Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Mohandas Pai join govt’s advisory panel on Bengaluru development

After weeks of public debate on Bengaluru’s crumbling infrastructure, Deputy CM D K Shivakumar has roped in top industry leaders, including Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw and T V Mohandas Pai, to guide the city’s long-term urban reforms.

Bengaluru’s worsening civic condition has finally drawn a concrete response from the Karnataka government. Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar announced on October 26 that Biocon chairperson Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, T V Mohandas Pai, and several other industry leaders will join the state advisory committee on Bengaluru.

The move comes amid growing public concern over potholes, traffic jams, flooding, and garbage mismanagement in India’s tech capital. Over the past few weeks, both Kiran and Pai had openly criticised the poor state of civic governance in Bengaluru, urging the government to take swift corrective action.

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According to Shivakumar’s office, the announcement followed a dinner meeting held on October 25, attended by key officials and business leaders, including GBA Chief Commissioner M Maheshwar Rao, Bengaluru Business Corridor Chairman L K Atheeq, and former JD(S) spokesperson Tanveer Ahmed. The meeting focused on identifying long-term solutions to the city’s infrastructure problems.

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw later wrote on X that it was a “very constructive meeting” and that an action plan was drawn up to fix key issues such as roads, Outer Ring Road (ORR), Peripheral Ring Road (PRR), drainage, traffic, and garbage management.

We had a very constructive meeting with Deputy CM ⁦@DKShivakumar⁩ to agree to an action plan to fix key infra bottlenecks in roads, ORR, PRR drainage traffic n garbage. ⁦@TVMohandasPai⁩ ⁦@GBAChiefComm⁩ ⁦@TheTanveerAhmed⁩ ⁦@rk_misra⁩ pic.twitter.com/LIoCuihNld

— Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (@kiranshaw) October 26, 2025

Shivakumar said that the entrepreneurs’ inputs would shape the city’s reform agenda. “Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Mohandas Pai, and others gave excellent suggestions for Bengaluru’s development. They are taxpayers and citizens, their voices must be heard,” he told reporters.

He further stated that the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA),  recently formed to streamline the city’s governance will serve as the main platform for coordination between officials and citizens. He also stressed that public criticism of the city’s civic failures often attracts global attention, and development must move forward within the framework of law and democratic procedure.

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In response, Mohandas Pai praised Shivakumar’s inclusive approach, calling the GBA “one of the biggest urban governance reforms in India.” In a post on X, Pai wrote, “Your engagement with citizens and efforts to fix Bengaluru show real leadership. The GBA marks a new era in urban management.”