Darshan Hiranandani Age, Wife, Family, Biography & More

Bio/Wiki
Full name	Darshan Niranjan Hiranandani
Profession	Businessman
Physical Stats & More
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Black
Career
Awards	• 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 (2015) • Asia Pacific Quality Organization Global Performance Excellence Best in Class Award (2016) • National Business Excellence and achievers Award and Business Tycoons of The Year Award (2021)
Personal Life
Date of Birth	13 October 1981 (Tuesday)
Age (as of 2023)	42 Years
Birthplace	Mumbai, Maharashtra
Zodiac sign	Libra
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Mumbai, Maharashtra
College/University	Rochester Institute of Technology, New York
Educational Qualification(s)	MBA (Entrepreneurship and Finance) and B.S. (Management Information System) from Rochester Institute of Technology, New York [1]Darshan Hiranandani's LinkedIn Account
Controversies	"Sibling Dispute" In 2009, his sister, Priya Hiranandani, accused him and Niranjan Hiranandani of violating a development deal. [2]Business Today "Bribery Allegations" In 2023, he was accused of bribing cash and gifts to Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra to ask questions in Parliament. [3]The Free Press Journal
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Married
Marriage Date	18 March 2009
Family
Wife/Spouse	Neha Jhalani Hiranandani (author)
Children	He has two children.
Parents	Father- Niranjan Hiranandani (businessman) Mother- Kamal Hiranandani (businesswoman)
Siblings	Sister- Priya Vandrevala (entrepreneur)
Other Relatives	Grandfather- Lakhumal Hiranand Hiranandani (an Indian otorhinolaryngologist, social activist, and philanthropist; died-2013) Grandmother- Kanta Lakhumal Jamnadas Hiranandani (died-2014) Uncles- 2 • Surendra Hiranandani (businessman) • Navin Hiranandani (ENT surgeon; died-2006)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Darshan Hiranandani

• Darshan Hiranandani is an Indian businessman. He is known for being the CEO of the real-estate giant Hiranandani Group. He is the chairman of Yotta Data Services, H-Energy, Tarq Semiconductors, and Tez Platforms. He is the son of Niranjan Hiranandani, co-founder of Hiranandani Group which is headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

• Darshan Hiranandani is known for diversifying Hiranandani Group’s real estate business internationally and venturing into emerging sectors such as data centres, cloud computing, energy, and industrial warehousing and logistics. According to him, he is committed to meeting the country’s infrastructure requirements and contributing to its economic growth.

• In 2009, his father, Niranjan Hiranandani, had a dispute with his London-based daughter, Priya Vandrevala. She accused Niranjan and Darshan Hiranandani of violating a development deal. In 2016, the London Court of International Arbitration ruled in her favour, asking them to pay Rs. 360 crores to Priya. ^[4]Business Today

• In April 2009, Darshan Hiranandani founded the H-Energy Group of Companies in Mumbai. In February 2014, he was appointed as the chief executive officer at Hiranandani Communities in Mumbai. In January 2016, he began working as a managing director at Nidar Group in Mumbai.

• In December 2018, he founded ‘Greenbase,’ an industrial and logistics park in Mumbai.
  

  A picture of Greenbase, an industrial and logistics park in Mumbai

• The Hiranandani Group is a real estate development company headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It is a prominent entity in India with projects spanning Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, and Hyderabad. Apart from real estate, the group is also engaged in other sectors such as healthcare, education, energy, and hospitality. Under his leadership, one of the notable achievements of the Hiranandani Group was the inauguration of the world’s second-largest data centre, Yotta Infrastructure Solutions, in July 2020.
  

  Darshan Hiranandani with his father at their Yotta venture

• In February 2022, Darshan Hiranandani founded Tez Platforms, an entertainment website.
  

  The logo of the Tez Platform

• His wife, Neha Jhalani, is the daughter of Delhi-based businessman Pradeep Jhalani and his wife, Shabnam Jhalani. His sister, Priya Hiranandani, is married to Cyrus Vandrevala, a London-based businessman.
  

  Priya Hiranandani with her husband

• Darshan Hiranandani is a member of various councils for ASSOCHAM, 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 also 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 won the coveted Ramkrishna Bajaj Award for the best hospital in India.
  

  A picture of Dr L.H. Hiranandani Hospital

• Once, in a media interview, his wife Neha Hiranandani, revealed that she met Darshan during her UNICEF stint.

• In October 2023, BJP’s Lok Sabha MP Nishikant Dubey accused Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra of accepting “cash and gifts” from Darshan Hiranandani to “ask questions in Parliament.” According to Dubey, he received a letter from Jai Anant Dehadrai, an advocate, containing evidence of bribes exchanged between Moitra and Darshan Hiranandani. The BJP MP alleged,
  

  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.” ^[5]The Free Press Journal

  

  A picture of Mahua Moitra