Experience

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  Rites ltd

  Aug 2000 - May 2002

  Engineer

  Successfully steered World Bank funded project, titled “Identification of core road network in Kerala”.Effectively executed Govt. of India funded Prime Minister Village Road Development Program project.Performed financial and economic analyses of projects.Conducted Origin-Destination and Willingness-to-Pay surveys, traffic counts, traffic monitoring, road survey, pavement and bridge condition surveys.Extensively used design software such as AutoCad, MX-Road for designing highways.Prepared technical project proposals for bidding. Show less

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  Infosys

  Jun 2004 - Jul 2005

  Software engineer

  Trained on software, computer hardware system and network system equivalent to B.S. degree in Computer Science curriculum.Coached for efficient project management, personal relationship and effective supervision.Worked on software such as C, Visual Basic, Shell Script and database such as Oracle with interface of Oracle forms and reports.Responsible for maintenance and design of database of world-renowned flavor and perfumery manufacturing organization Firmenich of Geneva.Established and documented organization-wide workflow guidelines.Managed team in championing work performance by on-time project delivery with highest customer satisfaction.Coordinated and managed meetings with clients and offshore team members in executing various complex database management projects.Supervised and trained new engineers.Prepared reports for submission to knowledge base/ archives.Reviewed and provided guidance in preparing technical reports for submission. Show less

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  Maryland motor vehicle administration

  Jun 2006 - Aug 2007

  Planner

  Responsible for field inspection of Pavement Restoration project at Cumberland, Hagerstown, Fredrick, Salisbury and Easton, MD. Accomplished Parking lot management project of MVA Bel Air, MD and prepared report for submission.Facility maintenance and planning for MVA offices at different locations all over MD.Inventory management for facility maintenance engineering.Worked on Risk Assessment of MD MVA facility locations.Worked on parking lot re-configuration based on ADA guideline and recommended efficient traffic flow pattern.Managed roof rehabilitation projects for different facilities.Responsible for digitizing, inventorying and creating searchable database of key plans and drawings. Show less

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  Maryland state highway administration

  Aug 2007 - Jan 2013

  Manage and direct the Traffic Operations Division (TOD) in engineering/administrative functions of the following teams: Traffic Control Device Inspection Section, Traffic Operations Support Section, Signal Operations, Sign Operations, Statewide Sign Team, and the TOD Management Team.Manage and coordinate engineering activities of the Division with other SHA, Federal, Local, Private and Maryland DOT Modals.Assist with the development, and/or coordination of plans and specifications for ITS, signal, signal system, signing, and lighting equipment.Act in the stead of the Director, Office of Traffic & Safety (or his Deputies) at meetings, conferences, special events, etc. at his (their) direction or in his (their) absence.Manage the research and testing of various futuristic trends, procedures, and equipment and apply them to TOD’s Operations to improve production and efficiency. Show less Design and manage the design of traffic control devices (TCD’s) in the most complex and/or innovative highway and/or geometric improvement projects.Responsible for the oversight of significant transportation engineering projects inclusive of construction, rehabilitation, and maintenance of Maryland’s roadways, bridges, parking facilities and environmental programs (i.e. noise barriers, wetland and stream mitigation).Oversee the preparation of plans, specifications and estimates.Supervise licensed engineering consultants performing the design of traffic control devices (i.e. traffic control signals, roadway signing, pavement markings, lighting), and Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) on large complex projects.Serves as Traffic Engineering Design Division liaison for major and complex Highway and Bridge Design Division projects, as well as District Special Projects to coordinate engineering design plans, specifications, and estimates related to all traffic control devices.Manage projects for state and federal design procedural compliance. This includes state and federal design manuals, standards, specifications, procedures, directives etc.Responsible to review and monitor project budget, track expenditure and update fiscal cash flow.Responsible to meet project deadline and other fiscal requirements. Show less Managing and performing advanced level traffic engineering analyses and design for large, complex projects and recommending solutions for improved capacity, safety, and operations.Conducting research on unconventional intersection, interchange, roundabout design & concept development and providing solutions relieving congestion.Developing transportation management and operation program for MD SHA.Preparing research proposal for federal and state grants for research projects.Managing and leading IT team for developing a knowledge-based system.Reviewing traffic impact studies from new housing and business developments for completeness and providing mitigation plan for traffic safety and operation issues. Managing and reviewing geometric design, developing alternatives, providing recommendations, estimating storage lengths for turning lanes, designing lane configurations, evaluating level of service, and optimizing level of service with lane configuration & signal phases.Preparing detailed traffic operation and safety reports for submission.Analyzing safety and operations of intersection & interchange improvement projects and recommending alternatives considering safety, economic and environmental impact.Managing and coordinating MUTCD, MdMUTCD reviews and developing SHA guidelines.Extensively using MUTCD, AASHTO, FHWA, ITE and SHA policies and guidelines.Modeling traffic flow using SYNCHRO, CORSIM and VISSIM. Show less

  • Division Chief

    Nov 2012 - Jan 2013

  • Project Manager

    Feb 2012 - Nov 2012

  • Senior Traffic Engineer

    Aug 2007 - Feb 2012
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  Nchrp panel

  Jan 2010 - Jan 2013

  Panel member
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  Indian institute of technology, bombay

  Jan 2013 - now

  Co-instructor of Transportation Engineering Laboratory.Faculty advisor of BTech Civil Engineering 2017-2021 batch.Taught Traffic Engineering Design Studio - Spring 2017.Research on Highway Alignment Design, Highway Planning, Traffic Engineering, Analysis and Safety. Co-instructor of Transportation Engineering II - Laboratory.Faculty advisor of BTech Civil Engineering 2013-2017 batch.Taught Traffic Engineering in Summer - 2013.Co-instructor of Transportation Engineering I - Laboratory.Research on Highway Alignment Design, Highway Planning, Traffic Engineering, Analysis and Safety.Develop analysis procedure for innovative intersection/interchange design.

  • Professor

    Apr 2022 - now

  • Associate Professor

    May 2017 - Apr 2022

  • Assistant Professor

    Jan 2013 - May 2017