12th Conference Spirituality & Healing

Guest of Honor - Anil Deshpande

Anil D. Deshpande, M.S., M.B.A., Florida, USA is an entrepreneur and a real estate developer based in Orlando, Florida. He has 40 years of commercial, industrial and residential development and construction experience. From 1972 to 1983 he was involved in a wide range of commercial projects including hospitals, office buildings, hotels, institutional buildings, prisons and industrial plants. He served as a project manager of the Orlando International Airport. Mr. Deshpande co-founded Park Square Homes in 1984, growing it to be the 69th larges home builder in the United States, with sales of over 1200 homes in 2004. Mr. Deshpande has been involved in commercial projects in central Florida and India. Mr. Deshpande is a founding Board Member of Seaside National Bank and Trust based in Orlando. He also is a partner in two IT firms. Mr. Desphpande has been involved with many arts and philanthropic foundations both in the United States and India. He started the India Study Center at the University of Central Florida in Orlando. He has been on the Boards of the Indian Chamber of Commerce, as well as the Hindu Society. He established a Family Foundation and contributes to many activities in India and the United States in the areas of Education and other social interests. Mr. Deshpande has a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering from M.S.U. in Baroda, India and M.S. degree in Construction Management from the University of Florida. He also has a Executive MBA from Harvard Business School. Mr. Desphpande resides in Orlando with his wife, Chitra. They have two daughters and one son.