Dr. Sagar Malsane holds a PhD in the area of Building Information Modelling (BIM) (Northumbria University, UK), and a Post Graduate Degree in Construction Management (Loughborough University, UK). Sagar received a Ph.D. Studentship Funding from Northumbria University. Further, his research focuses on areas like Critical factors for the uptake of BIM, Usability analysis of BIM 4D, Identification of Critical Challenges for Drone Adoption, etc. Sagar recently conceptualized the Centre for Digital Construction at NICMAR University, Pune.

She is an urban planning professional with a B.Arch from VNIT, Nagpur an M.Plan in Urban and Regional Planning from CEPT, Ahmedabad and a PhD from Pune University (COEP). She has been actively involved in academia, research, and consultancy since 2012. Her expertise lies in the landuse-transport-real estate continuum, infrastructure development, urban governance and GIS application for the same. Her ultimate goal is to enhance the Quality of Life in Indian cities through impactful initiatives.

Dr. Rahul Deshpande graduated with Bachelors in Civil Engineering from Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT Nagpur) and earned his Masters and Ph.D. degree in Transportation Engineering from University of Massachusetts, Lowell USA. His areas of research interest are traffic engineering, transportation planning, urban mobility, project management and sustainable infrastructure development.

Dr.Komal Handore holds a Bachelor’s degree in Planning from Government College of Engineering Pune and a postgraduate degree in Urban and Rural Planning from IIT Roorkee.
She completed her Doctoral degree from IIT Roorkee as well. Dr. Handore specialises in the areas of Urban Planning, Planning Techniques, Smart Cities, Inclusive Cities, GIS and Remote Sensing.

Priyanka holds professional experience in the disciplines of Urban Planning and Architecture spanning over 10 years. A GATE scholarship awardee, she holds a Bachelor’s in Architecture and a postgraduate degree in City Planning from the Department of Architecture and Planning at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, West Bengal. She teaches courses in Urban Planning, Real Estate Development and Project Management. Her research encompasses Energy Planning for Urban Areas and Mega Cities, Transportation Planning and Electric Mobility and Sustainable Development. She is pursuing her doctoral studies from the Department of Energy and Environment at Symbiosis Institute of International Business (Symbiosis International )Deemed) University). She has been awarded the Teaching in Excellence award in 2019 and Best Teaching Practices Award in 2023. She is well versed with execution of professional projects in Architecture, Urban Planning and Renewable Energy field.

Chetna Rathee is an accomplished architect and urban planner, currently pursuing her PhD at the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee in the Infrastructure Planning Lab.
Chetna has significant experience working on various urban planning and architectural projects. She served as a Her areas of interest include sustainable transport planning, active mobility, qualitative analysis, community planning, smart cities, public participation, policy framework, sustainable urban infrastructure, road safety practices, and urban governance. She has published numerous papers on topics like sustainable urban transport planning, intelligent traffic management, and urban resilience

Dr. Rajni Kant Rajhans is an associate professor at NICMAR Business School. He teaches Financial Management, Project Appraisal, Project Finance, Risk Management, and Valuation related courses. He was awarded Teaching Excellence Award at NICMAR in 2019. Dr. Rajhans’s research interests are in Corporate Finance, Valuation, and Green Finance. He is on the editorial advisory board of the Emerging Market Case Studies, Emerald Publication.

Dr Ramakrishna Nallathiga holds undergraduate, post-graduate and research master’s degrees in Civil Engineering, Planning and Land Economy (UK).  He has fourteen years’ work experience in the areas of urban/ environmental planning, policy, governance reforms and management.  He teaches the courses that broadly fall in real estate, urban infrastructure, applied economics and planning. His current research interests are in urban infrastructure service delivery, urban finance/ governance, real estate/property markets and valuation.