Dr. Praveen P S

Junior Scientist
Transportation Planning Division

Name Dr. Praveen P S
Designation Junior Scientist
Division Transportation Planning Division
Email ID praveenps.natpac@gmail.com
praveen.6200271@kerala.gov.in
Contact Number 9495558559
Contact Address Transpark Campus, Opposite NCESS, Ulloor - Akkulam Rd, Aakkulam, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 695011
Link to

1. Google / Scopus Scholar ID

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ydrMvEEAAAAJ&hl=en
Research Area/ Research Interests Traffic Flow Characteristics, Traffic Simulation, Transportation Engineering
Professional Experience / Career Details
Name of Institute Post Held Duration
National Transportation Planning and Research Centre (NATPAC) Junior Scientist 26-09-2022 to till date
Mar Baselios College of Engineering and Technology (Autonomous) Assistant Professor
Civil Engineering Department
15-11-2021 to 23-09-2022
(10 months)
LBS Institute of Technology for Women, Poojappura, Thiruvananthapuram-695012 Assistant Professor
Civil Engineering Department
(on contract) 1-3-2021to12-11-2021
(8 months)
College of Engineering Trivandrum Research Scholar 06/08/2014 to 21-08-2020
(6 years)
Educational Qualifications:
Ph.D. Civil (Transportation) Engineering, College of Engineering Trivandrum, University of Kerala, 2022
Thesis:
M.S. by Research Transportation Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, 2013
B.Tech. Civil Engineering, College of Engineering Trivandrum, University of Kerala, 2009
List of Projects involved Research
  • Effect of Forced Gap Behaviour on Capacity AtUnsignalised Intersections
Consultancy
  • Feasibility study for installation of Traffic signal at Laikadu - Chenganassery Safe Corridor in Kottayam
  • Traffic Study for the Installation of Traffic Signal at Vazhayila Junction in Thiruvananthapuram District
Sponsored Projects
  • Traffic signal coordination along urban roads with side frictions
Journal Papers Sci / Scopus Peer Reviewed
  • Praveen, P. S. and Ashalatha, R. (2020). Identification of Platoon Dispersion Pattern under Heterogeneous Traffic Conditions. Case Studies on Transport Policy,8(1),101-111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cstp.2018.06.007
  • Praveen, P. S. and Ashalatha, R. (2019). Passenger Car Equivalency Factors under Platooning Conditions. Transportation in Developing Economies, 5(8), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40890-019-0076-6
  • Praveen P. S. and Arasan V.T. (2013). Influence of Traffic Mix on PCU Values of Vehicles under Heterogeneous Traffic Conditions, International Journal of Traffic and Transport Engineering. Scientific Research Center Ltd., Belgrade, 3(3), 302-330. http://dx.doi.org/10.7708/ijtte.2013.3(3).07
Conference Proceedings Sci / Scopus / Professional body
  • G. Liander., R,N. Malavika., P,S. Shivani., D, Nauzzin., P S Praveen., K, A Ashik., C,M Lekshmi. (2023). Forced Gap Behaviour at Unsignalised Intersections: A Case Study. 1st Vision Zero Summit , National Conference on Road Safety, 29th May - 30th May 2023, Bhopal , Madhya Pradesh, India .
  • Praveen P S, Anaina S., Jenifer Mary Xavier, Nicky Sunil, Swetha Promod M (2023). A Case Study on Capacity Estimation at Unsignalized Intersections in Thiruvananthapuram City, 35th Kerala Science Congress, 12-14 February 2023.
  • Anaina S, Jenifer Mary Xavier, Swetha Promod M, Nicky Sunil and Praveen P S (2022). Critical Gap Estimation at Unsignalized Intersection: A Case Study from Thiruvananthapuram City, National Conference on Innovations in Civil Engineering Practices (NCICEP 2022), July 6-7, Government Engineering College Barton Hill, India.
  • S A Krishnendu, Chandana Babu, Aparna Suresh, Abhirami K S, Ebin Sam, Praveen P S and Merlin R (2021). Evaluation of Various Methods of Prioritizing Blackspots: A Case Study from Thiruvananthapuram City, 8th Online International Conference on Transportation System Engineering and Management (CTSEM 2021), August 26-27, NIT Calicut, India.
  • S A Krishnendu, Chandana Babu, Aparna Suresh, Abhirami K S, Merlin R and Praveen P S (2021), A Case Study on Prioritizing Accident Blackspots in Thiruvananthapuram City, 3rd International Conference on Advances in Civil Engineering (ICACE 2021), June 25- 26, Andhra Pradesh, India.
  • Praveen P. S. and Ashalatha R. (2019). Development of Adjustment Factors for Robertson’s Platoon Dispersion Model, Presented at 15th World Conference on Transport Research - WCTR 2019, May 26-31, Mumbai, India.
