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Academic Research

    Research Project Guidance

    Post Doc: 05 Completed, 01 Ongoing

    PhD Research: 11 Completed, 03 Ongoing

    M.Tech Projects: 22 Completed, 01 Ongoing

    B.Tech Projects: 31 Completed

Post Doctoral Fellow

1.

Dr. Ankit Kathuria

Evaluating Pedestrian Vehicle Interaction Dynamics: A Prudent Approach Using Semi-Automated Safety Diagnosis [2017–2018]

Current Position: Associate Professor, IIT Jammu (Profile Link)

2.

Dr. Ruchika Agarwala

Development of Safety Assessment Tool for Urban Roads [2019–2021]

Current Position: General Manager (Operation), Infra Design Studio Pvt. Ltd (Profile Link)

3.

Dr. Madhumita Paul

Effects of Electric Cars on Traffic Mobility and Safety Under Indian Traffic Conditions – A Microsimulation-based Study [2021–2022]

Current Position: Assistant Professor, IIT Kharagpur (Profile Link)

4.

Dr. Pranab Kar

Modelling the Evasive Actions of Drivers at Unsignalized Intersections using Surrogate Safety Approach [2023–2024]

Current Position: Graduate Faculty and Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Memphis (Profile Link)

5.

Dr. Rahul Raoniar

Modeling Road Crossing Behaviour and Safety of Children in School Zones [2023–2024]

Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate, WKU, United States of America (Profile Link)

6.

Dr. Pradhan Kumar Akinapalli

Study of Distraction Behaviour of Child Pedestrians [2025 – till date]

Current Position: Institute Postdoctoral Fellow, IIT Bombay (Profile Link)

Project Research Scientist

1.

Dr. Vinayaraj V.S [2024 - till date]

Co-Founder, DromoLys Research and Development Pvt. Ltd

Ph.D: IIT Bombay, M.Tech: SVNIT Surat (Profile Link)

2.

Dr. Vishwajeet Kishore Verma [2025 - till date]

Ph.D: IIT Roorkee, M.Tech: NITK Surathkal (Profile Link)

3.

Mr. Pravin Telang [2025 - Present]

Research Associate (Profile Link)

4.

Dr. Shivam Singh Chouhan [2024 - 2025]

Postdoctoral Fellow, WKU, United States of America (at present) (Profile Link)

Ph.D: IIT Jammu, M.Tech: MANIT Bhopal

Ph.D. Thesis Completed

1.

Dr. B Raghuram Kadali

Modelling Pedestrian Crossing Behaviour and Evaluation of Mid-block Crosswalks (2016)

Current Position: Assistant Professor at NIT Warangal (Profile Link)

2.

Dr. S. Marisamynathan

Modelling Pedestrian Crossing Behavior and Level of Service at Signalized Intersections (2017)

Current Position: Assistant Professor at NIT Trichy (Profile Link)

3.

Dr. Sarfaraz Ahmed

Development of Pavement Maintenance Prioritization Tool and Evaluation of Lateral Distribution of Heavy Vehicles and its Impact (2018)

With: Prof. K.V. Krishna Rao

Current Position: Scientist, CRRI, Delhi (Profile Link)

4.

Dr. Shekhar Babu

Proactive Traffic Safety Evaluation of Unsignalised Intersections Using Surrogate Measures (2018)

Current Position: Associate Professor at College of Military Engineering, Pune (Profile Link)

5.

Dr. Siddharth SMP

Microscopic Pedestrian Flow Simulation Using Modified Social Force Model (2020)

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Anna University, College of Engineering Guindy (Profile Link)

6.

Dr. Jithin Raj PV

Estimating Passenger Car Units and Modelling Level of Service of Urban Roads (2020)

Current Position: Assistant Professor, TKM College of Engineering, Kerala (Profile Link)

7.

Dr. Monalisa Patra

Modelling Pedestrian Preferences and Choice Behaviour of Various Road Crossing Facilities at Signalized Intersections (2020)

Current Position: Senior Engineer, Traffic & Transport Planning, Dar Al-Handasah (Profile Link)

8.

Dr. Bharat Kumar Pathivada

Modelling and Evaluating Drivers’ Dilemma Zone at Signalized Intersections for Mixed Traffic Conditions (2021)

Current Position: Research Scientist, University of Arizona (Profile Link)

9.

