B.E (2010)- in Civil Engineering from IIEST Shibpur, India
M.Tech (2012)- in Transportation System Engineering from IIT Guwahati, India
Ph.D. (2017)- in Civil Engineering from IIT Roorkee, India.
Work Experiences
Academic Experience
1. Assistant Professor (Aug, 2022- Present)
Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute Technology Durgapur, India
2. Assistant Professor (May, 2018- Aug 2022)
Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute Technology Jamshedpur, India
3. Assistant Professor (Aug, 2017- May2018)
Department of Civil Engineering, Amity University Noida, India
Research and Consultancy
Dr. Biswas is actively involved in various ongoing projects including the Ministry of Indian Railway, Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India (DFCCIL), National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and Indian Road Congress (IRC). He also serves as an associate editor and reviewer in several international journals. He has written a book and several book chapters.
Research Interest
Statiscal Modeling and analysis,
Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS),
Traffic Control,
Accident Analysis,
Traffic Safety,
Transportation Planning,
Pavement Design and Analysis
Teachings
In NIT Jamshedpur (from 2018 -2022)
• Traffic Engineering - CE1815, Semester: VIII
• Estimation and Costing and Valuation - CE1604, Semester: VI
• Surveying 1 - CE1301, Semester: III
• Transportation Engineering II - CE1703, Semester: VII
• Pavement Design - CE1817, Semester: VIII
• Transportation Engineering I - CE1603, Semester: VI
In NIT Durgapur (from 2022- till today)
Odd Semester
• Transportation Engineering – CEC504, Semester: V
• Numerical Analysis- CES7XX, Semester: VII
• Transportation Engineering Lab. CES553, Semester: V
• Engineering Graphics . XES51, Semester: I
Even Semester
• Feild Surveying – CEC504, Semester: IV
• Traffic Engineering and Management – CEC624, Semester: VI
• Surveying Lab – CES,554 Semester: IV
UG / PG Students
SHRUTI ROY
Completed Mtech. Presently working in PWD in Bihar
SHRUTI ROY
Completed Mtech. Presently working in PWD in Bihar
C. K. Singh
Completed M.Tech.
C. K. Singh
Completed M.Tech.
Romi Kritika
Completed M.Tech.
Romi Kritika
Completed M.Tech.
Kush Saha
Working in Rural Road dept. Murshidabad, WB
Pavement Engineering
Kush Saha
Working in Rural Road dept. Murshidabad, WB
Pavement Engineering
Doctoral Students
Mr. D.K. Rout
Presently PhD Scholar in NIT Jamshedpur
Pavement Engineering
Utilization of Reclaimed Asphalt
Pavement (RAP) in Rigid Pavement
Mr. D.K. Rout
Presently PhD Scholar in NIT Jamshedpur
Pavement Engineering
Utilization of Reclaimed Asphalt
Pavement (RAP) in Rigid Pavement
Mr. Swagata Sarkar
Presently PhD Scholar in NIT Jamshedpur
Traffic Safety
Applications of Artificial Intelligence to Monitor Traffic Safety at Intersections
Mr. Swagata Sarkar
Presently PhD Scholar in NIT Jamshedpur
Traffic Safety
Applications of Artificial Intelligence to Monitor Traffic Safety at Intersections
Projects
Sl.No.
Title
Name of the PI
Name of the CoPIs
Funding Agency
Amount (Rs.)
Project Type
Project Status
Date of Initiation
Date of Completion
1
Developing a Methodology for Previous Concrete Pavement Using Waste Reclaimed Material
Sabyasachi Biswas
NA
CRS
1,980,000
Sponsored
Ongoing
2022-12-02
2024-09-02
2
Development of AI-based Technique to Monitor Traffic Safety at Various Road Intersections under the Indian Traffic Condition
Sabyasachi Biswas
-
National Highway Authority of India (NHAI)
2,210,000
Sponsored
Ongoing
2022-10-10
2025-02-01
3
Assessment and redesign of the runway at Sonari, Jamshedpur
Sabyasachi Biswas
A. K. Sinha
JUSCO
225,000
Consultancy
Completed
2020-11-23
2021-03-31
4
Investigation and analysis to substantiate the claim of DFCCIL regarding the comparison of two alternative railway routes
Sabyasachi Biswas
A.K. Sinha
Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Ltd.(DFCCIL), Ministry of Indian Railways
554,600
Consultancy
Completed
2019-02-27
2019-07-31
Projects
Sl.No.
