Dr. Varun Varghese

Assistant Professor

Areas of Interest

• Transportation Planning
• Urban Planning
• Activity-Travel Behaviour Analysis
• Urban Analytics
• Survey Methods
• Built Environment
• Urban Policy and User Outcomes

Education

• Ph.D.: Urban Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India.
• M.Tech: Infrastructure Engineering and Management, CEPT University, Ahmedabad, India.
• B.Tech: Civil Engineering, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar, India.

Latest Publications

• Khaddar, S., Varghese, V., Fatmi, M. R., & Chikaraishi, M. Jointly modelling activity start time, travel mode, companionship, and destination location choices. Transportmetrica A: Transport Science, 1-27, 2024.
• Abdullah, R., Xavier, B. D., Namgung, H., Varghese, V., & Fujiwara, A. Managing transit-oriented development: A comparative analysis of expert groups and multi-criteria decision making methods. Sustainable Cities and Society, 115, 105871, 2024.
• Varghese, V., Moniruzzaman, M., & Chikaraishi, M. Environmental sustainability or equity in welfare? Analysing passenger flows of a mass rapid transit system with heterogeneous demand. Research in Transportation Economics, 97, 101258, 2023.
• Fujiwara, K., Varghese, V., Chikaraishi, M., Maruyama, T. and Fujiwara, A., Does response lag affect travelers’ stated preference? Evidence from a real-time stated adaptation survey. Transportation, 2023.
• Varghese, V., Chikaraishi, M., & Jana, A. Joint analysis of mode and travel-based multitasking choices in Mumbai, India. Travel Behaviour and Society, 27, 148-161, 2022.