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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify; mso-hyphenate: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; letter-spacing: -.15pt;">At RICS SBE, I am actively engaged in <em>academic administration, teaching, research and outreach activities</em>, as discussed below:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 20.4pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -17.85pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-hyphenate: none;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; letter-spacing: -.15pt;">Outreach activities: </span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; letter-spacing: -.15pt;">In the last 12 months, </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; mso-hyphenate: none;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; letter-spacing: -.15pt;">I have organised an annual conference (ICSBE 2025) as convener and co-editor of conference proceedings.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; mso-hyphenate: none;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; letter-spacing: -.15pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; letter-spacing: -.15pt;">Invited for guest lectures/ juries at <em>CEPT Ahmedabad, IIT Roorkee, SPA Bhopal, MANIT Bhopal, GCA Lucknow, DIT Dehradun </em>and <em>GGS-IP University Delhi</em>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; mso-hyphenate: none;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; letter-spacing: -.15pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; letter-spacing: -.15pt;">Invited speaker, participant or panel member at <em>Green Hotel Technical Committee by IGBC</em>, India Land and Development Conference <em>(ILDC 2025)</em>, Ahmedabad; International Real Estate Society <em>(IRES) at ARES Conference</em>, Melbourne, Australia; <em>ICSBE</em> by RICS SBE Noida, <em>GCCI Gujrat Sustainability Summit 2025</em>, Ahmedabad organized by GCCI.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; mso-hyphenate: none;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; letter-spacing: -.15pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; letter-spacing: -.15pt;">Served on many scientific committees and reviewed papers.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify; mso-hyphenate: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; letter-spacing: -.15pt;">After substantial contributions to RICS SBE, I seek new challenges at NICMAR, a specialised university with a deeper focus on construction, real estate, and infrastructure. NICMAR offers an ideal platform to scale my expertise in housing policy, sustainable development, and investment risk through its established postgraduate programs and industry networks. This move aligns with my career goal of shaping national-level real estate education and research agendas while advancing to the full Professor rank.</span></p>
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