Assistant Professor,
Department of Civil Engineering
Mitigation of greenhouse emissions from urban transport, Travel behavior analysis, Vehicular tailpipe emissions: conventional and electric vehicles (EVs), Word of mouth and product/service adoption behavior, latent variable modeling, transit equity, travel demand modeling
D-326, D Block
Department of Civil Engineering
Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani - Hyderabad Campus
Jawahar Nagar, Medchal District Hyderabad, Telangana - 500078, India
Sponsored Research Grants[G], Consultancies [C] and Research Projects [P]
Sponsored Research Grants [G] and Consultancies [C]
[G] MAPEX: Metro Access Parking and experience; Amount: ₹10,00,000 ($11,650); Sponsor: ITS Planners and Engineers Private Limited; Period: 2025 – 2026; PI: Prof. Prasanta Sahu (Role: Co-Principal Investigator)
[G] CC-MAP: Commuter-Centric Mobile Application for Public Electric Bicycle Sharing System; Amount: ₹75,00,000 ($88,000); Sponsor: Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR); Period: 2024 – 2027; PI: Prof. Bandhan Bandhu Majumdar (Role: Co-Principal Investigator)
[G] Exploring the Adoption of New Mobility Technologies and Services through Virtual Reality; Amount: ₹18,00,000 ($21,000); Sponsor: BITS Pilani (New Faculty Seed Grant); Period: 2023 – 2025 (Role: Principal Investigator)
[G] Promoting sustainable travel through e-mobility and mobility-as-a-service: A case of Hyderabad Metropolitan Area; Amount: ₹2,00,000 ($2,400); Sponsor: BITS Pilani (Research Initiation Grant); Period: 2023 – 2025 (Role: Principal Investigator)
Research Projects [P]
[P] Connecting demand response transit with fixed service transit; Sponsor: Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT); Period: 2020– 2021; PI: Prof. Sabyasachee Mishra, University of Memphis (Role: Graduate Research Assistant)
[P] The Impacts and Adoption of Connected and Automated Vehicles; Sponsor: Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT); Period: 2018– 2021; PI: Prof. Sabyasachee Mishra, University of Memphis (Role: Graduate Research Assistant)
[P] Coping with Climate: Assessing Policies for Climate Change Adoption and Transport Sector Mitigation in Indian Cities (CLIMATRANS); Sponsor: Sponsored by Research Council of Norway; Period: 2023 – 2025; PI: Prof. Munish Chandel, CESE, IIT Bombay (Role: Research Associate)