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Skopós India Foundation

Skopós India Foundation

Skopos is a non-profit social enterprise, registered under section 8 of The Companies Act, 2013. It engages beyond the role of a think-tank and acts as a platform with representation from industry-academia, practitioners, professional and industry bodies, retired bureaucrats, and industry veterans.

Accreditation Organization

Skopos is an independent non-profit corporate, focused on the tasks such as scoring of programs, measurement of maturity, acting as central repository of data and custodian of the maturity framework.

Sectoral Think Tank

The Infrastructure and Construction intersect with all the 30 sectors and around 240 subsectors. Skopos will be expanded in stages to act as Sectoral think tank in capacity building in all these 30 sectors, identifying their problems, engaging with them and undertaking applied research work for appropriate resolution.

Sectors intersected by construction

Agriculture & Forestry
Auto Components
Automobile
Aviation
BFSI - Banking
BFSI - Insurance
BFSI – Fintech & Financial Services
Biotechnology
Capital Goods
Chemicals
Construction
Defense Manufacturing
Electronic Systems
Food Processing
Healthcare
IT & BPM

Board of Directors of Skopos

Anand V

Anand is a seasoned Project Controls and Planning Manager with over three decades of experience and a skilled professional with a strong foundation in engineering and computer science. With a proven track record of success in large-scale projects, has expertise in planning, scheduling, and project management. Served as an in-house training faculty at L&T, sharing their knowledge through effective training programs and lectures.

Education

  • Bachelor of Engineering (Civil Engineering) – Karnataka Regional Engineering College, Surathkal (1985 – 1989)
  • Master of Technology (Industrial Structures – JSS Science and Technology University, Mysuru (2021-2023)

Expertise

  • Project Management
  • Project Controls
  • Contracts Administration
  • Training and Development – Approved in-house Training Faculty at L&T on Project Management and Planning

Professional Experience

Larsen & Toubro Limited, Construction Division (1989 -2022)
  • 2020-2022: Project Manager, Wipro, IT SEZ Project, Bengaluru
  • 2019-2020: Project Controls, Planning, Contracts Administration, Al Rayyan FIFA Stadium, Qatar
  • 2016-2018: Project Controls, Planning, Contracts Administration, Wipro, IT SEZ Project, Bengaluru
  • 2013-2015: Project Controls, Planning, Contracts Administration, Shell’s New Technology Centre, Bengaluru
  • 2009-2012: Planning, Mixed-used Development Project – Seawoods Grand Central
  • 2006-2008: Project Controls, Mogul Gardens Residential Buildings, Dubai
  • 2003-2005: Internal System Compliance & Management Information System, Project Schedule Monitoring, Electricity & Water Training Institute Project, Kuwait
  • 1998-2003: Tender to project handover, Tarapur Atomic Power Project-3&4, Head of Technical Office
  • 1989-1997: Graduate Trainee to Planning Manager, Kaiga Atomic Power Project-1&2, Precision surveying, Fabrication of Embedded Parts, Construction Methods Planning, Construction of ReEngineered Prestressed Concrete Dome

Bhagya S Nair

Co-founder InCoBAN Ecosystem

Director & VP Operations, Synergasia BE-NEX Private Limited

Ms. Bhagya has 15+ years of experience in construction project management in infrastructure, commercial, institutional, residential buildings etc. She has successfully driven change initiatives at organisational level like Integrated PM, Lean Construction, Project Digitalisation, Risk Management etc. She also volunteers with professional bodies and has mentors young and experienced professionals on project controls.

Education

  • 2022, Chevening Gurukul fellowship program on leadership and excellence from the University of Oxford, UK
  • 2021-2022, Advance Masters in Public Policy from Indian School of Business
  • 2008 – 2010, Master of Technology in Construction Technology & Management from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
  • 2002 – 2006, Bachelor of Technology in Civil Engineering from College of Engineering, Trivandrum

Volunteering

  • Secretary – AACEI India Section, 2019 – 2022

Licenses & Certifications

  • Earned Value Professional from AACE International
  • Analyzing and Visualizing Data with Microsoft Power BI from Microsoft

Expertise

  • Integrated Project Management
  • Project Controls
  • Public Policy
  • Project Digitalisation
  • Earned Value Management
  • Planning & Scheduling

Professional Experience

  • Co-founder-InCoBAN, Director & VP Operations Synergasia BE-NEX Pvt. Ltd., 2023 – Present
  • AGM – Project Management, Real Estate Bangalore International Airport Ltd., 2020 – 2023
  • Project Control Lead, Karle Infra Pvt. Ltd., 2017 – 2019
  • Planning Manager, Larsen & Toubro, 2006 – 2017

Publications & Achievements

  • RICS South East Asia Best Project Management Team Award, Bengaluru Airport City Ltd., 2023
  • “BIM-Specific Prequalification Criteria in Construction Projects: Exploring the Nature and Timeline of Their Inclusion” – Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction
  • “Re-thinking Earned Value Management from a practitioners perspective” – Indian Lean Construction Conference – ILCC 2021
  • CII DX Award for Best Practices in Digital Transformation, Bengaluru Airport City Ltd., 2021
  • Poster presentation on “Risk Analysis & Contingency Determination Methods” at PMPC, 2017
  • Project Risk Management Team Award, L&T Construction, 2016
  • George Oomen Memorial Prize in 17th Indian Engineering Congress, 2013 – “An Application of Lean Construction Techniques to MEP Systems in Indian Building Construction Projects”