// Karan Malhotra — Managing Director profile const KARAN_TIMELINE = [ { year: '2010', title: 'Entry into AMG', body: 'Joined the family business with a focus on commercial strategy, bringing a new perspective on how Tier-2 cities consume retail and entertainment.' }, { year: '2015', title: 'Director — Commercial', body: 'Took over commercial portfolio oversight. Began research into why Ludhiana\'s shoppers drove to Chandigarh for experience — and how to change that.' }, { year: '2018', title: 'The Experience Thesis', body: 'Formulated AMG\'s commercial philosophy: design for dwell time, not just footfall. Retailers don\'t sign leases for buildings — they sign for crowds that stay.' }, { year: '2020', title: 'Palm Marina — Conceived', body: 'Initiated the Palm Marina project on Canal Road — 400,000 sq.ft. of mixed-use retail, dining, cinema and gaming. The largest commercial destination AMG has undertaken.' }, { year: '2022', title: 'One AMG — Launched', body: 'Launched One AMG at Dugri — a neighbourhood hub proving that convenience and curation aren\'t opposites. 120+ brands, 180 m frontage, woven into daily life.' }, { year: '2024', title: 'Managing Director', body: 'Appointed Managing Director of Ashok Malhotra Group. Now leading the group\'s full commercial and strategic agenda as Palm Marina moves toward completion.' }, ]; const KARAN_PROJECTS = [ { name: 'Palm Marina', tag: 'Mixed-Use Destination' }, { name: 'One AMG', tag: 'Neighbourhood Hub' }, ]; function KaranMalhotraPage({ setPage }) { useReveal(); return (
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Managing Director · AMG

Karan Malhotra.

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Karan Malhotra
Managing Director
The Next Chapter

Karan Malhotra grew up watching Ludhiana outgrow its infrastructure — a city of enormous appetite waiting for destinations worthy of it. When he joined the family business in 2010, he carried a single question: why do Ludhiana's most discerning families drive three hours to Chandigarh for an evening out?

The answer, he concluded, was not purchasing power. It was product. Ludhiana had shops. It needed destinations. That insight shaped everything that followed — a pivot toward experience-first commercial formats that design for the second hour, not just the first visit.

Palm Marina is that thesis at scale. Positioned on Sidhwan Canal Road, it combines 400,000 sq.ft. of retail, fine dining, al-fresco terraces, craft brewing, gaming and a premium cinema under one address. It is designed not to serve a catchment, but to become one — a destination that pulls from across the city and beyond.

As Managing Director, Karan oversees AMG's full commercial portfolio and strategic direction — bringing his father's patience for quality together with a sharper, data-led read on how modern retail evolves. Two generations, one operating philosophy.

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