Because the GMR group is poised to open the second public-private partnership greenfield airport in India, at Hyderabad, even as it races to complete the revamp of the Delhi airport. Because the first global project bagged by his group is the modernisation of the Sabiha Gokcen International Airport in Istanbul, Turkey, alongside the development of power projects in Nepal.

Because after establishing three greenfield power plants, one each in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, he is developing five more to create a capacity of over 3,300 MW of power across India.