Professional Profile Ramesh Palikila B.Tech (Civil), MIS, FAIQS, FRICS Civil Engineer and Chartered Quantity Surveyor Fellow Member of Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors –UK ( FRICS) Fellow of Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors- Australia ( FAIQS) Life time Member of Institution of Surveyors- India ( MIS) Founder “QS competency driven -Matrix Training workshops for RICS APC interviews RICS MENEA Trained Assessor and Chairman of APC professional interviews AIQS UAE Board-Steering Committee member in MENEA region AIQS -Trained Assessor for APC professional interviews Ex-executive Board member of RICS-MENEA region – QS & Construction Division Ex-Director – Global Professional Development – IIQS (Indian Institute of Quantity Surveyors) Ramesh has over 18 years of experience in the construction industry in UAE, Malaysia and India. He has been involved with a wide variety of large scale mixed development construction projects such as marine works, power plants, townships, industrial buildings, residential housing projects, civil engineering infrastructure works, hospitals and air ports. Ramesh is working as Senior Contracts Administrator with one of the most renowned engineering consultants in Dubai. He has held management positions in a variety of divisions with the contractors, consultants and Semi-Government organizational clients. His experience includes implementation of best practice with procurement strategies, contracts management, cost management and effective contract administration. Ramesh is a fellow member of various professional bodies such as RICS(UK), AIQS(AU) and IOS(India). He qualified as a Chartered Quantity Surveyor (MRICS) in 2008. Later, he extensively mentored many global QS professionals in UAE, Doha and India. With his passion for training professionals, he founded ‘Matrix – Professional Training Platform” to share various QS competency knowledge to QS professionals. With his experience and leadership skills, he held the position of IIQS-Director -Global Professional Development until May 2014 and during this period he trained many APC candidates to become Chartered Quantity Surveyor in the Middle East and India. Ramesh has attained fellowships with the AIQS in 2013 and RICS in 2014. Further to his hard work and selfless service to Quantity Surveying professionals in Middle East, he has received two international awards from RICS in the categories of “Outstanding Mentor” in MENEA region in 2009 and “Best Counselor” in 2011. He also received a special recognition award of “Outstanding Member “from IIQS in 2010 in Dubai. In November 213, he received an infinite value award in the individual category of “QS Advocacy award” with a global recognition from AIQS in Sydney, Australia.