Dr. Anil R
Professor & Head of the Department
Department of Civil Engineering
College of Engineering Trivandrum
Phone:
0471-2515620
(off)
Mob. 94470 23233
Email:
anilraghunathan@rediffmail.com
Qualifications:
PhD in Intelligent transportation Systems (University of Kerala)
M.Tech in Traffic and transportation Planning (NIT Calicut)
M.B.A (School of Management Studies, Cochin University of Science and Technology)
B.Tech in Civil Engineering ( CET, University of Kerala)
Previous Experience/Positions held
A) Industrial:
Organization
Post Held
Period
Nature of work
Skyline Builders, Trivandrum
Trainee Engineer
01/1996-06/1996
Project supervision
Total: Six months Non-teaching Experience
B) Teaching:
Institution
Post Held
Period
Govt. Engineering College Bartonhill, Trivandrum
Lecturer
01/06/2000 to 31/05/2004
Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology. Kottayam.
Lecturer
01/06/2004 to 03/06/2005
College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram.
Lecturer
04/06/2005 to 07/01/2007
Govt. Engineering College Westhill, Kozhikode
Assistant Professor
08/01/2007 to 23/08/2007
Govt. Engineering College Bartonhill, Trivandrum
Assistant Professor
24/08/2007 to 05/06/2009
College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram.
Assistant Professor
06/06/2009 to 28/02/2010
College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram.
Associate Professor
01/03/2010 to 20/02/2019
College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram.
Professor
21/02/2019 to 23/06/2022
College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram.
Professor & Head of Civil Engg Dept
24/06/2022 to till date
Areas of Interest:
Intelligent transportation systems
Pavement materials and construction
Pavement design
Courses Handled
Intelligent transportation systems
Pavement materials and construction
Construction Management
Papers Published /Presented in reputed Journals /Conferences :
Ameena S, Anil R and Satyakumar M (2023) "Effectiveness of Emergency Service Vehicle Signal Pre-emption system in heterogeneous Traffic condition- A field implementation study in Trivandrum city" International Conference on Innovative Methods and Practical Applications for Cognizant Transportation System, Organised by College of Engineering Trivandrum, 20-22 nd March 2023.
Amrutha K M and Anil R (2023) "Formulation of Design catalogue for Low - Volume Interlock Element Block Pavement Block" International Conference on Innovative Methods and Practical Applications for Cognizant Transportation System, Organised by College of Engineering Trivandrum, 20-22 nd March 2023.
Jayitha V, Dr Anil R and Wilson K C (2021) "Investigating the Impact of Pavement Factors on Road Accidents - A Case Study", 8 th International Conference on Transportation Systems Engineering and Management, Organised by NIT Calicut CTSEM2021 Aug 26-27,2021.
Sreelakshmi T M, Anil R (2021), " Multicriteria Evaluation of Transport Plan for Semi High Speed Rail(SHSR) in Kerala" 8th International Conference on Transportation Systems Engineering and Management, Organised by NIT Calicut CTSEM2021 Aug 26-27,2021.
