IITKGP

Responsibilities

  • Assistant Warden (Welfare), Radhakrishnan Hall
Dr. Gajanand Sharma's expertise lies in Transportation Planning, Equitable Distribution of Accessibility Benefits, Transportation-Derived Quality of Life (TQoL), Spatial Analysis, Discrete Choice Modeling, and the Application of Virtual and Augmented Reality to Enhance Transportation Safety. His research focuses on developing a more accessible, equitable, and safer transportation system.
  • Alert modalities in connected and smart work zones to enhance workers safety from traffic accidents using virtual reality (VR) experiments by Sharma G., Mishra S. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies 174 - (2025)
  • Urban spatial structure and equity for urban services through the lens of accessibility by Sharma G., Patil G.R. Transport Policy 146 72-90 (2024)
  • Spatial and social inequity for educational services accessibility- A case study for schools in Greater Mumbai by Sharma G. S., Patil G. R. Cities 122 - (2022)
  • Public transit accessibility approach to understand the equity for public healthcare services: A case study of Greater Mumbai by Sharma G. S., Patil G. R. Journal of Transport Geography 94 - (2021)
  • Effect of tourism and air travel restrictions on the initial international spread of the COVID-19 pandemic by Sharma G. S., Dhulipala S. , Patil G. R. Tourism Analysis 28 - (2023)
  • Urban Quality of Life: An assessment and ranking for Indian cities by Patil G. R., Sharma G. S. Transport Policy 124 183-191 (2022)
  • Overweight/obesity relationship with travel patterns, socioeconomic characteristics, and built environment by Patil G. R., Sharma G. S. Journal of Transport & Health 22 - (2021)
  • Commuter travel cost estimation at different levels of crowding in a suburban rail system: a case study of Mumbai by Sahu P. K., Sharma G. S., Guharoy . Public Transport 10 379-398 (2018)
  • An Integrated Choice Latent Variable (ICLV) Model to Assess the Willingness to Bicycle for First mile: A case of Mumbai Suburban Rail by S M. B., Panchal H. , Meena K. K., Sharma G. S., Goswami A. K. International Conference on Travel Behaviour Research - (Accepted/In-Press)

Principal Investigator

  • Assessing Transport Infrastructure Safety and Built Environment Design: A Virtual Reality Approach for Road Users IIT KHARAGPUR

Co-Principal Investigator

  • Assam Skill University (ASU) Management and Operating System Development KPMG ADVISORY SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED
  • Comprehensive Study for Assessing and Formulating a Feasible Solution for Devising a Traffic Management Strategy in the Bhubaneswar-Cuttack Twin City Region POLICE COMMISSONERATE BHUBANESWAR CUTTACK
  • Preparation of Sivagangai Regional Plan 2047 COMISSIONER OF TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING DEPARTMENT

Ph. D. Students

Anshul Singh

Area of Research: Application of Virtual Reality for assessing preference and safety for active mode of travel

Tanvi Parag Yelne

Area of Research: Decarbonizing freight transport by evaluating role of electrification and hydrogen fuel technologies