The Higher Education Review

The National Institute of Construction Management and Research (NICMAR), has been constituted as a not for profit organization with the express objective of engaging in activities for the promotion of education, training, research, professionalism and skill formation at all levels of the Construction Management, Real Estate Management, Infrastructure Management, and Project Management (CRIP), and also undertaking special projects, collaboration with other organizations, dissemination of knowledge through seminars/conferences; publishing literature, undertaking consultancy and many more. Under the Bombay Public Trust Act, 1950, NICMAR was registered as a Public Trust in 1982. The NICMAR Society was constituted in 1984, registered under the Societies' Registration Act, 1860. With the main campus in Pune, NICMAR now boasts of three other fully functional campuses with state-of-the-art infrastructure at Hyderabad (Shamirpet), Goa (Farmagudi) and Delhi NCR (Bahadurgarh).

NICMAR offers two-year full-time Post Graduate Programmes in Advanced Construction Management (PGP ACM), Project Engineering and Management (PGP PEM), Real Estate and Urban Infrastructure Management (PGP REUIM), Infrastructure Finance, Development and Management (PGP IFDM) and Contemporary Smart City Development and Management (PGP CSCDM). It also offers one-year full-time Post Graduate Programmes in Management of Family Owned Construction Business (PGP MFOCB), Quantity Surveying and Contract Management (PGP QSCM), and Health, Safety and Environment Management (PGP HSEM).

The Institute offers 'NICMAR Top Ranker's Scholarship' to 5 top ranking students joining NICMAR. The Institute also offers 'NICMAR Means Based Top Ranker's Scholarship' to 5 top ranking students out of 100 highest

ranked students in admissions. Besides, the Institute offers the 'Excalibur Award' and a substantial number of merit scholarships.

NICMAR holds an enviable record of excellent campus placements for students every year, for over decades with all who's who of CRIP recruiters on board, both in India and overseas. NICMAR is proud of its excellent placement record including steady overseas placements every year with average and maximum compensation offered steadily rising each year. Along with placements, it boasts of pioneer status of all-new, unique PG programmes in CRIP areas; large faculty strength of around 120 in CRIP related PG level studies; large alumni strength across the world of CRIP; large student enrollment every year across all its programmes; large collection of state of art software in CRIP areas; large bank of own publications and case materials in CRIP areas; and large number of Executive Development Programmes (EDPs) for the elite of CRIP world.

"NICMAR has endeavored to build the largest faculty strength in the country solely dedicated to construction and allied areas of study"

NICMAR has endeavored to build the largest faculty strength in the country solely dedicated to construction and allied areas of study comprising a very good blend of experts with industrial experience and academic research background. The total regular full-time faculty strength as of now is 118, of whom 77 hold Ph.D. and the rest are Post Graduates in relevant fields of expertise. Another 36 faculty members are currently pursuing Ph.D. in various Universities.

NICMAR has received many accolades including 'India's Most Trusted Education Award in the construction education and training category, from International Brand Consulting (IBC) Corporation, USA (2019); 'Education Leadership Award' in the ABP News Media Sponsored World Sustainability Foundation Awards (2019); 'Best Educationist Award' and 'Certificate of Educational Excellence' from International Institute of Education and Management (2017); 'Visionary Leader Award' for Dr. Mangesh G. Korgaonker, Director General, NICMAR by CMO Asia, Singapore in association with World

Sustainability, India (2015); 'Award For Educational Excellence' at the Indo Global Education Summit (2015) and 'Education Leadership Award' by Lokmat media group at the World Education Congress (2015).

Dr. Mangesh G. Korgaonker, Director General
Dr. Mangesh G. Korgaonker, Director General, NICMAR is an eminent academic with several years of the prior academic experience at such national Institutes like IIM Ahmedabad, IIT Bombay, wide work and consulting experience in the industry, public sector, and work in other institutes in India and abroad. He has been professor at IIMA; ICICI Chair Professor and Head, Shailesh J Mehta School of Management, IIT Bombay; Director, Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies, Harihar; Professor and Advisor, S P Jain Institute of Management and Research; Advisor and Group Executive, Bharat Heavy Earth Movers Ltd.; Visiting Professor, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok. Besides a large number of publications in national and international journals, he has consulted for industrial and government organizations. He has conducted a very large number of executive development programs for executives from India and abroad from public and private sector organizations and government departments. He has been on governing councils/academic councils/senate/advisory boards of several institutions. He has been conferred with the 'Visionary Leader Award' by CMO Asia, Singapore in association with World Sustainability, India during the Asia Education Excellence Awards Ceremony held in Singapore. He also received the 'Best Educationist Award' and 'Certificate of Educational Excellence' from the International Institute of Education and Management, New Delhi, 2017. He has been the recipient of scholastic and other awards alike. He has over 46 years of experience in education. He has carried out assignments for government agencies including AICTE, National Board of Accreditation (NBA), UPSC and Planning Commission, Dept. of Industrial Policy and Promotion. He has functioned as Chairman, State Technical Education Council, and Goa. Thus he brings with him a wealth of expertise, experience and abilities in his current position.