Arya R Chandran and Dr. Anil R (2020) "Road Safety Audit at Mid-Block Sections; A Case Study on Kollam Bypass." Conference on Transportation Systems Engineering & Management CTSEM2020 Organised by KSCSTE-National Transportation Planning and Research Centre and College of Engineering, Trivandrum during 29th and 30th December 2020, pp 106 - 109
Athul Asok and Dr. Anil R (2020) "A Feasibility Study for E-Auto Integration in Trivandrum." Conference on Transportation Systems Engineering & Management CTSEM2020 Organised by KSCSTE-National Transportation Planning and Research Centre and College of Engineering, Trivandrum during 29th and 30th December 2020, pp 271 - 274
Jayita V Mohan and Dr. Anil R (2020) "Evaluation of Interlocking Pavement Performance, A Case Study from Trivandrum District." Conference on Transportation Systems Engineering & Management CTSEM2020 Organised by KSCSTE-National Transportation Planning and Research Centre and College of Engineering, Trivandrum during 29th and 30th December 2020, pp 176 - 180
Anil R , Sabu. R and Sreelakshmi. T. M, (2020) "Gradient Determination for the Design of Electric Autorickshaws Specific to Terrain Characteristics of Kerala State, Using Digital Elevation Model," 5th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Engineering (ICITE) , Beijing, China, 2020, pp. 66-70, doi: 10.1109/ICITE50838.2020.9231456. URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=9231456&isnumber=9231320
Anil. R, M. Satyakumar and Ameena Salim, (2019) "Emergency Vehicle Signal Pre-emption System for Heterogeneous Traffic Condition A Case Study in Trivandrum City," 2019 4th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Engineering (ICITE) , Singapore, 2019 https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8880151
Anil. R and Jesh Jayakumar (2018) "Use of recycled Premix Chipping Carpet (RPCC) for Rural road construction" 'International Journal of Engineering and advanced technology ISSN:2249-8958, Volume 8, Issue 2C, December 2018 https://www.ijeat.org/wp-content/uploads/papers/v8i2C/ICID-2018_TE_201.pdf
R. Anil, M. Satyakumar and J. Jayakumar, "Travel Time Estimation and Routing for Emergency Vehicles Under Indian Conditions," 2018 3rd IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Engineering (ICITE) , Singapore, 2018, pp. 247-252.doi:10.1109/ICITE.2018.8492696 IEEE Xplore URL: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=8492696&isnumber=8492536
M. Satyakumar, Anil. R and Sreeja. G. S (2017) "Traveller Information system for heterogeneous traffic condition -A case study in Thiriuvananthapuram City, India" 'Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India) Series A (Springer Link)', Dec2017, Vol 98, Issue 4 pp 581-586. Cite this article as " Satyakumar, M., Anil, R. & Sreeja, G.S. J. Inst. Eng. India Ser. A (2017) 98: 581. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40030-017-0228-9"
M. Satyakumar and Anil. R (2017) "Development of Static and Dynamic Traveller Information Systems using GPS-GIS Integration." Conference on Transportation Systems Engineering & Management CTSEM2017 Organised by Anna University Department of Civil Engineering during 12 th and 13 th May 2017
Anil. R., M. Satyakumar & R. Satheesh Chandran (2016) Subgrade Stabilization Using Additives for Rural Roads: A Case Study, National Conference on Fifteen years of Pradhan Mandri Gram Sadak Yogana (FYPMGSY) Organised by IIT Roorkee, August 6-7, 2016
M. Satyakumar, Anil. R and Minu Elizabeth Mathai (2014), "Traveller Preferences Towards Advanced Traveller Information Systems: A Case Study in Thiruvananthapuram City" Journal of The Indian Road Congress (IRC) July-September 2014, Vol 75-2 pp 233-236
M. Satyakumar, Anil R . and Aiswarya P.G. (2014) " Emergency Information System for Thiruvananthapuram City" International conference on Sustainable Civil Infrastructure (ICSCI2014) Jointly organised by American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) India session and IIT Hyderabad during Oct 17-18,2014
M Satyakumar, R Satheesh Chandran , Anil. R and Jayasankar Shaji (2014) "Interlocking Concrete Block Pavements: A case study". Paper Id:202 Colloquium on Transportation Systems Engineering and Management CTR, CED, NIT Calicut India May 12-13,2014.
M. Satyakumar, Anil R . and Sivakumar. B. (2014), " Travel Time Estimation and Prediction Using Mobile Phones: A Cost Effective Method for Developing Countries" Civil Engineering Dimension, Journal of Civil Engineering science and application (Dimensi Teknik Sipil) Volume 16, Number 1, March 2014 pp33-39.
M. Satyakumar, Anil R . and Aiswarya P.G. (2013), " Travel Time Prediction of Transit using GPS data", Proceedings of Third National Technological Congress (NATCON), Sponsored by CERD Kerala State and Organised by Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology, Kottayam pp. 24-28.
