Putting pupils on track for success

Old Elizabethan Karan Dewnani has worked on the UK’s most high-profile rail projects, forging a successful civil engineering career, while regularly ‘giving back’ by supporting current pupils and participating in QE events such as the Careers Convention, Founder’s Day and the carol service.

Karan (OE 2006–2013), who becomes a QE Governor this year, showed early promise, winning the Institution of Civil Engineers’ (ICE) QUEST award in Year 13. He went on to take a Civil and Structural Engineering Master’s degree at Sheffield; he is a graduate member of ICE and full member of the Association for Project Management.

Now a project manager with Arup, the British-based engineering and consultancy multinational, his focus is primarily on rail and highways. His current role includes encouraging engagement in STEM careers. Karan worked on Crossrail’s Elizabeth Line, in both engineering and environmental management roles, and on Europe’s largest infrastructure project, HS2. He has supported QE boys in various competitions and recently hosted a group of 20 pupils at Arup.