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Name: C. V. Phani Kumar Educational Qualification
o M. E - Transportation Engineering and Management (1995-1997) Regional Engineering College, Trichy. India
o B. Tech - Civil Engineering (1990-1994)
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University College of Engineering, Kakinada. India
Current Research Area
o Design of Stated Preference experiments
o Estimation of Willingness to pay (WTP) values for various quantitative and qualitative attributes of travel for mode improvements in a rural region and an urban region of India, using stated choice behavioral data collected through personal interviews.
o Study the impact of various econometric model specifications that take into account the influence of correlations among repeated responses as well as preference heterogeneity on WTP values, by analyzing the behavioral data using Multinomial Logit and Random Parameter Logit models.
o Modeling Generalized Cost of travel for rural bus users and urban intermediate public transport (Taxi) users.
o Application of the Generalized Cost of travel for addressing policy issues for improvements in the transportation systems.
Research / Work Interest
o Transportation Planning and Engineering:
Travel Behavior Analysis, Stated Choice experiments, Transport Economics, Traffic studies, Travel Demand Modeling, Highway Geometric design and Environmental aspects associated with traffic.
Work Experience
o Around 9 years of work and research experience in the fields of traffic engineering and transportation planning. As Transportation / Highway Engineer, worked in several projects.
Details of the projects involved
1. Planning of Public Transportation System in the City of Buraida, Saudi Arabia 2005-2006.
Responsibilities: Estimating willingness to pay values, Mode choice modeling, and Demand estimation.
Client: Govt. of Saudi Arabia
Organisation: Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
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2. Modeling Generalised Cost of travel for PT (Bus), PV (Car) and IPT (Taxi) Transportation system in Kolkata. 2003-2005.
Responsibilities: Design of questionnaires, planning and conducting stated preference surveys, Supervising survey unit staff, Monitoring data collection progress, organization of database, development of utility equations, estimating willingness to pay values, formulating generalized cost models and preparation of reports.
Client: Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India. Funding: DST Organisation: Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
3. FS & DPR for 4-6 laning of Itanagar - Halem section of NH52A/NH52 in the states of Arunachal Pradesh & Assam. 2005.
Responsibilities: Planning traffic surveys, preparation of traffic and transportation planning report.
Client: National Highway Authority of India Funding: NHAI Organisation: Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
4. Transportation study for Increase in Traffic Level on Vidyasagar Setu, Kolkata. 2004-2005.
Responsibilities: Planning traffic surveys, organizing stated preference surveys, modeling route choice behavior, estimation of willingness to pay values, demand modeling, studying the toll sensitivity.
Client: HRBC (The Hooghly River Bridge Commissioners) Funding: HRBC Organisation: Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
5. Geometric Design of NH2 in ‘Widening and Strengthening of Existing 2 lane to 4 lane of NH2 from Km. 180 (Aurangabad) to Km. 398.75 (Barwa-adda)” project under Golden Quadrilateral Scheme of NHAI. 1999-2000.
Responsibilities: Design of horizontal and vertical alignment, design of geometric elements of interchanges and ROB, design of cross section elements, generation of final drawings for PPR and DPR, and preparation of reports.
Client: National Highway Authority of India Funding: World Bank Organisation: Gherzi Eastern Limited, Kolkata
6. Geometric Design of Allahabad By-pass. 1999-2000.
Responsibilities: Design of horizontal and vertical alignment, design of geometric elements of interchange.
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7. MUTP-II, Phase 2 (Non_Rail Component), Travel Demand Modelling and Economic Feasibility of Anik- Panjerpole Link Road, Mumbai, 2000.
Responsibilities: Planning and Organising Traffic surveys, Supervising survey unit staff, Monitoring data collection progress, organization of database, Traffic analysis and preparation of Trip Matrices, Transportation Network development, Junction layouts, Signal cycle designs.
Client: Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority Funding: World Bank Organisation: Gherzi Eastern Limited, Kolkata
8. Package 2 of MUTP-II, Phase 2 (Non_Rail Component), Upgrading of Existing 11 Km Long, 2 Lane Jogeswari-Vikhroli Link Road to Dual 3 Lane Standard, Mumbai, 1998.
Responsibilities: Planning and Organising Traffic surveys, Supervising survey unit staff, Monitoring data collection progress, organization of database, Traffic analysis and preparation of Trip Matrices, Transportation Network development, Junction layouts, Signal cycle designs.
Client: Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority Funding: World Bank Organisation: Transport and Planning Group, Mumbai
9. Package 3 of MUTP-II, Phase 2 (Non_Rail Component), Three Road Over Rail Bridges Including Approaches: Jogeswari (N), Jogeswari (S) & Vikhroli, Mumbai, 1998.
