Faculty at School of Engineering

Shalini Rankavat

Shalini Rankavat

Associate Professor

School of Engineering


Contact Information

Sustainable & Inclusive Urban Mobility | Pedestrian & Road Safety | Travel Behaviour & Non-Motorized Transport | Urban Transportation Planning, Accessibility & Transit-Oriented Development

  • PhD (Transportation Engg.)
  • MTech (Transportation Engg.)
  • BTech (Civil Engineering)


 

  • 9 yrs Teaching Experience
  • 5 years Industrial experience

Transportation Research Group (TRG) of India

  • M. K. Jha, R. Jaiswal, D.S.K. Varma, S. Rankavat, A. K. Bachu and P.K. Jha. 2025. A Machine Learning Approach to Traffic Congestion Hotspot Identification and Prediction. Future Transportation, 5(4), 161. DOI: 10.3390/futuretransp5040161.
  • Bhardwaj and S. Rankavat. 2025. Mapping proximity based on the 15-minute city concept: a case study of an Indian city. Sustainable Transport and Livability, 2(1), 2560809. DOI: 10.1080/29941849.2025.2560809.
  • Bhardwaj, S. Rankavat and D.S.K. Varma. 2024. Exploring Pedestrian Dynamics at Metro Station for Effective Transportation Planning: Jaipur Case Study. In Urban Mobility Research in India (pp. 405–419). Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-97-8116-4_28.
  • S. Rankavat and A. Garg. 2024. Reliability Analysis for Horizontal Curves with Crashes: Case Study in New Delhi, India. Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part A: Systems, 150(9). DOI: 10.1061/JTEPBS.TEENG-8045.
  • S. Rankavat and V. Gupta. 2023. Risk perceptions of pedestrians for traffic and road features. International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion, 30(3), 410–418. DOI: 10.1080/17457300.2023.2204488.
  • S. Rankavat, A.R. Gurram, D. S. Pawar and V. Kushwaha. 2023. Study of COVID-19 impact on users' perception for transport modes choice in India. IATSS Research, 47(1), 73–83. DOI: 10.1016/j.iatssr.2023.01.005.
  • A. Bhardwaj, S. Rankavat and D.S.K. Varma. 2023. Treatment of Recycled Coarse Aggregate Using Hybrid Technique for Rigid Pavements Incorporating Fly Ash. In Recent Advancements in Sustainable and Safe Transportation Infrastructure – Vol. 1 (pp. 59–74). Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-96-1984-9_6.
  • S. Rankavat, A. R. G., D. S. Pawar and V. Kushwaha. 2022. Impact of COVID-19 on Perception of Commuters towards Work and Non-Work Trips in India. Journal of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies, 14, 215–228. DOI: 10.11175/easts.14.215.
  • S. Rankavat and V. Gupta. 2022. Risk Perceptions of Pedestrians for Traffic and Road Features in Bulandshahr-UP, India. SSRN Electronic Journal.
  • D. Mann, S. Rankavat and P. K. Joshi. 2022. Road network drives urban ecosystems – a longitudinal analysis of impact of roads in the central Himalaya. Geocarto International, 37(4), 1100–1125. DOI: 10.1080/10106049.2020.1750064.
  • D. Mann, M Anees, S. Rankavat and P. K. Joshi. 2020. Spatio-temporal variations in landscape ecological risk related to road network in the Central Himalaya. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal. ISSN: 1080-7039. 1549-7860.
  • S. Rankavat and G. Tiwari. 2020. Influence of actual and perceived risks in selecting crossing facilities by pedestrians. Travel Behaviour and Society, 21, 1–9. DOI: 10.1016/j.tbs.2020.05.003.
  • S. Rankavat and G. Tiwari. 2020. Pedestrians Crossing Behavior in Delhi, India. Journal of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies.
  • S. Rankavat and G. Tiwari. 2016. Pedestrians risk perception of traffic crash and built environment features – Delhi, India. Safety Science, 87, 1–7.
  • S. Rankavat and G. Tiwari. 2016. Pedestrians perceptions for utilization of pedestrian facilities – Delhi, India. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 42(3), 495–499. DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2016.02.005.
  • S. Rankavat and G. Tiwari. 2015. Association Between Built Environment and Pedestrian Fatal Crash Risk in Delhi, India. Transportation Research Record, 2519(1), 61–66. DOI: 10.3141/2519-07.
  • S. Rankavat and G. Tiwari. 2013. Pedestrian Accident Analysis in Delhi Using GIS. Journal of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies, 10, 1446–1457. DOI: 10.11175/easts.10.1446.
  • S. Rankavat and G. Tiwari. 2012. Using GIS to assess pedestrian safety in Delhi. Injury Prevention, 18(Suppl 1), A222. DOI: 10.1136/injuryprev-2012-040590v.12.

