BHVL

Inspired By You

Brigade Hotel Ventures Limited (BHVL) is a subsidiary of Brigade Enterprises Limited, incorporated in August 2016. Brigade Enterprises Limited started hospitality business from June 2004, introduced the innovative idea of professionally operated and branded serviced apartments through its Brigade Homestead brand. Over time, the organization has expanded its footprint to encompass various sectors within the hospitality industry.

Our operating hotels have achieved the EDGE certification, demonstrating our achievement in reducing energy and water usage by more than 20%, as well as having less embodied carbon in our building materials.

Vision & Mission

To be a world-class organization in our Products, Processes, People and Performance.

To constantly endeavour to be the Preferred Developer of Residential, Commercial & Hospitality spaces in the markets in which we operate without compriminsing on our Core Values, for the benefit of all our Stakeholders.

Our  Values

Quality & Customer Centricity

Fairness

Innovation

Socially

Trust

Our Board of Directors

Nirupa Shankar

Managing Director

Nirupa has spent the past 16 years of her career overseeing Brigade Group’s Hotel, Office and Retail portfolios. She has successfully conceptualised multiple award winning F&B outlets such as HIGH Ultra Lounge, Glass Kitchen & Bar and the Art Café in Bengaluru. Nirupa was instrumental in setting up Asia’s first real estate accelerator called Brigade Real Estate Accelerator Program (REAP) in 2016 and launching BuzzWorks, Brigade’s flexible workspaces brand, in 2019.

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M.R. Jaishankar

Non-Executive Chairman

A leader par excellence in the real estate sector, Mr. Jaishankar’s unwavering dedication to excellence has empowered Brigade to evolve from a modest, single-building, privately-owned enterprise into a multifaceted, multi-domain and multi-city public limited company. Named one of India’s Top 100 CEOs by Business Today, Jaishankar is the founder and lifetime trustee of Brigade Foundation and the Indian Music Experience (IME). He was conferred the ‘Bharat Ratna’ Sir M Visvesvaraya Award in 2022 by the Federation of Karnataka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FKCCI).

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Amar Shivram Mysore

Non-Executive and Non-Independent Director

Amar brings to the table more than a decade of diverse experience in supply chain management, manufacturing, the power sector and real estate. He holds a Masters in Engineering from Pennsylvania State University USA and is actively involved in the company’s transformative IT initiatives to improve business efficiency. Amar has been instrumental in securing renewable energy for Brigade Group’s Commercial, Retail and Hotel properties.

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Vineet Verma

Non-Executive and Non-Independent Director

Vineet holds a bachelor’s degree in science from the University of Calcutta, India. He joined the Brigade group in 2006 as chief executive officer of Brigade Hospitality Services Limited. He is the managing director of WTC Trades & Projects Private Limited, which provides facility management services. He has completed the executive programme for strategic marketing for hotels and restaurants from the Indian School of Business. He has more than 30 years of experience across the fields of hospitality and retail business.

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Bijou Kurien

Independent Director

Bijou holds a bachelor’s degree in science from St. Joseph’s College, Bangalore, Karnataka and a postgraduate diploma in business management from Xavier Labour Relations Institute, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand. He has more than 40 years of experience across the management and retail/lifestyle sectors. He has previously appointed to grade III management in Hindustan Lever Limited and worked with Titan Company Limited as regional manager of Calcutta. He was also associated with Reliance Industries as the chief executive of lifestyle business at Reliance Retail.

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Anup Sanmukh Shah

Independent Director

Anup holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce and a bachelor’s degree in law, each from the University of Bombay. He is an advocate enrolled with the Karnataka State Bar Council since 1981. He has more than 40 years of experience in the legal profession and has established a multi-practice full-service law firm called ASLF Law Offices, specialising in property, real-estate, civil, litigation and commercial law for which he was associated as the founding and managing partner.

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Jyoti Narang

Independent Director

Jyoti holds a bachelor’s degree in economics (honours) from the Lady Shri Ram College for Women, the University of Delhi and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Delhi. She has also completed the advanced management programme from the Harvard Business School. She has more than 30 years of experience in the hospitality sector and has previously worked with Indian Hotels Company Limited, a Tata enterprise, as chief operating officer.

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Nakul Anand

Independent Director

Nakul holds a bachelor of arts (honours) degree from University of Delhi, and graduate management qualification degree from Bond University, Australia. He has more than 40 years of experience in hotel management sector and has previously worked with ITC Limited. He is also a recipient of the ‘Corporate Hotelier of the World’ award in 2019, in the capacity of executive director of ITC Limited by Hotels, LLC, USA, a global publication service in the hotel industry. He is also the recipient of the ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ bestowed by the Hotel Investment Conference-South Asia, in 2022.

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Management Team

Manoj Agarwal

Chief Operating Officer

  • Qualified Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary
  • Worked across asset management, specializing in hospitality, real estate investment and business development, investment banking, and financial advisor
  • Previously was associated with InterGlobe Hotels Pvt Ltd, Bridge Capital Advisors, Deloitte Haskin & Sells

Arindam Mukherjee

President, Engineering

  • Associated with the Brigade Group since 2009
  • Formerly with Archetype India Projects Private Limited & IHCL
  • Key Functions include, Budgeting, Design Management & Construction Delivery of Hotels amongst other functions
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Technology (with honours) in Civil Engineering from IIT, Kharagpur

Rayan Aranha

Vice President

  • Formerly with Accor Group & IHCL
  • Key functions include Operational Oversight, Budgeting & Capex Planning amongst other functions
  • Alumni of Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) and S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research (SPJIMR) Mumbai

Ananda Natarajan

Chief Financial Officer

  • Associated with the Brigade Group since 2008
  • Formerly with Welcom Group, Sterling Holiday Resorts (India) Limited & Harsha Hotel and Convention Centre amongst others
  • Executive Programme – IIM Kozhikode

Akanksha Bijawat

Company Secretary & Compliance Officer

  • Associated with the Brigade Group for over 5 years
  • Extensive experience in secretarial & corporate matters
  • Formerly with Wendt (India) Limited & Timbor Home Limited
  • Associate with the ICSI