Ivanhoe Cambridge appoints Chanakya Chakravarti Managing Director, India

It is the real estate arm of Caisse de depôt et placement du Quebec, a leading Canadian institutional fund manager

Global real estate investor Ivanhoé Cambridge has appointed Chanakya Chakravarti as Managing Director, India, Growth Markets, the firm announced in a statement Monday.

It is the real estate subsidiary of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), one of Canada's leading institutional fund managers, and had C$56 billion in assets as on December 31, 2016.

“I am very pleased to welcome Chanakya to our team at an important time for our growth in India,” said Rita-Rose Gagné, President, Growth Markets, Ivanhoé Cambridge.

“We aim to deploy capital strategically in new investment opportunities alongside our partners