Civil Engineering Department

Modeling and Assessment of Transport Emissions, Air Pollution Exposures
Smart and Connected Mobility, Travel Demand Modeling, Sustainable Transport
Urban Traffic Simulations, Agent-Based Simulation, Traffic Flow Modeling, Heterogeneous Traffic

Modeling and Assessment of Transport Emissions, Air Pollution Exposures

Smart and Connected Mobility, Travel Demand Modeling, Sustainable Transport

Urban Traffic Simulations, Agent-Based Simulation, Traffic Flow Modeling, Heterogeneous Traffic

Award	Awarding Organisation	Year
Best student Paper Award	CTRG, Mumbai	2017
Best Paper Award	ABMTRANS	2015
Ph.D. Scholarship	DAAD	2013-17
NBCC Award of Excellence	Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi	2012
Indian Institute of Technology, Master Sandwich Scholarship	DAAD	2011-12
MHRD Fellowship	Governmant of India	2010-11
First prize in Graphical Abstract competition	Data Science Symposium, Shaastra 2022, IIT Madras	2022
Winner in Smart Move Innovative Urban Mobility Challenge	NIUA, MoHUA, GIZ	2021
Outstanding Young Faculty for 2022	Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee	2022

From	To	Designation	Organisation
Jun, 2021	Continuing	Joint Faculty	Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, IIT Roorkee
Dec, 2021	Mar, 2022	Visiting Faculty	National Rail & Transportation Institute, Vadodara
Dec 2018	Continuing	Assistant Professor	Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
Aug 2018	Dec 2018	Senior Research Scientist	Robert Bosch, Singapore
Mar 2017	Aug 2018	Research associate	TU Berlin, Germany
Jun 2012	Apr 2013	Dy. Manager	ICT Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi
Jan 2010	May 2010	Lecturer	SBCET, Jaipur
Jul 2009	Dec 2009	Derivative Trader	Futures First, Jaipur

Degree	Subject	University	Year
Ph.D.	Transportation Engineering	TU Berlin, Germany	2017
M. Tech.	Transportation Engineering	Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi	2012
B. Tech.	Civil Engineering	MNIT, Jaipur	2009

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1.

Agarwal, A. and Kickhöfer, B. (2015). Agent-based simultaneous optimization of congestion and air pollution: A real-world case study. Procedia Computer Science. DOI: 10.1016/j.procs.2015.05.165

2.

Agarwal, A. and Lämmel, G. (2015). Seepage of smaller vehicles under heterogeneous traffic conditions. Procedia Computer Science. DOI: 10.1016/j.procs.2015.05.147

3.

Agarwal, A., Zilske,M. , Rao, K. and Nagel, K. (2015). An elegant and computationally efficient approach for heterogeneous traffic modelling using agent-based simulation. Procedia Computer Science. DOI: 10.1016/j.procs.2015.05.173

4.

Agarwal, A. and Lämmel, G. (2016). Modeling seepage behavior of smaller vehicles in mixed traffic conditions using an agent-based simulation. Transportation in Developing Economies. DOI: 10.1007/s40890-016-0014-9

5.

Lakshay, Agarwal, A. and Bolia, N. B. (2016). Route guidance map for emergency evacuation. Journal of Risk Analysis and Crisis Response. DOI: 10.2991/jrarc.2016.6.3.3

6.

Agarwal, A., Lämmel, G. and Nagel, K. (2017). Incorporating within link dynamics in an agent-based computationally faster and scalable queue model. Transportmetrica A: Transport Science. DOI: 10.1080/23249935.2017.1364802

7.

Kickhöfer, B., Agarwal, A. and Nagel, K. (2018). Mind the price gap: how optimal emission pricing relates to the EU CO2 reduction targets. International Journal of Sustainable Transportation. DOI: 10.1080/15568318.2018.1472321

8.

