Mr. Rohitashwa Poddar (Rohit Poddar) is the Managing Director of Poddar Housing and Development Ltd (PHDL)– India’s one of the leading affordable housing developers and Bombay Stock Exchange listed Public Limited Company. Poddar Housing is largely promoted by the Poddar family of The Poddar Group with a vision to create homes for life and for everyone. Mr. Poddar is the visionary behind the affordable housing venture of the Poddar Group which was flagged off in 2009.
He is also a Director in several of the Poddar Group Companies. By education, he is an Engineering and Management Graduate. He holds BSc. (Hons) in Civil Engineering and BA in Business Management from Kings College London, UK. While creating homes for life is a passion, Mr. Poddar is also an avid sportsman with special interests in tennis, golf, running and skiing. Health and wellness are one of the main aspects that drive Poddar Housing’s Affordable Housing Venture, He is also an avid ‘Iyengar Yoga’ practitioner. Mr. Poddar is also a fellow of the Aspen Institute India for the India Leadership Initiative focusing on business ethics and was also voted one of the 200 Global Young Leaders by Asia Society in 2010. He has been a part of the Poddar Group since 1995 handling various businesses such as automobile tyre manufacturing, textile and apparel manufacturing and organic farming. He co-founded the Organically Grown brand in the USA in 2005 which is an organic lifestyle brand. Currently, he is successfully sphere-heading Poddar Housing and actively upgrading home buyers lifestyle as he strongly believes that life is lived on a grand spectrum of achieving dreams and goals where inspiration is drawn from home.