Bio
Ayushman Bhatt is an assistant professor at the transportation engineering (TRE) program of the civil & infrastructure engineering department at AIT School of Engineering and Technology. His research interests include transportation’s accessibility and connectivity impact assessments, sustainable transportation planning, and transportation policy studies. His recent work encompasses studies of externalities caused due to transportation systems development on socio-economic and environmental phenomena, for instance regional innovation, urban development, agglomeration economies, urban metabolism, and urban heat emission. He obtained his Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) at University of Tokyo and master’s at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur in civil engineering.
Ayushman’s prior work 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, the think tank of the ADB. He has published in refereed academic journals in the field of transportation research and participated in international conferences. He also actively contributes to the research activities of World Conference of Transport Research Society Special-Interest-Group-A-4 (WCTRS-SIG-A4-High-Speed Railway: Policy, Investments and Impacts). Ayushman was born and raised at Jabalpur in India, and have subsequently lived at Hyderabad, Kanpur, Tokyo, and Singapore for education and stints of work. When not working, he enjoys solo-travel, playing chess, hiking, reading, cooking, and listening to classical and instrumental music.
Employment
2024 onwards
2022-2024
2021-2022
2020-2022
2018-2020
2016-2018
Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil & Infrastructure Engineering
Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore
Research Fellow, Engineering Systems and Design Pillar
Research Fellow, SGP-Aviation & Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences Cluster
The University of Tokyo, Japan
Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Civil Engineering
Asian Development Bank (ADB) Institute, Tokyo, Japan
Research Associate at the Capacity Building and Training Department
The University of Tokyo, Japan
Teaching Assistant (Fellow) at the Centre for the Development of Global Leadership Education
Teaching Assistant at the Department of Civil Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
Teaching Assistant at the Department of Civil Engineering
Education
2021
2018
2015
The University of Tokyo, Japan
Ph.D. in Civil Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
MS (by research) in Civil Engineering
University of Technology of Madhya Pradesh, India
Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering