7 th Conference of Transportation
Research Group of India
(CTRG-2023)
17-20 December 2023Surat, India
Prof. K V Krishna Rao is a Professor of Civil Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. He is also the Deputy Director of IIT Bombay. He is a specialist intravel behaviour and choice modelling, urban land use transport modelling, transit-oriented development, and air travel demand modelling.
Dr Ashish Bhaskar is a Professor in Civil Engineering (Transport discipline), at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, Australia. His expertise includes transport big data analytics, modelling, simulation, and control. At this stage, the focus of his research is on addressing the issues and challenges related to road traffic congestion and its detrimental socioeconomic and environmental impacts. Together, with his team of researchers and collaborators from government, industry, and academia, he is working towards evidence-based decisions support, management, and control of multimodal transport system. He has a proven track record of working with government and industry including Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) on number of projects as lead chief investigator.
Prof. Lelitha Devi Vanajakshi is the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) Chair Professor in the Transportation Division, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras. She is also an Adjunct Professor at the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) at Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.She is a specialist inTraffic flow modeling, Traffic Operations, and Management, and Intelligent Transportation Systems with an emphasis on Indian traffic conditions. She is the Editorial Board Member of the Transportation in Developing Economies and Associate Editor of the Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series A.
Prof. Kumares C. Sinha is the Edgar B. and Hedwig M. Olson Distinguished Professor of Civil Engineering at Purdue University. He was a Visiting Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lockheed Martin Guest Professor at the University of Central Florida, and an Eminent Scholar- in- Residence at Texas A&M University. He is a specialist intransportation infrastructure economics and management, transportation safety, and urban and regional planning
Prof. Geetam Tiwari is Professor emeritus, at the Transportation Research and Injury Prevention Centre at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.She is a specialist intraffic safety focusing on pedestrians, bicycles, and bus systems. She is editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion
Prof. Partha Chakroborty is a Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at IIT Kanpur. He is a specialist intraffic flow theory, network optimization, transit systems, and vehicle routing. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Transportation in Developing Economies.
Prof. Animesh Das is a Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at IIT Kanpur. He is a specialist inpavement material characterization, analysis, design, and evaluation. He is the Editorial Board Member of the Transportation in Developing Economies.
Prof. Chandra R. Bhat is theUniversity Distinguished Teaching Professor and Joe J. King Endowed Chair Professor in Engineeringat the University of Texas at Austin. He is a specialist intravel demand modelling and behaviour analysis. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Transportation Research – Part B
Prof. Shashi Nambisan is a Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Nevada. He is a specialist intransportation safety, data analytics, emerging technologies, and air transportation.
Prof. Satish Chandra is a Professor of Civil Engineering at IIT Roorkee. He was the Director of Central Road Research Institute (CRRI), New Delhi from January 2016 to January 2022.He is a specialist inTraffic Engineering and Pavement Materials.He is the Editorial Board Member of the Transportation in Developing Economies.