Assistant Professor
Department of Building
School of Design and Environment
National University of Singapore
Telephone: (65) 6516 7117
Fax: (65) 6775 5502
Room: SDE1-04-06

Email: bdgasan@nus.edu.sg

 

 

 

Academic Qualifications:

• Diploma in Shipping (1996), Chartered Institute of Shipbrokers, London
• LLM (1997), University of Warwick, United Kingdom
• PhD (2006), National University of Singapore

 

Professional Qualifications:

• Attorney-at-Law

 

Employment Record:

• State Counsel, The Department of the Attorney General, Sri Lanka (1993 – 2000)
• Legal Consultant, Public Enterprise Reform Commission, Sri Lanka (1998 – 2000)
• Legal Consultant, Road Development Authority of Sri Lanka (1998 – 2000)
• Examiner, Sri Lanka Law College (1998 – 2000)
• Legal Officer, United Nations Compensation Commission (August 2001 –
  April 2005)
• Legal Officer (Contracts), United Nations Relief and Works Agency
  (April 2005 – April 2007)
• Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore (May 2007 - present)

 

Teaching Areas:

• Project Management Law
• Construction Law
• Environmental Law

 

Research Areas:

• Legal and Policy Aspects of Infrastructure Development Projects
• New Developments in Project Financing
• Use of Alternative Dispute Resolution in the Construction Industry
• Development of Eco-cities and the Relevant Legal Consideration
• Internation Environmental Law and Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation

 

Management of Selected University-funded Research Project:

• Principal Investigator, "Legislative and Policy Initiatives for Greenhouse Gas Reduction and their Impact on the Construction Industry", undertaken in November 2007.
• Principal Investigator, "The Relevant Legal and Policy Considerations for Effective Use of Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Models for Developing Eco-cities", undertaken in June 2008.
• Collaborator, "Developing a Carbon Index for Construction Projects", undertaken in May 2008.

 

Professional/Consulting Activities:

• Associate Member, Executive Committee, Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Law
• Member, Editorial Advisory Committee, International Journal of Law in the Built Environment
• Life Member, Bar Association of Sri Lanka
• Member, Society of Construction Law, United Kingdom
• Member, Singapore Academy of Law.

 

Selected Publications:

• Legal Implications Concerning Project Financing Initiatives in Developing Countries, Attorney General’s Law Review, Sri Lanka, July 2000.
• Use of Alternative Dispute Resolution in International Commercial Disputes, Attorney Genera’s Law Review, Sri Lanka, July 2000.
• The Impact of Decentralization on Foreign Direct Investment, Law College Review, 2007