Agarwal, A. and Kickhöfer, B. (2018). The correlation of externalities in marginal cost pricing: lessons learned from a real-world case study. Transportation. DOI: 10.1007/s11116-016-9753-z

9.

Agarwal, A., Ziemke, D. and Nagel, K. (2019). Bicycle superhighway: an environmentally sustainable policy for urban transport. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice. DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2019.06.015

10.

Agarwal, A., Ziemke, D. and Nagel, K. (2019). Calibration of choice model parameters in a transport scenario with heterogeneous traffic conditions and income dependency. Transportation Letters: The International Journal of Transportation Research. DOI: 10.1080/19427867.2019.1633788

11.

Agarwal, A. and Kaddoura, I. (2019). On-road air pollution exposure to cyclists in an agent-based simulation framework. Periodica Polytechnica Transportation Engineering. DOI: 10.3311/PPtr.12661

12.

Suman, H. K., Agarwal, A. and Bolia, N. B. (2020). Public Transport Operations After Lockdown: How to Make It Happen?. Transactions of the Indian National Academy of Engineering. DOI: 10.1007/s41403-020-00121-x

13.

Agarwal, A. (2021). Quantifying health & economic benefits of bicycle superhighway: evidence from Patna. Procedia Computer Science. DOI: 10.1016/j.procs.2021.03.087

14.

Thombre, A. and Agarwal, A. (2021). A Paradigm Shift in Urban Mobility: Policy Insights from Travel Before and After COVID-19 to Seize the Opportunity. Transport Policy. DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2021.06.010

15.

Singh, V., Meena, K. K. and Agarwal, A. (2021). Travellers' exposure to air pollution: A systematic review and future directions. Urban Climate. DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2021.100901

16.

Mittal, V., Sasetty, S., Choudhary, R. and Agarwal, A. (2022). Deep-learning spatio-temporal prediction framework for PM under dynamic monitoring. In Transportation Research Record. DOI: 10.1177/03611981221082589

17.

Vardhan, H., Rai, I., Kathait, N. and Agarwal, A. (2022). Crowd-Sourced Web Survey for Household Travel Diaries. In Transportation Research Procedia. DOI: 10.1016/j.trpro.2022.02.031

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1. Title:- Scenario calibration by integrating optimization techniques
Sponsor: IIT Roorkee	Sanctioned Year: 2019-20	Amount: ₹ 20.00 Lakhs	Role: PI

2. Title:- Synthetic travel demand generation for Jaipur
Sponsor: RTU Kota	Sanctioned Year: 2019-20	Amount: ₹ 2.60 Lakhs	Role: Co-PI

3. Title:- Mapping Dynamic Air Pollution Information to the Choices of the Travelers: Towards Sustainable Transport
Sponsor: SERB, New Delhi	Sanctioned Year: 2020-21	Amount: ₹ 25.30 Lakhs	Role: PI

4. Title:- Intelligent Predictive and Prescriptive Systems for Traffic and Pavement Condition Management in a smart City
Sponsor: TIH, IIT, Roorkee	Sanctioned Year: 2021-22	Amount: ₹ 80.00 Lakhs	Role: Co-PI

5. Title:- Advanced Transport Modeling and Simulation for National Highways in India under CATTS
Sponsor: IAHE (MoRTH)	Sanctioned Year: 2021-22	Amount: ₹ 495.00 Lakhs	Role: PI

6. Title:- Deployment of T-CPS for Intelligent Mobility and Efficient Traffic Control in Smart Cities: A promising Future
Sponsor: TIH, IIT, Roorkee	Sanctioned Year: 2021-22	Amount: ₹ 40.00 Lakhs	Role: PI

