Experts to discuss Tamil Nadu's urban growth, real estate transformation at The Hindu summit
This summit is a platform for voices from different sectors, including those from the government, energy, real estate, sports and finance to come together and discuss on Tamil Nadu's urban growth and real estate transformation. In this edition, there will be focus on sustainable, inclusive, and forward-looking real estate strategies with respect to the State's vision of becoming a trillion-dollar economy.
Shiv Das Meena, Chairperson, Tamil Nadu Real Estate Regulatory Authority (TNRERA), will be the chief guest.
Various sessions will be held during the summit. In the session, 'Fireside Chat: Vision for Tamil Nadu's Real Estate Growth', Arun M N, founder, chairman and managing director, Casagrand will be the speaker, and the moderator will be Rosella Stephen R, Senior Associate Editor, The Hindu.
The session, 'Tamil Nadu @ $1 Trillion: Role of Real Estate in Urban Transformation', will have speakers, including W.S. Habib, president, CREDAI Tamil Nadu; Jerry Kingsley, Head of Value and Risk Advisory in India and City Capital Markets, Chennai JLL; Julian Francis, senior vice-president, Asset Management, Chennai, and head of Industrial and Logistics (I&L) at RMZ; Sripriya Ganesan, co-founder, Studio Neon; and C.G. Sathish, Deputy Managing Director, Casagrand. Kunal Shankar, Deputy Business Editor, The Hindu, will be the moderator for the event.
In the session, 'Navigating the Future of Real Estate in Tamil Nadu', the speaker is Bala Ramajeyam, managing director, GSquare Housing, and the moderator is Sangeetha Kandavel, Senior Assistant Editor, The Hindu.
The 'Policy to Prosperity: RERA, Ease of Doing Business & Regulatory Outlook' session will have speakers, including Sanjay Chugh, city head and director, ANAROCK Property Consultants Pvt Ltd, Chennai; Sriram Swaminathan, chairman, Sabari and LYRA Properties Pvt ltd, Executive Committee Member, CREDAI National; and Jayaprakash Padmanaban, senior partner, Fox Mandal & Associates. This session will be moderated by Kunal Shankar, Deputy Business Editor, The Hindu.
There will be a discussion on 'Affordable Housing: Bridging the Urban Housing Gap'. The speakers are: A. Srivathsan, professor, Head of the Centre for Research on Architecture and Urbanism at CEPT University; Vanessa Peter, founder, Information and Resource Centre for the Deprived Urban Communities (IRCDUC); R.V. Shekar, chairman and managing director, Lancor Group; and P. Suresh, managing director, Arun Excello Group. R. Sujatha, former Deputy Editor, The Hindu, will be the moderator.
A session will be held on 'Green is Gold: Sustainable Construction & Energy-Efficient Buildings' and the speakers are — C. Velan, CEO, CEEBROS Group; Sumitra Vasudevan, associate partner, APRObuild; Ajit Kumar Chordia, managing director, Olympia Group, India; and Nataraj S, senior assistant vice-president, Swelect. The session's moderator will be Geetha Srimathi S, Senior Reporter, The Hindu.
There will be a session called 'Fireside Chat: Building Champions, Building Cities: The Role of Sports Infrastructure'. J. Meghanatha Reddy, IAS, Member-Secretary and CEO, Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu (SDAT), will be the speaker, and K.C. Vijaya Kumar, Sports Editor, The Hindu will be the moderator. In the session, 'Tier II & Tier III Cities: The Next Real Estate Frontier', the speakers are: V.S. Sridhar, executive managing director at Cushman & Wakefield, Chennai, A. Shankar, India Head - Government Advisory & Solutions, JLL India; Junaith Babu, Chief Operating Officer, GSquare and R. Vignesh, managing director, Shri Kailash Industrial and Logistics Parks. The moderator for the session is Sangeetha Kandavel, Senior Assistant Editor, The Hindu.
The event is presented by Casagrand and co-presented by GSquare. The Green Energy partner for the event is Swelect and the Sports Ecosystem partners are SDAT and Tamil Nadu Champions Foundation. The event is supported by CREDAI Tamil Nadu, Lancor, Namma Family Group. The Strategic partner is MMA (Madras Management Association) and the TV partners are Puthiya Thalaimurai, the Federal voice of the States.
The event can be viewed live at newsth.live/THRESU
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