Jimmy Mistry

Jimmy Mistry, design futurist and founder of Della Townships India

CMD, DELLA TOWNSHIPS INDIA

Redefining how
India lives, works and dreams

A Manifesto

How should humanity live for the next 100 years?

I believe one of the greatest opportunities before us is not simply to build more cities. It is to rethink how human beings should live.

For more than a century, much of urban development has been measured through land, density, infrastructure, efficiency and economic value. I believe the next century must be measured differently.

  1. Are we helping people live longer?
  2. Are we helping them live healthier?
  3. Are we bringing people closer to nature?
  4. Are we creating stronger human relationships?
  5. Are we giving children better environments in which to grow?
  6. Are we allowing generations to remain connected?
  7. Are our buildings capable of serving humanity for 100 years?
  8. Can our cities regenerate more than they consume?

And ultimately

Can the places we design add years to life and life to years?

These questions are too important to remain inside conferences, research papers and presentations. They need a place where they can be tested in the real world. That is why I am creating Future-Fit Living Laboratories across Della Townships India.

These will not be laboratories behind closed doors. They will be living townships. Places where people actually live, work, learn, heal, play, age, celebrate and build communities.

I want to bring together

  • Architects & Doctors
  • Scientists & Designers
  • Futurists & Philosophers
  • Engineers & Ecologists
  • Technologists & Sociologists
  • Universities & Entrepreneurs
  • Governments & Citizens

People who may rarely sit around the same table but who all influence how humanity lives. Together, I want us to ask one question:

How should humanity live for the next 100 years?

And then start building answers.

What we will explore

  • Salutogenic living, longevity and medical wellness
  • Biophilic, biomimetic and regenerative architecture
  • 100-year buildings
  • New models of community and intergenerational living
  • Circular and future materials
  • Carbon capture and biodiversity
  • Water intelligence
  • Future mobility
  • Multi-utility infrastructure
  • Artificial intelligence and invisible technology
  • Hospitality, recreation, culture and human experience
  • And ideas that perhaps do not exist today

A laboratory must do more than showcase innovation.

And when something works, it must share that knowledge so others can build upon it.

  • It must be an experiment.
  • It must measure.
  • It must learn.
  • It must sometimes fail.
  • It must improve.

That is why I do not see Della’s Townships as isolated developments. I see them as one distributed Living Laboratory across India.

Different climates
Different geographies
Different communities
Different experiments

But one common purpose.

  • Ahmedabad
  • Hyderabad
  • Mumbai · Pune · Delhi
  • The World

What succeeds in Ahmedabad should inform Hyderabad. What succeeds in Hyderabad should travel to Mumbai, Pune, Delhi and beyond. And what succeeds in India should ultimately be available for the world to learn from, improve upon and replicate.

I do not believe any one architect, company, university or country possesses the answer to the future of human living. The challenges are simply too interconnected.
The future must be collaborative.

That is why these laboratories will remain open to ideas from the world’s finest minds and institutions. India can become the place where global knowledge meets real-world implementation at an unprecedented scale. Not because we believe we already know the future. But because we are willing to question it, experiment with it and build it.

My ambition is therefore larger than creating successful townships. I want to create a platform through which India can contribute meaningful new knowledge about how humanity should live.

  1. Ideas become experiments
  2. Experiments become evidence
  3. Evidence becomes solutions
  4. Solutions travel from one township to another, from India to the world

India does not merely have to inherit the cities of the future. India can help design them.

And through the Della Future-Fit Living Laboratories, I want to dedicate the next chapter of my life to helping make that possible.

Jimmy Mistry

Design Futurist · Master Planner · Creator of Future-Fit Cities

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Success can only be measured by the number of human lives one has touched positively.

Signature

DESIGN FUTURIST, MASTER PLANNER &
CREATOR OF FUTURE-FIT CITIES
CMD
Della Townships India

Founder
The Man of Many Firsts featuring Jimmy Mistry and milestones in Della Townships India  hospitality and adventure experiences

Founder's Letter Della Townships

Designing the Next 100 Years of Human Living

For most of my life, I have been Designing Experiences, across Architecture, Interiors, Hospitality, Adventure and Real Estate.
But today, I find myself asking a much larger question:

How should Humanity live for the next 100 years?

