Introduction to Infrastructure Asset Management

Prof. Sudhir Misra is Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur and has a keen interest in infrastructure management, concrete materials and construction engineering. He has worked with consulting and construction companies also during his 35 years of professional experience, and also led the effort to initiate a graduate programme in Infrastructure Engineering and Management at IIT Kanpur. He has been a member of committees of the BIS and also worked with professional organizations in Japan and India. His research interests include durability and non-destructive testing of concrete and development and utilization of special concretes. Lecture modules on Concrete Engineering and Technology, Construction Management and Finance and Accounts for Civil Engineers by him is also available online under the NPTEL scheme of the Government of India.

Prof. Chirag Kothari is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at IIT Kanpur. Prior to joining IIT Kanpur, he completed his Ph.D. in Construction Engineering and Project Management from University of Texas at Austin, USA and worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the university. During his doctorate program, he worked with the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and developed process frameworks and decision support tools for the integrated planning of highway assets at TxDOT. Chirag holds an M. Tech degree in Construction Technology and Management from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi, India, where he was awarded the "NBCC Prize of Excellence" for academic excellence. Before pursuing his masters, he worked with Larsen and Toubro Construction as a planning engineer on an oil and gas project in Jamnagar, Gujarat. He completed his Bachelor's in Civil engineering from VIT Vellore. He is inclined toward helping economically and socially deprived communities through his knowledge and expertise.