Nirupa Shankar

Nirupa Shankar

Executive Director, Brigade Enterprises Ltd.

India

Nirupa has spent the last 10 years at Brigade Group, one of India’s top 10 developers. She oversees the company’s Hotel, Office and Retail portfolios.
Nirupa has the serial entrepreneurial bug in her and has successfully conceptualised multiple award winning F&B outlets such as HIGH Ultra Lounge and The Art Café in Bangalore. She set up Asia’s first real estate accelerator called Brigade Real Estate Accelerator Program (REAP) an initiative to mentor high-tech start-ups in real estate in 2016.
She launched Brigade’s flexible workspaces brand called – BuzzWorks last year.
She has been identified as one of CNBC’s “Young Turks” and has previously won the:
• Construction Woman of the Year 2018 – India, by Construction Times
• Woman CXO of the Year 2017-South, by Realty Plus
Nirupa is the mother of two young daughters. She loves writing and her articles are regularly published in the news and trade journals. She is passionate about fitness and participates in endurance events. She is trained as a six sigma Black Belt.