Associate Professor - BITS Hyderabad, India | Adjunct Professor - Price Faculty of Engineering, University of Manitoba, Canada | Handling Editor - Transportation Research Record | Editorial Board Member - Transportation in Developing Economies (TiDE) | Standing Committee Member and Sub-editor (AT015) - Freight Transportation Planning and Logistics, Transportation Research Board, USA
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS - PAST
February 2025 - Present
Project: Technologies for Urban Transit to Enhance Mobility & Safe Accessibility (TUTEM) funded by Asian Development Bank
October 2024 - January 2025
Project: Technologies for Urban Transit to Enhance Mobility & Safe Accessibility (TUTEM) funded by Asian Development Bank
Current status: Assistant Professor, Chandigarh University, India
September 2023 - September 2024
Project: Technologies for Urban Transit to Enhance Mobility & Safe Accessibility (TUTEM) funded by Asian Development Bank
Current Status: Postdoctoral Fellow - Transport Research Lab, Università degli studi Roma TRE, Italy
Ph.D. - ONGOING
Hitesh Sharma
August 2024 - Present
Research Area: Supply Chain Management
Pooja N
August 2024 - Present
Research Area: Transportation Planning
Dilawaiz Ali
August 2023 - Present
Research Area: Safety and Security of Transit Users
Rishabh Gupta
August 2023 - Present
Research Area: Supply Chain Management
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September 2021 - Present
Research Area: E-bike Mobility Planning
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August 2020 - Present
Research Area: Freight Demand Modelling
July 2017 - Present
Research Area: Supply Chain Management
Ph.D. - COMPLETED
January 2020 - February 2024
Thesis Title: Transferability Approach for Freight Data Measurement and Model Development in Resource-constrained Regions
Current Status: Postdoctoral Fellow - Transport Research Lab, Università degli studi Roma TRE, Italy
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January 2016 - April 2020
Thesis Title: Measurement, Aggregation, Modelling, Transferability Analysis and Externalities of Freight (Trip) Generation
Current Status: Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi, India
GRADUATES - ONGOING
GRADUATES - COMPLETED
Sai Naveen Balla
November 2021 - May 2023
Research Area: Sustainable Transportation
Thesis Title: Travel Demand Analysis and Route Optimisation of the Hyderabad Bus Transit System
Current Status: PhD student - University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Subhasree Panda
August 2022 - May 2023
Research Area: Disaster Management Logistics
Thesis Title: NA
Current Status: PhD student - Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad, Hyderabad
Namitha Menon
July 2021 - 2022
Research Area: Freight Transportation
Thesis Title: NA
Current Status: Graduate Engineer - Highways, WSP India Ltd.
Aparna Joshi
July 2020 - 2021
Research Area: Freight Transportation Operation
Thesis Title: Analysis of Consumer Perceptions towards Adoption of Omnichannel Retailing in India
Current Status: PhD student - Iowa State University, Iowa, USA
Hemanth Mullagiri
July 2019 - 2020
Research Area: Transportation Pricing
Thesis Title: Developing Congestion Pricing Schemes for Hyderabad City
Current Status: Transportation Engineer, L&T Ramboll, New Delhi
Furqan Bhat
July 2018 - May 2019
Research Area: Freight Transportation Planning
Thesis Title: Spatial Transferability of Freight Generation and Freight Trip Generation Models
Current Status: PhD Student - Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore, Bangalore
Vidisha Khalapada
July 2017 - May 2018
Research Area: Pavement Material Mix Design
Thesis Title: Determination of Optimal Proportion of Grout Mix Constituents for Semi-flexible Pavement
Current Status: Deputy Engineer (Highways) - Lea Associates South Asia Pvt. Ltd., Ahmedabad
Ajinkya Ingale
July 2016-May 2017
Research Area: Highway Geometric Design
Thesis Title: Understanding Driver Behavior at Intersection for Mixed Traffic Condition
Current Status: Highways Design Engineer - Stantec India Pvt. Ltd., Pune
Gajananda Sharma
July 2016-May 2017
Research Area: Passenger Transportation Planning
Thesis Title: Identification and Evaluation Commuter's Preference at Different Levels of Crowding in Mumbai Sub-urban Rail System
Current Status: Assistant Professor - Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Abhinav Yadav
July 2016-May 2017
Research Area: Traffic Operation Planning
Thesis Title: Estimating Capacity and Level of Service Analysis of Urban Highways
Current Status: Deputy Engineer (Highways) - Lea Associates South Asia Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi
B. Swetha Malika
July 2015 - May 2016
Research Area: Traffic Weather Interaction Modeling
Thesis Title: Understanding Weather Effects on Classified Traffic Volume Variation in India
Current Status: Assistant Professor - Potti Sriramulu College of Engineering and Technology, Vijayawada
Anirban Guharoy
July 2015 - May 2016
Research Area: Passenger Transportation Planning
Thesis Title: Evaluation of Crowding Effects in Mumbai Sub-urban Rail System
Current Status: Transportation Engineer - WSP India Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore
Hridya GM
November 2021 - May 2023
Research Area: Transit Accessibility and Equity
Thesis Title: Transit Accessibility and Equity with Fairness and Multimodality Consideration
Current Status: PhD student - Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi, Varanasi
Jigna Lakhani
November 2021 - May 2023
Research Area: Gender and Travel Satisfaction
Thesis Title: NA
Current Status:
Danish Qureshi
July 2021 - 2022
Research Area: Freight Transportation