Adapting to Innovation or Overcoming Challenges - The Future of Real Estate Finance




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GRI Funding Opportunities India 2025 serves as a premier platform for key stakeholders in the real estate financing ecosystem, bringing together Investors, Asset Managers, Fund Managers, Banks, Operators, and Developers. As India's real estate landscape evolves amidst shifting economic dynamics and regulatory complexities, this exclusive gathering offers a unique forum to explore innovative capital structures, emerging investment trends, and the future of real estate financing.
Through high-level discussions, interactive sessions, and strategic networking, participants will gain actionable insights into unlocking capital efficiency, optimizing risk-adjusted returns, and fostering collaborations that drive long-term growth. By navigating the complexities of India’s regulatory and investment climate, GRI Funding Opportunities India 2025 empowers industry leaders to shape the future of real estate finance with agility, foresight, and impact.
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The younger generation is making real estate faster, sharper and more global than ever before. Set in our dynamic formats, unimpeded by media or the usual constraints, this discussion addresses the systemic changes being brought into the industry. Unraveling the future of real estate begins here.
Foreign capital in India
Impact of Geopolitics on Indian Real estate
- Geopolitics & Capital: Are global tensions reshaping real estate investments in India?
- Fund vs. Direct Investment: Is investor preference shifting to fund-managed routes?
- Tariffs & India’s Role: Can trade shifts boost India’s supply chain position?
- Asset Class Focus: Why are logistics and data centers gaining over retail and office?
- Policy & Confidence: Is government support key to sustaining investor trust?
Gustavo Favaron
Developmental Finance in Real Estate
Meeting the Capital Demands of Developers - Structures, Gaps, and the Future of Funding
- Capital Reality Check: Do current funding structures align with the actual development cycle of real estate projects?
- Working Capital Woes: Is short-term, execution-stage finance still the biggest gap for developers?
- Equity Overload: Are developers being forced to deploy unsustainable levels of equity upfront?
- Flexible Finance: Are developers finally getting access to hybrid and milestone-based capital structures?
- Voice from the Ground: Is the industry responding to what developers actually need - or just pushing investor-driven models?
Kaushik Desai
Sandeep Kotak
Options for Green Financing in India
Foreign Banks, Domestic Lenders Or New concepts like Green REITs?
- Green Capital Quest: Are Indian developers able to access sufficient green financing for sustainable projects?
- Foreign Flow: Are global banks and ESG-focused funds driving the green finance movement in India?
- Domestic Drive: Can Indian lenders scale up green loan offerings beyond token initiatives?
- REITs Go Green: Could Green REITs become a mainstream instrument for sustainable real estate funding?
- Incentive Gap: Are current policies and incentives enough to make green financing truly attractive for developers and investors?
Hardeep Sachdeva
Shobhit Agarwal
REITs, IPOs & the Rise of Public Real Estate in India
Unlocking India’s Public Market for Institutional-Grade Assets
- REIT Momentum: Are REITs truly unlocking long-term capital or just scratching the surface of India’s real estate potential?
- IPO Surge: Is the public market ready to absorb a new wave of real estate listings?
- Retail Reach: Can REITs and public listings bridge the gap between institutional assets and retail investors
- Valuation Verdict: Do public markets fairly value real estate assets- or are developers better off staying private?
- Next-Gen REITs: Will new formats like sector-specific and SM REITs deepen India’s listed real estate market?
Ramesh Nair
AIFs 2.0 - From Capital Providers to Co-Creators
Are Investment Platforms Redefining the Developer-Investor Equation?
- AIFs have evolved from mere capital providers to active co-creators in the development lifecycle.
- Investment platforms are now influencing not just funding, but also design, execution, and strategy.
- The use of hybrid capital structures is enabling AIFs to shape outcomes more directly than ever before.
- Stronger governance and ESG focus are welcome shifts - but they come with increased investor oversight.
- As AIFs take on strategic roles, developers must ask - what’s the cost of shared control?
Deepak Jodhani

































Heading Nippon India Real Estate Investments since 2011 and a key personnel behind setting up RE investment business. Also instrumental in setting up and anchoring RE Private Equity business in his previous organisation (ICICI Prudential AMC).
Well diversified experience over entire life cycle of Funds from inception to exits and strong broad based relationship with developers and possesses rich experience in evaluating, investing and managing real estate projects on pan India basis.
Masters in Business Management and B.Tech. in Civil Engineering.

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