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About me
Dr. K V Krishna Rao is a Professor of Civil Engineering
at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. He has over 30 years of teaching,
research and development and consultation experience in the
area of Transportation Systems Engineering. He completed his PhD in
Urban Transportation Planning in 1996 and Masters in Transportation Engineering
in 1986, both from Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India. His research
interests include sustainable urban transportation planning, travel survey
design and analysis, travel behaviour and choice
modelling, urban land use transport modelling, transit
oriented development, air travel demand modelling, capacity and level of
service of traffic facilities, pavement analysis, design and management. He has
supervised 14 Ph.D theses and over 75 M.Tech dissertations so far and completed several sponsored
research and consultancy studies in his areas of research. He has made significant contributions in estimating traffic
demand on highway and transit systems including passenger water transport
systems in MMR. His
contribution in the preparation of master plans for metro rail systems in the
cities of Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Pune and MMR in General are noteworthy. He has
several publications in refereed international journals and conferences. He has
served also in several administrative positions at IIT Bombay. He has served
as Vice-Chairman of the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) for the year 2005. He
has served as Associate Dean and Dean of Infrastructure Planning at IIT Bombay
during 2006 to 2012. He has been the head of civil engineering department, IIT
Bombay for six years during 2012 to 2017. He is the Director of the forthcoming 15th World
Conference on Transport Research which will be held at IIT Bombay from 26-31
May 2019. He was conferred with Excellence in Teaching Award in 2008, 2012 and
2016 by IIT Bombay. He is a member of professional bodies like ASCE, IRC,
WCTRS, IUT, etc., and represented on several technical committees of IRC and
Government Agencies and local bodies.
Useful Links: IIT Bombay
Civil
Engineering Department
Transportation Systems Engineering
WCTR 2019
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