Anand Piramal:

The youngest son of Ajay Piramal, Anand Piramal, is the Deputy Chairman of Piramal Realty. He seems to have taken a keen interest in the finer aspects of construction and, hence, all designs are inspected by him. He wants Piramal Realty to be known for its quality. He wants to make Piramal Realty a leading Mumbai real estate player and is putting his heart and soul into the business.

He has to reach the bar raised by his father, who developed Mumbai’s first mall, Crossroads. He plans to include the luxury housing space in his next business venture. He also has an ambitious plan to create the ‘Gurgaon of Mumbai’ on the outskirts of the city. He also wishes to carve a niche for the company in the affordable housing space sector. His enthusiasm for affordable housing comes from philanthropic activities he has done for the Piramal Foundation.  Anand, a Harvard Business School graduate, worked on Piramal e-Swasthya, a rural heathcare initiative that he set up with Nitin Nohria, Dean of Harvard Business School. The initiative trained literate women in simple diagnostic techniques of minor ailments in Rajasthan’s Jhunjhunu district, reducing treatment costs to 30-50.