About the Speakers

Lt Col L Shri Harsha (Retd) PgMP® ,PMP®, Director Academic Relations - PMI Bangalore India Chapter
Lt Col (Retd) L Shri Harsha with twenty seven years of experience brings with him a wealth of experience in the areas of Strategic Planning and Construction Management. Apart from a degree in Civil Engineering and an MBA, he is currently pursing for a Master’s Degree in Business Law from the prestigious National Law School of India University. He is also a certified Program Management and Project Management Professional from PMI, USA. He has worked with many companies on project specific assignments and is currently with Jacobs CES as a consultant. He advises companies on effective contract management to reduce contractual litigations and also undertakes arbitration assignments.
Lt Col (Retd) L Shri Harsha with twenty seven years of experience brings with him a wealth of experience in the areas of Strategic Planning and Construction Management. Apart from a degree in Civil Engineering and an MBA, he is currently pursing for a Master’s Degree in Business Law from the prestigious National Law School of India University. He is also a certified Program Management and Project Management Professional from PMI, USA. He has worked with many companies on project specific assignments and is currently with Jacobs CES as a consultant. He advises companies on effective contract management to reduce contractual litigations and also undertakes arbitration assignments.

Rao Srinivasa MRICS, Chief Executive Officer - KOWNI Technologies
Rao is a qualified graduate mechanical engineer and did his PG Diploma from IIM-Kozhikode with 23 years of experience in Manufacturing & Corporate Real Estate Industry. At Ford - Career stretch from Auto mechanic to building Ford Motor Company’s Greenfield Car Plant in India & making Ford’s debut car IKON (C195) car as JD Power Quality car for 3 years in a row. Last Designation: Six sigma Director. At JLL - Creating best practice library for JLL-Asia Pacific Countries and Facilities Management Top 10 tools, advising Microsoft & Cisco on the Campus projects, running APAC Engg & Operations, creating processes for Critical Environment Management.
Rao is a qualified graduate mechanical engineer and did his PG Diploma from IIM-Kozhikode with 23 years of experience in Manufacturing & Corporate Real Estate Industry. At Ford - Career stretch from Auto mechanic to building Ford Motor Company’s Greenfield Car Plant in India & making Ford’s debut car IKON (C195) car as JD Power Quality car for 3 years in a row. Last Designation: Six sigma Director. At JLL - Creating best practice library for JLL-Asia Pacific Countries and Facilities Management Top 10 tools, advising Microsoft & Cisco on the Campus projects, running APAC Engg & Operations, creating processes for Critical Environment Management.

Ravi Kumar PMP MRICS Btech EEE, Associate Director - Turner & Townsend
Ravi Kumar has extensive experience in all aspects of Project Management, Estimating and Project Controls Management & has experience managing projects in many countries across the globe. His articles in & his role as an editor to international & Indian newspapers & journals, demonstrate his extensive knowledge of the business & its challenges. The establishment and maintenance of Client Services on hi profile Pharma, large Hotels, Automobile manufacturing, Oil & Natural gas projects and Very Large Mixed Used Development projects. The objectives of my role have been to directly support Clients to ensure that effective procedures are established and monitored to ensure that progress and cost is timely reported & controlled right from the pre design, design through procurement, and construction phases to final handover phase of the project.
Ravi Kumar has extensive experience in all aspects of Project Management, Estimating and Project Controls Management & has experience managing projects in many countries across the globe. His articles in & his role as an editor to international & Indian newspapers & journals, demonstrate his extensive knowledge of the business & its challenges. The establishment and maintenance of Client Services on hi profile Pharma, large Hotels, Automobile manufacturing, Oil & Natural gas projects and Very Large Mixed Used Development projects. The objectives of my role have been to directly support Clients to ensure that effective procedures are established and monitored to ensure that progress and cost is timely reported & controlled right from the pre design, design through procurement, and construction phases to final handover phase of the project.

