Founder & CEO of TRU Realty. Two decades of operating across software, capital markets, and listed real estate — before going independent.
I'm the founder of TRU Realty, a real estate development firm headquartered in Mumbai. We were featured in the Forbes DGEMS 200 list for 2025, and the team is now 100+ people strong.
Before TRU, I spent fifteen years operating inside other people's companies. Mechanical engineering at the Government College of Engineering, Pune. Three years writing code at Infosys. An MBA from the Indian School of Business in Hyderabad. Three more years at Jones Lang LaSalle as AVP, Capital Markets — which is where the real estate thread started. Then six years as CEO of Kolte-Patil Developers Limited, learning what it actually takes to run a listed developer through cycles.
I started TRU in 2018 because I wanted to build a company where the operating philosophy was a choice, not an inheritance. Most companies overcomplicate the work and underestimate the team. I try to do the opposite.
Off the clock: long runs, short books, slow coffee.
A current snapshot. Refreshed when something meaningful changes.
Mumbai-headquartered real estate development. Featured in the Forbes DGEMS 200 list for 2025. Team of 100+ and growing — built on ownership, adaptability, and collective responsibility.
Ran a publicly listed real estate developer through six years of cycles. The job taught me what it takes to lead through hard quarters — and how a culture either holds or doesn't when it's tested.
Where the real estate thread started. Capital markets work taught me how money sees this industry, before I went and operated inside it.
Podcasts, features, and the occasional long-form conversation.
Email is best. I read everything and reply to most things — eventually.