Chennai, 8th November, 2025: The Hindu Sustainability Summit 2025 held in the city and Mr. Navin Kumar, Managing Director of Navin’s- one of Chennai’s most trusted real estate developers – was a speaker at a panel discussion on Water for Tomorrow: Sustainable management and industrial responsibility: Strategies for conservation, reuse and sustainable water management. The event was co-presented by Tamil Nadu Green Climate Company.
The chief guests for the event were Mr. H. Shankar, Managing Director, Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL) and Mr. Srivats Ram, former chairman, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Tamil Nadu, and Managing Director, Wheels India.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Navin Kumar, Managing Director of Navin’s said, “Real estate sector has been a silent player when it comes to treating water and office projects have been going through a drastic change over 25 years complying with green building norms, either US or IGBC or various standards evolved locally.”
“The Biggest benefit, he said, “comes from recycling water- the grey water- which alone contributes to 40-70 percent commercially and 40-50 percent to residential units. When we recycle water a huge amount of pressure or strain on demand goes down from the community.”
Mr. Navin Kumar, emphasized on how small behavioural action has an impact on saving water, At Navin’s, their newer projects are fitted with digital water meter and the properties adopt Curing. Navin’s Hanging Gardens is equipped with Moisture Sensing Grip Irrigation to avoid wasteful watering of plants.
Mr. Navin Kumar also noted that there was insufficient incentive for residential buildings to be green and urged the Government to step in and create awareness on the importance of adopting greener measures.
The fellow panellists were Dr G Ravikumar, Professor and Director, Centre for Water Resources, Anna University, P. Kannan, Director, Operations, CPCL, Mr. Gaurav Kumar IAS, Executive Director, Chennai Metro Water and was moderated by Ms. K Lakshmi, Deputy Editor, Reporting, The Hindu.
About Navin’s:
Navin’s, under the visionary leadership of Dr. R. Kumar, its founder and Chairman, has flourished over the past 35 years, becoming the most trusted and respected real estate brand in Chennai, with over 125 projects transforming the city’s skyline, it believes that building homes is an art – an exercise of intellect, careful precision, and passion. The motto of the organization has been to achieve a symbiosis of architectural brilliance, aesthetic appeal and excellent quality combined with ethical practices. The brand was the first in Chennai to receive the ISO 9001-2008 Certification and now upgraded to ISO 2015 and bring to the table, Perfect titles, strict adherence to rules and regulations, excellence in design, quality constructions, care for customer needs and above all ethical business practices. Navin’s has won over 60 awards, including several awards from Construction Industry Development Council (CIDC); Best Professionally Managed Company award by CIDC; several awards from the Builders Association of India, PMAY award for Best affordable housing for the years 2019 & 2022, National Green Champion from the IGBC, and Most Reputed Developer of the Year 2019 from ET Now, to name a few.
Website link ~ https://navins.in/
