Contributors — Mohali Aerotropolis

Aanchal Mehra

Architecture Reporter

Lives in Sector 5, Panchkula. Roots in Ambala Cantt, Haryana. Practising architect with a focus on low-rise residential. Interested in how Aerotropolis pocket layouts compare with the regulated Chandigarh grid. B.Arch from Chandigarh College of Architecture, M.Arch in Urban Design from CEPT, Ahmedabad.

2 articles 10 briefings

Amritpal Singh Virk

Infrastructure Reporter

Lives in Sector 65, Mohali. Roots in Tarn Taran, Punjab. Highway engineer who worked on the Kharar-Ludhiana expressway and the PR-7 link to the airport. Now writes about how road delivery affects sector-level land values. B.Tech Civil from GNDEC Ludhiana; M.Tech Transportation from IIT Roorkee.

4 articles 3 briefings

Balwinder Singh Aulakh

Agribusiness Correspondent

Lives in Kharar. Roots in Banur, Patiala. Family farmer whose ancestral fields fell inside the Aerotropolis Pocket B notification. Writes from the landowner side — what land pooling actually feels like, what LOI receipt does and does not promise. BSc Agriculture from PAU Ludhiana.

3 articles 6 briefings

Dr. Pankaj Kapoor

Healthcare Correspondent

Lives in Sector 48, Chandigarh. Roots in Faridkot, Punjab. Practising physician at a Mohali hospital. Writes about the shifting Tricity hospital map — Fortis, Max, Paras, Ivy — and how proximity to tertiary care prices into resale corridors. MBBS from GMC Patiala; MD General Medicine from PGIMER Chandigarh.

2 articles 7 briefings

Gurjeet Kaur Bhullar

NRI Affairs Reporter

Lives in Sector 2, Panchkula and Brampton, Ontario. Roots in Bathinda, Punjab. Chartered Accountant who spent eight years in Toronto before returning to Tricity in 2022. Writes on FEMA, NRE/NRO mechanics, and how Canada-Punjab investors actually move money home. CA from ICAI; CPA Canada certified.

5 articles 7 briefings

Harpreet Kaur Sandhu

Real Estate Columnist

Lives in Sector 70, Mohali. Roots in Garhshankar, Hoshiarpur. Property consultant who began her career at the GMADA Aerotropolis Pocket A allotments in 2012 and has tracked LOI markets since then. PG Dip in Real Estate Management from Amity, Chandigarh, after BA Economics from Punjab University.

2 articles 6 briefings

Inderjit Singh Dhaliwal

Legal Correspondent

Lives in Sector 33, Chandigarh. Roots in Moga, Punjab. Property lawyer with a practice focused on RERA, land pooling claims, and NRI inheritance disputes. Twenty years at the Punjab and Haryana High Court. LLB from Punjab University, LLM in Real Estate Law from NLU Delhi.

2 articles 5 briefings

Karanveer Singh Brar

Technology Reporter

Lives in Sector 82, Mohali (IT City). Roots in Faridkot, Punjab. Software engineer at a Mohali product company. Writes about how IT City absorption affects nearby residential demand and where the next office cluster is forming. B.Tech CSE from Thapar, Patiala; ISTC Chandigarh apprenticeship.

7 articles 4 briefings

Manjit Singh Gill

Real Estate Reporter

Lives in Phase 11, Mohali. Roots in Lehragaga, Sangrur. Third-generation property dealer, took over the family firm in 2014. Writes about plot-vs-flat economics and resale dynamics in the GMADA pockets. BCom from DAV College Chandigarh; certified RERA agent under Punjab.

2 articles 8 briefings

Navdeep Rana

Education Columnist

Lives in Sector 71, Mohali. Roots in Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. Former school principal turned education consultant. Writes about the Tricity school landscape — Chitkara, Strawberry Fields, Vivek High — and how it shapes which sectors families gravitate to. M.Ed from Punjab University; PhD in Education from Panjab University.

5 articles 8 briefings

Priya Sharma

Banking & Finance Reporter

Lives in Zirakpur. Roots in Una, Himachal Pradesh. Former branch manager at a private bank, now an independent home-loan consultant covering builder-tie-ups and NRI mortgages. Tracks the gap between collector rates and market values. MBA Finance from PU Business School; CAIIB certified.

1 article 4 briefings

Ravinder Kumar Yadav

Real Estate Reporter

Lives in Sector 116, Mohali. Roots in Rewari, Haryana. Twelve years on the floor — Eco City to Aerotropolis, plots to penthouses. Specialises in commercial SCO and booth turnover in the airport corridor. BCom from Kurukshetra University; member of NAR-India.

4 articles 6 briefings

Rohit Bhandari

Construction Correspondent

Lives in Sector 88, Mohali. Roots in Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. Civil engineer turned project consultant. Has supervised more than thirty mid-rise builds across IT City and the Airport Road belt. B.Tech Civil from PEC Chandigarh, M.Tech Construction Management from Thapar, Patiala.

1 article 4 briefings

Shilpa Gupta

Hospitality Reporter

Lives in Sector 35, Chandigarh. Roots in Yamuna Nagar, Haryana. Hotel-industry veteran, ran F&B operations at the Taj for a decade before consulting on hospitality investments along the airport corridor. Tracks demand for service apartments and branded residences. BHM from IHM Pusa, Delhi; PG in Hospitality Strategy from ISB Mohali.

5 articles 5 briefings

Vikram Thakur

Urban Planning Columnist

Lives in New Chandigarh, Mullanpur. Roots in Kullu, Himachal Pradesh. Former town-planning officer with PUDA, now an independent consultant. Has reviewed master plans for three Tricity satellite towns. M.Plan in Urban and Regional Planning from SPA Delhi; B.Arch from CCA Chandigarh.

1 article 6 briefings