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Ranju Mohan

Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, National Institute of Technology, Cochin University of Science and Technology

ORCID iD 0000-0002-3908-7065
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Dr. Ranju Mohan has 16 years of experience in the traffic and transportation sector. She started her career as an intern in MMRDA where she was involved in the traffic impact assessment of a conventional Centre in Bandra-Kurla Complex. Her research expertise is in traffic flow theory and modelling and has several publications related to Indian traffic flow modelling, specifically using continuum theory. During her Ph D program, she was selected as one of the IUSSTF research scholars as part of IITM-Purdue research exchange program.
She was associated with Centre for Infrastructure and Sustainable Urban Transportation (CiSTUP), IISc Bangalore as a Consultant Scientist and has been involved in the following research and consultancy projects sponsored by Robert Bosch engineering and Business Solutions Private Ltd (RBEI), Bangalore, Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL), etc.. At CiSTUP, she also handled the role of Safety Champion and Infrastructure Champion.
In IIT Jodhpur, she currently serves as the Head of Civil and Infrastructure Engineering Department and is a member of Institute Senate. She is also an affiliated faculty member, Interdisciplinary Research Program- Internet of Things (IDRP-IoT), and the Convener of School of AIDE, IIT Jodhpur. Under School of AIDE she is leading the recently established Centre of Excellence in Intelligent Infrastructure. She is also associated with JCKIC under the project vertical of I-Governance. She supervised several post graduates projects namely, Surrogate Road safety measures for Jodhpur City, Analysis of traffic flow pattern in Jodhpur City, Assessment of travel demand in IIT Jodhpur Campus etc, and Understanding Trip Chaining Behaviour and Ridesharing Integration Potential in the Urban Transit Ecosystem. She is also involved in research and consultancy projects sponsored by the Department of Science and Technology, India, Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board, IIT Jodhpur, etc.
Her selected publications include 10 peer reviewed journals and 10 conferences in the field of traffic and transportation. She is recognized by Elsevier for her outstanding contribution in reviewing in 2019. Her awards and recognitions also includes WCTR Bursary Award in 2019, International Travel Grant by SERB, DST in 2019, Start-Up Research Grant by DST-SERB in 2021. She has delivered several lectures in premier institutes and has coordinated or served as committee member for several workshops, conferences, short courses and institute events (in the domain of Smart Infrastructure, Urban Freight Transport, Static and Dynamic Traffic assignment, Traffic Systems Modelling and Simulation, etc.) till date.
She is also involved in several outreach activities. She is one of the Institute of Repute (IoR) -IITJ - representative for National Knowledge Network (NKN) under National Clean Air Program (NCAP) and also the Institute Representative, Kota City, Transport4All Challenge by Ministry of Urban Housing and Affairs (MoHUA). During her tenure at CiSTUP, she was associated with KSRTC, Karnataka as Interview panel member for recruitment of ITS consultant and with Bangalore Traffic Police as Subject Matter Expert, Traffic management and Safety. As part of project collaboration with Electronics City Industrial Township Authority (ELCITA), Bangalore, she has given training to traffic wardens in Electronics City on traffic management and control.
She is a Life Member of the Transportation Research Group (TRG), India, and Indian Road Congress, and a temporary member of World Conference of Transport Research (WCTR).

Employment

  • Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur Associate Professor
    2023 - Present
  • Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur Assistant Professor
    2020 - 2023

Education

  • Indian Institute of Technology Madras Ph D
    2010 - 2014
  • National Institute of Technology M Tech
    2005 - 2007
  • Cochin University of Science and Technology B Tech
    2000 - 2004

Projects & Funding

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Publications (17)