Milestone (India) Corp

Professional overview

Bharat S. Mehta has worked at the intersection of construction, materials sourcing and entrepreneurship since 1987, and is one of India's most experienced building materials specialists.

His career began at Kalpataru Construction, one of India's most respected real estate groups, where he managed procurement across large-scale projects from 1987 to 2000. That foundation shaped a rare ability: to assess materials not just on specification, but on real-world, on-site performance.

Since 2000 he has built an independent career as a trader, importer and consultant, introducing premium building materials to India's most demanding developers. MULTIFOAM was first imported into India in 1997 by an earlier importer. He began trading it in 2000. In 2003 Milestone (India) Corp took over its India distribution and began importing directly, along with PURAPLAST and PURASEAL.

Milestone (India) Corp is the official India partner of MAPURA GmbH, Germany, the maker of MULTIFOAM and PURAFOAM, and a trusted supplier to projects by Hiranandani, Godrej Properties, Kukreja Builders, Sobha Developers, Ramky Infrastructure, CCCL, BSCPL, Baashyaam Constructions, Gopalan Enterprises, Rajapushpa Properties, Casagrand Builders, Aparna Constructions and many more. See the full client list.

What he brings to a partnership

• Market access. Relationships built since 1987 with India's top developers, architects and project managers across Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Chennai and Delhi.
• Technical credibility. The ability to evaluate, explain and demonstrate product performance to sceptical procurement teams and site engineers.
• First-mover positioning. A track record of introducing new material categories (German PU foam, pozzolanic sand, European construction chemicals) before the market accepted them.
• End-to-end understanding. Direct experience across import, manufacturing, trading and construction gives insight that a pure distributor or pure contractor cannot match.
• Long-term relationships. Clients like Kukreja Builders (since 2006), Hiranandani Group (since 2001) and Aparna Constructions (since 2008) represent long-standing supply relationships built on performance, not pricing.

Career timeline

1. Feb 1987 - Jun 2000

   Kalpataru Construction

   Purchase and material management

   Procurement professional at one of India's most respected construction groups. Managed the full spectrum of building materials for large-scale residential and commercial projects across Mumbai and surrounding regions.

2. Jun 2000 onwards

   Independent trading

   Building materials trader and consultant

   Launched an independent trading practice covering pozzolanic sand, reinforcement bars, marble, granite, sandstone, slates, ceramic and vitrified tiles, sanitary ware, flush doors and epoxy adhesives (Lapox). Built a network of developer and contractor clients across Mumbai and India.

3. 2000 and 2003

   Milestone (India) Corp

   Founder and sole proprietor

   Began trading German MULTIFOAM PRO 5145 construction PU foam in 2000. In 2003 took over its India distribution and began importing directly, with PURAPLAST and PURASEAL. Since then has built a client list that includes India's most respected real estate developers across Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Pune, Delhi NCR and Gurugram.

Other ventures

1. 2005 - 2010

   Sandsation Pvt. Ltd.

   Founder, manufacturing

   Established a pozzolanic sand manufacturing plant in Surat, Gujarat in 2005, and produced and distributed pozzolanic sand across Mumbai and surrounding regions. Operations ceased in 2010 after the Gujarat Government banned the supply of locally produced sand to other states, making distribution non-viable.

2. 2012 onwards

   Landmark Associates Multi Projects LLP

   Partner, construction

   Founded in 2012. Completed a 19-storey residential project in Dadar, Mumbai in 2014, extending expertise from materials supply into full project delivery.

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