Darshan Hiranandani is a renowned Indian businessman, known for being the CEO of Hiranandani Group, a real estate giant. He is also the chairman of Yotta Data Services, H-Energy, Tarq Semiconductors, and Tez Platforms. His father, Niranjan Hiranandani, is the co-founder of Hiranandani Group, which has its headquarters in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Wiki/Biography
Darshan Niranjan Hiranandani was born on Tuesday, 13 October 1981 (age 42 years; as of 2023) in Mumbai, Maharashtra. His zodiac sign is Libra. He did an MBA (Entrepreneurship and Finance) and B.S. (Management Information Systems) from Rochester Institute of Technology, New York.
Physical Appearance
Hair Colour: Black
Eye Colour: Black
Family
Parents & 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 Vandrevala who is an entrepreneur based in London.
A picture of Darshan Hiranandani’s sister, Priya Vandrevala
Priya Hiranandani is married to Cyrus Vandrevala, a London-based businessman.
Priya Hiranandani with her husband
Wife & Children
On 18 March 2009, Darshan Hiranandani got married to Neha Jhalani who is an author. Neha Jhalani is the daughter of Delhi-based 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 has 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 activist, and philanthropist who died in 2013.
A picture 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, Navin Hiranandani, was a famous ENT surgeon in Mumbai. He died in 2006.
A picture of Navin Hiranandani
Career
Darshan Hiranandani is known for his efforts to expand Hiranandani Group’s real estate business globally and entry into emerging sectors such as data centres, cloud computing, energy, and industrial warehousing and logistics. According to him, he aims to meet the country’s infrastructure requirements and contribute to its economic growth. Darshan Hiranandani founded the 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 began working as a managing director at Nidar Group in Mumbai in January 2016. He established ‘Greenbase,’ an industrial and logistics park, in Mumbai in December 2018.
A picture of Greenbase, an industrial and logistics park in Mumbai
The Hiranandani Group is a prominent real estate development company headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, with projects spanning Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, and Hyderabad. The group is also engaged in other sectors such as healthcare, education, energy, and hospitality. In July 2020, one of the notable achievements of the Hiranandani Group, under the leadership of Darshan, was the inauguration of the world’s second-largest data centre, Yotta Infrastructure Solutions.
Darshan Hiranandani with his father at their Yotta venture
Darshan Hiranandani is an active member of various councils for ASSOCHAM, India’s oldest apex trade chamber 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 for RIT Dubai. He is on the advisory board of Hyderabad Sind National Collegiate Board, a non-profit organization in Mumbai. As part of the board of directors of the Hiranandani Group, in February 2004, he was instrumental in setting up the Dr L.H. Hiranandani Hospital, a non-profit under the Hiranandani Foundation, which is the recipient of the coveted Ramkrishna Bajaj Award for the best hospital in India.
A picture of Dr L.H. Hiranandani Hospital
Darshan Hiranandani founded Tez Platforms, an entertainment website in February 2022.
The logo of Tez Platform
Controversies
Sibling Rivalry
In 2009, Darshan Hiranandani’s sister, Priya Vandrevala, accused him and his father of violating a development deal. The London Court of International Arbitration ruled in her favour, asking them to pay Rs. 360 crores to Priya in 2016.
Bribery Allegations
In October 2023, BJP’s Lok Sabha MP Nishikant Dubey alleged that Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra accepted “cash and gifts” from Darshan Hiranandani to pose questions in Parliament. Dubey stated that he received a letter from advocate Jai Anant Dehadrai containing evidence of such bribery between Moitra and Hiranandani. Dubey said,
It appeared that the representationist, Dehadrai has made elaborate and painstaking research on the basis of which he has concluded that quite recently, Moitra asked approximately 50 questions in Parliament of the total 61 posted by her, which shockingly pertain to the protect the business interests of Darshan Hiranandani and his company.”
A picture of Mahua Moitra, MP Nishikant Dubey, and Jai Anant Dehadrai
Awards, Honours, Achievements
- In 2015, Darshan Hiranandani was honoured with the Ramakrishna Bajaj Award for the best hospital in India to his hospital ‘Dr L.H. 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 honoured with the National Business Excellence and Achievers Award and Business Tycoons of The Year Award.
Facts/Trivia
- According to his wife Neha J Hiranandani, she met Darshan during her UNICEF visit.
Neha J Hiranandani posing at her house
- In 2004, Darshan Hiranandani launched the Hiranandani Group’s first foreign venture, 23 Marina, in Dubai.