Manikandan KP is a social entrepreneur, an affordable housing expert and an evangelist for Housing For All in India, given the country’s growing need for potential housing of over 50 million dwelling units.
He currently serves as the Institution builder of the Indian Housing Federation (IHF). He is also a housing finance consultant for the World Bank’s low-income housing initiative in Bangladesh. He has helped establish Housing For All Mission for the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, Government of Assam, India and has also consulted with the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) , Govt. Of India.
Mani spans the evolution of the housing finance sector in India, working on specialist roles at Equitas Housing Finance, Sundaram- BNP Paribas Home Finance, ABN Amro and ICICI Home Finance. He has administered vast geographical territories and travelled extensively in his endeavors in housing.
Mani holds an M.B.A from the Thiagarajar School of Management, Madurai Kamaraj University and has studied Housing Finance at the Wharton Real Estate Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.