Dr. Vinayaraj V S

Development of Safety Performance Function and Modelling Crash Risk for Urban Roundabouts (2024)

Current Position: Research Scientist IIT Bombay (Profile Link)

10.

Dr. Jaikishan Damani

Modelling Motorized Two-Wheeler Driver Behaviour in Mixed Traffic Conditions (2024)

Current Position: Lead Data Analyst, FedEx (Profile Link)

11.

Dr. Shahana A

Spatio-temporal Safety Assessment of Urban Signalized Intersections in Disordered Traffic Condition Using Surrogate Measures (2024)

Current Position: Lecturer in Transport (Ad-hoc), Newcastle University, UK (Profile Link)

Ph.D. Thesis Supervision - Ongoing

1.

Mr. Pravin Telang

Modeling Travelers' Mode Shift Behaviour and Adoption Dynamics of Current Users of Electric Two-Wheelers (Thesis Submitted)

2.

Mr. Purvang Chaudhari

Modelling Truck Drivers' Behaviour Under Different Weather Conditions (2021 – till date)

3.

Ms. Abhijna M

Impact of Major Transit System Improvements on Travel Behaviour in Metropolitan Regions (2020 – till date)

With: Prof. K.V.K. Rao

M.Tech Project Supervision

1.

Dileep D

A study on pedestrian flow characteristics and Level of Service model at mid-block sections (2011)

2.

Ayyappa Rao J

Evaluation of Transit Trip Planner (2011)

3.

Nagraj R

Modelling Pedestrian Flow & LOS for Crosswalks at Signalized Intersection (2012)

4.

Pradhan Kumar

Bus Arrival Time Prediction Modelling (2012)

5.

Birara Tekeste

Pavement Management System (2013)

6.

Hemendra Kumar

Recycling of Asphalt Concrete (2013)

7.

Ashu Sintayehu

Freight Transport Modelling (2013)

8.

Sushmita Rai

Capacity and LOS Study for Pedestrian Sidewalks (2014)

9.

Sudhanshu Sekhar Gouda

Evaluation of Transit Oriented Development by Using GIS Based Multi-Criteria Analysis (2014)

10.

Pijush Sarkar

Development of Level of Service Model for Elevated Walkway (2014)

11.

Siddharth Gulhare

Study of Microscopic Pedestrian Flow Behavior (2015)

12.

Raghupathi Kandiboina

Effect of Traffic Calming Measures on Urban Streets Using Driving Simulator (2017)

13.

Elluri Manoj Kumar

Accident Severity Modeling and Blackspot Identification: A Case Study of Mumbai - Pune Expressway (2017)

14.

Kishore Sasane

Modelling for Sustainable Solid Waste Transport System (2017)

With: Prof. Nagendra R Velaga

15.

Nidhi Goel

Development of Efficient Trip Planner Algorithm (2018)

With: Prof. Nagendra R Velaga

16.

Sarthak Shrivastava

Effect of Traffic Control Devices on Driver Behavior at Horizontal Curves (2018)

17.

Madhav Kaushal

Modelling the Accident Risk of the Drivers (2018)

18.

Avani Aravind

Pedestrian Crowd Behaviour at Urban Railway Station (2020)

19.

Pranaya Patel

Unraveling the Factors Influencing Crashes on the Mumbai-Goa National Highway (2023)

20.

Mr. Rishav Kumar

Behavioral Analysis of Pedestrian Crossing at Signalized Intersections in Urban Area (2024)

21.

Mr. Sachin Gupta

Analysis of School children's perceptions on road safety knowledge, crossing behavior, and traffic injury in school zones (2024)

22.

Mr. Manjitsinh Girase

Crash Frequency Modelling at Urban Signalized Intersection Approaches (2025)

23.

Ms. Lekshmi M

Development of Crash Safety Performance Measures and Modelling Crash Risk in Various Urban Corridors (2025 – till date)

Former Project Research Associate/Assistant/Intern [2016-2024]

1.

Mr. Mithlesh Kumar

Current position: Pursuing Ph.D. at QUT, Australia

2.

Mrs. Vandana

3.

Mrs. Swetha Pantheeradi

4.

Mr. George V Jose

Current position: Pursuing MS at Uni Adelaide, Australia

5.

Mr. Rudhran U

Current position: Senior Manager, Tata Motors

6.

Mrs. Meera J Krishnan

Current position: Traffic Engineer, GMD Consultants

7.

Mrs. Chandni J Basu

Current position: Road Safety Engineer, NATPAC, Kerala

B.Tech Project Supervision

1.