T V Sesha Sai PMP MRICS BE Civil MBA, Regional Manager Project Mgmt - Cushman & Wakefield India
Sesha Sai is an accomplished Construction Project Management professional with over 20 years of industry experience. He is working as Regional Manager with Cushman & Wakefield, a 97 year old global Real Estate services firm based out of New York, USA. During his tenure with C&W Sesha lead teams in delivering close to 7 million sft developments including 3m sft LEED Platinum / Gold certified projects. Sesha Sai is responsible for complete delivery of projects in Bangalore. His expertise lies in strategic planning, risk management and monitoring of projects for large corporate clients. Sesha Sai is proficient in Project Management techniques / tools and methods and shows exemplary analytical skills. He is certified PMP from PMI USA, Member of Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), has a Masters in Business Management in Finance and Bachelor of Civil Engineering.
Sesha Sai is an accomplished Construction Project Management professional with over 20 years of industry experience. He is working as Regional Manager with Cushman & Wakefield, a 97 year old global Real Estate services firm based out of New York, USA. During his tenure with C&W Sesha lead teams in delivering close to 7 million sft developments including 3m sft LEED Platinum / Gold certified projects. Sesha Sai is responsible for complete delivery of projects in Bangalore. His expertise lies in strategic planning, risk management and monitoring of projects for large corporate clients. Sesha Sai is proficient in Project Management techniques / tools and methods and shows exemplary analytical skills. He is certified PMP from PMI USA, Member of Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), has a Masters in Business Management in Finance and Bachelor of Civil Engineering.

Velan Murali M ENG CEng(India) CS MRICS MCIOB, Dep. Managing Director - Langdon & Seah Consulting India (Arcadis Group)
Velan is a Chartered Surveyor and has over 25 years of experience in Quantity Surveying, Cost Management, Commercial Management, Value Engineering and Safety, Health and Environment Engineering. International Ambassador for India in “The Chartered Institute of Building”, (CIOB). Velan is serving Langdon & Seah for more than 10 years and one of the Executive Director in Langdon&Seah Bangalore Office. His project expertise includes cost planning, procurement, cost management, capital allowances, reinstatement cost assessments and arbitration. Market sector experience includes Offices, Retail, Residential, Industrial, high end office Interior Fitting out projects.
Velan is a Chartered Surveyor and has over 25 years of experience in Quantity Surveying, Cost Management, Commercial Management, Value Engineering and Safety, Health and Environment Engineering. International Ambassador for India in “The Chartered Institute of Building”, (CIOB). Velan is serving Langdon & Seah for more than 10 years and one of the Executive Director in Langdon&Seah Bangalore Office. His project expertise includes cost planning, procurement, cost management, capital allowances, reinstatement cost assessments and arbitration. Market sector experience includes Offices, Retail, Residential, Industrial, high end office Interior Fitting out projects.

Deepak Sharannavar MRICS, BE Civil, Msc PM, Project Manager - Assetz Properties
Deepak is a Project Management professional having extensive work experience in multiple facets of project management. He has worked in various prestigious projects in the fields of Residential, Commercial, Hotels, Hospitals & Mixed Use Developments in India and UAE. Apart from Degree in Civil Engineering, Deepak holds PG Dip in Advanced Construction Management from NICMAR - Pune, PG Diploma in Alternate Dispute Resolution from Nalsar University of Law - Hyderabad, MSc in Project Management from University of Heriot – Watt, UK. He is also a member of Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyor (MRICS). Deepak has the credit of publishing a book “Suspensions & Terminations of Construction Contracts in UAE” in his name. His expertise are mainly in the areas of Project Planning & Scheduling, Cost Control, Contracts Management, and Claims Management & Project Controls.
Deepak is a Project Management professional having extensive work experience in multiple facets of project management. He has worked in various prestigious projects in the fields of Residential, Commercial, Hotels, Hospitals & Mixed Use Developments in India and UAE. Apart from Degree in Civil Engineering, Deepak holds PG Dip in Advanced Construction Management from NICMAR - Pune, PG Diploma in Alternate Dispute Resolution from Nalsar University of Law - Hyderabad, MSc in Project Management from University of Heriot – Watt, UK. He is also a member of Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyor (MRICS). Deepak has the credit of publishing a book “Suspensions & Terminations of Construction Contracts in UAE” in his name. His expertise are mainly in the areas of Project Planning & Scheduling, Cost Control, Contracts Management, and Claims Management & Project Controls.