Prof. (Dr.) Anil Kashyap is the first President and Chancellor of NICMAR University Pune and Hyderabad. He has 30 years of experience in practice, academia and research – both in India and abroad. In his leadership roles, Dr. Kashyap has been Head of UWE Bristol School of Geography and Environmental Management, Deputy Head of Coventry University School of Energy, Environment and Construction, and Founding Professor and Director of RICS School of Real Estate before joining NICMAR as the Director General in September 2021. His expertise includes Infrastructure development and finance, Urban Regeneration, and Real Estate Research. Dr. Kashyap holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering with distinction from NIT Kurukshetra, Masters in Urban Planning from School of Planning & Architecture, New Delhi and a Ph.D. from University of Ulster, United Kingdom. Dr. Kashyap is an Alumnus of Harvard University with training in Higher Education Leadership and Change Management. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy of the United Kingdom. Dr. Kashyap always had a passion for academia from early career days and was awarded the Ulster University Fellowship for his PhD. He has extensive experience of innovative curriculum design. Dr. Kashyap has published over 100 papers in peer reviewed journals, international and national conferences till date. He has supervised 5 PhDs and has been examiner for PhD students in India and the United Kingdom. He has also served as examiner for PhD students in India and abroad. Dr. Kashyap has undertaken research funded by research councils, charities and international institutions. Dr. Kashyap has been Chartered Member of RICS, Chartered Member of Royal Town Planning Institute London, Fellow of Higher Education Academy, United Kingdom and Fellow of Institute of Town Planners, India. Prof. (Dr.) Rajesh Goyal graduated in Civil Engineering from NIT Kurukshetra (earlier RECK) in year 1998 and Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from IIT Roorkee in year 2007. Dr. Goyal is Gold Medallist in MTech. (Structures) from Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra. His main area of research is High rise construction, construction management, new construction material and wind/Tornado effects on structures. He did research in Germany, Japan and Czech Republic as Post-Doctoral Fellow (PDF) under prestigious DAAD fellowship of Germany, MEXT Fellowship of Japan and Academy of Sciences fellowship of Czech Republic. Presently he is a collaborative researcher at Wind Engineering Research Centre, Tokyo Polytechnic University, Japan. He is also a visiting faculty of Selinus University, Italy. Dr. Goyal is having long experience in academics, research and administration at National and International Institutes & Universities. He has travelled widely across many countries for various research and academic activities. He is having more than 50 research papers in his credit published in national and international conferences/Journals. He is a founding member of Board of Management of NICMAR University, Pune. Also, Dr. Rajesh is Ex. Founding Dean of School of Engineering, Research and Development and NICMAR Doctoral School of the university. Presently he is serving as Professor and Dean-Infrastructure & Planning, NICMAR University, Pune. Prof. (Dr.) Rita Yi Man Li graduated from HKU (global subject ranking 14 in QS) and serves as an Associate Professor in Dept of Economics and Finance at Hong Kong Shue Yan University. She is the founder and director of Sustainable Real Estate Research Center. Her major field of research interests lies in SDGs, construction safety and health, housing economics, real estate economics, applied AI. She currently teaches in the Department of Economics and Finance, Hong Kong Shue Yan University. Her expertise mainly lies in real estate finance and economics, construction accident compensation, sustainable development, and climate change with special reference to economics theories. She is listed as Stanford University World’s Top 2% Scientist across 22 scientific fields and 176 sub-fields of all scientists (2020 & 2021 single year, with the highest rank in the fields of artificial intelligence, Environmental Sciences and Information & Communication Technologies). She acts as a journal editorial board member for many journals and author of 9 books and over 200 articles over the past eight years. Over the years, she has won many local and international awards. She has led as a PI and co-I for many academic research grants, including highly competitive grants from Research Grant Council, ARC Linkage Grant, Public Policy Research Grant and other grants obtained from quasi-public institutions and government departments (over 10 million). Prof. (Dr.) Gangadhar Mahesh is a Professor at the National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal since 2013. His teaching and research interests are contracts management, infrastructure management, risk management, and construction industry development frameworks. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Architecture from University of Mysore, a Master’s degree in Infrastructure Engineering from Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand, and a Ph.D. in Construction Management from The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. He has a Post-Doctoral Fellowship at The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. Also, he worked as a Project Manager at Energy Utilities Engineering Company Ltd., Bangkok, Thailand. He has various research projects at the National and International levels. He has guided various doctoral, postgraduate, and undergraduate students at National and International levels. He is an Associate Editor and Editorial Review Board member of the Journal of Built Environment Project and Asset Management (BEPAM), an Emerald journal. He was a Deputy Chairman of the Task Force on Sustainability, Center for Infrastructure and Construction Industry Development, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. He has won Wen-Jiang Prize for outstanding academic performance and excellent research project in the field of Infrastructure Engineering and Management from Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand. Dr. M.D. Deepak is an Assistant Professor at the National Institute of Construction Management and Research, Pune, India since 2019. His research area includes safety management and knowledge management aspects of the construction industry. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from the National Institute of Engineering, Mysore, India, and a Master’s degree in Construction Engineering and Management from Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal, India. He has completed his Ph.D., a doctoral degree in the Civil Engineering Department from the National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, India. He has obtained Institute Scholarship from Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) for pursuing of Ph.D. at NITK Surathkal. He has obtained GATE Scholarship (AIR - 4487) from Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) for pursuing M.Tech. at Manipal University. He is a Recipient of the “Young Researcher Award 2022” by Institute of Scholars for scholarly journals in reputed publishers. He has published 9 international peer-reviewed publications and 2 peer-reviewed book chapters and has presented at various National and International conferences held in India and abroad.
