Manoj C. BenjaminChairman & CEORoyal Indian Raj Int'l Corp.

Smart City Pioneer

Building the
Future Cities
of India.

Chairman of Royal Indian Raj International Corporation. Three decades pioneering sustainable Green, Smart and Living Cities — a multi-billion-dollar vision for 400,000 homes across eight Indian metros.

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$2.9B

Planned FDI

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About

A visionary at the
intersection of
East & West.

Manoj Benjamin has over thirty years of business leadership and is the pioneer and concept leader of a chain of privatized sustainable Green, Smart Urban Cities — under the Royal Garden City name — in Bangalore, Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Pune, Chennai and Kolkata, with expansion across India's Tier 1 and 104 Tier 2 cities.

The estimated build-out reaches an initial 120–200 M of a 500 M buildable sq ft program — a multi-billion-dollar initiative for nearly 400,000 homes in "Live · Work · Play" urban hubs.

A frequent guest lecturer at the Urban Land Institute's World Cities Forum, NAREDCO India, the REIT World Asia Conference and the Wharton School of Economics — Mr. Benjamin is an elected member of the International Who's Who Historical Society.

30+

Years

Future Cities

400K

Planned Homes

FDI in Indian Real Estate

Areas of Expertise

Six disciplines shaping the New India.

Making Indian Green Smart Cities a reality — and the business of government smarter.

Smart City Pioneer

Making Indian Green Smart Cities a reality — clean energy, water management, circular waste, next-gen municipal utilities.

Real Estate Disruptor

Pioneer in the Indian Infrastructure & Housing Sector with greenfield smart city developments at scale.

Reform Architect

First FDI approvals under India's Integrated Township Sector. Catalyst behind Real Estate Regulator (2016) and REIT (2018).

Advanced Construction

State-of-the-art vertically integrated prefab building systems modernizing India's municipal tech industry.

Digital Platform

Proprietary IT ecosystem integrating buildings, utilities, authorities and infrastructure into living revenue streams.

Global Recognition

Named among the World's Top 100 Most Influential People by Business & Economy Magazine.

Selected Projects

Master-planned cities at unprecedented scale.

20043,000 acres · 146.36 M sq ft

Royal Garden City Bangalore

A privatized sustainable smart city flagship — the model for India's urban future.

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2007Series of planned communities

Golf India

Prestigious golf-village communities across India, designed with golf legend Jack Nicklaus.

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20071,136 acres · 44 M sq ft

The Italian Village

A Mediterranean-inspired gated community on the outskirts of Bangalore.

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2005137 acres · up to 7 M sq ft

Eco High-Tech Village

Seventeen gated communities pioneering the green-tech residential blueprint.

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Royal Indian Raj International Corporation has been named the number one leading FDI real estate developer in India.

Anil K. Agarwal · President, ASSOCHAM · November 2006

Photo Gallery

Moments from a life in building.

Stages, sites and statesmen — three decades of crossing East and West.

Press & News

In the conversation.

Coverage across press releases, interviews, newspapers, magazines, white papers and long-form writing — from The Economic Times and Forbes to the U.S. International Trade Commission.

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