Piyush Tiwari

Dr Piyush Tiwari is Professor of Property at University of Melbourne, Australia. He was Associate Dean and Director of School of Real Estate, RICS School of Built Environment, Noida, India. Prior to his current position he was Director – Policy at Infrastructure Development Finance Company (IDFC), India, where he was involved in contributing to policies for private financing of urban infrastructure in close cooperation with national and state governments. He was also editor of India Infrastructure Report 2011 on Water. Earlier, he was Senior Lecturer (Property) and Program Leader, MSc (International Real Estate Markets) at the Business School, University of Aberdeen, UK. He has held positions at the largest mortgage company, HDFC, India and the University of Tsukuba, Japan. He has held visiting positions at Indian School of Business, Hyderabad (India) and Keio University, Tokyo (Japan). His research and consulting interests include housing economics and mortgages, build to rent, commercial real estate investment, and financing infrastructure in developing countries. He has published numerous research papers on issues related to real estate and infrastructure. He has published thirteen books including ‘International Real Estate Economics’, 'Real Estate Finance in the New Economy', 'India's Reluctant Urbanisation: Thinking Beyond', 'The Towers of New Capital: Mega Townships in India', 'Development Paradigms for Urban Housing in BRICS Countries' and 'Delhi's Changing Built Environment'. He is Member, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and Fellow, Applied Property Development Institute. He is also Member, International Land Measurement Standards Committee of International Land Measurement Standards Coalition. Earlier he served as Member, International Property Measurement Standards Committee of International Property Measurement Standards Coalition, His other professional activities include Director and Fellow, Asian Real Estate Society, Associate Editor, International Real Estate Review, Editorial Board, Property Management Land, Journal of Property Research, and Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction.