Dr. Ayushman Bhatt
Civil and Infrastructure Engineering (CIE) Program
Faculty of Infrastructure
Dr. Ayushman Bhatt is an Assistant professor of Civil & Infrastructure Engineering at the School of Engineering and Technology (SET). He works in the area of transportation planning and policy, contributing to the AIT’s Transportation Engineering (TRE) program. He obtained his Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) at the University of Tokyo in civil engineering. His research interests include socioeconomic impact investigation of transportation projects, transportation policy studies, and sustainable transportation.
Dr. Ayushman’s prior experience includes working as research fellow at Singapore University of Technology and Design; postdoc at University of Tokyo; and research associate at Asian Development Bank (ADB) Institute. His recent work encompassed studying various externalities synthesized by transportation projects, including socioeconomic and environmental phenomena of knowledge economy, urban development, urban metabolism, and anthropogenic heat emissions. He has published in refereed international journals and actively contributes to the conferences and societies in the field of transportation.
- Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering, University of Tokyo, Japan
- Master of Science (by Research) in Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
- Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering, University of Technology of Madhya Pradesh, India
- Transportation and Socioeconomic Development
- Transportation Planning and Policy
- Sustainable Transportation
- Regional and Urban Studies
- Infrastructure
- CE73.36 – Transportation Planning Methods and Analysis
- CE73.37 – Transportation Demand Modelling and Forecasting
- CE73.14 – Transportation Economics and Project Evaluation
- Miwa, N., Bhatt, A., Morikawa, S., & Kato, H. (2022). “High-Speed rail and the knowledge economy: Evidence from Japan”, Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 159, 398-416. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2022.01.019
- Miwa, N., Bhatt, A., & Kato, H. (2022), “High-speed rail development and regional inequalities: Evidence from Japan”, Transportation Research Record, 2676(7), 363-378. https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981221078566
- Komikado, H., Morikawa, S., Bhatt, A., & Kato, H. (2021), “High-speed rail, inter-regional accessibility, and regional innovation: Evidence from Japan”, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 167, 120697. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2021.120697
- Bhatt, A., & Kato, H. (2020), “High-speed rails and knowledge productivity: A global perspective”, Transport Policy, 101, 174-186. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2020.12.006
- University of Tokyo-Indian Institute of Technology (UTokyo-IIT) Graduate Scholarship for pursuing Ph.D. at UTokyo (2018)
- Recognition by the Dean of Students’ Affairs for volunteering at the Institute Counselling Service, IIT Kanpur, India (2018)
- Academic Excellence Award for securing first position in the MS- Research Program of Civil Engineering at IIT Kanpur, India (2017)
- Transportation Policy
- Socio-economic Impact
- Urban and Regional Development
- Sustainable Transportation
- Infrastructure
