Urban Mobility Research in India

Dr. M. Manoj is currently an associate professor of transportation engineering at the Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi. He obtained his Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, and M.Tech. from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati. He researches on disaggregate travel demand analysis and modeling with applications to emerging mobility options, such as electric vehicles and connected and automated vehicles. He has more than 70 research articles published in reputable international journals and conference proceedings. Dr. Manoj has been serving as a member of several national and international technical societies and organizations. He is an editorial board member of Sustainable Transport and Livability (Taylor and Francis) and an editorial review board member of Oeconomia Copernicana.

Mr. Debashish Roy works at Larsen and Toubro Limited (L&T), Mumbai, India, and was an Urban Transport planner at the Institute of Urban Transport (India). He is Master of Engineering in Civil Engineering with a specialization in Highway and Traffic Engineering from the Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST), Shibpur. He has 10 years of experience in the field of transportation and infrastructure planning in government, private, and non-profit organizations. He has worked on various projects funded by multilateral agencies like the ADB. He is the project coordinator for several projects related to MRTS, BRTS, at the Institute of Urban Transport (India). He has been involved in the annual flagship event on Urban Mobility India (UMI) Conference cum Expo.