Core Team
Principal Investigator
Dr. Agnivesh Pani
Dr. Agnivesh is an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at IIT (BHU) Varanasi. With several years of research experience in transportation planning, he has, over time, contributed to many research areas such as freight travel demand model systems, city logistics, last-mile delivery planning, aggregation approaches for enhanced model accuracy, and multi-objective optimization algorithms for freight-based zoning of cities. More recently, his research is exploring the potential of social media data analytics and public transit last-mile planning with a core focus on Varanasi as a city. He has over 43 publications in leading transportation journals such as Transportation Research: Part E, Transportation Research: Part D, Transport Geography, Transport Policy, and Transportation Research Record to his credit, along with the best paper award from freight transportation planning (AT015) committee at the annual Transportation Research Board (TRB) annual meeting 2020. Prior to joining IIT (BHU), he was working as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Memphis, USA. He received his Ph.D. and Master's in Engineering from BITS Pilani during which he was also a visiting researcher at the Hiroshima University, Japan.
PhD Students/JRFs
Topic: Rejuvenators and the Aging Behavior of Recycled Asphalt Mixes
Hridya G Muralidharan
Ph.D Student
2023-Onwards
Topic: Public Transit Planning and Data-Driven Behavioral Modelling
Sukhjinder Singh
Ph.D Student (2023-Onwards)
(Co-Supervised with Dr. Ankit Gupta)
Topic: Implementable PCU units for heavy commercial vehicles
Suprava Mishra
Ph.D Student (2023-Onwards)
(Co-Supervised with Dr. Ankit Gupta)
Topic: Freight Transportation Planning Handbook for National & State Highways
Masters'/IDD Students
Aadil M Moopan
Transit Demand Algorithms and Network Design
(US-India Project)
Shijith S
Transit Accessibility and Resilience Impacts
(US-India Project)
Pankaj Gupta
Inland Water Transport Planning
(India-Austria Project)
Gaurav
Travel Behaviour of Persons with Disability
(ANSYS Fellowship)
Shravan G
NTL Estimation for National Demand Model
(US-India Project)
Tejaswa Mishra
Equity Impacts on Transit Network
(US-India Project)
Bikash Bhuyan
Transit Ridership Prediction
(US-India Project)
Baibhav Mohanty
Service Trip Generation in Indian Cities
Prashant Rai
IIT BHU Varanasi
Tanushri Chauhan
IIT BHU Varanasi
Research Associates (RAs)
Selected UG Students Exploring Longer Research Projects (1-2 Years of Research Progress)
Selected UG Students Exploring Longer Research Projects (1-2 Years of Research Progress)
Shreepati Jha
School of Planning and Architecture
Shambhavi Sinha
School of Planning and Architecture
Nandini Bhimsaria
IIT BHU Varanasi
Harsh Gupta
NIT Calicut
Current Undergraduate Students
UG Projects
Suyash Vijay
Aryasen Gupta
Nandini Bhimsaria
Kalyani Nair
Arin Gupta
Mithilesh
Gallery
Alumni
Thesis: Impacts of Production Temperatures on Performance of Warm Mix Asphalt
Sourav Maheshwari
Former M.Tech. Student
2021-2023
Dissertation: Measuring Spatial Disparity in EV Charging Infrastructure
Currently: Transportation Analyst, Cube Highway Technology Company
Sai Naveen Balla
Former Junior Research Fellow (JRF)
Worked on the USA-India DST-NSF Collaborative Project (June to Nov 2023)
Completed UG Projects in the Past
2023
Penumala Prakashbabu
Aryaman Singh
Jana Ajith
Palak Agrawal
Pushpendra Kumar Sonker
Karuna Sagar
Exploratory Projects
2023
Kalyani Nair
Sanjeev. V.A
Arin Gupta
Aryan Anand
Shibanshee Ray
Suyash Vijay