  • Praveen P. S. and Ashalatha R. Passenger Car Equivalency Factors under Platooning Conditions, In the abstracts of the Proceedings of 4th Conference of the Transportation Research Group of India (CTRG-2017), Mumbai, India, December 17-20, 2017.
  • Praveen P. S. and Ashalatha R. (2017). Characterising Platoon Dispersion Model along Urban Arterials under Heterogeneous Traffic. Presented at 18th IRF World Road Meeting (IRF-WRM 2017), November 14-17, Delhi, India.
  • Praveen P. S. and Ashalatha R. (2017). Identification of Critical Inter Arrival Time at Signalized Intersections. In the Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Materials, Mechanics and Management (IMMM 2017), July 13-15, Trivandrum, India.
  • Praveen P. S. and Ashalatha R. (2016). Characterization of platoon dispersion variables under heterogeneous traffic. In the Proceedings of the ASCE International Conference on Transportation & Development (ICTD 2016), June 26-29, Texas, USA.
  • Praveen P. S. and Ashalatha R. (2016). Platoon Diffusion along Signalized Corridors. In the Proceedings of the Global Colloquium in Recent Advancement and Effectual Researches in Engineering, Science and Technology (RAEREST 2016) - Procedia Technology, April 22-23, Palai, India.
  • Arasan, V.T and Praveen P. S. (2010). Effect of Traffic Volume and Composition on PCU Value of Vehicles under Heterogeneous Traffic Conditions. Presented at International Conference on Sustainable Mobility (ICSM 2010), December 1-3, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
 Research Reports
Books / Book Chapters / Monographs Sci / Scopus / Peer Reviewed
Administrative and Institutional Support
Training programs attended
  • Attended Workshop on Stakeholder Consultation for Policy Advocacy in Road Safety: Issues, Challenges and Way Forward for Kerala on 25th September 2023
  • Attended KTIL – Design Policy Workshop 2023 Workshop during 27th and 28th January 2023 held at Kerala Arts and Crafts Village, Vellar, Thiruvananthapuram
  • Participated in One Week Online Short-Term Course on “Advanced Techniques for Traffic Data Analysis, Visualization and State Estimation for Indian Cities” during December 20-24, 2021 at Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi.
  • Successfully completed AICTE Training And Learning (ATAL) Academy Online FDP on "Construction Technology" from 2021-2-1 to 2021-2-5 at Indian Institute of Technology Jammu.
  • Successfully completed a course on Remote Sensing and GIS Applications in Environmental Impact Assessment and Management conducted by CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram during the period 18th to 22nd January 2021 under CSIR-Integrated Skill Initiative.
  • Successfully completed AICTE Training And Learning (ATAL) Academy Online FDP on "Smart Cities" from 2021-1-5 to 2021-1-9 at Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology, Bangalore.
  • Attended the Technical Webinar “Role of Road Safety Audits in Improving Traffic Safety” organized by Qatar Transportation and Traffic Safety Center (QTTSC) and International Road Federation (IRF), from 8th November 2020 to 10th November 2020.
  • Successfully completed AICTE Training And Learning (ATAL) Academy Online FDP on "Infrastructure Engineering" from 2020-9-21 to 2020-9-25 at National Institute of Technology Karnataka.
  • Successfully completed AICTE Training And Learning (ATAL) Academy Online FDP on "Construction Technology" from 2020-9-7 to 2020-9-11 at Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies (RGUKT).
  • Participated in the Online Faculty Development Programme “Bridging the Gap: Theory and Practices in Pavement Engineering” organized by Department of Civil Engineering, Saintgits College of Engineering from 24th August 2020 to 28th August 2020.
  • Successfully completed 15 day certification course on “Road Safety Audit and other Road Safety Related Aspects” organised by CSIR-Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi from 4th November 2019 to 18th November 2019.
  • Participated in three day workshop on “Real-Time Applications of Intelligent Transportation Systems” from 12th December to 14th December 2018 organised by Transportation Engineering Research Centre, College of Engineering Trivandrum.
  • Attended short term course on “Modelling Transport in Smart City Context” from 14th March to 16th March 2018 organised by Transportation Engineering Research Centre, College of Engineering Trivandrum.
  • Attended training on “Comprehensive Training Course on Cube” from 30th January to 3rd February 2017 organised by Transportation Engineering Research Centre, College of Engineering Trivandrum.
  • Attended Indo-U.S Workshop on “Big Data Analysis for Transportation Engineering Systems” during December 5-6, 2016, sponsored by the Indo-US Science and Technology Forum in Indian Institute of Technology Madras.
