Ms. Ardra S. Krishna

Junior Scientist
Traffic Engineering and Safety Division

Name Ms. Ardra S. Krishna
Designation Junior Scientist
Division Traffic Engineering and Safety Division
Email ID ardra.natpac@gmail.com,
ardrask.6200281@kerala.gov.in
Contact Number +91-9048340744/+91-8433487881
Contact Address KSCSTE-NATPAC (National Transportation Planning and Research Centre) K Karunakaran Trans Park Akkulam, Thiruvananthapuram.
Link to

1. Google / Scopus Scholar ID
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https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=list_works&hl=en&hl=en&user=M7ne4bMAAAAJ#d=gs_hdr_drw&t=1695187444940
Research Area/ Research Interests
  • Transportation Planning, Traffic Engineering, Traffic Safety
Professional Experience / Career Details
  • 2023-Present; Junior Scientist, Traffic Engineering and Safety Division, KSCSTE-NATPAC Thiruvananthapuram
  • 2021-Guest Lecturer, Civil Engineering Department, Government Polytechnic College, Kalamassery,Ernakulam
  • 2020-21-Assistant Engineer,LSGD (LID & EW) at Koodali grama panchayth, Kannur
  • 2016-19-Project Engineer, Traffic and Transportation Division, KSCSTE-NATPAC Thiruvananthapuram
  • 2013-Junior Rebar Detailer, C-Tech RC Design India Pvt.Ltd,Calicut
Educational Qualifications:
M.Tech Transportation Engineering, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology, Pambady Kottayam,2016
B.Tech. Civil Engineering, Calicut University,2013
List of Projects involved Effect of Segregating Motorised Two Wheelers on Traffic Flow Characteristics
PI: Ardra S. Krishna
Consultancy
Sponsored Projects
Journal Papers Sci / Scopus Peer Reviewed
  • Ardra S Krishna, Jomy Thomas, Salini P N, (2017) Study on Modal Shift of Home-based Work Trips towards Kochi Metro. Indian Highways, Vol.45 (2), February 2017, P.P. 21-28.
  • Ardra S Krishna, Jomy Thomas and Salini PN (2020), “Estimating Modal shift of Home-Based Work Trips Due to the Development of Kochi Metro and Reduction in Fuel Consumption and Emissions”© Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020 T. V. Mathew et al. (eds.), Transportation Research, Lecture Notesin Civil Engineering 45,DOI-https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9042-6_18
Conference Proceedings Sci / Scopus / Professional body
  • Name of authors, year, Title, Conference Name, pp
  • Ardra S Krishna, Jomy Thomas and Salini P. N (2017) “Possible Modal Shift of Home-based work trips due to the development of Kochi Metro and reduction in fuel consumption and emissions”, 4th Conference of Transportation Research Group of India (CTRG)
  • Ardra S Krishna, Jomy Thomas and Salini P.N (2017) “Study on Modal shift of Home-based work trips towards Kochi Metro”, 29th Kerala Science Congress.
  • Ardra S Krishna, Salini P. N, Manupriya K. and T Ramakrishnan,(2018)“Traffic and Travel Characteristics of a Small Sized Town – Harippad a case study”, 30th Kerala Science Congress
  • Ardra S Krishna, Salini P. N and Manupriya K (2019) “Development of Ring Road and NMT Corridor for an Emerging Town in Kerala”. 31st Kerala Science Congress.
  • Salini P N, Arun Chandran, Manupriya K & Ardra S Krishna (2018) “Potential of Non-Motorised Transport in Sustainable Development Plan for Towns” in ‘National Environment and Climate Change Congress 2018 (NECCC-2018)’ organized by Directorate of Environment and Climate Change, Govt of Kerala.
  • Salini P.N., Ardra S. Krishna and Manupriya K (2020) “Traffic Studies and Parking Management for Medical College Campus, Thiruvananthapuram” 32nd Kerala Science congress. It was selected as the best poster among the poster presentations.
  • Sreelekshmi S, Ardra S. Krishna., T. Ramakrishnan and Shaheem S. (2020) “Study on the effect of Metro on the Mode Choice Behaviour of Commuters in Kochi City” 32nd Kerala Science congress
 Research Reports
  • Nil
Books / Book Chapters / Monographs Sci / Scopus / Peer Reviewed
  • • I
Administrative and Institutional Support
Training programs attended
  • Undergone 1 month internship programme at L& T Infrastructure Engineering Limited in 2015
  • Attended a short term training program on ITS on Road Safety at RIT Kottayam
  • Attended workshop on GIS and its applications at College of Engineering, Kidangoor
Training Workshop conducted
  • Nil
Honours/ Awards/Fellowships Received:
  • •Received the Best poster Award for the poster titled “Possible Modal Shift of Home-based work trips due to the development of Kochi Metro and reduction in fuel consumption and emissions” authored by Ardra S Krishna, Jomy Thomas and Salini P. N in 4th Conference of Transportation Research Group of India (CTRG) held from 17th to 20th December 2017 at IIT Bombay.
Membership in Professional bodies
  • E-Life Membership of Indian Road Congress
Student Guidance
Invited Talk delivered
Positions held