Revisiting Public-Private Partnerships / Contributions to Public Administration and Public Policy (PDF)

Tharun Dolla was a post-doctoral researcher at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay and he is currently Assistant Professor at GITAM Deemed to be University. He holds a master's degree and a doctorate in Civil Engineering (Infrastructure Engineering and Management) from IIT Guwahati (India). He has versatile and broad domain expertise, sound theoretical and research experience, as well as first-hand experience as a researcher on various public-private partnership projects in several infrastructure sectors. He is knowledgeable on the intricacies of the contract design and concession agreements, has published in peer-reviewed international journals, and has memberships in organizations such as CIOB, RICS, ICE (UK), ASCE, PMI, Indian Roads Congress, and Indian Buildings Congress. He is also a member of working commissions of Collaborating for Innovation in the Built environment (CIB), Canada on 'W113 Law and Dispute Resolution', and 'W092 Procurement Systems'.



Boeing Laishram is Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam (India). He received his PhD in Construction Management from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. His research interests include project planning and control, public private partnerships, risk management, infrastructure financing, construction management, and construction informatics.




Ganesh Devkar is Sr. Associate Professor in the Faculty of Technology at CEPT University, Ahmedabad (India). He received his PhD in Construction Management from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. He has been researching in the area of public private partnerships, lean construction and megaprojects.