Responsibilities: Planning and Organising Traffic surveys, Supervising survey unit staff, Monitoring data collection progress, organization of database, Traffic analysis and preparation of Trip Matrices, Junction layouts, Signal cycle designs.
Client: Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority Funding: World Bank Organisation: Transport and Planning Group, Mumbai
10. Package 4 of MUTP-II, Phase 2 (Non_Rail Component), Parking Demonstration Plan in Mumbai City, 1998.
Responsibilities: Planning and Organising parking surveys.
Client: Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority Funding: World Bank Organisation: Transport and Planning Group, Mumbai
Computer Knowledge
1. LIMDEP & NLOGIT (Econometric Software) 2. InRoads (Highway Geometric Design Software) 3. M S Office (MS Word, MS Excel, MS Power point etc)
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Publications Journals
1. Chintakayala P. K and Maitra B, Modeling Generalized Cost of Travel and Its Application for Improvement of Taxies in Kolkata, Journal of Urban Planning and Development (ASCE), Vol. 136, No. 1, March 2010, pp. 42-49.
2. Phanikumar C. V. and Bhargab Maitra, Willingness-To-Pay and Preference Heterogeneity for Rural Bus Attributes, Journal of Transportation Engineering (ASCE), Vol. 133, No. 1, January 2007, pp. 62-69.
3. Phanikumar C. V. and Bhargab Maitra, Valuing urban bus attributes: An experience in Kolkata, Journal of Public Transportation, Vol. 9, No.2, 69-87, 2006.
4. Phanikumar C. V. and Bhargab Maitra, Modeling Willingness To Pay Values for Rural Bus Attributes under Different Trip Purposes, Journal of Transportation Research Forum, Vol. 45, No. 2, 2006.
5. Phani Kumar C. V., Basu Debasis and Bhargab Maitra, Modeling Generalized Cost of Travel for Rural Bus Users- A Case Study, Journal of Public Transportation, Vol. 7, No. 2, 59- 72, 2004.
6. Phani Kumar C. V. and Bhargab Maitra, Conjoint Analysis for Estimating Trip Makers’
Perceived Values Associated With Travel Attributes, Highway Research Bulletin, IRC (Indian Roads Congress), In press.
7. Phani Kumar C. V. and Bhargab Maitra, Random Parameter Logit for estimating Willingness- to-pay Values, Highway Research Bulletin (IRC), Vol. 76, 79-84, 2007.
Working Papers
1. Phani Kumar C. V. and Bhargab Maitra (2006), “Generalized Cost of Travel: A tool for Improvement Planning of Rural Bus Service”, Working paper, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.
2. Phani Kumar C. V. and Bhargab Maitra (2006), “Evaluation of Alternative Strategies for Replacement of age old Taxis – A case study in Kolkata”, Working paper, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.
3. Phani Kumar C. V. and Bhargab Maitra (2005) “Valuing Taxi Attributes of Kolkata:
Application of Random Parameter Logit”, Working paper, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.
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2. Phani Kumar C. V. and Maitra B., Modeling Travel Behaviour of Rural Bus Users for Various Trip Purposes. Proceedings of International conference START 2005, IIT Kharagpur, 2005.
3. Phani Kumar C. V. and Bhargab Maitra, Perceived Values of Travel Attributes in Rural Regions, Proceedings of National conference ART 2005, NIT Rourkela, Vol. 1, 2005.
4. Phani Kumar C. V. and Bhargab Maitra, Non-Linearity in the Perceived Values of Travel Attributes - An Experience in Rural India, CD Proceedings of International Conference
“TPMDC 04”, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, 2004.
5. Maitra B and Phani Kumar C. V., Stated Choice Approach for Modeling Generalised Cost of Travel for Rural Bus Service. Proceedings of International Conference TRANSPO 2004, IIT Madras, Chennai, 2004.
6. Sirkar J. R., Bhargab Maitra, Phani Kumar C. V. and Dasgupta A. K., Station Area Traffic Problems and Approach to Solutions Proceedings of National Conference ROTRAN 2002, IIT Kharagpur, 2002.
7. Samson Mathew and Phani Kumar C. V., Transportation Improvement Plan for Kakinada City, Proceedings of Silver Jubilee Conference TETRA 97, REC Warangal, Warangal. 1997.
Additional Information
• Trained 3 M.Tech batches on InRoads and LIMDEP softwares
• Teaching Assistant for Engineering Drawing, Traffic Engineering and Surveying courses
• Organizing committee member for several national and international conferences and short term courses
• Active member in Telugu Cultural Association, IIT Kharagpur
• Life member in Institute of Urban Transport, India
DOB: June 21 1973 Marital Status: Married
Contact Details C. V. Phani Kumar
Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds
LEEDS LS29JT. UK
E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] Fax No : +44 113 343 5334
