Piyush Kothari, Executive Director & CEO of Shivalik Investment Fund Private Limited, a Category II AIF focused on real estate investment, is a seasoned professional with over two decades of expertise in institutional real estate, capital structuring, and alternative investments. This has been a landmark year for him, marked by national recognition and global representation.
At the AAFM Amar Ujala Growth Multiplier FinFest & Awards 2025, he was conferred the prestigious Men in Finance – Trailblazer Award by Shri Nitin Gadkari, recognising his leadership in building disciplined, purpose-driven capital structures within India’s real estate private equity landscape.
In the same evening, Shivalik Fund received the AIF Empowerment Award from Shri Saurabh Shukla- two recognitions on one platform, reaffirming a singular belief: that when discipline meets purpose, capital doesn’t just grow; it builds the future.
On the global stage, Piyush represented Shivalik Fund at GRI Europe 2026 in Paris, engaging with 765 of the world’s foremost real estate leaders across LP and GP communities, and actively positioning India’s institutional real estate opportunity in conversations that matter.
Closer to home, he continues to lead the Shivalik Institute of Real Estate (SIRE), conducting practitioner-led sessions that connect academic rigour with ground-level market intelligence for the next generation of real estate professionals.