Founder's Letter

Designing the Next 100 Years of Human Living

For most of my life, I have been Designing Experiences, across Architecture, Interiors, Hospitality, Adventure and Real Estate. But today, I find myself asking a much larger question:

How should Humanity live for the next 100 years?

Our cities were largely designed for another era. The next generation will live in a World transformed by Technology, Climate, Longevity, new ways of working and an entirely different relationship between people and nature.

I believe this demands more than better buildings. It demands a new way of thinking about human living itself.

That belief led me to create Della Townships India.

I see our townships as more than real estate developments. I see them as real-world living laboratories for future-fit living, places where Architecture, Technology, Nature, Wellness, Mobility, Hospitality, Work, Entertainment and Human experience can come together as one integrated ecosystem.

And when I say living laboratories, I mean it literally.

Alongside building commercially successful townships, we are creating platforms for experimentation and research from microalgae-based carbon capture and converting landfill waste into next-generation construction materials, to Salutogenic Planning, Biophilic and Biomimetic Architecture, Regenerative Systems and Invisible Technologies.

We are bringing together some of the finest minds from India and around the world, architects, designers, engineers, scientists, researchers, technologists and specialists, not simply to imagine the future, but to test it, commercialise it and build it.

Because I strongly believe:

The future cannot only be discussed. It has to be built.

And I believe India has an extraordinary opportunity. For decades, we have looked to the world’s great cities for inspiration. I want to help reverse that lens.

What if the world began looking towards India to understand how the next generation of human living could be designed?

Through Della Townships India , we want to create places that add years to life and life to years, places designed around human wellbeing, experiences, community, and nature, while remaining commercially viable and scalable. This is not a project with a finish line. It is an ongoing experiment across multiple Della integrated luxury townships, living laboratories, disciplines, and global collaborations, continually questioning how we can live better.

My ambition is that the ideas we develop here will extend far beyond Della. That they contribute to a larger body of knowledge about the future of human living. And that, years from now, when the world asks where some of the ideas shaping the next 100 years were first imagined, tested, and built, India will be part of that answer.

Jimmy Mistry
Founder & CMD, Della Townships India
Jimmy Mistry Honored as Hospitality Entrepreneur of the Year 2026 by IIHM & IHC London

Jimmy Mistry Honored as Hospitality Entrepreneur of the Year 2026 by IIHM & IHC London

Della Townships India

1ˢᵗ Jul 2026

Beyond Real Estate: Jimmy Mistry on Building a Legacy of Environmental & Social Impact

Beyond Real Estate: Jimmy Mistry on Building a Legacy of Environmental & Social Impact

Della Townships India

19ᵗʰ Jun 2026

From Microalgae to Smarter Townships: Jimmy Mistry’s Sustainability Vision at Della Resorts

From Microalgae to Smarter Townships: Jimmy Mistry’s Sustainability Vision at Della Resorts

Della Townships India

18ᵗʰ Jun 2026

Celebrating the Visionary Behind Della: Jimmy Mistry on Design, Hospitality & Innovation

Celebrating the Visionary Behind Della: Jimmy Mistry on Design, Hospitality & Innovation

Della Townships India

12ᵗʰ Jun 2026

Celebrating Pune’s Hospitality Spirit: Jimmy Mistry at the Bhairavee Inauguration

Celebrating Pune’s Hospitality Spirit: Jimmy Mistry at the Bhairavee Inauguration

Della Townships India

7ᵗʰ Jun 2026

100 years of RSS Jimmy Mistry on Discipline, Service & Nation building

100 years of RSS Jimmy Mistry on Discipline, Service & Nation building

Della Townships India

1ˢᵗ Jun 2026

Della Townships India Named Best Realtor Brand 2026 at ET Edge Under Jimmy Mistry’s Vision

Della Townships India Named Best Realtor Brand 2026 at ET Edge Under Jimmy Mistry’s Vision

