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Dr. S. Gangopadhyay - Director of CRRI
Dr. Subhamay Gangopadhyay has taken over as Director of Central Road Research Institute (CRRI), New Delhi with effect from May 29, 2009. Prior to taking over the charge as Director, Dr. S. Gangopadhyay served as Acting Director of the institute from Sep.2, 2008.
He has graduated in Civil Engineering (B.E.) from University of Calcutta and obtained post graduate degree in Transportation System Engineering (M. Tech) from IIT, Kanpur. Dr Gangopadhyay obtained M.Sc.E & Ph.D from the University of New Brunswick, Canada under Commonwealth Scholarship Plan.
Dr. S. Gangopadhyay joined as Scientist “B” at CRRI in 1979 and became Director Grade Scientist holding the position of Scientist G in 2005. Prior to taking over as Director, he was Head of Traffic & Transportation planning Division at CRRI. He has more than 32 years experience in area of Traffic Engineering & Transport Planning, Regional and Urban Travel Demand Modeling Traffic Flow Theory and Capacity Analysis, Road Traffic Safety, Urban Traffic Congestion and Environmental Impact of Road Transport. He has coordinated wide range of traffic and transportation studies covering many cities in India.
He has successfully carried out a number of significant projects i.e., Comprehensive Traffic and Transportation Study for Mumbai, Surat, Nagpur, Amaravati, Nagpur & Aizwal; Urban Road Traffic and Air Pollution in Major Metropolitan Cities in India; Evaluation of Benefits after Implementation of Delhi Metro and Application of Intelligent Transport System in Delhi.
Dr. Gangopadhyay is a Member of Technical sub group of Delhi Development Authority and in many other committees of Delhi and Central Government.He is also Chairman of IRC, IMRA, committee and Chairman of IRC, Materials Acceredition Committee and life member of Institute of Urban Transport (India). Dr. Gangopadhyay has published more than 55 research papers and about 50 technical reports. He has also guided a number of Ph.D and M.E. students and has visited Canada, USA, Australia, Italy and Sri Lanka.