<p>While I was facing critical issues in coping with the subjects of quantitative finance last year during my EMBA-Finance curriculum,&nbsp; I got an opportunity where I was asked by a real estate firm in Mumbai to train four of their candidates in real estate finance. The training sessions continued for five months, two hours every day, consistently helped me to revise my finance fundamentals, eventually helping to master the foundation required for academic studies, and also directed me to complete my thesis, where I used Application of Quants in Real Estate Finance. This made me realize one thing that training/teaching subconsciously helps to frame. I am about to complete my three years in the domain of&nbsp; Real Estate as a young profession where I started as a research analyst for consulting firm and at present, where I am associated with a real estate private equity job, I have experienced substantial gaps in the issues industries is currently facing - lack of open data, lack of an inter-disciplinary approach, etc. Joining NICMAR as an assistant professor at the School of Real Estate and Facility Management will give me a platform where I can deliver my service in the form of training professionals and young students, which will act as a catalyst, nurturing my research domain in the fields of spatial econometrics and real estate finance.</p>
<p>Currently, I am applying for research grants for doctorate program. Joining as an assistant professor at NICMAR will help to me stay aligned with my academic target to achieve a doctorate, which I can simultaneously achieve by opting for a part-time doctorate from universities that are relevant to the field of my interest. Alternatively, considering the delay in acceptance to the doctoral program,&nbsp; in the next two years, I will be targeting to publish three research articles (including my thesis work) in ABDC journals based on my field of interest. While the fast paced life in corporate values problem solving but, there is limited or no focus on exploring new research areas and publishing which I think that I am more suited to do considering a long term perspective.&nbsp;</p>
<p>During my last employment at SPA Bhopal, I was engaged in the preparation of course material and managing the training programs for conducting an executive training program, which was part of my job as a consultant. Along with the team leaders at SPA Bhopal and GIZ India's support, we successfully delivered the Training Program to 125+ government officials from more than 10+ Indian states on the theme of "Preparation of City Logistics Plan for Indian Cities." However, this experience did not include training UG/PG students; this is the closest training experience I was able to contribute during my past tenure, which I concluded successfully.&nbsp;<span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">I look forward to transitioning from industry to academia and will deliver my best in the assigned role, if given the opportunity to contribute to the NICMAR community. </span></p>