As tokenization moves from regional pilots and early regulatory conversations to commercial reality, one of India’s top business leaders steps in to help Alt DRX scale its vision across India and the world
BENGALURU, India, May 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Alt DRX, India’s pioneering Tokenised Digital Real Estate Marketplace, today announced the addition of Mr. Manoj Kohli – one of India’s most respected business leaders Advisory Board, as a non-director advisor. The addition marks a turning point for Alt DRX and for the broader Asset Tokenization movement in India – indicating that the country’s most tested institutional minds now see this space not as speculation, but as a significant structural shift in the way real assets and financial assets will be owned, traded and democratized.
With global leadership in telecommunications, technology, renewable energy and digital innovation, Mr. Kohli brings an unparalleled depth of strategic and operational advisory expertise to Alt DRX. As a Global Business Advisor and former MD and CEO of Bharti Airtel – where he scaled his operations in twenty countries, growing his subscriber base from two million to over 400 million – and then as Country Head of SoftBank IndiaOverseeing more than $15 billion of investments in leading companies such as Ola, OYO, Zomato, Flipkart, Swiggy and Meesho, Mr Kohli has been at the epicenter of every major digital wave in India over the past two decades. He currently advises CEOs and founders in Asia Pacific, the Middle East and the United States.
With Manoj Kohli joining an advisory board that already includes Mr. GN Bajpai, the former Chairman of SEBI, Mr. Richard Rekhy, the ex-CEO of KPMG India, Mr. Jitender Balakrishnan ex-DMD of IDBI, Mr. Ganesh Balasubramanian ex-Chairman of HSBC Technologies India and Mr. Ananth Ravi, a veteran of Reliance Industries; Alt DRX is quietly building one of the most formidable walls for self-governance in Indian fintech.
“The Alt DRX Advisory Board was created on one principle: bringing together minds that have actually built institutions, scaled markets and shaped policies, rather than just observed them. Manoj Kohli embodies that rare combination of both strategic and operational depth that our young but pioneering company deeply needs as it enters its next phase of growth. As Chairman of the Alt DRX Advisory Board, I warmly welcome him and look forward to the wisdom he will bring to this exciting journey to build India’s most trusted tokenized marketplace for digital assets.”
— Mr GN Bajpai | Ex-Chairman, SEBI & LIC
“Residential is the most aspirational asset class in India and yet it has remained out of reach for many Indians. Tokenization appears to have the potential to permanently change that arithmetic – not as a speculative instrument, but as an asset that anchors access to qualified real estate. What Alt DRX has built in a short time, with deep credibility of fundamental processes, is truly impressive. I am pleased to contribute my experience to guide them in scaling this mission in India and globally.”
— Mr. Manoj Kohli | Global Business Advisor I Ex-MD & CEO, Bharti Airtel | Ex-Country Head, SoftBank India
In response to the appointment, Anand Narayanan, Co-Founder, Alt DRXsaid:
“We believe that the credibility of our governance structure is as important as the credibility of our technology. Mr. Kohli’s willingness, along with other Advisory Board members, to associate with Alt DRX is a powerful validation – both of the potential of real-world asset tokenization as an asset class and of our approach to building it in a way that regulators, institutions and retail investors can trust equally.”
Alt DRX is India’s first D2C asset tokenization marketplace for Central India, powered by algorithmic pricing, instant settlements and blockchain ledgers. It is also the first fintech to be licensed for asset tokenization outside Indian shores, after being licensed as a token service provider by Qatar Financial Center, enabling B2B use cases in the Middle East. The company is also in the process of obtaining approval from IFSCA, India’s unified financial services regulator at GIFT City, to tokenize USD-denominated offshore assets. The company operates at an ARR of ~₹35 crores, processes ~425,000 transactions annually and has raised ~₹45 crores in growth capital from major global and Indian investors. The young startup was recognized as India’s 10 Tech Innovators by HDFC Capital and won the Best WealthTech Platform award at the Global Fintech Fest 2025.
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