Designation	Organisation	From Period	To Period
Faculty-in-Charge	Training and Placement Mehta Family School	2022	Continuing
Member	School Faculty Search Committee	2022	Continuing
Member	School Research Committee	2021	Continuing
Convener	CAD Lab	Aug 2020	July 2022
Member	Departmental Administrative Committee	Aug 2020	July 2022
Member	Departmental Research Committee	Aug 2020	July 2022
Member	DPC, Institute Computer Centre	July 2020	June 2021
Nominated Member	ICC Advisory Committee	April 2020	June 2021
Member	Departmental Faculty Search Committee	January 2020	December 2020
Member	Institute Ranking Analytics Committee, IIT Roorkee	June 2019	Contd.
Member	Anti Ragging Committee, IIT Roorkee	June 2019	August 2020
Member	Web Management & Departmental Media Committee, IIT Roorkee	May 2019	July 2020
Member	Building & Maintenance, IIT Roorkee	May 2019	July 2020

S. No.	Membership
1.	Institution of Engineers (India), Member
2.	Indian Road Congress, Life Members
3.	WCTR, Member
4.	TRG India, Life member
5.	IATBR (International Conference on Travel Behaviour Research)
6.	Regular Member, G-7 Committee: Intelligent transport System Committee

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S. No.	Topic	Scholar Name	Registration Year	Co-Supervisor
1.	Evaluation of Motorized Two-wheelers Safety on Urban Roads	Anurag Thombre	2018	Prof. Amit Agarwal,
2.	Integration of Shared Mobility in Mixed Traffic Conditions	Nidhi Kathait	2019	-
3.	Mapping Dynamic Air Pollution to the Choices of Travellers.	Rashmi Choudhary	2020
4.	Impact of Dynamic Air Pollution on travel Choices	Vikram Singh	2020	-
5.	Crowding in Urban Mass Transit Systems	Rupam Fedujwar	2021

S. No.	Course Name	Course Code	Class Name	Semester & Year
1.	Data-driven analytics for smart transportation systems	AID-583	PG	Autumn
2.	Urban mass transit systems	CEN-563	PG	Autumn
3.	Transport Economics	CEN-666	PG	Spring
4.	Multi-agent Transport Simulation Framework	CEN-668	PG	Spring

S. No.	Title	Organisation	Date
1.	Agent-based simulations for traffic engineering and transport planning	TEQIP-III, SBCET, Jaipur	06-Jun-2019
2.	Policy testing using a multi-agent transport simulation framework	CTSEM, SVNIT, Surat	06-Jun-2019
3.	Use of agent-based transport simulation framework for scenario calibration	SVNIT, Surat	01-Mar-2018
4.	Bicycle superhighway: An Application of Multi-Agent Transport Simulation Framework for Policy Testing	Manipal University Jaipur	21-Oct-2020
5.	Data Analytics in Transportation” to Post-graduate Certification Program by IIT Roorkee and Times Group	IIT, Roorkee	20-Dec-2021
6.	A Paradigm Shift in Urban Mobility: Policy Insights from Travel Before and After COVID-19 to Seize the Opportunity.	PSPO, IIT, Delhi	17-Jan-2022
7.	Applications of Data Science in Transportation	AADCM workshop, SVNIT Surat	11-Mar-2022

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1.

Agarwal, A., Lämmel, G. and Nagel, K. (2015). Modelling of Backward Travelling Holes in Mixed Traffic Conditions. Traffic and Granular Flow ’15. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-33482-0_53 Place: Netherlands

2.

Agarwal, A., Kickhöfer, B. and Nagel, K. (2015). The internalization of congestion and air pollution externalities: Evaluating behavioral impacts. 14th Conference on Travel Behaviour Research (IATBR). Place: London, UK

3.

Agarwal, A. and Lämmel, G. (2015). Modeling seepage behavior of smaller vehicles in mixed traffic conditions using an agent-based simulation. 3rd Conference of the Transportation Research Group of India (CTRG). Place: Kolkata, India

4.

Kickhöfer, B. and Agarwal, A. (2015). Is marginal emission cost pricing enough to comply with the EU CO2 reduction targets?. hEART 2015 – 4th Symposium of the European Association for Research in Transportation. Place: Denmark

5.

