<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; mso-hyphenate: none; margin: 6.0pt 0cm .0001pt 2.55pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; letter-spacing: -.15pt;">Over the past twenty-five years, my professional journey has been defined by a consistent pursuit of excellence across roles in industry and academia. My motivation to join NICMAR stems from my long-standing academic vision to cultivate future-ready professionals who can integrate sustainability, finance, and technology into emerging real estate landscape of India. I view NICMAR as an institution that exemplifies this vision, combining academic rigour with industry relevance.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; mso-hyphenate: none; margin: 6.0pt 0cm .0001pt 2.55pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; letter-spacing: -.15pt;">My early professional years with JLL, Bajaj Capital, Aditya Birla Capital and brief stint as entrepreneur exposed me to the full cycle of real estate development and investment decisions. As one of the early real estate academics in India, I systematically leveraged this industry experience to design and deliver courses on real estate market research, property development, asset valuation, sustainability in the built environment, and land assembly. Thereby creating a pedagogy that is simultaneously academically rigorous and practice-oriented.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; mso-hyphenate: none; margin: 6.0pt 0cm .0001pt 2.55pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; letter-spacing: -.15pt;">I have published widely in international peer-reviewed real estate and urban journals such as <em>Urban Studies (A*), Land Use Policy (A), JPIF, JPR, IJHMA, PM, JREL and Vikalpa (IIMA)</em>. My scholarly contributions encompass urban land management, housing policy, sustainable real estate, and investment risk. I have successfully led funded research projects from international funders, including the UK&rsquo;s <em>Investment Property Forum</em> and the <em>Property Research Trust</em>, demonstrating my ability to attract competitive research grants and deliver impactful outcomes. These projects, particularly on zero-carbon strategies and office portfolio risks post COVID, reflect my commitment to addressing contemporary challenges in real estate, relevant to both policy and practice. My cases are listed with <em>IIMA Case Centre and Harvard Business Publishing</em>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; mso-hyphenate: none; margin: 6.0pt 0cm .0001pt 2.55pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; letter-spacing: -.15pt;">Teaching and research supervision constitute a central pillar of my academic identity. I have guided fifty plus capstone projects and presently guiding three PhD scholars. My research-led teaching approach embedding real life examples, case studies, and policy documents into classroom helps develop critical thinking amongst students to deal with complex situations and multiple stakeholders in their professional careers. I also actively contribute to the international scholarly community as an editorial board member, guest editor, journal referee, and organiser of international conferences on the sustainable built environment. I have delivered guest lectures at various prestigious institutions and participated as speaker at Indian and International academic/ industry events and conferences.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; mso-hyphenate: none; margin: 6.0pt 0cm .0001pt 2.55pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; letter-spacing: -.15pt;">At NICMAR, I aspire to contribute to strengthening real estate programs by bringing my industry and academic experience in project feasibility, valuation, urban land management, property development and finance into academic pedagogy. Further, I can contribute to expanding cross-institutional and industry collaborations. I believe my academic and professional experience, grounded in a deep understanding of real estate systems, strong industry linkages and driven by a passion for innovation in teaching and research, aligns perfectly with NICMAR&rsquo;s mission to advance construction, infrastructure, urban and real estate education. Joining NICMAR, I look forward to contributing meaningfully to its legacy of shaping visionary professionals who will define the future of India&rsquo;s urban and real estate landscape, aligned to the vision of Viksit Bharat 2047.</span></p>