Vision India Real Estate, an integrated property development and asset management group, has appointed Mr Shekar Chandrashekar as its Chief Executive Officer. He has nearly three decades of experience in operations, business development, human resource management, sourcing and facility management. Prior to joining Vision India, Mr Shekar was the CEO of the Inno Group, another real estate and asset management group with a multinational presence. The release quoting Mr Ilan Elad, Managing Partner, Vision India, said Mr Shekar's experience includes over 15 years in real estate, construction and infrastructure development sectors.

Vision India develops and manages residential, hospitality and logistic facilities. It uses its sister company, Vision USA's experience and that of an affiliated company in Europe to bring modern products the Indian market. Based in Chennai, the company is focusing on India's Southeast coast with plans to expand to other areas of India in the near future.

A reality search

The real estate portal, IndiaProperty.com, has launched a mobile application to enable users search for properties in major locations. It helps add speed and convenience to your property search, says a press release from the company.

The application uses the `Augmented Reality' technology which lets the users get the information on their phone. Just point the camera on the phone at a property or land mark where ever you are. Indiaproperty.com's mobile app then gives details of new properties and properties for rent, contact the builder right away, search from the phone map, view complete property details including the price, built-up area, locality, amenities and builder contacts. Users can also list their list properties, said the release. With 2.2 million registered users and over 7 lakh700,000 property listings, IndiaProperty.com has a major presence online.