Imagine Mumbai

Bunty Chand

Chief Executive Officer, Asia Society, India Centre

Bunty Chand is Chief Executive Officer of Asia Society India Centre. She is a founding director of Lok Foundation,
a not-for-profit entity, created to provide specialized, local and long-term technical assistance to the Indian microfinance sector. She spent ten years with AT&T in USA and Hong Kong in the areas of Strategy & Business Development, Human Resources, and Training & Development. She holds a Masters in Business Administration from George Washington University, USA and the Asian Institute of Management, Philippines, a Masters in Special Education from Florida Atlantic University and a Bachelor’s degree in Education and History from Jamia Millia & Delhi University. She serves on the Advisory Board of the JSW Foundation, and is also a member of the CII Core Group on China.

Isher Judge Ahluwalia

Chairperson, Board of Governors, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations

Dr Isher Judge Ahluwalia, an eminent Indian economist, is Chairperson of Indian Council for Research on International
Economic Relations (ICRIER), a leading think-tank based in New Delhi engaged in policy-oriented research. She was Chairperson of the High Powered Expert Committee on Urban Infrastructure and Services, the Government of India, from 2008 to 2011. Dr. Ahluwalia’s research has focussed on policy-oriented challenges facing the Indian economy in the areas of urbanisation, sustainable public service delivery, macroeconomic issues, and industrial growth and productivity. She is author of a number of books, the latest being “Transforming Our Cities: Postcards of Change” (Harper Collins, 2014), and a volume co-edited with Ravi Kanbur and P K Mohanty, titled “Urbanisation in India: Challenges, Opportunities and the Way Forward” (Sage India, 2014). Dr Ahluwalia was Chairperson, Board of Trustees of International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington D.C., from 2003 to 2006 and was on the Board of Trustees of International Water Management Institute (IWMI) from 2010 to 2016. She was a member of the Eminent Persons Group set up by the ADB President Kuroda, which submitted a Report – “Toward a New Asian Development Bank in New Asia”. She was awarded Padma Bhushan by the President of India in the year 2009 for her services in the field of education and literature.

Niranjan Hiranandani

Co-founder & MD, Hiranandani Group

Niranjan Hiranandani is Co-Founder & Managing Director, Hiranandani Group which was established in the 1980s, and is recognized for modern, state of the art mixed-use landmark township projects such as in Powai & Thane, Mumbai. He also spearheads as National President the National Real Estate Development Council (NAREDCO) under the aegis of Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation, Government of India. His past achievements include drafting the State Policy for Slum Rehabilitation in Mumbai; serving on the board of the Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO), an organization which distributes over US $ 3 billion per annum to help fund building homes for low income families; acting as an adviser to the Government of India on the Housing and Habitat Policy for over a decade; and as Chairman of Housing Committee of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), Chairman of Real Estate & Infrastructure Committee of Indian as well as Merchant Chambers (IMC).