Workshop on

Concept, Theory and Practices of Road Pricing Schemes: Lessons

Learned and Way Forward
06 – 07, March 2020
Venue: F– 101, Tele-Presence Class Room, BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus

DAY 1 (06/03/2020) – Friday

08:30 am – 09:15 am Registration
Inaugural Function
Opening Remark: Dr. Bandhan Majumdar, BITS Pilani – Hyderabad Campus
Inaugural Address: Prof. G Sundar, Director, BITS Pilani – Hyderabad Campus
09:20 am – 10:00 am Commuter’s Talk: Shri P Ravindar Rao, Engineer – in – Chief, State Roads & CRN, TS
Transportation Engineering at BITS Pilani – Prof. Ashoke Sarkar, IIT Jammu
A Special Note – Prof. Sridhar Raju, BITS Pilani – Hyderabad Campus
Lecture 0
Dr. Prasanta Sahu
10:00 am – 10:30 am
BITS Pilani – Hyderabad Campus
Topic: Congestion – Decongestion – Congestion (CDC) in Transportation Network
Tea Break (10:30 am - 11:00 am)
Lecture 1
Prof. Ashoke Sarkar
11:00 am – 11:45 pm
Indian Institute of Technology, Jammu (IIT Jammu)
Topic: Congestion Pricing Concept and Transportation Demand Management
Lecture 2
Prof. Dilum Dissanayake
11:45 pm – 12:15 pm
New Castle University, United Kingdom
Topic: Evidence Based Congestion Pricing Success Story – An European Experience
Lecture 3
Prof. Arkopal Goswami
12:15 pm – 01:00 pm
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (IIT Kharagpur)
Topic: Reducing and Redistributing Urban Travel Demand: Road Pricing Approach
Lunch (01:00 pm - 02:00 pm)
Lecture 4
Prof. Tarun Rambha
02:00 pm – 02:45 pm
Indian Institute of Science (IISC Bangalore)
Topic: Congestion Management in Traffic Networks with System Optimal Flows
Lecture 5
Prof. Akhilesh Maurya
02:45 pm – 03:15 pm
Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati (IIT Guwahati)
Topic: Impact of Traffic Characteristics in Intersection Congestion on Emission
Tea Break (03:15 pm - 03:30 pm)
Lecture 6
Prof. Sriniwas Arkatkar
03:30 pm – 04:30 pm
SV-National Institute of Technology, Surat (SVNIT Surat)
Topic: Application of ITS for Congestion Management
New Research Problem Identification
04:30 pm – 05:30 pm Chair - Prof. Digvijay Pawar, IIT Hyderabad
Co-chair - Prof. Sriniwas Arkatkar, SVNIT Surat
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 Workshop on
Concept, Theory and Practices of Road Pricing Schemes: Lessons
Learned and Way Forward
06 – 07, March 2020
Venue: F– 101, Tele-presence Class Room, BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus

DAY 2 (07/03/2020) – Saturday

Networking (08:30 – 09:00 am)

Lecture 7
Dr. Bandhan Majumdar
09:30 am – 10:00 am
BITS Pilani – Hyderabad Campus
Topic: Congestion Pricing in India: Commuter's Perspective
Lecture 8
Prof. K. V. Krishna Rao
10:00 am – 11:00 am
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT Bombay)
Topic: Congestion Pricing – Concepts and Practice: An Indian Perspective
Tea (11:00 am - 11:30 am)
Lecture 9
Prof. Gopal Patil
11.30 am – 12:15 pm
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT Bombay)
Topic: Network Level Congestion Pricing: Theory and Models
Lecture 10
Prof. Mohammad Shafi Mir
12:15 pm – 01:00 pm
National Institute of Technology, Srinagar (NIT Srinagar)
Topic: Transportation Research in Cold Valleys: A Glance from NIT Srinagar
Lunch (01:00 pm - 02:00 pm)
Lecture 11
Prof. Avijit Maji
02:00 pm – 02:45 pm
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT Bombay)
Topic: Rail Station Location and Congestion Management
Lecture 12
Prof. Indrajit Ghosh
02:45 pm – 03:15 pm
Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee (IIT Roorkee)
Topic: Transportation Pricing: A Paradigm Shift towards Traffic Safety
Panel Discussion – Congestion Pricing Implementation in India
03:15 pm – 04:00 pm Chair: Prof. Kumar Molugaram, Osmania University
Co-Chair: Prof Ankit Kathuria, IIT Jammu
04:00 pm – 04:30 pm Closure and Refreshment

Acknowledgement
We acknowledge and appreciate the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India for awarding the Project Gant:
P1075 - Congestion Pricing: Planning for optimal strategies and commuters behavioural implications under different pricing schemes
to BITS Pilani in collaboration with Cardiff University and Newcastle University, UK through the Scheme for Promotion of Academic
and Research Collaboration (SPARC). We are grateful to UK – India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI) for availing us the
Additional Grant for this project and carry forward this research collaboration. We equally thank all our eminent speakers, guests, and
participants for extending the contribution towards the success of this project. Jñānaṃ Paramaṃ Balam / �ानं परमं बलम्

Prasanta Sahu – Principal Investigator Bandhan Majumdar – Co-Principal Investigator

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