<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">I wish to join NICMAR because it is one of the few institutions in India whose core focus on the construction and built environment sector closely matches my academic background, research profile, and professional aspirations. With a PhD in Structural Engineering and over fifteen years of teaching, research, consultancy, and administrative experience, I see NICMAR as the ideal ecosystem where I can meaningfully contribute to developing industry-ready professionals for the construction and infrastructure domain.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">NICMAR&rsquo;s vision of being a global university that promotes sustainability, innovation, and industry relevance aligns strongly with the way my career has evolved. My doctoral research on innovative biaxial voided slab systems, supported by SCIE Q1 publications and design patents, has always been motivated by the need to bridge advanced structural research with practical, economical, and sustainable construction practices. NICMAR&rsquo;s long-standing strength in Construction and Project Management, together with its emerging B.Tech Civil Engineering programme that offers a strong foundation in structural engineering design and analysis, provides a natural platform to integrate my structural engineering expertise with broader themes of project delivery, quality, safety, and life-cycle performance</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">As a faculty member at K K Wagh Institute of Engineering Education &amp; Research, Nashik, an autonomous institute since 2022&ndash;23, I have been actively involved in academic processes beyond classroom teaching. Over the last four years, autonomy has given our department significant responsibility for designing and updating the syllabus, framing course outcomes, preparing detailed course structures, and aligning them with industry expectations and regulatory frameworks. I have participated in curriculum design meetings, contributed to revision of course contents in structural engineering, and developed course files and assessment plans consistent with outcome-based education practices. This experience has given me a deep understanding of how to design courses that are rigorous, application-oriented, and assessment-friendly.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Being in an autonomous environment, I have also been involved in setting question papers, preparing question banks, and conducting continuous comprehensive evaluations including mid-semester tests, tutorials, assignments, and project-based assessments. This has strengthened my ability to align teaching, learning activities, and evaluation with clearly defined learning outcomes. I believe this experience will be highly relevant at NICMAR, where academic rigor, transparency in assessment, and strong alignment with professional competencies are central to program quality.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">My consultancy work in structural audits of water tanks and RCC buildings, non-destructive testing, and rehabilitation recommendations has given me rich exposure to field realities, client expectations, and safety and durability issues in structures. NICMAR&rsquo;s strong industry linkage and practice-oriented culture will allow me to transform these experiences into meaningful case studies, problem-based learning modules, and industry-linked student projects. I am particularly interested in contributing to courses and projects that integrate structural behavior, constructability, quality control, and risk management.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">In addition, my experience with NBA and NAAC processes, documentation, and continuous improvement can support NICMAR&rsquo;s ongoing quality enhancement and strategic initiatives as a university. I am keen to contribute not only as a teacher and researcher, but also as an active member of boards of studies, curriculum committees, and academic practice centers. In the long term, I envision myself growing within NICMAR as a faculty member who contributes across teaching, research, consultancy, academic governance, and innovation, strengthening its position as a leading institution in construction and built environment education.</span></p>