Della Townships India

1ˢᵗ Apr 2026

Ram Navami 2026 at Della Resorts: A Powerful Celebration of Faith & Purpose

Ram Navami 2026 at Della Resorts: A Powerful Celebration of Faith & Purpose

Della Townships India

26ᵗʰ Mar 2026

No Shortcuts: Jimmy Mistry on Visionary Leadership & Building Businesses That Last at Bizardzz 2026

No Shortcuts: Jimmy Mistry on Visionary Leadership & Building Businesses That Last at Bizardzz 2026

Della Townships India

25ᵗʰ Mar 2026

Recreating Persepolis in India: Jimmy Mistry’s Grand Persian Set 300 Artisans. One Persian Masterpiece.

Recreating Persepolis in India: Jimmy Mistry’s Grand Persian Set 300 Artisans. One Persian Masterpiece.

Della Townships India

8ᵗʰ Mar 2026

Awards

ET Edge Awards 2026 certificate awarded to Della Townships India for Excellence in Empowering Women

ET Edge Awards 2026

Della Townships awarded Best Organization for Excellence in Empowering Women

Della Townships India receiving ET Edge Realty Award 2026 for Best Realty Brand

Best Realty Brand – 2026

Della Townships honored at ET Edge Realty Awards, received by Design Futurist Jimmy Mistry

Jimmy Mistry honored for his talk on “Design Futurism” redefining the future of Indian townships at CREDAI Youthcon 2026

CREDAI Youthcon 2026

Jimmy Mistry honored for his talk on “Design Futurism” redefining the future of Indian Townships

Jimmy Mistry Honored at TEDx BIT Jaipur 2026 for his TEDx talk Redefining the Way India Lives, Works and Dreams

TEDx BIT Jaipur 2026

Jimmy Mistry was honored for his TEDx talk, “Redefining the Way India Lives, Works & Dreams.”

Award received by Della Townships India at Air Conclave 2.0 2026

Air Conclave 2.0 2026

Jimmy Mistry honored at Air Conclave 2.0 for defining its Ideas, Direction and Vision

TripAdvisor Best of the Best Award 2025 received by Della Townships India

TripAdvisor Travelers’ Choice, Best of the Best 2025

Della Resorts recognized among the World’s Top-rated Luxury Destinations

ET Real Estate Conclave Award 2025 received by Della Townships India

ET Real Estate Conclave 2025

Della Townships recognized as one of India’s Most Promising Brands

Today’s Traveller Award 2025 received by Della Townships India

Today’s Traveller Award 2025

Della Resorts is recognized as India’s Best Experiential Hospitality Destination

ET Edge Best Realty Brands Award 2025 received by Della Townships India

ET Edge Best Realty Brands 2025

Della Group recognized among India’s Leading Real Estate Brands

Villa Bistro by Della Townships India wins Best Italian Premium Dining Restaurant at NDTV Food Awards 2025

NDTV Food Awards 2025

Villa Bistro awarded Best Italian Premium Dining Restaurant

IFBA Award 2024 received by Della Townships India

IFBA Awards 2024

Della Resorts recognized as Pioneers in Experiential Hospitality in India

MakeMyTrip Outstanding Leadership Award 2024 received by Della Townships India

Outstanding Leadership Award 2024

Della Resorts honored for Outstanding Leadership in the JFM Quarter 2024

Times & Trends Academy Recognition 2020 received by Della Townships India

Times & Trends Academy Recognition 2020

Della Group honored for Changing People’s Lives and Careers

Times Hospitality Icons Award 2025 received by Della Townships India

Times Hospitality Icons 2025

Della Resorts & Adventure awarded as “Iconic Experiential Luxury Resort”

Governor’s Commendation Award 2020 received by Della Townships India for COVID-19 relief

Governor’s Commendation 2020

honored by the Governor of Maharashtra and Bhamla Foundation for COVID-19 Relief Efforts

Excellence in Architecture and Design Award 2019 received by Della Townships India

Excellence in Architecture & Design 2019

Awarded at the Festival of Architecture & Interior Designing

National Best Employer Brand Award 2018 received by Della Townships India

13th Employer Branding Awards 2018

Della Group honored with the National Best Employer Brand Award.

