Diwakar Gandhi is the Chairman of INDIA EMERGING INFRASTRUCTURE PVT. LTD., a New Delhi, India-based investment firm with many successful projects in its portfolio in sectors as diverse as IT & Telecom, Agri-chemical, Brewery, Tourism, Manned Guarding Services and Solar Power. This Lens is designed to introduce you to a charismatic individual, who in spite of humble beginnings commands a prominent spot in the Who is Who of Indian business. The Lens also sheds light on Diwakar Gandhi’s innovative approach to private equity investment which is based on the premise that free economies succeed only when entrepreneurship is propelled to the forefront through capital investment initiatives.
On the Private Equity Anvil
With three decades of hard core and highly focused experience in Corporate & Capital market, Diwakar Gandhi and his team of qualified and dedicated industry professionals is all poised to explore new avenues of investment in which new sectors and verticals will be targeted after a careful analysis and assessment of potential. This strategy is in perfect harmony with India’s impressive GDP achieved over the past decade during which the country has emerged as one of the most vibrant economies in the world.
Pathway to Success through Private Equity Investment
Diwakar Gandhi has successfully leveraged his positive reputation within the corporate world of India, his credibility and exemplary record of performance, to forge multiple alliances and relationships with private investors as well as the government in different parts of India. Some of his current projects include:
· 5 star hotel projects in Jaipur, Jodhpur, Udaipur & Jaisalmer in Rajasthan with a capital outlay of Rs. 5 billion
· State-of-the-art IT project in Noida, a New Delhi Suburb, which includes a software technology park
· 5 MW solar PV power plant in Rajasthan with a capital outlay of Rs. 1 billion
Social Entrepreneurship
Social entrepreneurship is the process of bringing about social change on a major scale. Social entrepreneurs function as the agents of change, questioning the status quo, grabbing the new yet overlooked opportunities, and changing the world for the better.
While business entrepreneurs aim to generate profits, social entrepreneurs aim to improve social values. But they differ from non-governmental organizations in that they aim to make broad-based, long-term changes, instead of few immediate small-time results. They propagate the solution and persuade the whole society to adopt it.
Diwakar Gandhi, a social entrepreneur feels that there are not enough small investment banks that are serving such small entrepreneurs. He is planning to work with financial product distributors in small towns to help them evolve into micro investment banks.
Two Pronged Approach
There are two broad areas in which Diwakar Gandhi and India Emerging Infrastructure Group aim their primary focus: The first is proprietary private equity operation while the second is infrastructure projects and hotels. Both focus areas call for an astute understanding of the Indian economy, its trends and a wide range of factors that tend to determine the extent to which the country’s economy can remain stable. Diwakar Gandhi not only possesses insights in these realms, thanks to years of experience and observation, he also shares his perspectives with the Indian intelligentsia at national and international conferences, investor meets, venture capital round tables and other forums. He has been quoted extensively by the Indian financial press in leading publications such as the Economic Times and the Business Standard and has been featured on major television news channels such as BBC, Doordarshan & Zee TV.
