Dr Piyush Tiwari is Professor of Property at University of Melbourne, Australia. 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. His research and consulting interests include infrastructure policy, housing economics and mortgages, commercial real estate investment, land management strategies, and post-disaster reconstruction. He has published ten 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’, ‘Delhi’s Changing Built Environment’, ‘Equitable Land Use for Asian Infrastructure’, ‘A research Agenda for Real Estate’, and ‘Axes of Sustainable Development and Growth in India’.
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. His other professional activities include Vice President and Fellow, Asian Real Estate Society, Associate Editor, International Real Estate Review and Editorial Board, Property Management, Journal of Property Research, and Land.