  • Attended the symposium on "Road Safety- Mission towards safe roads" on 30th January 2016 organised by Transportation Engineering Research Centre, College of Engineering Trivandrum.
  • Attended the symposium on "Bridging the gap: Theory and Practice in Pavement Engineering" during 23rd Jan 2016 organised by Transportation Engineering Research Centre, College of Engineering Trivandrum in association with PWD.
  • Attended training on “PTV VISSIM Training Course” during 2-3 February 2015 in College of Engineering Trivandrum.
  • Attended a workshop on “Academic Excellence through Research” organized by Directorate of Technical Education, Government of Kerala on 31st January 2015.
  • Attended training programme on “Design, Construction and Maintenance of Roads” during 7-9 January 2015 organised by Transportation Engineering Research Centre, College of Engineering Trivandrum.
  • Attended Indo-US Workshop on “Emerging Trends in Intelligent Transportation Systems” during 11-13 February 2010 organised by Transportation Engineering Division and Centre of Excellence in Urban Transport, Indian Institute of Technology Madras.
Training Workshop conducted
  • Coordinated a two day - two batch training program on “Road Safety Residential Training Program for Student Police Cadets” from 24th September to 27th September 2019 at Centre for Water Resources Development and Management (CWRDM), Kozhikode organized by NATPAC.
  • Organized a five day training program on “ROAD SAFETY” from the 5th of August to the 9th of August, 2019 at Centre for Water Resources Development and Management (CWRDM), Kozhikode organized by NATPAC and AITD. Also prepared a report on the program.
  • Organized one day training program on road safety for Auto/Taxi Drivers at Thriuvananthapuram on 17th January as part of NATPAC’s Road Safety Week 2020.
  • Organized Pedestrian Drill at Medical college Junction on 13th January, as part of NATPAC’s Road Safety Week 2020
  • Part of organising team of CTSEM 2020 organised by NATPAC and CET during 29th to 20th December, 2020
  • Organized one day training program on road safety for Auto/Taxi Drivers at Thiruvananthapuram on 17th January as part of NATPAC’s Road Safety Week 2021.
  • Organized and attended a training cum demonstration of equipment Moisture Induced Stress Tester -MIST on 27th May 2021
  • Organized and attended a training cum demonstration of equipment Field CBR apparatus on 20 July 2021
  • Organized and attended a training cum demonstration about the equipment Dynamic Shear Rheometers-DSR on 16,17 & 19 November 2021
  • Organized 3 day training on Total station, GPS &DGPS for 23 ITI surveyor students of Govt ITI for Women Kazhakuttom from 8th - 10th December 2021.
  • Organized Online International Conference on Transportation Geo-technics – Geo-Trans 2022 in association with LBITWS Institute, IGC (Thiruvananthapuram Chapter) and the Technical Committee TC 202 of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) from 1st June – 3rd June 2022. (Organizing Secretary)
  • Organized Five days On Job Training on DGPS and Total Station to ITI Surveyor students from Government I.T.I (W), Kazhakuttom as part of their curriculum from 04.07.2022 to 08.07.2022.
  • Organized and conducted a laboratory and field tutorial for S3 M.Tech students of in Transportation Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering of Jyothi Engineering College, Cheruthuruthy, Thrissur from 6th February 2023 to 10th February 2023
Honours/ Awards/Fellowships Received:
  • Paper titled “Development of Adjustment Factors for Robertson’s Platoon Dispersion Model”, received Best Paper Award in the topic area - Transport in Developing and Emerging Countries in 15th World Conference on Transport Research - WCTR 2019, held at Mumbai, India, on May 26-31, 2019.
  • Paper titled “Evaluation of Various Methods of Prioritizing Blackspots: A Case Study from Thiruvananthapuram City”, received Best Paper Award in the Traffic Engineering Theme at the 8th International Conference on Transportation Systems Engineering & Management (CTSEM 2021) organized online by the Centre for Transportation Research, CED, NIT Calicut, during August 26-27, 2021.
  • Received Best Project Award in the Civil Engineering Department for the project guided and titled as “A Case Study on Capacity Estimation of Unsignalized Intersection” in Mar Baselios College of Engineering and Technology Thiruvananthapuram in 2022.
Membership in Professional bodies
  • Life member of Indian Geotechnical Society
  • Life member of Indian Road Congress
  • Life member of Institute of Engineer (India)
  • Life member of Indian Geotechnical Society, Trivandrum Chapter
  • Life member of Institute of Urban Transport (Indian chapter)
Student Guidance
  • M.Tech Thesis - 1
  • B.Tech Project - 1
  • Internship -1
Invited Talk delivered
  • Delivered Training on VISSIM Software to B.Tech (Civil Engineering) students of Government Engineering College Kannur on 22-12-2018
Positions held