My Research Group (Last updated in May 2019)

 

Ph.D Thesis Supervision:

 

Pushpa Choudhary, Modelling the effects of Distraction activities on driving performance. (2015 -2019) (M.Tech+Ph.D duel degree)

Sharmila R. B., Developing Travel time prediction methods using Artificial Intelligence Techniques for Indian conditions. (2014 -to date)

Sharath M. N, Development of a 2D map-matching algorithm and motion planning method for ITS applications (2016 -to date)

Kirti Mahajan, Investigating causes and effects of driver fatigue on driving Performance and Safety (2016 -to date)

Deepjyoti Das, Environment assessment of transportation network by introduction of car-sharing. (2016-to date) (With Prof. Pradip Kalbar)

Ankit Kumar Yadav, Modelling the effects of alcohol consumption on driving performance and safety of Indian drivers. (2017-to date)

Anusha Adavikottu, Analysis and modeling of aggressive driving behaviour and safety measures. (2017-to date)

Yogesh P. Kherde, Infrastructure risk assessment in high speed rail alignment. (2017-to date) (with Prof. Avijit Maji)

Nishant Pawar , (2018-to date)

Vinay Surve (2018-to date) (with Prof. Venkata Santosh Kumar Delhi)

Omkar Deepak Karmarkar, (2018-to date) (With Prof. Arnab Jana)

 

Research Assistants and Research Fellows (Post-doctoral fellows):

Dr. Pushpa Choudhary working on two projects: (1) a collaborative project between IIT Bombay and Imperial College London, Title of the project: Travel well-being indicators to support urban planning policy: A tale of two Indian cities. (2) Other research project titled Modeling and analysis of crash risk and performance of motorbike riders under influence of human behavioral factors. (From May 2019 to till now)

Dr. Raghuram Kadali, Worked on research project titled: EU-India Research & Innovation Partnership for efficient and sustainable freight transportation. (From Oct 2016 to Dec 2016)

Sankranti Joshi, Worked on research project titled: CrowdData - Using the Crowd to Create and Maintain Useful Public Transport Data Assets In India. (From Sep 2014 - June 2015)

 

 

M.Phil Dissertations:

 

Nidhi Goel, Public transit route planning algorithm during disruptions. (2018) (with Prof. P. Vedagiri)

Kishore Sasane, GIS based solid waste transport modeling for Grater Mumbai. (2017) (with Prof. P. Vedagiri)

 

Masters (M.Tech) Dissertations:

 

Rashmeet Kaur Khanuja, Analysing driving behaviour under time pressure: A comparison between real and simulated driving. (2018- 2019)

Shivram G Krishnan, Risk analysis of metro projects using fuzzy logic (2017 - 2018) (with Prof. Venkata Santosh Kumar Delhi)

Yared Bitew, Assessing and quantifying of traffic congestion at signalised intersections (2017 - 2018)

Ali Danesh, Factors affecting users in choosing between informal IPT and Ridesharing (2017 - 2018)

Preeti bhamniya, Financial Risk analysis of PPP based metro projects (2016 - 2017)

Mukesh kiran, Development of Map-matching algorithm using Particle filters. (2014 - 2015) (with Prof. RAAJ Ramsankaran)

Yohan URIE, Comparative Assessments of Road Crash Data: A case study of India. Yohan is from ENTPE - Ecole Nationale des Travaux Publics de l'Etat (National Graduate School of Sustainable Civil Engineering, Transport and Planning in Lyon, France). Mr Yohan has completed his masters dissertation in IIT Bombay under supervision of Nagendra Velaga during his six months internship in 2014.

Shahid S. M., Comparative assessment of Terrestrial Laser Scanner and Total Station Survey for Road Infrastructure Projects. (2013 - 2014) (with Prof. RAAJ Ramsankaran)

 

Undergraduate Projects: about 20 B.Tech projects are guided.

Lakshya Kumar, Dynamic Road-User Charging using Marginal Cost Principle. (2015 - 2016)

Sushant Singh, Optimal design of railway signalling. (2015 - 2016)

Aditi Meshram, Safety and Comfort of Females in Ridesharing. (2015 - 2016)

Pankaj Kumar, Development of Particle filter algorithm for vehicle location obtained from GPS Enabled Smart Phones through Crowd-Sourcing. (2015 - 2016)

Eklavya Mahajan, Risk assessment of BOT based transportation infrastructure project investment(2014 - 2015)

Praneeta Nehra, Statistical analysis and modelling of Road accident data. (2014 - 2015)

Saurav Jain, Modelling Road Transport Environmental Pollution. (2013 - 2014)

Venkush Khede, Real-time passenger information and trip planning using smartphones. (2013 - 2014)

Rohit Gupta, Feasibility and evaluation of Dynamic Road User Charging In India. (2013 - 2014)

Yogesh Kumar, Development of Distress Detection system for Flexible pavement. (2013 - 2014)

Shahbaz Haidar, Development of a Platform for Intelligent Intra City Goods Mobility. (2013 - 2014)

 

Interns (from outside IIT Bombay)

Ria Modi from NIT Surat, India (Winter 2015)

Alok Singh Chandel from SVNIT, Surat, India (Summer 2015 and Winter 2015)

Saurabh Singh from VNIT Nagpur, India(Summer 2015)

Yohan URIE, from ENTPE - Ecole Nationale des Travaux Publics de l'Etat (National Graduate School of Sustainable Civil Engineering, Transport and Planning in Lyon, France) Duration of internship (from March 2014 to Aug 2014)

Nishant Parihar from Medicaps Institute Of Science And Technology, Indore, India. (Summer 2013)
Aayushi Patidar from Medicaps Institute Of Science And Technology, Indore, India. (Summer 2013)