Head of the Centre

Girish Agrawal, J.D. (UC Berkeley), Ph.D. (Purdue University), Professor

Girish Agrawal, J.D. (UC Berkeley), Ph.D. (Purdue University), Professor

Transportation Research and Injury Prevention Center

I work at the intersections of engineering, law and policy, advocating for strong transport safety policies in India, enabled by specific legislation, and anchored in a prudent combination of domain expertise and stakeholder concerns. A parallel research focus is on urban areas in India, where I study the urban heat island effect, air quality, and vehicular noise pollution. I came back to academic research in 2012, after 20 years of professional practice as a civil engineer in the US. I have done more than 150 major consulting projects in my professional career. I have expertise in engineering design and construction quality control for transport infrastructure projects such as highways, metro systems, and ports. I have fifty-plus archival publications, including 25+ in the last 5 years. Three of the papers based on my doctoral dissertation, completed in 1992, continue to be cited nearly 30 years later. A book I co-authored on the application of anti-discrimination legislation in India, Dalits and The Law, published in 2005, is held by more than 35 law libraries around the globe and is a prescribed textbook in several law school curricula. I hold three professional licenses in California—a PE and a GE, and a license to practice law. I am also enrolled as an advocate with the Bar Council of Delhi.
girish@iitd.ac.in +91 11 2659 6575
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Core Faculty

Deepty Jain, Ph.D. (IIT Delhi, India), Assistant Professor

Deepty Jain, Ph.D. (IIT Delhi, India), Assistant Professor

Transportation Research and Injury Prevention Centre

Areas of Interest: Transportation Planning, Low Carbon Mobility, Built Environment Studies, Sustainable Urban Transport, Risk Mitigation and Adaptation.
djain@iitd.ac.in +91 1126596361
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Lokesh Kalahasthi, Ph.D. (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA), Assistant Professor (On Lien at IIT Tirupati))

Lokesh Kalahasthi, Ph.D. (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA), Assistant Professor (On Lien at IIT Tirupati))

Transportation Research and Injury Prevention Centre

Areas of Interest: Lokesh has expertise in Freight demand modelling, Freight emissions and safety, Sustainable freight mode choice, Transportation policy, Smart Loading zones, Demand synthesis, Econometrics, Optimization and Automated deliveries.
klokesh@tripp.iitd.ac.in +91 1126596361
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Rahul Goel, Ph.D. (IIT Delhi, India), Assistant Professor

Rahul Goel, Ph.D. (IIT Delhi, India), Assistant Professor

Transportation Research and Injury Prevention Centre

Areas of Interest: Transport and Health: Traffic Injury Epidemiology, Traffic Emissions and Air Pollution, Active Travel and Physical Activity, Health Impact Assessment, Gender and Transport
rgoel@tripp.iitd.ac.in +91 1126596361
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Sai Chand, Ph.D. (University of New South Wales, Australia),                                     Assistant Professor

Sai Chand, Ph.D. (University of New South Wales, Australia), Assistant Professor

Transportation Research and Injury Prevention Centre

Areas of Interest: Traffic Simulation, Pervasive Traffic Data, Surrogate Safety Measures, Highway Safety, Connected and Automated Vehicles, and Disaster Preparedness and Risk Reduction.
saichand@iitd.ac.in +91 1126597232
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Emeritus Faculty

Geetam Tiwari, Ph.D. (Uni. of Illinois, Chicago), Emeritus Professor

Geetam Tiwari, Ph.D. (Uni. of Illinois, Chicago), Emeritus Professor

Transportation Research and Injury Prevention Centre

Areas of Interest: Transportation Planning: Expertise in transportation planning and travel analysis, traffic safety and safety of vulnerable road users, public transport planning, pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure planning, highway safety and road safety audits
geetamt@tripp.iitd.ac.in +91-11-26591047
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Joint Faculty

Gazala Habib, Ph.D. (IIT Bombay, India), Professor

Gazala Habib, Ph.D. (IIT Bombay, India), Professor

Civil Engineering Department

Areas of Interest: Aerosol Monitoring Characterization and Modelling, Local Air Quality, Health and Climate Effects
gazala@civil.iitd.ac.in +91 1126591192
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Adjunct Faculty

Mathew Varghese, MS(Ortho), MBBS, Adjunct Faculty

Mathew Varghese, MS(Ortho), MBBS, Adjunct Faculty

St. Stephens Hospital, Delhi

Areas of Interest: Dr. Mathew Varghese is the Head, Orthopaedics Department, St. Stephen's Hospital. He has Expertise in orthopaedic surgery and injury analysis. Currently involved in assessing effects of vibrations on spines of tractor drivers, analysis of injuries suffered by pedestrians hit by buses and trucks, and assessment of pre-hospital care methods.
mathewvarghese.ms@gmail.com
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Pradeep Singh Kharola, IAS, Adjunct Faculty

Pradeep Singh Kharola, IAS, Adjunct Faculty

India Trade Promotion Organization (ITPO)

Chairman and Managing Director
ps.kharola@nic.in
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Hermann Knoflacher, Honorary Professor

Hermann Knoflacher, Honorary Professor

Institute for Transport Planning and Traffic Engineering, University of Technology Vienna (TU Wien)

Areas of Interest: Founder and Director, Traffic Research Institute, Austrian Traffic Safety Board (KFV)
hermann.knoflacher@ivv.tuwien.ac.at
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Sarath Guttikunda, Ph.D. (University of Iowa, USA), Adjunct Faculty

Sarath Guttikunda, Ph.D. (University of Iowa, USA), Adjunct Faculty

Area of Interest: Air pollution modelling, emission inventories
sguttikunda@gmail.com
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Shrikant I Bangdiwala, Ph.D. (McMaster University), Adjunct Faculty

Shrikant I Bangdiwala, Ph.D. (McMaster University), Adjunct Faculty

Areas of Interest: Prof. Shrikant I Bangdiwala is Director, Division of Statistics, Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Canada. He has expertise in Nonparametric methods, observer agreement, multilevel analysis, global health, methodology for clinical trials, injury statistics, statistical graphics, methodology for clinical epidemiology, meta regression
bangdiws@mcmaster.ca
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