About

Mr. Ravi Puravankara is the founder Chairman and Managing Director of Puravankara Group, a leading Real Estate business conglomerate with interests in luxury housing, premium affordable housing, construction and commercial segments.Since the inception in 1975, Mr. Ravi Puravankara has established the Puravankara Group as a key Real Estate player with increasing presence in the metropolitan cities of Bengaluru, Kochi, Chennai, Coimbatore, Mysore, Kolkata and overseas in Sri Lanka and the United Arab Emirates.
Recognizing India’s huge growth potential in the mid income segment and the need for affordable housing, Mr. Puravankara pioneered to realize this vision by setting up Provident Housing Limited in 2009.He has the distinction of being the first to obtain Foreign Direct Investment in the Indian real estate industry, through its joint venture with Singapore based Keppel Land Limited.
Mr. Puravankara revolutionized Community Living,with theme based projects, world class landscapingand amenities, to create unique landmarks of the highest standards of quality and customer delight. With the launch of the very first large Club House project “Purva Park” in Bangalore, the Puravankara Group set a bench markin the Real Estate sector.
Driven by his core values of Learn, Care and Deliver, Mr. Puravankara has built an Institution over the last 40 years of Business Excellence.He has successfullyestablished companies like Puravankara and Provident Housing in the Real Estate sectorandStar Worth Infrastructure Limited,in the Infrastructure& Construction sector.
Mr. Puravankara has been recognized for his dynamism,leadership and outstanding brilliance and was conferred upon the “Transformational Leadership Award” at the 2013 NDTV Property Awards.Apart from numerous other awards and public recognitions throughout his career, he has also received the“Lifetime Achievers Awards for Outstanding Contribution to the Real-Estate Sector” at the 2013 CMO Asia Awards for Retail Excellence, and also the“Scroll of Honour” Award at the 2014 Realty plus Conclave & Excellence Awards.