Title
Name of the PI
Name of the CoPIs
Funding Agency
Amount (Rs.)
Project Type
Project Status
Date of Initiation
Date of Completion
1
Developing a Methodology for Previous Concrete Pavement Using Waste Reclaimed Material
Sabyasachi Biswas
NA
CRS
1,980,000
Sponsored
Ongoing
2022-12-02
2024-09-02
2
Development of AI-based Technique to Monitor Traffic Safety at Various Road Intersections under the Indian Traffic Condition
Sabyasachi Biswas
-
National Highway Authority of India (NHAI)
2,210,000
Sponsored
Ongoing
2022-10-10
2025-02-01
Projects
Sl.No.
Title
Name of the PI
Name of the CoPIs
Funding Agency
Amount (Rs.)
Project Type
Project Status
Date of Initiation
Date of Completion
1
Assessment and redesign of the runway at Sonari, Jamshedpur
Sabyasachi Biswas
A. K. Sinha
JUSCO
225,000
Consultancy
Completed
2020-11-23
2021-03-31
2
Investigation and analysis to substantiate the claim of DFCCIL regarding the comparison of two alternative railway routes
Sabyasachi Biswas
A.K. Sinha
Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Ltd.(DFCCIL), Ministry of Indian Railways
1. Estimation of PCU and Saturation Flow at Signalised Intersection Sabyasachi Biswas, Harjeet Prasad, Amit Jaiswal, Aditya Raj Gehlot Advances in Transportation Engineering
SCOPUS
Springer
2020
2020
2. Reliability modelling on drivers' decision during the yellow phase of a signal intersection. Sabyasachi Biswas, Indrajit Ghosh Current Science
118:4, 654-661
SCI
doi: 10.18520/cs/v118/i4/654-661
Indian Academy of Sciences
2020
2019
3. Saturation flow model for signalized intersection under mixed traffic condition Sabyasachi Biswas, Souvik Chakraborty, Indrajit Ghosh, Satish Chandra Transportation Research Record
2672:15, 55-65
SCI
doi.org/10.1177/0361198118777407
SAGE Publications
2019
2018
4. Estimation of Dynamic Passenger Car Unit by Multi Objective Optimization Technique Sabyasachi Biswas; Nihal Malik; Somya Singh; Atul V. Bisen IEEE
SCI/SCOPUS
DOI: 10.1109/CONFLUENCE.2018.8442541
IEEE
2018
2018
5. Modeling of the drivers’ decision-making behavior during yellow phase Sabyasachi Biswas, Indrajit Ghosh KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering
SCI
doi.org/10.1007/s12205-018-0666-6
Springer
2018
2017
6. Effect of traffic signal countdown timers on pedestrian crossings at signalized intersection Sabyasachi Biswas, Indrajit Ghosh, Satish Chandra Transportation in Developing Economies
3:2
ESCI
doi.org/10.1007/s40890-016-0032-7
Springer
2017
2017
7. Influence of signal countdown timer on efficiency and safety at signalized intersections Sabyasachi Biswas, Indrajit Ghosh, Satish Chandra Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering
44:4,
SCI
doi.org/10.1139/cjce-2016-0267
Canadian Science Publishing
2017
2015
8. The effect of countdown timer on the approach speed at signalised intersections Sabyasachi Biswas, Jeevitha Devalla, Indrajit Ghosh Procedia Computer Science
52, 920-925
SCOPUS
doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2015.05.166
Elsevier
2015
Conferences
ID
Details
Year
2021
1.Singh, C. K. , S. Biswas, and A. Kumar (2021) Determination of Lateral Load Carrying Capacity of Pile Group Located Near.