  • Rankavat, S., and A. Bhardwaj. 2024. “Level of Service of Sidewalks Walkability with Vendors’ Activities: Case Study Noida, India.” EWGT 204, Lund University, Sweden.
  • Jha, M.K., D.S.K. Varma, R. Jaiswal, S. Rankavat and B.A. Kumar. “A Machine Learning Approach to Traffic Congestion Hotspot Identification and Prediction.” The 16th World Conference on Transport Research, Montréal, Québec, Canada, 17–21 July 2023.
  • Bhardwaj, A., S. Rankavat and D. Sai Kiran. 2023. “Exploring Pedestrian Dynamics at Metro Station for Effective Transportation Planning: Jaipur Case Study.” UMI RS, Delhi.
  • Varma, D.S.K., Rankavat, S., Bhardwaj, A. 2023. “Comprehensive Analysis of Post-COVID-19 Changes in Behavior and Perception of Public Transit Users in the Urban Region of a Medium-Sized City of India – Noida/Greater Noida Region (Delhi NCR).” UMI RS 2022, Kochi.
  • Jain, S. and Rankavat, S. 2022. “Investigation of Transport Pollutant Emissions and Their Associated Health Impacts in North Indian Region.” UMI RS 2022, Kochi.
  • Rankavat, S., A. Gurram, D. Pawar and V. Kushwaha. 2021. “Impact of COVID-19 on Perception of Commuters Towards Work and Non-Work Trips in India.” 14th EASTS Conference, Hiroshima, Japan, 2021.
  • Rankavat, S. and G. Tiwari. 2019. “Pedestrians Crossing Behavior in Delhi, India.” 13th EASTS Conference, Colombo, 2019.

  • Chauhan, A., Wasim, M., Mohanty, S., Pandey, P.C., Pandey, M., Maurya, N.K., Rankavat, S., Dubey, S.B. (2023). Earth observation applications for urban mapping and monitoring: research prospects, opportunities and challenges. In Earth Observation in Urban Monitoring (Chapter 10, pp. 197–229). Elsevier.
  • Varma, D.S.K., Rankavat, S., Bhardwaj, A. (2022). Comprehensive Analysis of Post-COVID-19 Changes in Behavior and Perception of Public Transit Users in the Urban Region of a Medium-Sized City of India – Noida/Greater Noida Region (Delhi NCR). In Urban Mobility Research in India. UMI 2022. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Vol. 361. Springer, Singapore. DOI.
  • Jain, S. and Rankavat, S. (2022). Investigation of Transport Pollutant Emissions and Their Associated Health Impacts in North Indian Region. In Urban Mobility India (pp. 443–465). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore.

  • On India’s roads, ill-suited infrastructure drives pedestrian deaths
    Published on November 25, 2024 — S. Rankavat
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  • What India needs to do for a sustainable transport sector
    Published on July 5, 2024 — S. Rankavat
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  • Bhardwaj, A., & Rankavat, S. (2026). “Streets for People: Behavioral and Environmental Factors Influencing Walking and Cycling Patterns.” MAGSCON 2026, Manipal Academy of Higher Education.
  • Bhardwaj, A., & Rankavat, S. (2024). “Exploring Pedestrian Dynamics at Metro Station for Effective Transportation Planning: Jaipur Case Study.” 15th Urban Mobility India Conference, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.
  • Bhardwaj, A., & Rankavat, S. (2024). “Treatment of Recycled Coarse Aggregate Using Hybrid Technique for Rigid Pavements Incorporating Fly Ash.” CTSEM 2024: International Conference on Transportation Systems Engineering and Management, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT), Nagpur.

  • Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives (TRIP), Elsevier
  • International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion, Taylor & Francis
  • Scientific Reports, Springer
  • Transportation, Springer