ABOUT MYSELF 

I have a doctoral degree (Ph.D.) in Territory, Innovation and Sustainability (2022—2025). During my PhD, I conducted comprehensive research on the adoption of shared electric mobility taking a case study of the United Kingdom. My work involved – i) employing Delphi and Fuzzy Multi-Criteria Decision Making to understand barriers and solutions with multi-stakeholder involvement, ii) formulating Structural Equation Models to understand intention-to-adopt, and iii) developing an integrated Latent-Class Latent-Variable model to analyse non-users’ choice behaviour when they have the availability of shared electric modes.

I did my Bachelor's in Civil Engineering and Master's in Highway Transportation Engineering from the The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda in India. During my master's, I performed my external research stay at Council for Scientific and Industrial Research- Central Road Research Institute (CSIR-CRRI), New Delhi in India to pursue postgraduate thesis research. After completing my postgraduation, I was affiliated as a "Full time Project Engineer" at Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT), Surat. I worked on various research & consultancy related projects there in the Transportation Engineering and Planning section of Department of Civil Engineering. 

My research is primarily focused in the domain of Urban Transportation Planning and Sustainability. I am interested in the analysis (and of course prediction) of peoples' travel behaviour in cities to promote the smart & sustainable transportation and to help city authorities in developing suitable policy framework. I am also concerned about the city parking spaces and related policies which I believe an important aspect in controlling private-vehicle usage. My approach is the use of econometric models integrating both quantitative and qualitative (users' perceptions and attitudes) data. I am also aspiring to explore broader levels of transport electrification and energy systems decarbonization in context of both personal and commercial mobility.  

Research Interests:

• Travel Behaviour Modeling

• Smart and Sustainable Transport Planning

• Transport Electrification

• Parking and Transport Demand Management 

• Effects of Latent Factors (attitudes, habits, values, etc.) in Behaviour