Warehousing, Logistics & Industrial India 2026

Mr. Balbir Singh is a senior real estate professional with over 30 years of experience across real estate, telecom, and electronics. As Executive Director - Industrial Capital Markets at Knight Frank India, he leads investments and land transactions across Industrial, Warehousing, and other asset classes nationwide. With 13+ years at Knight Frank, he has successfully led national business verticals and closed several high-value deals. Prior to real estate, he held leadership roles at Etisalat, Reliance Communications, and Panasonic India, driving large-scale sales and distribution operations.

Deepak Jodhani is a Partner in the Corporate and Commercial Practice Group of Khaitan & Co (Mumbai office). Deepak has advised several clients on private equity investments, platform deals, strategic acquisitions, joint ventures, promoter exits (including bid situations), corporate restructurings (mergers, demergers), etc. He has tremendous experience in private equity in real estate, having acted for both investors and developers, across various real estate asset classes including commercial, industrial, retail, residential, etc. He is also a regular speaker at various conferences and public forums. Deepak has been recognised by IFLR 1000 as the “Notable Practitioner” for Private Equity and M&A consecutively in 2019 and 2020 rankings.

Alok Jain is a Principal in the Real Estate Group. Since joining Blackstone, Alok has been involved in evaluating real estate investments in several property types. Before joining Blackstone in 2011, Alok worked as a Hardware Engineer with Nvidia Graphics and was involved in designing and verifying complex computer chips. Alok received Bachelors of Engineering (Hons.) from BITS-Pilani where he was awarded the BITS-Merit and BITS-Alumni scholarships. He completed his MBA in Finance from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore

Seasoned Real Estate Finance Professional with a decade plus experience in Real Estate Investment Banking and Real Estate Development & Management. Experienced in end-to-end deal execution in all real asset classes (including REITs and PropTech) coupled with rich experience in development activities and asset management.

Manoj is a Supply Chain and Logistics Professional, with over 28 years of successful career with diverse roles distinguished by commended performance and proven results. He has been associated with TCI since beginning of his career in 1996 and worked across various businesses and operations in TCI across all Divisions, Group Companies and Jvs. After completing his 3 years tenure in Toyota operations Manoj moved to TCI Supply Chain Solutions division as Regional Head and worked in North and West India before moving back to North for second tenure with larger role. He is currently serving as CEO-TCI Supply Chain Solutions.

~20 years of real estate private equity investment management experience with global funds active in India, across asset classes -industrial, logistics, data centres, office, residential and retail. Raised and deployed $1Bn+, saw entire fund cycles from fund raise to exits. Acquired assets across 10 cities of 1000+ acres, and successfully sold portfolios at 1.5-2.5x Eq.M. Specialise in greenfield land acquisitions, forming joint ventures, raising equity from sovereign/insurance LPs. MBA (Finance), MRICS - Charter in Property Valuations. Alumnus of Chicago Booth School of Business. Seed investor (personal capacity) in retail, media and food ventures.

Shobhit Agarwal, MD & CEO of ANAROCK Capital Advisors, is a visionary entrepreneur and one of the prominent faces in the Indian real estate market. With a profound experience of over 22 years in real estate investments, he has been instrumental in leveraging Indian RE to the global Capital Market platform. At ANAROCK Capital, he steers the strategic direction for RE Investment Banking Advisory through various investment verticals to serve the best interest of his clients. His in-depth knowledge coupled with his long-standing relationships with developers & capital providers has resulted in multi-billion dollar deals. In his past role, he had a successful 17-year stint at JLL India where he led the Capital Markets division with aplomb.

R.K. Narayan serves as President – Strategy & Business Development at Horizon Industrial Parks. With over 27 years of experience, he is crucial to Horizon's growth by facilitating expansion through partnerships, acquisitions, and maximizing ROI. Prior to his current role, R.K. Narayan was the COO at All Cargo Logistics & Industrial Parks and held positions with private equity and investment banking teams at JM Financial and the Macquarie group. He holds an MBA from IIM Ahmedabad and a B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from BIT Mesra, Ranchi. He also contributes as a member of the Board of Governors of IIM Trichy. His expertise drives the company's strategic growth and sustainable development initiatives.

Amit Kedia serves as Senior Director, Capital Markets at JLL India, bringing extensive expertise in commercial real estate and investment advisory. Based in India, he leads capital market transactions and strategic initiatives for one of the world's leading property services firms. Kedia specializes in facilitating investment deals, market analysis, and client relationship management across India's dynamic real estate sector. His role encompasses advising institutional investors, developers, and corporations on capital deployment strategies. With deep knowledge of Indian real estate markets, he has been instrumental in executing significant transactions and providing strategic guidance to clients navigating the evolving property landscape in India's major metropolitan markets.

Atul has been involved in implementing large scale industrial corridor, industrial parks and logistics related sovereign programs including East Coast Economic Corridor, West Bengal Industrial Corridor, Strengthening Multimodal and Integrated Logistics Ecosystem (SMILE) to improve the industrial and logistics ecosystem in South Asia. He is also currently designing the NW-Dhaka-SE Economic Corridor which will help connect Bangladesh to India, Bhutan and Nepal. He has also been advising Tata Steel and Government of Odisha on spatial industrial development of Kalinganagar steel cluster.

At Unilever, I lead the team that builds portfolio and investment strategies and drives transactions across all asset classes in 160+ countries (~ 1,200 properties with more than €500m annual budget). These include operating assets - office, R&D, supply chain (warehouses, land, factories), retail and residential - and investment assets (sale and purchase).

Mr. Saurabh Gupta is an experienced investment professional with over two decades in real estate, fund management, and financial services. He is the CEO at Fund Management at Welspun One, leading fund strategy, investor engagement, and portfolio performance. Earlier, he spent 15 years at 360 ONE Asset (IIFL Asset Management), building real estate platforms with over USD 1 billion in commitments. Saurabh has also worked with PwC, Shell, ICICI Bank, and Citi, and is known for his strong investment insight and value-driven approach.