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Pankaja Kumar


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An accomplished and result-driven project/program management professional with 25 years experience in large scale projects and in-depth knowledge of all parts of businesses like Employer, Consultant and the Contractor sides in Major Event /Real Estate development, both in the field offices and PMO, covering UAE and Bahrain.
Strong technical and methodical aptitude with an innate ability to analyze, improve, restructure and implement data. Aggressive in identifying and resolving inefficient operational processes. Strong business leader and perform as a role model, able to motivate co-workers to achieve optimal milestones while maintaining high KPI’s, methods, and practices.
RICS–APC Chair/Assessor since 2019. Mentor at CIArb UAE Section. Technical Paper Grader of AACEI and Forum Member for reviewing recommended practices issued by Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering, USA (AACEI) since January 2011. Former Technical Director of AACEI, UAE Chapter.

A graduate Electrical Engineer (B. Tech - Electrical, First Class) and a post-graduate in Construction Law and Arbitration (LLM) from Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, I have 30 years of extensive construction experience, specialising in contracts and commercial management of projects, on a number of complex and high-profile schemes in the Middle East. My experience includes in airports, motorways, hotels, reclamation works, leisure and entertainment projects.