M. Satyakumar, Anil. R , and Shehna Basheer (2012) " Estimating Traffic Congestion and Level of Service on Urban Roads using GPS Data " Proceedings of 5 th Urban Mobility India & 3 rd Research Symposium at New Delhi on 5 th Dec2012 organized by IIT Madras and sponsored by Ministry of Urban Development Government of India and IUT New Delhi. http://urbanmobilityindia.in/Upload/Conference/0072cc23-16b3-47e7-bc1e-b5ac093a34b6.pdf
M. Satyakumar, Anil. R , and Minu Elizabeth Mathai (2012) "Preferences of private drivers for Advanced Traveller Information Systems in Trivandrum City" Proceedings of National Conference on Urban Mobility - Challenges, Solutions and Prospects, organized by IIT Madras and CDAC Thiruvananthapuram in association with IIT Bombay and IIM Calcutta sponsored by MoIT and MoUD Govt of India pp 121-123.
Anil. R , M. Satyakumar and Sreeja. G. S (2012) "Travel time prediction of different modes using GPS- A case study for a small corridor in Trivandrum city." Proceedings of National Conference and workshop on Recent Advances in Traffic Engineering(RATE12) organized by SV NIT, Surat, Gujarat .pp 209-215.
Sreeja. G. S, R. Anil and M Satyakumar (2012) "Estimation of travel time based congestion index of a small corridor in Trivandrum city" Proc. of 2 nd National Technological Congress 2012, Government Engineering College, Trissur.
Minu Elizabeth Mathai , R Anil and M Satyakumar (2011) "A study on information requirements for the design of advanced traveller information system in Indian scenario: A case study in Trivandrum city" Proc of International Conference on Advances in Materials and Techniques for Infrastructure Development, NIT Calicut.
B Sivakumar, R Anil and M SatyaKumar (2010) "Speed and Travel Time estimation Using RTMS Facility of BSNL: A New Paradigm" Proc of International Conference on Technological Trends, College of Engineering, Trivandrum pp 475-482
M Satyakumar, R Satheesh Chandran , R Anil and R Sreekesh (2010) "Experimental investigations on use of beach sand in Sand-Asphalt-Sulphur (S-A-S) paving mixes" Highway Research Journal (IRC), July-December 2010 pp 1-7
B Sivakumar, R Anil and M SatyaKumar (2010) "Studies on Bituminous Concrete mixes with disposable plastic cups as modifiers" Proc. of International conference on Developments in Road Transportation, NIT Rourkela
Anil. R and Chandrakaran.S (2005) "Experimental study on recycled PET and HDPE as a bitumen modifier for pavement construction" Proc. of Prithvi 2005, Global Eco Meet, International seminar on Environment Friendly Transportation. pp.V 25-29.
Other Responsibilities held:
Faculty member, Center of Excellence in Urban Transport, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras sponsored by Ministry of Urban Development Government of India from 2010 onwards (https://coeut.iitm.ac.in/faculty.html)
Member Technical committee for the 3 rd Research Symposium 2012, coordinated by IIT Madras for 5 th Urban Mobility India 2012, organised by Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India during 5-8 Dec2012 at New Delhi.
Member Technical committee 3 rd & 4 th International Conference on Intelligent transportation Engineering ICITE2018& ICITE2019 by IEEE held at National University of Singapore during September 3 rd to 5 th 2018 & during 5 th to 7 th September 2019.
Member Standing Hearing Committee / Standing Appellate Committee meeting at AICTE Headquarter, New Delhi on 11/04/2019 & 12/04/2019
Member Technical Program Committee for 3 rd & 4 th International Conference on Intelligent Traffic and Transportation ICITT2019& ICITT2020 Amsterdam, Netherlands during 22 nd to 24 th September 2019 & Paris, France during 20 th to 22 nd September 2020
Member Editorial Board and Technical Committee International Conference on Intelligent Traffic and Transportation International Conference on Smart Transportation and Future Mobility, CSTFM 2020,2021 &2022 Madrid, SPAIN, Frankfurt, GERMANY & Changsha, CHINA . ( http://www.cstfm.org/com.html )
Organising Secretary for the 7 th Conference on Transportation Systems Engineering & Management (CTSEM) jointly organised by KSCSTE - NATPAC & College of Engineering Trivandrum (CET) during 29-30 December, 2020.