Global Green Leadership Recognition 2017 associated with Della Townships India

One of the 50 Most Impactful Green Leaders – Global Listing 2017

Jimmy Mistry recognized for Leadership in Sustainability and Environmental Impact

Times Hospitality Icons Award 2020 received by Della Townships India

Times Hospitality Icons 2020

Della Resorts awarded as “Iconic Luxury Resort”

FOAID Excellence in Architecture and Design Award 2016 associated with Della Townships India

FOAID 2016

Jimmy Mistry honored with the Excellence in Architecture & Design Award

Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year nomination 2004 associated with Della Townships India

Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2004

Jimmy Mistry nominated for the 6th Edition of the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award

Government of India recognition 2010 for infrastructure development associated with Della Townships India

Government of India Recognition 2010

Jimmy Mistry honored for Outstanding Infrastructure Development in Daman & Diu by the Hon’ble Minister of State for Home, Government of India

Urban Heritage Architects Award 2003 for architectural restoration associated with Della Townships India

Urban Heritage Architects Award 2003

Awarded by the Indian Heritage Society to Jimmy Mistry for the Restoration of Rustom Framna Agiary

Central Bank of India recognition 2026 for leadership associated with Della Townships India

Central Bank of India 2026

Jimmy Mistry felicitated for leadership and contribution

Build India Vision 2025 recognition associated with Della Townships India

Build India Vision 2025

Jimmy Mistry felicitated as a panelist on Economic Transformation and Urban Design Infrastructure

Navy Day Commemorations 2025 honour associated with Della Townships India

Navy Day Commemorations 2025

Jimmy Mistry was honored to serve as Chief Guest at INS Shivaji, commemorating Operation Trident, a defining moment in India’s naval legacy.

Saifee Burhani Expo 2025 certificate of appreciation associated with Della Townships India

Saifee Burhani Expo 2025

Certificate of Appreciation presented to Jimmy Mistry for Building India’s Sustainable Future: Infrastructure Roadmap to 2047

Portugal India Iconic Architecture and Cities recognition 2025 associated with Della Townships India

Portugal–India: Iconic Architecture and Cities 2025

Jimmy Mistry felicitated by João Ribeiro de Almeida, Ambassador of Portugal

Sustainability Summit Hall of Fame Award 2025 associated with Della Townships India

Sustainability Summit & Awards 2025

Jimmy Mistry honored with the Hall of Fame Award, presented by Race Expo and Hospitality Horizon

World Hindu Economic Forum recognition 2025 associated with Della Townships India

World Hindu Economic Forum (WHEF) 2025

Jimmy Mistry honored for contributions to Innovation, Self-Reliance and Prosperity as part of India’s path to global leadership

Corporate Connections recognition 2025 associated with Della Townships India

Corporate Connections 2025

Jimmy Mistry felicitated for a highly insightful and engaging session

Hospitality Horizon Spa and Wellness Award 2025 received by Della Townships India

Hospitality Horizon Spa & Wellness 2025

Della Spa recognized among the Top 10 Spas

Times Network Gems of Maharashtra Award 2025 associated with Della Townships India

Times Network Gems of Maharashtra 2025

Jimmy Mistry awarded for Excellence in Hospitality & Real Estate

CSR Summit Excellence in Education Award 2025 associated with Della Townships India

CSR Summit 2025

Jimmy Mistry honored with the Excellence in Education Award

Realty Plus Architecture and Design Fest 2024 recognition associated with Della Townships India

Realty+ Architecture and Design Fest 2024

Jimmy Mistry recognized as India’s Iconic Designer

Hospitality Horizon Top 50 Award 2024 associated with Della Townships India

Hospitality Horizon Top 50 Awards 2024

Jimmy Mistry recognized as a Pioneer in Experiential Hospitality at Della Resorts

