New Age Investments in
India’s Real Assets - 2025 Guide

Kunal has over 17 years experience in investing real estate of which 8 was with The Blackstone Group. He has an MBA from IIM Ahmedabad.

Rahul has worked across Noble House ($350M family office in Dubai), Deutsche and Standard Chartered Banks. He holds a B.Tech from IIT Bombay and an MBA from IIM Lucknow.

Suraj has over 4 years experience including fundraising & investor reporting at ANSR and management trainee at Vodafone Idea. B.E. from Mumbai University and MBA from XLRI Jamshedpur

C.B. Bhave served as Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for a period of three years starting February 2008. He has also been the Chairman and Managing Director of the then newly created National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL). He is an electrical engineer from Jabalpur Engineering College and 1975 batch IAS officer.

Ben has 19+ years experience in real estate including as Director at First Alliance Properties , a UK based investment firm where he was instrumental in acquiring and managing a portfolio of £350m+. Ben is a member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors and holds an MSc in Property Investment & Management from Napier University Edinburgh and a BA Honors from University of Bristol.

Dirk is Partner at Singapore-based venture fund, BEENEXT. He holds a B. Sc. from Universität Hildesheim and MBA from Copenhagen Business School

Vikaash Khdloya was the CEO of India's first and Asia's largest office REIT by size, the Embassy Office Parks REIT. Prior to heading the Embassy REIT, Vikaash was MD at Blackstone India’s real estate office prior to which he was VP at Piramal Capital. Vikaash’s accolades also include being member of the Economic Times 40 Under 40 list, CNBC 40 Under 40 list, being a Global Young Presidents’ Organisation (YPO) member, an alumnus of Harvard Business School, a CA gold medallist and a CFA charter holder.

Mamoru Taniya is Chairman of Asuka Holdings Inc. He joined Salomon Brothers in 1987, becoming the youngest Managing Director for the regional trading division of Asia. He founded Asuka Asset Management, one of Japan’s first independent hedge funds, and the private equity fund Mercuria with DBJ. He also serves as Investment Committee member of East Ventures, Partner at D4V with IDEO, and Partner at Evolution in the U.S. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in law from the University of Tokyo.

Felix Kuna is the MD at K3 Capital, a German family office. Prior to this Felix was the Co-founder of Myo, a German communication platform for the care sector. Felix has worked across real estate sectors in Blackstone and Myo ranging from office, retail, warehousing and more recently the European care home sector. He holds an MBA from IESE Business School, Barcelona.