Member. working group on Public works constituted by Kerala State Sixth Finance Commission as per proceedings No. SSFC-C1/6(9)/2021-FIN Dated Thiruvananthapuram 23/04/2021
Publicity committee Co-Chair for the 5 th , 6 th , 7 th , 8 th & 9 th International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Engineering ICITE2020, to ICITE 2024 by IEEE at Beijing, China ( http://www.icite.org/committees.html )
Governing body Member of National Coir Research and Management Institute (NCRMI) from 2023 onwards
Convener for the subcommittee constituted by NRIDA, (Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India) for studying the gradient issue in the state of Kerala for the construction of PMGSY roads.
Member, Board of Studies (Engineering PG) of APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University from Aug 2023 as per U.O. No. 2096/2023/KTU dated 18/08/23
Member, Water Resources Department Inter -state water Cell: Government of Kerala, State committee on Dam Safety as per Kerala Gazette Vol 11, No 4026 dtd 28/11/2022.
Member, Examination Monitoring committee (EMC) Southern Region of APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University from Oct 2019 to January 2021, & from Nov 2022 till date.
Member Curriculum Committee 2019 scheme (Civil Engineering) for APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University as per proceedings KTU/DIRECTOR(Academic)/1702/2019 dtd 07/05/2019 to January 2021
Member, Quality monitoring Committee for framing an internal cell for Assessing Quality for LSGD works as per GO (Rt)No 1591/2021/LSGD dated Trivandrum 17/08/2021
Member Representative of KTU to Board of Studies (Civil Engineering) for Mar Baselios College of Engineering and Technology Thiruvananthapuram (Autonomous) as per U.O. No. 1072/2021/KTU dtd 07/07/2021 Onwards
Member, Periodical performance evaluation committee of State Quality Monitors in PMGSY Kerala as per GO (Rt)No 329/2020/LSGD dated Trivandrum 07/02/2020
Member Curriculum Committee 2019 scheme (Humanities) for APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University as per proceedings KTU/DIRECTOR (Academic)/1702/2019 dtd 07/05/2019 to January 2021
Member, Thiruvananthapuram District Planning committee for Transportation and Communication constituted by District Collector from October 2017 onwards.
Member, Vidyalaya Management Committee of Kendriya Vidyalaya Air Force Station Akkulam, Thiruvananthapuram for 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22 & 2022-23.
Member, State level Standing Committee, Kerala State Rural Roads Development Agency from January 2016 onwards.
Member as Subject Expert in Interview Board of Kerala Public Service Commission for the selection of Civil Engineers/Overseers/Officers in various departments of Govt. of Kerala from 2012 onwards
Member of the Research Advisory Committee for Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU)
Chaired Technical session:
For 3 rd & 5 th International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Engineering ICITE2018 & ICITE2020 (online) by IEEE held at National University of Singapore & Beijing, China during September 3 rd to 5 th 2018 &11 th to 13 th September 2020
For the 5 th International Conference on Modeling and Simulation in Civil Engineering (ICMSC 2019) at TKM College of Engineering Kollam, on 13 December, 2019
Awards:
Commendation certificate award for the paper titled "Traveller Preferences Towards Advanced Traveller Information Systems: A Case Study in Thiruvananthapuram City" published in Journal of The Indian Roads Congress (IRC) July-September 2014, Vol 75-2 pp 233-236 presented and discussed during the 75 th Annual session of IRC held at Bhubaneswar, Odisha during Jan2015. Award for the most commendable paper for the year 2015 received during the 76 th Annual session of IRC held at Indore Madhya Pradesh on 19 th Dec2015
Other Academic Activities:
Co- coordinator for the MoU between ARS Software Engineering, Technopark, Trivandrum and College of Engineering Trivandrum (CET).
