Manaswinee Kar, PhD

Manaswinee Kar is currently a post-doctoral research associate at the Urban Transportation Center, University of Illinois Chicago. She has obtained her Ph. D. from the Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee. Her research is in the "Transportation Engineering" specialization of Civil Engineering. She has typically worked on the planning of park-and-ride facilities around metro stations. She has published eight research publications in eminent peer-reviewed journals namely, Transport Policy, Journal of Urban Planning and Development ASCE, Transportation Research Record, Case Studies on Transport Policy, Sustainable Transport and Livability, Journal of Institute of Town Planners, India. Alongside, she has presented over 15 research papers in peer-reviewed national (CTRG, UMI, SUMo) and international conferences (TRB, WCTR, Urban Transitions, TIPCE, ICUSE). Her broad research interests include Transportation Planning, Sustainable Transportation, First-mile Connectivity, Urban Parking Management, Travel Behavior Analysis, Park-and-ride Planning, Facility Location Planning, Service Quality Evaluation, Public Transportation, Econometric Modeling.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering with specialization in Transportation Engineering (Transportation Planning) from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India

Master of Technology in Civil Engineering with specialization in Transportation Engineering from National Institute of Technology Rourkela, India

Bachelor of Technology in Civil Engineering from Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology Sarang, Odisha, India

Awards/Scholarships/Academic Achievements

• Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) Assistantship for Ph. D. (2018-2023)
• Transportation Research Group’s Outstanding Student Paper Award in the theme ‘Transportation Planning’ in the 7th Conference of Transportation Research Group of India (CTRG-2023)
• Bursary Award, 2023 by the 16^th World Conference on Transport Research (WCTR) Organizing Committee
• Department of Science and Technology International Travel Support (ITS) Grant, 2022
• Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Travel Grant Scheme, 2022
• Certificate of Merit for securing 2nd position in Poster Presentation at CSIR-Central Road Research Institute (CRRI), 2023
• Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) Fellowship for M. Tech. (2016-2018)
• Silver Medal for being the topper in “Transportation” specialization in M. Tech.
• INSPIRE Scholarship for being within the top 1% of the Senior School Certificate Examination 2012 (class XII) conducted by Central Board of Secondary Education, Delhi held during the academic session ending March/April 2012