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Dr. Neenu Thomas

Assistant Professor, Department of Civil & Architecture

Architecture, Behavioral Studies, SustainableTransport, Urban Planning
BITS Pilani Dubai Campus, Dubai International Academic City, Dubai, UAE. Chamber No. 218

PUBLICATIONS

Journal Publications

  1. Thomas, N., Jana, A. and Bandyopadhyay, S. (2025). Will the Transportation Demand Management Cause Shift in Modal Split and Reduction in Transportation Emissions? Study on Staggered Working Hours in Mumbai, Sustainable Transport and Livability (Under review)
  2. Thomas, N., Jana, A. and Bandyopadhyay, S. (2025). Framework to Assess Current Modal Split with respect to Supply Scenario to Accommodate Future Policies: Integrating People’s Aspiration and Sensitivity, Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice (Under review)
  3. S. Krishna Priya, Pillai, G.N., Agu, N., Jana, A., Bandyopadhyay, S., Sarkar, A., Thomas, N., Crosbie, T., Ghanem, D.A., Waller, G., Newbury-Birch, D., and Divers, A. (2024). Assessing the Smartness Required of Electricity Metres for Affordable, Inclusive, and Sustainable Electricity Access in the Global South, Process Integration and Optimization for Sustainability. doi: 10.1007/s41660-024-00442-2
  4. Waller, G., Crosbie, T., Newbury-Birch, D., Bandyopadhyay, S., Ghanem, D.A., Jana, A., Pillai, G. N., G.S. Krishna Priya, Sarkar, A., Thomas, N., Parisa Diba, and Divers, A. (2022). What is in a Meter? A Qualitative Exploration into the Implementation of Electricity Metering Across Mumbai Communities Using Normalisation Process
    Global Implementation Research and Applications, 2(4), 361–370. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43477-022-00059-y
  5. Thomas, N., Jana, A. and Bandyopadhyay, S. (2022). Physical Distancing on Public Transportation in Mumbai, India: Policy and Planning Implications for Unlock and Post-pandemic Period, Transportation Policy, 116, 217–236, doi: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2021.12.001
  6. Thomas, N., Jana, A. and Bandyopadhyay, S. (2021). Effect of Policies and COVID-19 Cases on Mobility and Activity Participation during 300 Days of COVID-19: Panel Data Analysis of Asian Countries, Journal of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies, 14, 16–33. https://doi.org/10.11175/easts.14.16
  7. Jana, A., Sarkar, A., Thomas, N., G.S. Krishna Priya, Bandyopadhyay, S., Crosbie, T., Dana Abi Ghanem, Waller, G., Pillai, G. N., and Newbury-Birch, D. (2021). Rethinking water policy in India with the scope of metering towards sustainable water future. Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 23, 2471–2495. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-021-02167-z
  8. Pattisapu D., Ravikanti S., Bagree N., Manglik R., Chordia S., Thomas, N., Sarkar, A., and Jana, A. (2021). Analysing the Perception towards Electric Vehicles in India: Variation among different Classes of Cities. Journal of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies, 14, 264–283. https://doi.org/10.11175/easts.14.264
  9. Thomas, N., Bandyopadhyay, S. and Jana, A. (2019). Investigating the Association of Individual and Neighborhood Characteristics with Travel Time: Empirical Evidences from Mumbai, India, Journal of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies, 13, 238–257. doi: 10.11175/easts.13.238
  10. Jain, S., Gupta, S., Thomas, N., and Bandyopadhyay, S. (2019). Capacity Expansion of Electricity Sector using Multiple Sustainability Indicators, Process Integration and Optimization for Sustainability, 4(1), 51–65. doi: 10.1007/s41660-019-00099-2

Conference Papers

  1. Thomas, N.,Sarkar, A., and Jana, A. (2023). Adapting Travel Behavior to Climate Change in India: Analyzing the perception among university students from Mumbai, in 15th International Conference of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies (EASTS). Shah Alam, Malaysia
  2. Thomas, N., Bandyopadhyay, S. and Jana, A. (2022). Evaluating the Activity-Based Transportation Emission through Transportation Modal Split Optimization Model based on Travel Behavior, in 10th Asian Symposium on Process Systems Engineering. Chennai, India.
  3. Thomas, N., Jana, A. and Bandyopadhyay, S. (2022). Transportation Modal Split Optimization Model based on Travel Behavior: Impact of Activity-Specific Policies on Transportation Energy and Emission, in 6th Sustainable Process Integration Laboratory (SPIL) Scientific Conference. Brno, Czech Republic.
  4. Thomas, N., Bandyopadhyay, S. and Jana, A. (2021). Effect of Policies and COVID-19 Cases on Mobility and Activity Participation during 300 Days of COVID-19: Panel Data Analysis of Asian Countries, in 14th International Conference of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies (EASTS). Hiroshima, Japan.
  5. Pattisapu D., Ravikanti S., Bagree N., Manglik R., Chordia S., Thomas, N., Sarkar, A., and Jana, A. (2021). Analysing the Perception towards Electric Vehicles in India: Variation among different Classes of Cities, in 14th International Conference of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies (EASTS). Hiroshima, Japan.
  6. Thomas, N., Jana, A., Vadher, C. and Bandyopadhyay, S. (2020). Is Electric Vehicles a Sustainable Solution to the Indian Transportation System? A case study from Mumbai, India, in Proceedings of International Conference on Energy and Sustainable Development, 281–284.
  7. Thomas, N., Jana, A. and Bandyopadhyay, S. (2021). Multimodal Transportation in Mumbai: Assessing the User Behaviour, in 1st International Conference on Urban Science and Engineering. Mumbai, India.
  8. Thomas, N., Jana, A. and Bandyopadhyay, S. (2021). Do Socioeconomic Characteristics Affect Travel Time and Transport Perception? Insights from Mumbai, India, in 1st International Conference on Urban Science and Engineering. Mumbai, India.
  9. Thomas, N., Bandyopadhyay, S. and Jana, A. (2019). Investigating the Association of Individual and Neighborhood Characteristics with Travel Time: Empirical Evidences from Mumbai, India, in 13th International Conference of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies (EASTS). Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  10. Thomas, N., Varghese, V. and Jana, A. (2019). Two-wheeler vehicle ownership, transport disadvantage, and mode choice: a case study of different behavioral segments from Mumbai, India, in 98th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board. Washington, DC.


Book Chapters

  1. S. Krishna Priya, Pillai, G. N., Jana, A., Sarkar, A., Thomas, N., Crosbie, T., Dana Abi Ghanem, Waller, G., Divers, A., Newbury-Birch, D., and Bandyopadhyay, S. (2022). Evolution of Electricity Sector in India: Toward Smart Metering and Sustainable Development. Advances in Urban Design and Engineering. Springer EBooks, 217–235. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0412-7_8
  2. Thomas, N., Sarkar, A. and Jana, A. (2022). Are New Towns in Developing Nations Designed for Sustainable Living? Investigating the Perception of the Residents from Navi Mumbai, India. Advances in Urban Design and Engineering.
    Springer EBooks, 105–124. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0412-7_4
  3. Thomas, N., Jana, A. and Bandyopadhyay, S. (2021). Do Socioeconomic Characteristics Affect Travel Time and Transport Perception? Insights from Mumbai, India, in Jana, A. and Banerji, P. (eds) Urban Science and Engineering: Proceedings of ICUSE 2020. Springer, 171–181. doi: 10.1007/978-981-33-4114-2_14