Member , Organising committee for CETEX2010, exhibition organized in connection with 70 th anniversary celebrations of College of Engineering Trivandrum. Member Platinum Jubilee Celebration Committee and Convener for Build fair, as part of CETEX2015
Transportation Engineering Laboratory in charge, CET from Oct2011to July 2013
Head of Transportation Engineering Division, CET from 27/07/2013 to 26/07/2015
Manager & Faculty in Charge, Centre for Continuing Education, CET from 06/11/2015 to 22/03/2022
Director, Board of Directors for the Trivandrum Engineering Science and Technology (TrEST) Research Park from 19/12/2015 to 16/03/2019
Joint Secretary & Executive member, CETAA For 2017 -18
Asst Warden, Men's Hostel College of Engineering Trivandrum from March 2019 to March 2022
Head of Civil Engineering Department, CET from 25 th June 2022 to till date
Invited Talks/ Lectures/ Trainings:
Invited talks at IIT Madras, NIT Calicut, BMS College Bangalore, CDAC Trivandrum, GEC Thrissur GEC Kannur, various other Government & Private Engineering colleges etc on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Emergency Information systems, Advanced traveller information systems, Interlocking pavements, pavement design for rural roads, Bituminous pavements an Overview etc
Engaged classes for various training programmes organized by Kerala state PWD, Kerala Highway Research Institute, National Rural Roads Development Agency- New Delhi, Kerala State Rural Roads Development Agency etc
Consultancy provided for Government Organisations:
Coordinator STA College of Engineering Trivandrum, Kerala for PMGSY rural infrastructure projects for NRIDA under the Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India from Jan 2016 onwards till date. Scrutinized projects worth Rupees 148 crores in 2016-17, Rupees 90 crores during year 2017-18, Rupees 35 crores in 2018-19, Rupees 41 crores during year 2020-21, Rupees 229 crores during year 2021-22, Rupees 224 crores during year 2023-24
Member (STA, College of Engineering Trivandrum, Kerala), scrutinizing committee of PMGSY rural roads projects for NRIDA under the Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India for the year 2007 onwards till 2015.
Consultant in charge of Pathanamthitta and Alappuzha District for NABARD assisted Rural Road Projects (2007-2009).
Consultancy activities for Kerala state PWD, Airport Authority of India, MoRTH, KSTP, KSUDP, TRIDA, etc from 2009 onwards
Co- Investigator for Ministry of Urban Development, Govt of India sponsored project (2010-2015) through the Centre of Excellence in Urban Transport, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras for an amount of Rs 12 lakhs with 5 years duration titled "Study on developing tools and methods to support Advanced Traveller Information Systems (ATIS) in Indian cities, a case study at Trivandrum city"
Co- Investigator for Government of Kerala sponsored project (2012-13) under Transportation Engineering Research Centre, Transportation Engineering Division, Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Trivandrum for an amount of Rs 14 lakhs for 1 year duration titled "Study on compatibility of Interlocking concrete blocks over periodically distressed road sections in Kerala ".
Co- Investigator for Government of Kerala sponsored project (2013-14) under Transportation Engineering Research Centre, Transportation Engineering Division, Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Trivandrum for an amount of Rs 17 lakhs for 1 year duration titled "Field Experimental Investigation of Interlocking concrete blocks Pavements for distressed road sections in Kerala ".
Principal Investigator for Government of Kerala sponsored project (2014-18) under Transportation Engineering Research Centre, Transportation Engineering Division, Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Trivandrum for an amount of Rs 7.5 lakhs for 3 year duration titled "Emergency Information system for Trivandrum city"
Co- Investigator for Government of Kerala sponsored project (2015-16) under Transportation Engineering Research Centre, Transportation Engineering Division, Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Trivandrum for an amount of Rs 10 lakhs for 2 year duration titled "Extraction of urban roads from High resolution satellite images ".
Principal Investigator for National Rural Infrastructure Development Agency (NRIDA) under Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India (MoRD) Sponsored project for an amount of Rs 17 lakhs for a duration of 14months (2022-23) titled Evaluation of Thin Bituminous Pavement Surfaces Appropriate for Low Volume Road (LVR) Application
Principal Investigator for Government of Kerala sponsored project (2023-26) under Transportation Engineering Research Centre, Transportation Engineering Division, Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Trivandrum for an amount of Rs 6.55 lakhs for 3 year duration titled "Evaluation of coated coir geotextile reinforced flexible pavement".
Co- Investigator for Government of Kerala sponsored project (2023-25) under Transportation Engineering Research Centre, Transportation Engineering Division, Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Trivandrum for an amount of Rs 34.90 lakhs for 2 year duration titled "Development of mix design methodology for Full Depath Reclamation projects with cement and emulsion as stabilizers"