Agarwal, A., FlÖtterÖd, G. and Nagel, K. (2017). Calibration of behavioural parameters using optimization technique in an agent-based transport simulation. HEART 2017 - 6th Symposium of the European Association for Research in Transportation. Place: Heifa, Israel

6.

Agarwal, A., Ziemke, D. and Nagel, K. (2017). Calibration of heterogeneous trafﬁc scenario in an agent-based simulation framework. 4th Conference of the Transportation Research Group of India (CTRG). Place: India

7.

Kaddoura, I., Agarwal, A. and KickhÖfer, B. (2017). Simulation-based optimization of congestion costs, noise damages and air pollution costs: the impact of route and mode choice. ITEA Annual Conference and School on Transportation Economics. Place: Spain

8.

Agarwal, A. and A. Dhamaniya (2018). Impact of dynamic passenger car units in an agent-based simulation framework. Recent Advances in Trafﬁc Engineering (RATE-2018). Place: Surat, India

9.

Agarwal, A. and I. Kaddoura (2018). On-road air pollution exposure to cyclists in an agent-based simulation framework. NECTAR Cluster 7 Workshop: Social and Health Issues in Transportation. Place: Utrecht, Netherlands Page No: 17-22

10.

Ziemke, D., Kaddoura, I. and Agarwal, A. (2019). Entwicklung eines regionalen, agentenbasierten Verkehrssimulationsmodells zur Analyse zukünftiger Verkehrsszenarien für die Region Ruhr. Wissenschaftsforum Mobilität : Mobility in Times of Change - Past - Present – Future. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-26107-8_29 Place: Germany

11.

Thombre, A., Ghosh, I. and Agarwal, A. (2020). Examining road safety compliance among motorised two wheelers in Delhi - A cross-sectional study. 2nd ASCE India Conference on Challenges of Resilient and Sustainable Infrastructure Development in Emerging Economies. Place: Kolkata, India

12.

Prajapati, A. K., Gora, A., Agarwal, A. and Ghosh, I. (2020). Use of computer vision to automatize traffic data collection under mixed traffic condition. 2nd ASCE India Conference on Challenges of Resilient and Sustainable Infrastructure Development in Emerging Economies. Place: Kolkata, India

13.

Kathait, N. and Agarwal, A. (2020). Behaviour of Drivers towards Vehicle Idling at Signalized Intersections. In 13th International Conference on Transportation Planning and Implementation Methodologies for Developing Countries (TPMDC). Place: IIT, Bombay

14.

Kathait, N. and Agarwal, A. (2021). Genealogy of Shared Mobility in India. 8th International Conference on Transportation Systems Engineering and Management (CTSEM 2021). Place: National Institute of Technology, Calicut

15.

Singh, V., Gupta, K., Chakrabarty, N. and Agarwal, A. (2021). Perceived behavioural changes in commuters' mobility aspect due to COVID situation. 18th International Conference of Women Engineers and Scientists (ICWES). Place: Warwick

16.

Gupta, K., Miglani, P., Dua, P., Agarwal, A. and Chakrabarty, N. (2021). Distraction of Experienced Drivers at a Construction Site using Eye Tracker. International Conference on Sustainable Technology and Advanced Computing in Electrical Engineering (ICSTACE 2021).. Place: Surat, Gujarat

17.

Choudhary, R. and Agarwal, A. (2021). Optimization of Bus Routes to Maximize Coverage of Air Pollution Monitors. 6th Conference of Transportation Research Group of India (CTRG-2021). Place: Tiruchirappalli, India

18.

Meena, K. K., Singh V. and Agarwal, A. (2021). Perception of Commuters Towards Air Quality in Delhi. 6th Conference of Transportation Research Group of India (CTRG-2021). Place: Tiruchirappalli, India

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