Prof. J. Uma Maheswari

Dr. J. Uma Maheswari is Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. Dr. J. Uma Maheswari is very active in teaching several undergraduate and postgraduate level courses in Construction Project Management at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. For several years, she was teaching three postgraduate programmes – Construction Engineering and Management (MHRD), Construction Technology and Management (L&T sponsor) and Metro Rail Transport: Technology & Management (DMRC sponsor). She was instrumental in developing and structuring the PG Diploma program in “Metro Rail Transport: Technology & Management”. She had graduated 60 MTech and 3 PhD students till date. Her passionate research topics are Design Management, Automation in Design and Construction. She was a recipient of Kusuma Outstanding Young faculty Fellowship offered at IIT Delhi for two years. Recognizing her academic contribution, Project Management Institute India has conferred on her the prestigious PMI India Young Research Scholar Award in 2015. She also received the CIDC Vishwakarma Award for Outstanding Academician category offered by Construction Industry Development Council in 2018. She has also received three best paper awards for Journal and Conference Publications apart from several prizes during her post-graduation
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