amanpreet Bajaj (country lead, Airbnb India); Anuj Puri (chairman, ANAROCK); Asheesh Mohta (head of RE Acquisitions, Blackstone); Ashank Kothari (managing director, RE Investments India, Brookfield); Ramesh Nair (CEO, Mindspace Business Parks REIT); Sanjeev Dasgupta (CEO, Capitaland Investment); Sudarshan Lodha (founder, Strata); Vivek Narain (founder and CEO, The Quorum & district150); Esben Christensen (partner, Gehl); Sanjay Dutt (MD & CEO, Tata Realty); Ashiwini Thorat (Adani Airport Holdings); Aditya Ghosh (co-founder, Akasa Air); Nirupa Shankar (joint managing director, Brigade Group); Ahaan Bhojani (CEO & founder, Silkhaus); Nibhrant Shah (founder, Isprava); Aditya Bhargava (head of Asia Pacific, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority); Mansi Sachdev (urban planning consultant, World Bank); Manisha Bhartia (studio director, BDP); Nidhi Marwah (managing director South Asia and Middle East, The Executive Center); Mridul Upreti (IFC); Peter Lefkovits (design lead, SOM); Sudeshna Mitra (associate dean, School of Economics, Indian Institute of Human Settlements); Sandhya Naidu Janardhan (founder, Community Design Agency); Brad Dockser (founder, Green Gen & ULI Global Governing Trustee); Rohan Sikri (senior partner – The Xander Group and ULI India Chair); and Alan Beebe (CEO, ULI Asia Pacific).
Prominent stakeholders in the nation’s built environment have praised ULI’s India National Council in its first year. As a result of this accomplishment, we have demonstrated our commitment to working together across the boundaries of competition. We are ready for continued support from the top executives in the sector as we begin our second year of business in India. Manasvini Hariharan, executive director of ULI India, stated, “With the upcoming launches of new product councils and programs, we are determined to bring ULI’s global standard of thought leadership and research to India while showcasing India’s remarkable built environment to the international ULI audience.”
During this conference, ULI India will also introduce the Office Council, its first product council. An elusive and diverse group of seasoned developers, owners, investors, and technical experts (such as architects, engineers, and lawyers) will form the Office Council. Together, they will explore, in a relaxed and private setting, the state of the market, emerging trends, best practices, innovative thinking, and lessons learned in the creation and ownership of the office asset class. The goal is to spark new, confidential conversations among business executives and motivate a shift in this asset class that is built, invested in, run, designed, and managed.