Past Faculty Members

Former faculty members who have made significant contributions to transportation systems engineering

Prof. S.L. Dhingra

Prof. S.L. Dhingra

Former Head of Department
Former Institute Chair Professor
Research Areas:
  • Modelling of Multimodal Urban Mass Transportation Systems.
  • Economic/Financial Evaluation and Analysis of Transport Projects.
  • Environmental Impact Assessment of Transportation Infrastructure Projects.
  • Simulation of Route Rationalization and Scheduling of Coordinated Urban Mass Transit Systems.
  • Land-use Transport Modelling.
  • Travel Demand Forecasting.
  • GIS/Expert system/DSS application in Transportation Planning and Monitoring.
  • Micro-simulation, Fuzzy-Set, GA & CA in Transportation Modelling.
Awards and Honours:
  1. Appointed Independent Director on the Board of Directors of Pratibha Industries Ltd., 2009
  2. Appointed Member of the Advisory Board Directorate of Urban Land Transport, Urban Development Department, Govt. of Karnataka, 2010
  3. Prestigious nomination as an International Engineer of The Year 2010 – The International Biographical Centre in Cambridge, England
  4. International Benefits Evaluation and Costs Management Committee Membership (IBEC­ITS Newsletter May­June 2009)
  5. World Conference on Transportation Research Society (WCTRS), Country and Area Representative, 2009
  6. IBC Top 100 Engineers Medal ­2009
  7. Recipient of the VISVESVARAIYA AWARD in the category "Eminent Professor” for the year 2006
  8. International Transportation Seminar Invitation to deliver expert lectures from Poznan University of Technology (Oct 2009)
  9. Received Award for Excellence in Teaching 2002 by IIT Bombay
  10. Member of BWSL TAC from conception to implementation (Inauguration)
  11. Member of Research Council of CRRI from 1996–2000
  12. Member of three‑member High Court Committee for Andheri Viaduct Evaluation
  13. Member of one‑man Committee for Techno‑economic feasibility study of Pedder Road Viaduct for MSRDC
  14. Greenshields‑75 Symposium — Invited Paper Presentation, University of Massachusetts, 2009
  15. Awarded Fellowship of United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD) to participate 5th WCTR, Yokohama, Japan