Handbook of Construction Project Management

Dr. Deepak Bajaj is presently the founder of Insightworks and was formerly the Director and Head of Institution at the RICS School of Built Environment, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India. He has been an adjunct professor at RICS SBE since 2016 and regularly mentors and supervises PhD scholars and master's degree students. An industry veteran, Dr. Bajaj has rich and varied industry experience in diverse professional capacities in national and international organizations in the Real Estate & Construction sectors. He is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors for the past 12 years and chairs the Assessment Panel in India & UK at RICS.

Before joining RICS SBE, Dr. Bajaj has worked extensively in project management, construction, real estate, and facility management sectors of the industry. He pursued his Bachelor of Engineering from Manipal Institute of Technology, India, a Master of Construction Management from the University of New South Wales, Australia, and holds a PhD from the University of Technology Sydney, Australia.

Passionate about knowledge sharing, Dr. Bajaj has spent the last 35 years working in industry and higher education in the Built Environment sector. He possesses a diverse technical, business, and research background, with extensive experience in consulting, training, and academia. He has also served as an adjunct professor at SKEMA Business School, France, and Chongqing, China, Senegal, and New Zealand.

Dr. Bajaj has been honored with the 'AIB National Excellence Award' in 1999 (Construction Management) and the 'FM Australia National Excellence Award' for Knowledge Achievement in 2003 (Risk Management). He is the author of numerous research publications and serves as a guest editor and referee for numerous journals. Additionally, he is the editor of the International Conference on Sustainable Built Environment Conference Proceedings 2023 & 2024.