Aseem Awad

Cost-Benefit Analysis of Implementation of Intelligent Transportation System in Indian Environment, IIT Bombay (2010)

2.

Sharbanee Prusty

Micro simulation of heterogeneous traffic flow at intersections, NIT Rourkela, Summer Research Fellowship Programme (2010 (Indian Academy of Sciences))

3.

Varsha Gidwani

Micro simulation of heterogeneous traffic flow at mid-block sections, MNIT, Summer Research Fellowship Programme (2010 (Indian Academy of Sciences))

4.

Krishnakumar S

Evaluation of Displaced Right-Turn Intersection using Computer Simulation, NIT Calicut, Summer Research Fellowship Programme (2011 (Indian Academy of Sciences))

5.

Shweta P Pai

Development of Accident Prediction Models, NITK Surathkal, Summer Research Fellowship Programme (2011 (Indian Academy of Sciences))

6.

Soumya Rajan

Application of Remote Sensing and GIS in Traffic Engineering, Summer Project, BIT Mesra

7.

Deepali Jaiswal

Simulation of Signalized Intersection under Heterogeneous Traffic Condition, Final Year B.Tech, IIT Bombay

8.

Awnish Kumar

Road Safety Audit, Final Year B.Tech, IIT Bombay

9.

Tata Pragna

Evaluation of Traffic Safety at Un-signalized Intersections under Mixed Traffic Conditions, NITK Surathkal, Summer Research Fellowship Programme (2012 (Indian Academy of Sciences))

10.

Rahul Ajay Deshpande

Development of FEM-based Sustainable Vehicle Roll Cage Models to Improve Road Safety, IIT-BHU, Summer Research Fellowship Programme (2012 (Indian Academy of Sciences))

11.

Sumit Jain

Pedestrian Flow Simulation, Final Year B.Tech, IIT Bombay (2013)

12.

Satya Praneeth

Safety Performance Analysis at Uncontrolled Intersections Using VISSIM, Final Year B.Tech, IIT Bombay (2013)

13.

Rachit Maheshwari

ITS Bus Arrival Time Prediction Model, Final Year B.Tech, IIT Bombay (2013)

14.

Shubham Vijay

Modelling of Pedestrian Flow, Final Year B.Tech, IIT Bombay (2013)

15.

Himanshu Jain

Development of Road Safety Audit Software, Final Year B.Tech, IIT Bombay (2013)

16.

Gagandeep Makker

Evaluation of Highway Geometric Design Elements – Case Study, Final Year B.Tech, IIT Bombay (2013)

17.

Jaymin Kotecha

GPS Based Traffic Data Collection, Final Year B.Tech, IIT Bombay (2013)

18.

Karishma Pant

Bus Arrival Time Prediction Model, Final Year B.Tech, IIT Bombay (2013)

19.

Deepshikha Alha

Application of Queuing Theory in Traffic Engineering, Final Year B.Tech, IIT Bombay (2013)

20.

Murare Jee

Modelling Pedestrian Vehicle Behavior, IRCC Internship Project

21.

Shubham Jain

Assessing Effect of Transit Oriented Planning Factors on Transit Ridership (2014)

22.

Nivedan Rathi

Modelling Pedestrian Road Crossing Behavior Using ANN (2014)

23.

Deepak Venkat

Improvement of Traffic Condition Along Major Urban Roads Using VISSIM (2014)

24.

Rahil Momin

IITB Campus Vehicle Tracking System (2014)

25.

Ashima Mittal

IITB Campus Visitor Information System (2014)

26.

Tushar Shrivastava

Pedestrian Movement Analysis on Bi-Directional Walkways Using Cellular Automata Microsimulation (2015)

27.

Karishma Soni

Economic Analysis of Public Transportation (2015)

28.

Nishanth Sai Anchala

Proactive Evaluation of Traffic Safety at an Uncontrolled Intersection under Mixed Traffic Conditions using Severity Index (2015)

29.

Harsh Shah

Evaluation of Pedestrian Safety at Unsignalized Intersection Using Surrogate Safety Measures (2016)

30.

Rudhran U, Dinesh P and Rathinavel M

Evaluating Pedestrian Safety at Unsignalized Intersections Using Road User Trajectory Data, External Internship (2018)

31.

Rudhran U, Dinesh P and Rathinavel M

Monitoring and Evaluation of Risk Factors, External Internship (2018)