About us

Chairman Emeritus' Message

After 40 years spent at the helm of DLF, I can confidently say that the key to our seven decades of success has been our unwavering commitment to duty, loyalty, and the future.

In 1946, my father-in-law founded the company with a sincere ambition to support and serve the success of a newly independent India. This remains our primary duty to provide a growing nation with planned development and growth across the residential, commercial and retail segments of the real estate industry, and to develop spaces to be productive, joyful to learn and grow. We owe this duty to every investor, every customer, every employee, and it is a duty with which we aim to transform the quality of life for society at large.

Loyalty is the cornerstone of DLF. When we first began to develop residential colonies for displaced families in a post-partition India, we built on land bestowed to us by farmers on the basis of trust. Likewise, our first properties were sold on credit. To this day, DLF remains a by-word for credit-worthiness, respect, fidelity, and duty and these values are enacted and rewarded on a daily basis at all levels of our organisation.

At DLF, every decision is made with eyes firmly fixed on the future. We aspire to embrace the potential of India and to leverage our wealth of experience to create a future geared towards sustainability, safety, diversity, and inclusion. This is more than best practice; it is a philosophy. We will continue to invest in new technologies, capacity building, and community development. We will continue to change with the world: DLF will continue to change the country.

Profile

Dr. Singh was born on August 15, 1931. After a career in the Indian Army, he joined American Universal Electric Company in 1960 and post-merger with DLF Universal Limited in 1979, was appointed Managing Director.

From the beginning, Dr. Singh advocated public-private partnership in real estate, and the satellite city of Gurugram stands testimony to his belief in the concept. Inspired by the need to involve the farming community in building projects, his 'Partners in Progress' model for housing and urban development revolutionised land acquisition.

Dr. Singh encourages companies to assist disadvantaged communities through Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) projects. His emphasis on ethical business practices in real estate led to establishment of the National Real Estate Development Council (NAREDCO).

DLF's success in providing world-class infrastructure has helped the country attract Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and encouraged global companies to choose India as a base for Business Process Outsourcing (BPOs).