Darshan Hiranandani is a famous Indian businessman, best known as the CEO of real estate giant Hiranandani Group. He is also the Chairman of Yotta Data Services, H-Energy, Tark Semiconductors and Tez Platform. His father, Niranjan Hiranandani, is the co-founder of Hiranandani Group, headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
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Wiki/Biography
Darshan Niranjan Hiranandani was born on Tuesday, 13 October 1981 (age 42 years; as in 2023) in Mumbai, Maharashtra. His zodiac sign is Libra. He holds an MBA (Entrepreneurship and Finance) and BS (Management Information Systems) from Rochester Institute of Technology, New York.
Physical Appearance
Hair Color: Black
Eye colour: black
Family
parents and siblings
His father, Niranjan Hiranandani, is the co-founder of Hiranandani Group in Mumbai.
Darshan Hiranandani posing with his father
His mother Kamal Hiranandani is a businesswoman.
A picture of Darshan Hiranandani’s parents
Darshan Hiranandani has an elder sister named Priya Vandrewala who is an entrepreneur based in London.
A picture of Darshan Hiranandani’s sister Priya Vandrewala
Priya Hiranandani is married to London businessman Cyrus Vandrewala.
Priya Hiranandani with her husband
wife and children
On March 18, 2009, Darshan Hiranandani married Neha Jhalani, who is a writer. Neha Jhalani is the daughter of Delhi businessman Pradeep Jhalani and his wife Shabnam Jhalani.
Darshan Hiranandani on his wedding day
A picture of Darshan Hiranandani’s wife Neha J Hiranandani
The couple have two children.
relationships/affairs
Darshan Hiranandani was in a relationship with Neha Jhalani before marrying her in 2009.
other relatives
His grandfather, Lakhumal Hiranand Hiranandani, was an Indian otorhinolaryngologist, social worker and philanthropist who died in 2013.
A photo of Lakhumal Hiranand Hiranandani
His grandmother, Kanta Lakhumal Jamnadas Hiranandani, died in 2014.
A picture of Lakhumal Hiranand Hiranandani with Kanta Hiranandani
His uncle, Surendra Hiranandani, is the co-founder of Hiranandani Group in Mumbai.
A picture of Surendra Hiranandani
His other uncle, Naveen Hiranandani, was a renowned ENT surgeon in Mumbai. He died in 2006.
A picture of Naveen Hiranandani
livelihood
Darshan Hiranandani is known for his efforts to expand the Hiranandani Group’s real estate business globally and enter emerging sectors such as data centres, cloud computing, energy and industrial storage and logistics. According to him, their aim is to meet the country’s infrastructure needs and contribute to its economic growth. Darshan Hiranandani founded H-Energy Group of Companies in Mumbai in April 2009. He was appointed as the CEO of Hiranandani Communities in Mumbai in February 2014. He started working as Managing Director at Nidar Group in Mumbai in January 2016. He founded ‘. Greenbase, an industrial and logistics park in Mumbai in December 2018.
A photo of Greenbase, an industrial and logistics park in Mumbai
Hiranandani Group is a leading real estate development company headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, with projects spread across Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai and Hyderabad. The group is also engaged in other sectors such as health care, education, energy and hospitality. In July 2020, one of the notable achievements of Hiranandani Group under Darshan’s leadership was the inauguration of Yotta Infrastructure Solutions, the world’s second largest data center.
Darshan Hiranandani with his father in his Yotta venture
Darshan Hiranandani is an active member of various councils of ASSOCHAM, India’s oldest apex trade body with over 450,000 members. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of his alma mater Rochester Institute of Technology and a member of the Board of Directors of RIT Dubai. He is on the advisory board of Hyderabad Sindh National Collegiate Board, a non-profit organization in Mumbai. As a member of the Board of Directors of the Hiranandani Group, in February 2004, he was instrumental in setting up the Dr. LH Hiranandani Hospital, a non-profit under the Hiranandani Foundation, which has received the prestigious Ramakrishna Bajaj Award for Best Hospital in India. Hospital in India.
A picture of Dr. LH Hiranandani Hospital
Darshan Hiranandani founded Tez Platform, an entertainment website, in February 2022.
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controversies
sibling rivalry
In 2009, Darshan Hiranandani’s sister, Priya Vandrewala, accused him and their father of violating a development deal. The London Court of International Arbitration ruled in his favor and asked him to pay Rs. Priya got Rs 360 crore in 2016.
bribery allegations
In October 2023, BJP Lok Sabha MP Nishikant Dubey alleged that Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra accepted “cash and gifts” from Darshan Hiranandani for raising questions in Parliament. Dubey said he has received a letter from lawyer Jai Ananth Dehadrai which contains evidence of such bribery between Moitra and Hiranandani. Dubey said,
It appears that Representative Dehadrai has conducted detailed and painstaking research based on which he has concluded that recently, Moitra asked about 50 questions out of the total 61 posted by him in Parliament, which is surprisingly in line with business interests. Were related to defence. Darshan Hiranandani and his company.”
A picture of Mahua Moitra, MP Nishikant Dubey and Jai Anant Dehadrai
Awards, Honors, Achievements
- In 2015, Darshan Hiranandani was awarded the Ramakrishna Bajaj Award for the Best Hospital in India for his hospital ‘Dr LH Hiranandani Hospital’, a non-profit venture under the Hiranandani Foundation.
- In 2016, he won the Asia Pacific Quality Organization Global Performance Excellence Best in Class Award.
- In 2021, Darshan Hiranandani was honored with the National Business Excellence and Achievers Award and the Business Tycoon of the Year Award.
Facts/General Knowledge
- According to his wife Neha J Hiranandani, she met Darshan during his UNICEF visit.
Neha J Hiranandani posing at her home
- In 2004, Darshan Hiranandani launched the Hiranandani Group’s first overseas venture, 23 Marina in Dubai.
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