CEO Forum India Award 2024 associated with Della Townships India

The CEO Forum India Awards 2024

Jimmy Mistry recognized for Vocational Excellence in Creative Lifestyle Transformation

Udvada Utsav Award 2024 associated with Della Townships India

Udvada Utsav Awards 2024

Jimmy Mistry recognized for Outstanding Service and Excellence in Hospitality

Gourmet Fest Gold Award 2024 received by Della Townships India

The Gourmet Fest 2024 Gold Award

Della Resorts recognized for Excellence in Global Dessert

Gourmet Fest Bronze Award 2024 received by Della Townships India

The Gourmet Fest 2024 Bronze Award

Della Resorts recognized for Excellence in Indian Cuisine

21BY72 Startup Summit 2023 speaker recognition associated with Della Townships India

21BY72 Startup Summit 2023

Jimmy Mistry honored as Speaker for valuable contribution

Vocational Excellence Award 2023 associated with Della Townships India

Vocational Excellence Award 2023

Jimmy Mistry honored by the Rotary Club of Bombay Central for Extraordinary Achievements in Hospitality

US India Trade Award USITAR 2022 received by Della Townships India

US-India Trade Award (USITAR) 2022

Della Resorts honored for outstanding contribution in Hospitality Category

TEDx IMT Ghaziabad 2022 speaker recognition associated with Della Townships India

TEDx IMT Ghaziabad 2022

Jimmy Mistry honored for his contribution as a Speaker

BW Applause Experiential Marketing Award 2022 received by Della Townships India

BW Applause Experiential Marketing Award 2022

Della Resorts & Adventure awarded as Upcoming Wedding Destination of the Year

Certificate of Excellence Restaurant Award 2022 associated with Della Townships India

Certificate of Excellence Restaurant Award 2022

Villa Bistro Restaurant honored for Outstanding Ambience and Interiors

ET Edge Maharashtra Achievers Award 2021 associated with Della Townships India

ET Edge Maharashtra Achievers’ Award 2021

Jimmy Mistry awarded for outstanding contribution to the Hospitality Industry

Wedding Sutra Influencers Award 2021 received by Della Townships India

Wedding Sutra Influencers Award 2021

Della Resorts awarded as Best Wedding Venue in India

Restaurant Awards 2019 recognition associated with Della Townships India

Restaurant Awards 2019

Parsi Dhaba awarded Best Family Restaurant of the Year

BTVI Business Leader of the Year Award 2019 associated with Della Townships India

BTVI (Business Television India) Awards 2019

Jimmy Mistry awarded Business Leader of the Year

Restaurant Awards 2018 recognition for Café 24 at Della Resorts by Della Townships India

Restaurant Awards 2018

Della Resorts’ Café 24 recognized as the Best 24-Hour Dining Restaurant

Indian Architectural Design Festival 2011 award for excellence in architecture by Della Townships India

Indian Architectural Design Festival 2011

Della awarded for Excellence in Architecture & Design

VMRD Retail Design Award 2009 for Bajaj Probiking project associated with Della Townships India

VMRD Retail Design 2009

Awarded for the Bajaj Probiking project in the Transportation Category

VMRD Retail Design Award 2009 for Kingfisher Lounge F&B project associated with Della Townships India

VMRD Retail Design 2009

Awarded for the Kingfisher Lounge project in the F&B Category

Construction Source India 2009 award for commercial urban architecture associated with Della Townships India

Construction Source India 2009

Jimmy Mistry honored with the Best Commercial Urban Architecture Award for Design Excellence

Mahavir and Mahatma Award 2004 recognition associated with Della Townships India

Mahavir & Mahatma Award 2004

Jimmy Mistry recognized by the Times Foundation for Oneness

Young Achiever Award 2004 Business Leader recognition associated with Della Townships India

Young Achiever Award 2004

Jimmy Mistry awarded in the Business Leader category by the Indo-American Society

Udyog Ratna Award 1999 for economic development associated with Della Townships India

Udyog Ratna Award 1999

Jimmy Mistry honored for contributions to Economic Development by the Institute of Economic Studies, presented by former Governor Dr. Bhishma Narain Singh

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