Dr. Taran Kaur has +8 years of Research and Teaching experience as an academician in the field of Management having worked for the renowned School of Real Estate, RICS SBE and Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University. She is an avid researcher with publications indexed in ABDC category (Category A and Category B) journals and top-tier journals of Scopus. She has won an Outstanding Researcher award in Emerald Literati Awards 2023 and an Outstanding Reviewer award by Scopus-indexed journals. She has submitted her Ph.D. in Management (Real Estate Management) at Amity Business School, Amity University Uttar Pradesh. She is a Commerce graduate, i.e., B.COM (Honours) from Delhi University and an M.B.A. in real estate from the RICS School of Built Environment, Amity University. She has presented papers at international conferences including IIM’s and the University of Delhi. Her research credit has been donned with “Special Mention” at IIM, Nagpur and her publication was added to the global literature on Coronavirus disease at the World Health Organization database (covidwho-1462609). She is an ambitious researcher and her areas of interest include Facilities Management, Workspace Sustainability and Management of Corporate Real Estate.

Qualifications/Education

Ph.D. (in Management – Real Estate), M.B.A. (Real Estate Management – Operations & Finance), B. Com (Hons.)

Professional Experience

+8 years in research and teaching

Courses Taught

• Financing & Investing in Infrastructure
• Application of Software Tools in Research Methodology
• Microsoft Saksham – IT Championship Training Program
• DaeBuild CRM for Real Estate Developers
• Pedagogical Methods, Learning Styles & Evaluation

Research Interests

• Facilities Management PropTech
• Workplace Management Practices
• ISO Implementation
• IFMA Regulations

Publications

• Assessment of the mediating effect of benchmarking workspace usage on portfolio optimization and client satisfaction: Indian information technology companies (2023), ABDC – A category, DOI: 10.1108/BIJ-03-2021-0150.
• Redesigning workspace at adobe: an Indian perspective (2023), Facilities, ABDC – B category, Emerald Publishing, DOI: 10.1108/F-03-2022-0048.
• The changing real estate investment dynamics in Indian holy cities: effect of spirituality on property buying behavior (2022), ABDC – C category,
• DOI: 10.1108/JCHMSD-04-2021-0075.
• A study on automated property management in commercial real estate: a case of India (2022), ABDC – B category, DOI: 10.1108/PM-05-2021-0031.
• The study of sustainability as a mediator of new approaches to work and workspace usage (2021), ABDC – C category, DOI: 10.1108/JFM-06-2021-0062.

* Presented papers in international conferences including IIT’s and IIM’s

Awards and Recognitions

• Outstanding Paper in the 2023 Emerald Literati Awards
• Awarded Outstanding Researcher by Property Management Journal
• Publication (covidwho-1462609) added to WHO on Coronavirus
• Awarded by BIMTECH & IIM, Nagpur for best case study on Sustainable facilities

Subject Specialisation

• Project Management
• Financial Management
• Project Financing and Wealth Management
• Financial Accounting