Geo Science and Geo
Structures (GSGS 2020), NIT Jamshedpur, India
2021
2021
2.Rout M.K, Biswas, S., and Sinha, A.K. (2021), Evaluation of Mechanical Properties of Rigid Pavement with High RAP Content
8th International Conference on Transportation Systems Engineering and Management (CTSEM-2021), Calicut
2021
2019
3.Biswas, S., I. Ghosh and T. Gate (2019), Conceptual Method For Estimating Start
Up Loss Time Under Heterogeneous
Traffic Condition
98th Annual Meeting of
Transportation Research Board (TRB), Washington D.C., USA
2019
2018
4.Sabyasachi Biswas, Souvik Chakraborty, Indrajit Ghosh, Satish Chandra (2018), Saturation flow model for signalized intersection under mixed traffic condition
97th Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board (TRB), Washington D.C., USA
2018
2017
5.Biswas, S., S. Pandey, K.S. Mauryaa, S, Choudhury and I. Ghosh (2017), Drivers’ Decision-Making Behavior
during Yellow Phase: A Weighted
Average Based Approach.
96th Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board(TRB), Washinton D.C.
2017
2017
6.Biswas, S., and I. Ghosh (2017), Estimation of the passenger car units and
stream equivalency factor at signalized
intersections under heterogeneous traffic
conditions.
96th Annual Meeting of
Transportation Research Board (TRB)
2017
2016
7.Biswas, S., I. Ghosh
and S. Chandra (2016), Effect of countdown timers on traffic
characteristics and driver behaviors at
signalized intersections
95th Annual Meeting of
Transportation Research Board (TRB), Washinton D.C.
2016
2015
8.Biswas, S., I. Ghosh and S. Chandra (2015) Impact of Traffic Signal Countdown
Timers on Pedestrian Behavior At
Signalised Intersection.
3rd Conference of
Transportation Research Group
of India, Kolkata
2015
2015
9.Biswas, S., I. Ghosh and S. Chandra (2015), Comparison of Passenger Car Unit
Values For Urban Mixed Traffic at
Signalized Intersections.
3rd Conference of
Transportation Research Group
of India, Kolkata
2015
Books
ID
Title
S. Pulugurtha, I Ghosh,
and S. Biswas. (2019) Advances in Transportation
Engineering.(BOOK)
M. K. D. Rout, S. Biswas, and A.K. Sinha (2021) Mechanical and Durability Properties of
Alccofine Used in Reclaimed Asphalt Concrete
Pavements (CHAPTER)
During his B. E at IIEST, Shibpur, Dr. Biswas has been a recipient of the prestigious National Scholarship for undergraduate students. His research interests include traffic engineering, ITS, traffic planning, traffic modelling, road safety, statistical modelling and analysis and pavement design and analysis. He has also received Fellowship of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India during his Ph.D. Dr. Biswas has the invaluable experience to work as a Project Scientist in DST, Ministry of Science and Technology.
In 2015, he was selected for the prestigious IIT Roorkee Heritage Foundation Award for his research contribution. Further, he received “The IIT Roorkee Alumni fund” to participate in the 96th Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board 2017, held in Washington, DC, USA.
Administrative Responsibilities
Faculty In-Charge in House Keeping And Green Campus(HKGC)/(P&D HKGC), NIT Jamshedpur from 23/06/2020 to 10/08/2022,
Coordinator, Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA), NIT Jamshedpur 23/02/2022 to 10/08/2022
Faculty Adviser of undergraduate students in the Department of Civil Engineering, NIT Jamshedpur from 15/06/2018 to 10/08/2022
Professor In-Charge in Civil Engineering Society (CES), NIT Jamshedpur from 15/06/2019 to 10/08/2022
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