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About Kapil
Kapil is a young PhD at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India. He holds a Masters (MTech) degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India.
His research area focuses on the intersection between transportation and environmental analysis. His main expertise lies in the modelling of road transport emissions and urban air quality, as well as evaluating population exposure to air pollution. Kapil is interested in capturing the interactions between the daily activities and travel patterns of urban dwellers and the generation and dispersion of traffic emissions in urban environments. He works in a MUST Lab that aims to develop the next generation of transport infrastructure professionals, who will be equipped with a holistic understanding of the impacts of transportation on liveability.
Additionally, Kapil's research focuses on investigating gender differences in travel behaviour in India. He aims to understand how those differences reflect in health outcomes such as injuries and chronic diseases. Kapil is also exploring interventions that can reduce gender inequalities in the travel domain.
Research Interests
Traffic-Related Air Pollution
Urban air quality
Transportation Planning
Travel behaviour
Active travel modes
Education & Experiences
Education
[PhD 2021] IIT Kharagpur, India (with Prof. Arkopal Goswami at MUST Lab )
[MTech] IIT Roorkee, India (with Prof. Amit Agarwal at T-sim Lab)
[BTech] RTU, India (with Prof. Kapil Karadia)
Experience
[2021 - 2022] Research Associate, World Resource Institute, India (with Aparna Vijaykumar)
[2020 - 2021] Department Placement Representative, IIT Roorkee
[2018–2019] Indian Railway, Kota Division
Short Term Courses
[June 2024] Visited University of Leeds (UoL), UK for a short-term workshop under collaboration of IIT Kharagpur - UoL.
[Jan - Jan 2022] Tools for Transportation Data Analysis & Modelling (TTDAM) - 2022, Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology Calicut
[Feb - Feb 2020] Regional Workshop on “Quality Control, New Materials and Techniques" in Road Sector-2020 in collaboration with Indian Road Congress at IIT Roorkee
Expert Lecture Delivered
Best Presentation Award
[July, 2023] Got the best presentation award at CyPhySS 2023, India's largest annual summit on Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS), which AI4ICPS jointly organizes at IIT Kharagpur and the Robert Bosh Centre for CPS at IISc.
Publications
Journals
Conferences
Journals
Singh, V., K. K. Meena and A. Agarwal (2021). "Travellers' exposure to air pollution: a systematic review and future directions" In Urban Climate, Elsevier (Q1, IF = 6.66). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2021.100901
Meena, K. K., V. Singh and A. Agarwal (2023). "Perception of Commuters Towards Air Quality in Delhi". In Journal of Transport and Health, Elsevier (Q1, IF = 4.23). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2023.101643
Meena, Kapil, Rujhaan Taneja and Amit Agarwal (2024). "Impact of Air Pollution on Informed Decision-Making for Choice of a Travel Mode". at 16th International Conference on CoMmunication Systems & NETworkS (COMSNETS) IEEE. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/COMSNETS59351.2024.10427003
Meena, Kapil, Deepak Bairwa and Amit Agarwal (2024). "A Machine Learning Approach for Unraveling the Influence of Air Quality Awareness on Travel Behavior" In Decision Analytics Journal. DOI:10.1016/j.dajour.2024.100459
Meena, Kapil and Goswami, A.K. (2024). “A Review of Air Pollution Exposure Impacts on Travel Behaviour and Way Forward”, In Transport Policy. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2024.05.024
International Conference Presentations
Meena, Kapil, V. Singh and A. Agarwal (2021). "Perception of Commuters Towards Air Quality in Delhi". Presented at the 6th International Conference of Transportation Research Group of India (CTRG-2021). Location: Tiruchirappalli, India
Meena, Kapil and Goswami, A.K. (2023). “A Review of Air Pollution Exposure Impacts on Travel Behaviour and Way Forward”, Presented at 16th World Conference on Transport Research (WCTR). Location: Montréal, Canada
Sumbhate, A., M. Kapil, Goswami, A.K. (2024). “Breathable Modes to School: Assessing the Air Pollution Exposure of Travel Choices on School Children in Urban Environments”, Presented at 52nd Urban Affairs Association (UAA) Annual Meeting. Location: Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Mohanty, P., M. Kapil, Goswami, A.K. (2024). “Analysing User Behaviour along Dedicated Bicycle Facilities in an Urban Environment”, Presented at 52nd Urban Affairs Association (UAA) Annual Meeting. Location: Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Collaborations
IIT Roorkee
World Resource Institute
IIT Kharagpur
Peer Reviewer
Membership
Projects
Perception of commuters towards air quality in Delhi - At IIT Roorkee [2020-2021] - Completed.
Comparing the inhaled dose and exposure experienced by the commuters inside the vehicle with reference to the outside ambient condition - At WRI India [2021 - 2022] - Completed.
Comprehensive Development Plan of Talcher, Orrisa - At IIT Kharagpur with Mahanadi Coalfields Limited [May 2022 - July 2022] - Completed.
Application
This research aims to develop an routing application with the least air pollution exposure route (LEAP) and least carbon emission route (LCO2) with route forecasting capabilities. By utilizing advanced predictive models, commuters will have the ability to anticipate air quality conditions along different routes at future times, enabling them to choose the most optimal and healthy path proactively.
Objectives:
Construct algorithms for finding the LEAP and LCO2 paths.
Develop an interactive routing web application to act as an interface between user and server.
Use the predictive model, constructed algorithms, and routing APIs to forecast and show routes on the web interface to users.
Analyse the results for percentage decrease in air pollution exposure and document the results.
Forecasting of Routes
LaTeX Template's
For IIT KGP
a) PhD thesis template: you can download the template from here.
How to use:
1) download the template from the above link.
2) Go to Overleaf (https://www.overleaf.com/login?) if you have an already account login; if not please register.
3) After login, upload the downloaded file to the new project.
4) here you go and start editing it :) for any query, free to email me.
For IIT Roorkee
a) M.Tech thesis template: you can download the template from here.
