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Navin Raheja
Navin Raheja, Chairman of Raheja Developers Limited
NationalityIndian
OccupationIndustrialist
Websitewww.navinraheja.com

Navin Maheshwarnath Raheja (born in 1956), the founder of Raheja Developers Limited is a self made entrepreneur who started his career with less than $100 and today he is executing projects worth over $2 billion. He is the first developer to undertake slum rehabilitation of 2800 families(Kathputli Colony) in the heart of New Delhi changing lives of almost twenty thousand poor people by giving them free houses, toilets and other modern day facilities.

Navin Raheja started his career in 1978 with a scooter agency and experimented with diverse businesses viz finance, electronics, computers, travel agency, import agencies before finally settling with real estate after about a decade.Today, Raheja Developers is one of the largest real estate companies in India . His company is almost debt free with highest customer satisfaction index. Having already delivered projects appx 29.5 million sq.ft. and 15.50 million sq.ft under advanced stages of construction, he is a man who believes in giving back to society. He is the first developer in the country to provide free education, nutrition, clothing and medical care to hundreds of underprivileged children of laborers in an endeavor to make them better citizens. His company’s CSR spent is over 4% of its net profits.

Navin Raheja is currently Chairman of National Real Estate Development Council (Naredco). As president of Naredco, he has played a pivital role in bringing up real estate regulatory act, affordable housing policy of Government of India and guidelines to states for real estate clearance procedures that would go a long way to provide cheaper and organized housing to every Indian. Mr. Raheja is a passionate wildlifer and had been a member of the Steering Committee of Project Tiger, under the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India. His wildlife films are weekly telecast on Indian national channel Doordarshan continuously for past two years.

Navin Raheja is currently Chairman of National Real Estate Development Council (Naredco). As president of Naredco, he has played a pivital role in bringing up real estate regulatory act, affordable housing policy of Government of India and guidelines to states for real estate clearance procedures that would go a long way to provide cheaper and organized housing to every Indian. His tenure in NAREDCO has attracted some controversy due to the opaque and unregulated environment of the Indian Real Estate Sector.

Mr. Raheja is a passionate wildlifer and had been a member of the Steering Committee of Project Tiger, under the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India. His wildlife films are weekly telecast on Indian national channel Doordarshan continuously for past two years.

Early life and Education

Navin Raheja, was born in 1956 to Maheshwarnath and Krishna Raheja both from a small town in Pakistan called Kamalia. His father moved to Delhi after partition and got a job with the government. Mr. Raheja completed his bachelor's degree and then master's degree in Business Economics. He capped this with a postgraduate degree in journalism. His first investment was earned through his school and college savings, part time businesses and house tuitions.

Achievements

Achievements of Navin Raheja are as follows

  • Brands Academy Real Estate Awards in association with NDTV PROFIT, awards Mr. Navin Raheja with "Lifetime Achievement Award".
  • Responsible Business Summit & Awards confers Mr. Navin M. Raheja with the Life Time Achievement Award 2013.
  • Mr. Navin M Raheja conferred with "Lifetime Achievers' Award for Outstanding Contribution to Real Estate Sector" by Realty Plus at Realty Plus Excellence Awards 2012.
  • Mr. Raheja awarded Asia Pacific Excellence Award by Citizens Integration Peace society.
  • Mr. Raheja was awarded "Glory of India Award" and certificate of excellence for its contribution to Real Estate by India International Friendship society.
  • Mr. Raheja Awarded CIDC Vishwakarma Award for Industry doyen for the consecutive 2nd year by CIDC
  • Mr. Raheja was awarded "Global India Achievers Award" at a seminar held on 16 February 2011 on "Economic development" at Hotel Taj President Mumbai. The seminar was organized by Institute of Economic Studies.
  • Mr. Raheja conferred with Lifetime Achievement Awards by BIB (Builders Information Bureau).
  • Mr. Raheja awarded Udyog Rattan Award by IES (Institute of Economic Studies).
  • Mr. Raheja conferred with "Life Time Achievement Award" by Institute of Economic studies.
  • Mr. Raheja awarded the Achievement Award for Industry Doyen by CIDC.

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  11. "Affordable housing scheme gets maximum response from Gurgaon". HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times. August 21, 2013.
  12. "Now, 1 BHK for just Rs 20 lakh". TNN. August 20, 2013.
  13. Sharma, Sanjay. "Open Letter to Housing Minister On NAREDCO Chairman Navin Raheja". Retrieved 20 November 2014.
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