<p>Transportation infrastructure in rapidly urbanizing economies demands integration between spatial planning, financial structuring, and project delivery systems. My academic work engages with this interface, examining how land use regulations, metro rail investments, and infrastructure finance mechanisms collectively shape Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) outcomes in Indian metropolitan cities.</p>
<p>My doctoral research at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur analyses the dynamic relationship between land use planning and transportation systems, with particular emphasis on the financial sustainability and institutional coordination of metro-linked urban development. Using a systems based analytical approach, I evaluate how regulatory instruments such as FAR/FSI, land assembly processes, land value capture mechanisms, and market responses interact over time to influence both spatial form and project viability. This perspective situates transportation planning within broader questions of infrastructure governance, risk allocation, and implementation capacity.</p>
<p>My research contributions have been published in peer reviewed volumes by Springer and the Asian Development Bank Institute, and in Transportation Research Procedia. I have presented at national and international platforms including the Transportation Research Symposium (Rotterdam) and the forthcoming World Conference on Transport Research (Toulouse). These engagements have enabled me to position Indian TOD and metro rail financing debates within comparative discussions on transport transitions, infrastructure appraisal, and policy design in emerging economies.</p>
<p>NICMAR University&rsquo;s institutional emphasis on construction, infrastructure management, and project systems provides a relevant academic setting for advancing inquiry into the planning&ndash;finance&ndash;implementation nexus of transportation projects. Contemporary transport infrastructure requires coordinated understanding of network planning, financial structuring, procurement frameworks, PPP models, and lifecycle performance assessment. I am particularly interested in contributing to teaching and research in urban transportation planning, metro rail systems, value capture instruments, PPP frameworks, and infrastructure project evaluation.</p>
<p>During my doctoral tenure at IIT Kharagpur, I have served as a Teaching Assistant for courses in transportation planning, land use transport integration, and urban services planning, including NPTEL offerings and capacity building programmes supported by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. My responsibilities have included assisting in course delivery, preparing course materials for NPTEL modules, guiding analytical assignments, supporting project-based learning, and mentoring postgraduate students. These engagements have strengthened my experience in structured curriculum development and technology enabled pedagogy. My teaching approach emphasizes conceptual clarity, empirical grounding, and structured engagement with case studies and analytical assignments.</p>
<p>Over the coming years, I intend to further develop research on metro-based redevelopment, regulatory instruments supporting TOD, PPP risk structures in transportation infrastructure, and performance assessment frameworks for large-scale transport investments. I also aim to pursue collaborative research and consultancy engagement with metro corporations, development authorities, and infrastructure agencies, contributing to policy relevant and practice oriented scholarship.</p>
<p>I seek to contribute to NICMAR&rsquo;s academic environment by strengthening interdisciplinary engagement between transportation planning and infrastructure management, while supporting research output and industry collaboration in the domain of urban transport systems.</p>