Dr. Debasis Basu Associate Professor
School of Infrastructure

Research Interests

On-going Work
          Road Traffic Management
          Non-Motorised Transport
          Policy on EV-Mobility
           Shared Mobility
           Application of GIS, ML 
          
 
             
            
           
  
 

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Education

 Degree Discipline Year School
  Ph.D. Transp. Engg. IIT Kharagpur
  M.Tech Transp. Sys. Engg. IIT Bombay
  B.E Civil Engg. Bengal Engg. College (DU), known as IIEST, Shibpur
 

Biosketch

      DBasu is an Associate Professor at School of Infrastructure. Prior to joining at IIT as Assistant Professor, dbasu had worked as PostDoctoral Research Employee at University of California at Davis.  
 
     

 

Teaching

Urban Transport Planning
Infrastructure Planning and Management
Economic Evaluation of Transportation System
Transportation Engineering
Transportation Engg. Lab
Project Seminar
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Projects

 
 

Recent Publications (International Journals)

1Roy, S. and Basu, D. Examining the Influence of Walk-Access Facility on City Bus Passengers, Accepted for possible Pub. in Journal of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies
2Sharma, Sakshi., Rastogi, R. and Basu, D. 2025. Evaluation Aspects of Active Transport System: A Review and Way Forward in the context of Developing Countries, International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, Taylor & Francis Group [ Pub. Online https://doi.org/10.1080/15568318.2025.2500559]
3Sharma, Sakshi., Rastogi, R. and Basu, D. 2025 Determination of Attribute Weights for Evaluation of Active Transport Systems in Developing Countries, Journal of Urban Planning and Development, Vol. 151 Issue 2 ASCE https://doi.org/10.1061/JUPDDM.UPENG-5261
4Roy, S., and Basu, D., 2022. Planning for Suitable Walk-Access Infrastructure Components in Various Classes of Urban Bus Stop Catchment Area. In: Maurya, et al., (eds) Transportation Research in India, Springer Transactions in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Springer, Singapore https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-9636-7_7
5Roy, S. and Basu, D. 2020. Selection of intervention areas for improving travel condition of walk-accessed bus users with a focus on their accessibility: An Experience in Bhubaneswar, Transport Policy, Vol. 96, pp. 29-39. Elsevier Pub. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2020.06.004
6Roy, S., and Basu, D. 2019. Ranking urban catchment areas as per service condition of walk-environment. Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part A: Systems, ASCE Pub. Vol.145 (4), page. 04019005-1 to 04019005-14, https://doi.org/10.1061/JTEPBS.0000225.
7Basu, D., Stefan, K.J., Hunt, J.D. and McCoy, M., 2018. Modeling choice behavior of non-mandatory tour locations in California–An experience. Travel Behaviour and Society, Elsevier Pub, Vol. 12, pp.122-129, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tbs.2017.04.008.
8Basu, D. and Hunt, J.D. 2014. Value of travel time for home-based school tours in California. Transportation Planning and Technology, Taylor and Francis Pub., Vol 36, Issue 3, pp. 287-306, https://doi.org/10.1080/03081060.2014.897125.
9Basu, D., and Maitra., 2010. Evaluation of VMS based traffic information using multi-class dynamic traffic assignment model: An experience in Kolkata. Journal of Urban Planning and Development, ASCE Pub., Vol. 136, No. 1, pp. 104-113, https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9488(2010)136:1(104).
10Basu, D., and Maitra, 2010. A stated preference approach for valuation of travel time displayed as traffic information on a VMS board. Journal of Urban Planning and Development, ASCE Pub., Vol. 136, Issue 3, pp. 214-224, https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)UP.1943-5444.0000023.

Conferences (International)

1Kumar, R. and Basu, D. 2025. Understanding the Promotion of Electric Auto-Rickshaws in Urban Areas: Insights from Recent Studies and Way Forward, 2025, 3rd International Conference on Transportation Infrastructure Projects: Conception to Execution, Sep 18-21 IIT Roorkee
2Sharma, S., Rastogi, R. and Basu, D. 2023. Importance Satisfaction Analysis of Key Factors related to Bicycle Infrastructure- Experiences from an Urban area- PID#345. Proceedings of the 27th International Conference of Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies- Transport and Equity. Place: Hong Kong. Page No. 387- 394.
 

Academic Honors & Awards

  • The Technical Article on "Evaluation of Active Transport Systems: A Glance at Recent Studies" authored by Sharma, S., Rastogi, R., and Basu, D. was awarded with the Best Paper under the theme "Sustainable Transportation" at 2nd International Conference on Transportation Infrastructure Projects: Conception to Execution held between 14th Sep-22nd Sep, 2022 at IIT Roorkee
  • Chair, Scientific Committee Transport Planning, Policy, Economics and Project Finance, Conf. of Transportation Res. Group of India, Trichy.
  • DST travel support for Participation at Smart Cities Workshop at NCTU, Taiwan
  • Post-doctoral Research at Urban Land Use and Transportation [ULTRANS] Center, University of California at Davis
  • Best MTech Thesis Award in Transportation Systems Engineering, IIT Bombay
 

Research Scholar


 
    02 Ph.D Works in Progress......
 

Professional Experience

Admin. Duty

 
PIC, Enterprise Resource Planning of the Institute May, 2025 continued.......

PIC, Examinations of the Institute January, 2022 TO January, 2025
 
UG, Coordinator of the SIF  January, 2024 TO January, 2026 [Contnd..]

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