<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;">With seventeen years of hands-on experience spanning Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) &mdash; encompassing Project Management ,Estimation, Cost Control, Project Controls, and Contracts and Claims &mdash; I stand at a point in my career where I feel an unmistakable and purposeful pull toward academia. My application for the position of Professor of Practice in Planning at NICMAR University is not a pivot away from industry; it is a deliberate evolution toward a role where everything I have learned can be multiplied through the minds of the next generation of construction management professionals.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;">The desire to be part of academics has been long-standing. Over the years, I have observed that the gap between classroom theory and site reality remains one of the most persistent challenges in our industry. Young professionals enter projects with sound conceptual knowledge yet struggle with the lived complexity of schedule compression, cost variance analysis, contract disputes, and claim substantiation. Having navigated these challenges across multiple large-scale EPC projects &mdash; and having complemented that experience with a Post Graduate Programme in Project Engineering Management and an LLB &mdash; I carry both the technical rigour and the legal-commercial perspective that modern planning education demands. Academia gives me the platform to bridge that gap deliberately, structurally, and with lasting impact.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;">Beyond personal aspiration, I am driven by a deep conviction that teaching is among the noblest of professions. A teacher does not merely transfer information &mdash; a teacher shapes perspective, builds judgment, and instils the professional confidence that allows an engineer to stand in a project meeting and make sound decisions under pressure. I have been fortunate to be mentored by exceptional practitioners throughout my career, and I understand, in a very personal way, what a thoughtful guide at the right moment means for one's professional trajectory. To now occupy that role &mdash; to be the person who helps a student connect theory to practice, who challenges them to think critically about earned value, resource-loaded schedules, or delay analysis &mdash; would be a privilege I do not take lightly.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;">NICMAR University holds a unique and distinguished place in construction management education in India. Its commitment to producing industry-ready professionals, its rigorous curriculum, and its strong institutional reputation make it the ideal environment in which I wish to contribute. I am confident that my field experience in planning, scheduling, cost engineering, and contractual matters &mdash; combined with the analytical and legal lens that my LLB and PGP in PEM ( NICMAR)&nbsp; provide &mdash; will meaningfully enrich the academic experience of students at NICMAR and strengthen its tradition of excellence in practice-oriented education.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 20.0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;">I look forward to the opportunity to contribute to NICMAR's mission &mdash; to teach with purpose, engage with curiosity, and help shape professionals who will build India's infrastructure with both competence and integrity.</p>