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- With more than 41 years of rich, hands-on experience in the retail and real estate industry, Mr. Irfan Razack steers Prestige onwards with a keen business acumen and foresight, placing the highest priority on ethical business principles and practices. A visionary, a real estate icon and the inspiration behind the Company’s success, he has demonstrated the ability to create opportunities and possesses the determination to see his vision come to fruition. He is also the Company’s principal architect and possesses the creativity and insight to conceive aesthetically appealing and yet, wholly saleable real estate products.
- As a highly regarded figure in the real estate arena, he has won and continues to win several awards and accolades as below:
- ➢ Fellowship of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (FRICS) in 2013. This is the pre-eminent chartered qualification for professionals in land, property and construction, and considered the mark of property professionalism worldwide
- ➢ Adjudged ‘Real Estate Professional of the Year’ at the Real Estate Excellence Awards, 2008.
- ➢ Best Developer Award in 2009-10 by the Karnataka State Town Planning Department
- ➢ Bestowed the Commercial Master Builder Award – 2010 by Construction Source India
- ➢ ‘Entrepreneur Extraordinaire Award’ by Builders Association of India and Confederation of Real Estate Developers Associations of India (CREDAI) - 2010
- ➢ Construction World Architect & Builder Award 2010, being ranked among India’s Top 10 Builders.
- ➢ Recognized and awarded for his ‘outstanding contribution’ to real estate by EPC World Award in 2011, by CREDAI in 2013 and by NDTV in 2015.
- ➢ Rotary Midtown Prestige Citizen Extraordinaire Award - Given to honour citizens of Bengaluru who have significantly contributed to society
- ➢ Sir M. Visvesvaraya Memorial Award 2015 for his outstanding contribution towards the growth of Karnataka through building projects
- ➢Recognized as “Best CEO in Real Estate” by India Today Group in 2022
- During the year under review, he has also received the coveted “The World’s Greatest Leaders 2015-16 – India” from Asia One and “Best CEO – Real Estate and Construction” from Business Today.
- He was lauded with the Real Leader Award for his social endeavors at the Indian Realty Awards 2013, and was also declared Leader of the Year. Known as a business leader with a large heart, Mr. Irfan Razack is involved in several philanthropic causes and also actively supports the Company’s several CSR initiatives. As former President of Rotary Midtown, Bengaluru, he is still actively involved in the club’s activities, and is also a Paul Harris Fellow. He has also served as Honorary Secretary of the Al-Ameen Educational Society for 21 years.
- He plays a thought leadership role in the larger arena of business and industry. He has served as the President of Bengaluru Commercial Association (BCA), and the Chairman of the Real Estate Committee of CREDAI, Karnataka for five years. He has also served as the Chairman of CREDAI (National) for a period of 2 years, completing his term in March 2017. He has been a special invitee to the southern regional council of Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) and is also a sought after panelist for discussions on business and real estate on leading television channels. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce from St. Joseph’s College, Bangalore and was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the St. Joseph’s Old Boys Association. He has also completed a course in the United Nations University International’s Leadership Academy (UNU/ILA).