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MADHUMITA PAUL, PhD
MADHUMITA PAUL, PhD
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Civil Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur
Kharagpur, West Bengal, India, 721302
Email: madhumita[at]civil[dot]iitkgp[dot]ac[dot]in
Brief Bio-Data
Dr. Madhumita Paul is an Assistant Professor in Transportation Engineering in the Department of Civil Engineering at IIT Kharagpur. Her research focuses on data-driven road safety analysis, sensor-based driver behaviour modelling, and AI-enabled traffic systems, with applications in mixed traffic conditions in India.Â
She has expertise in traffic conflict analysis, trajectory-based safety assessment, and predictive risk modelling, integrating UAV/drone data, instrumented vehicles, and simulation tools. Her recent work extends to AI-based real-time safety-critical events' studies, IoT devices for Motorized Two-wheelers, pedestrians and junction safety improvement, real-time driving monitoring systems, EV mobility, and digital safety frameworks for proactive crash prevention.
Dr. Paul completed her PhD from IIT Roorkee in 2020, where she developed several surrogate safety indices to assess crash probability and severity at intersections under heterogeneous traffic. Her research outcomes have contributed to real-world safety interventions, with recommendations implemented on intercity highways of NCR and urban intersections in Delhi.
Prior to joining IIT Kharagpur in 2022, she worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher at IIT Bombay. She actively collaborates with academia and industry to develop scalable, data-driven solutions for road safety, smart mobility and EV mobility under the Indian traffic mix.
Area of Interest:Â
Road Traffic Safety, Traffic Conflict Technique
Electric Vehicles' Mobility and SafetyÂ
Vulnerable Road Users (VRUs)
Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), Autonomous & Connected Vehicles, IoT Devices
Traffic Microsimulation, Naturalistic Driving Study (NDS), Digital Twin in Highway Safety
Data Science: Large Scale Data-driven Techniques, AI and ML in Traffic Engineering
Research Experience:
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, Dec 2020 – April 2022Â
Project Title: Effects of Electric Cars' on Traffic Mobility and Safety Under Indian Traffic Conditions- A Microsimulation-based Study
Industry Experience:
Planning Engineer and Quantity Surveyor at 107 MLD Guwahati Water Supply Project, Gammon India Ltd. Project Cost-370 Crore, June 2012 - June 2013
Positions of Responsibility:
Faculty Advisor UG Civil (2023-2027)
In-charge Surveying Laboratory
Member of Multimodal Transportation Planning Program for IIT KGP
NCC Caretaker Officer
Honours and Recognition:
Honours and Recognition:
DST-SERB International Travel Grant (ITS) for attending an International Conference "103rd Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board, 2024" at Washington D.C., USA
Conditional Research Fellow in Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, Australia
Research Internship at Research Centre for Integrated Transport Innovation (rCITI) in University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia, from March 2020 - May 2020 (deferred). Scholarship: AUD$2,000 /monthÂ
CSIR Travel Grant for attending an International Conference on Transportation & Development (ICTD) organized by American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE, 2018) in Pittsburgh, USA
IITR Alumni Travel Grant for attending an International Conference "96th and 99th Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board, 2017 and 2020" at Washington D.C., USA
IIT Bombay Post-doctoral Fellowship (Dec 2020 to Apr 2022)
Reviewer of Peer-reviewed Journals: Accident Analysis and Prevention, Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion, Journal of Advanced Transportation, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, IEEE Access:The Multidisciplinary Open Access Journal, Transportation Research Record (TRR), Transportation in Developing Economies (TIDE), Advances in Transportation Studies (ATS)
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