Building India Smarter

January 2026 \ News \ INNOVATION | GROWTH | LEADERSHIP

In an India reshaping itself through infrastructure build-out, supply chain realignment, and global capital flows, Neeraj Bansal, Partner and Head India Global, KPMG in India, has emerged as a trusted market-maker at the intersection of policy, industry, and international investment. With close to 30 years of professional experience, Bansal’s work today spans real estate, infrastructure, manufacturing, energy, logistics, and international trade, positioning him firmly within India’s growth priorities rather than any single geography. At KPMG, he plays a central role in advising multinational corporations, Indian conglomerates, family offices, and institutional investors on market entry, expansion, capital deployment, and operational transformation. His approach is deeply client-centric, combining strategic clarity with hands-on execution, and grounded in the belief that sustainable growth must align commercial outcomes with long-term national development goals.

By Yogesh Sood

Infrastructure and Real Estate as the Foundation of Growth

Infrastructure and real estate have been central to Bansal’s professional journey. A defining phase came during his tenure as National Leader for KPMG India’s Building, Construction and Real Estate (BCRE) sector between 2013 and 2019. He was also a member of the KPMG Global BCRE Steering Board—a period when India’s infrastructure ambitions began to scale rapidly, even as execution challenges became more visible.

During this time, he worked closely with developers, promoters, EPC players, and infrastructure investors in India, the Middle East, and ASPAC regions on project viability, governance frameworks, operating models, and capital efficiency. His work in real estate and infrastructure has covered project monitoring, process re-engineering, organisation transformation, office-of-the-chairman support, and turnaround strategies for large project developments. Further, Bansal has been closely associated with India’s evolving infrastructure ecosystem across transport, power, oil and gas, urban development, manufacturing, and logistics, helping clients navigate scale, complexity, and regulatory change.

This experience has shaped a broader view of the sector’s role in India’s growth. “The built environment today carries a larger responsibility. It is not just about meeting demand for infrastructure and housing but about shaping inclusive and future-ready communities,” he says.

He has also contributed to national policy conversations, having been part of a Union Government-appointed think tank examining project time and cost overruns, and authoring one of India’s earliest publications on infrastructure project management with MOSPI in 2010. In 2014, he also authored a widely cited study on financing affordable housing to fulfil India’s growing needs—Funding the Vision ‘Housing for All by 2022’—which received wide coverage across national and international media.

With India’s infrastructure market projected to reach new heights, Bansal sees industrialised construction as less about technology adoption and more about institutional maturity, bringing predictability and discipline into an ecosystem historically marked by fragmentation.