Dr Anil Kashyap is a Professor in Planning and Development and the Director General of National Institute of Construction Management and Research (NICMAR). He is an academic leader, eminent scholar, and expert in the field of Infrastructure, Urban Regeneration, and Real Estate Research. He has 28 years of experience in practice, academia and research – both in India and abroad. Dr Kashyap holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering with distinction from NIT Kurukshetra, Masters in Urban Planning from School of Planning & Architecture, New Delhi and a Ph.D. from University of Ulster, United Kingdom.  Dr Kashyap is an Alumnus of Harvard University with training in Higher Education Leadership and Change Management. He is a Fellow of Higher Education Academy of the United Kingdom.

Dr Kashyap always had passion for academia from early career days and was awarded Ulster University Fellowship for his PhD. Ulster University appointed him Faculty in School of Built Environment with responsibility of Director Teaching and Learning in 2008. He has extensive experience of innovative curriculum design. Dr Kashyap has published over 100 papers in peer reviewed journals, international and national conferences till date. He has supervised 5 PhDs and been examiner for PhD students in India and the United Kingdom.

In his leadership roles, Dr Kashyap has been Head of UWE Bristol School of Geography and Environmental Management, Deputy Head of Coventry University School of Energy, Environment and Construction, and Founding Professor and Director of RICS School of Real Estate before joining NICMAR as the Director General in September 2021.

His vision for NICMAR is to raise the profile as a nationally and internationally recognised higher education institute offering specialist undergraduate, postgraduate, PhD and Executive education programmes.

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