Dr. Iyer, K.C. (Ph.D., IIT Madras)

kciyer@dms.iitd.ac.in

Dr. K.C. Iyer is Associate Professor in the area of Finance and legal affairs. He received B. Tech. from the Institute of Technology, Benaras Hindu University, M. Tech. from IIT Kanpur and Ph. D. from IIT Madras. He started his academic career in the Department of Civil Engineering of IIT Delhi as a Faculty of Construction Management where he served for six years. Afterward he moved to the Department of Management Studies in the year 2005. Before joining academics he has worked for 15 years in industry such as Mazagon Dock Limited; Military Engineering Services; and Defence Research and Development Organisation in various capacities. He has extensive experience in handling contracts and disputes to check cost and time overruns of projects. His areas of research include Financial Management; Project Risks; Legal Issues in Business; and Project Management. He has published a number of papers in the field of financial risk management of infrastructure projects; development of decision support systems for resolution of disputes; setting guidelines and evaluation of performance level of projects. He has also been involved in a number of consultancy projects and has been a resource person for several Executive and Management Development Programmes conducted by public and private organisations.