Mumbai’s new airport terminal, ‘T2,’ is a triumph of engineering, construction, artistic detail and urban excellence. The existence of T2, in all its aspects, is a seminal instance for India – especially as it reflects the magnificence of our heritage, and showcases it within the spaces of this modern new airport.
On April 15, Gateway House hosted Sanjay Reddy, Vice-Chairman, GVK Power & Infrastructure Ltd, Rajeev Sethi, Chairman & Founder Trustee, The Asian Heritage Foundation and Shobhaa Dé, Author, to discuss the making of T2, how this international project was conceived, what it reflects about India’s place in the world and why such a dream could come together only in Mumbai.
This is the second meeting in the Nation Building Series hosted by Gateway House.
G V Sanjay Reddy, the Vice Chairman of GVK Power and Infrastructure Ltd, spearheads GVK’s foray in key areas of infrastructure such as Energy, Resources, Airports and Transportation. He is the Managing Director of Mumbai International Airport and Bangalore International Airport. He is on the Board of Taj GVK Hotels & Resorts Ltd. and he is also the Vice Chairman of GVK EMRI.
Rajeev Sethi is one of South Asia’s leading designers and is noted internationally for his innovative contribution to preserving and celebrating the subcontinent’s rich cultural heritage. Along with directing the Art Programme for the new Terminal 2 at the Mumbai International Airport and the Hyatt Chennai Art Collection, he is creating special window installations across the globe as a part of an on-going creative exchange with Louis Vuitton. He has been bestowed with the Sanskriti Award for outstanding social and cultural achievement, the Padma Bhushan in 1985 and the first Indira Gandhi Life Time Achievement Award for conservation by INTACH in 2010.
Shobhaa Dé is one of India’s top best-selling authors and a super achiever. All her 18 books have topped the charts, created records and have been translated into multiple Indian and international languages. In fact, four of her books are course material in the University of London and her work features extensively in Comparative Literature courses at Universities abroad and within India. Ms. Dé is on the Readers’ Digest List of “India’s Most Trusted People” published in March 2010, along with Ratan Tata and Dr. Abdul Kalam, on the list of ‘50 Most Powerful Women in India’ published by the DNA Newspaper, March 2010, and on DNA’s ‘The 50 Influentials’ list in 2011.
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