<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">I am deeply interested in joining your esteemed university as an Assistant Professor in Operations Management and Business Statistics because of its strong focus on Construction Management, domains where rigorous analytical thinking, quantitative modelling, and optimization-based decision-making play a transformative role. My academic training, research orientation, and teaching experience align closely with this vision.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">I completed my Ph.D. in Operations Management from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur with a CPI of 9.25/10, where my research focused on supply chain management, optimization, and game-theoretic modelling. My work has been published in reputed ABDC-A and SCI-indexed journals such as <em>Annals of Operations Research</em> and <em>Computers &amp; Industrial Engineering</em>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">These research experiences have strengthened my expertise in mathematical modelling, operations management, and optimization. Such analytical foundations are directly applicable to construction and infrastructure projects, where contract design, risk-sharing, stakeholder coordination, and cost optimization are critical.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Construction management and project management environments are complex systems involving multiple stakeholders, uncertain demand, resource constraints, scheduling challenges, and financial trade-offs. My background in Operations Research, Game Theory, Supply Chain Management, and Quantitative Techniques enables me to bring a structured and model-driven approach to these challenges. Concepts such as linear and nonlinear programming, simulation, stochastic modelling, and optimization algorithms are highly relevant for project management, contract negotiations, and risk assessment in large-scale construction projects.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Currently, as a Senior Assistant Professor in the Operations area at Sri Balaji University, Pune, I teach Business Statistics, Supply Chain Management, and Quantitative Techniques. I have mentored more than 30 MBA students in research projects and initiated the Operations Club to foster analytical thinking among students. Additionally, my involvement in operations and supply chain planning models for the Indian Army project and naval war-game modelling reflects my ability to apply advanced analytical tools to large-scale, real-world, high-stakes projects. Military logistics and infrastructure planning share many similarities with construction project management: resource allocation, uncertainty management, multi-stage decision-making, and strategic coordination. These experiences position me to contribute meaningfully to applied research and consultancy projects in construction and infrastructure domains.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">I am also proficient in analytical and optimization tools such as MATLAB, Excel Solver, GAMS, LINGO, and Python, which can enhance experiential learning through case-based modelling, live simulations, and decision-support systems in the classroom. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">In summary, I wish to join your university because it offers a platform where my expertise in operations management, quantitative analysis, and strategic decision frameworks can directly support and enrich construction and project management education. I am confident that my academic rigor, research orientation, and applied modelling experience will contribute to strengthening the analytical foundation of your MBA program and advancing impactful research in the construction and project management domain.</span></p>
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