Pritam Saha

About

Dr Pritam Saha is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST), Shibpur. He earned bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering and master’s degree and Ph.D. in Transportation Engineering. His research interests involve studying traffic operational and safety analysis, influence of geometric design characteristics on safety, sustainable urban mobility and transport policies, performance of different pavement structures under various environmental and traffic conditions. He has experience working on sponsored research projects as Principal Investigator, industrial consultancy projects, and also, guiding doctoral and master’s theses. He is the member of different professional bodies. Currently, his research is focused on developing indigenous technology for safety assessment, effective transport planning for areas that have grown organically, and sustainable pavement structure. Before joining IIEST, Shibpur in 2013, he spent four years working at the National Institute of Technology Agartala as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering and three years working in the transportation infrastructure development industries on planning, designing, and construction of projects.

Academic Qualifications

B.E. (Civil Engineering, Jalpaiguri Govt. Engineering College - North Bengal University), 2004
M.E. (Highway and Traffic Engineering, Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur), 2006
PhD (Transportation Engineering, National Institute of Technology Agartala), 2013

Research Statement

Transportation planning
Traffic safety
Traffic operations and management
Pavement evaluation

Latest Publications

1 Rupali Roy & Pritam Saha, Microscopic Analysis of Time Headway of Vehicles on Two-Lane Highways with Mixed Traffic, 4(3), 287:1-15, SN Computer Science, Springer, 2023

2 Sujata Basu, Pritam Saha, Evaluation of risk factors for road accidents under mixed traffic: Case study on Indian highways, IATSS Research, Elsevier, 2022

3 Pritam Saha, Rupali Roy, A Descriptive Study of Vehicle Classwise Headways using Mixed Traffic Data, Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series A, Springer, 2022

4 Deotima Mukherjee and Pritam Saha, Walking behaviour and safety of pedestrians at different types of facilities: a review of recent research and future research needs, 2:76, 1-16, SN Social Sciences, Springer, 2022

5 Pritam Saha, Nabanita Roy, Sujata Basu, Influence of Safety in Performance Assessment of Two-Lane Highways: A Critical Review, 44, 35-39, Transportation Research Procedia, Elsevier, 2020

6 Dutta, R., Biswas, S., Mondal, S., Basu, S., Saha, P.,, Backcasting Historical Traffic Data on Rural Highways Using Different Techniques, ISBN 978-93-5396-500-6, 25-26, Challenges of Resilient and Sustainable Infrastructure Development in Emerging Economies, ASCE, 2020

7 Mondal, S., Saha, P., Passing Behaviour on Two-Lane Suburban Arterials: An Observation under Mixed Traffic with a Significant Fraction of Battery-Run E-Rickshaws, 5, 22, Innovative Infrastructure Solutions, Springer, 2020

8 Roy, R., Saha, P., Analysis of vehicle-type-specific headways on two-lane roads with mixed traffic, 35(6), 588–604, Transport, 2020

9 Saha, P., Roy, R., Sarkar, A.K., Pal, M., Preferred time headway of drivers on two-lane highways with heterogeneous traffic, 11 (4), 200-207, Transportation Letters, Taylor and Francis, 2019

10 Basu, S., Roy, N., Saha, P., Assessment of Safety Performance on Two-Lane Roads under Mixed Traffic: A Review of Recent Research and Future Research Needs, 97th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB), Transportation Research Board of the National Academics, Washington, D.C., 2018

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Research Areas

Transportation planning
Traffic safety
Traffic operations and management
Pavement evaluation

Teachings

1 Dutta, R., Biswas, S., Mondal, S., Basu, S., Saha, P.,, Backcasting Historical Traffic Data on Rural Highways Using Different Techniques, ISBN 978-93-5396-500-6, 25-26, Challenges of Resilient and Sustainable Infrastructure Development in Emerging Economies, ASCE, 2020

2 Basu, S., Roy, N., Saha, P., Assessment of Safety Performance on Two-Lane Roads under Mixed Traffic: A Review of Recent Research and Future Research Needs, 97th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB), Transportation Research Board of the National Academics, Washington, D.C., 2018

3 Mondal, S., Saha, P.,, Battery-Run and Traditional Fuel Vehicle Mix: Perspectives of Road Traffic Environment and Operations, ISBN978-81-938404-9-8, 321-325, 33rdIndian Engineering Congress, The Institution of Engineers (India), 2018

4 Kolay, P. K., Talukdar, H., Saha, P., LOS assessment of two-lane roads with mixed traffic: What really matters to analysts?, 75-76, Research Scholars’ Colloquium (RSC)-2016, IIEST Shibpur, 2016

5 Roy, R., Saha, P., Exponential Distribution of Headways: A Misnomer on Two-Lane Roads with Heterogeneous Traffic, 43-44, Research Scholars’ Colloquium (RSC)-2016, IIEST Shibpur, 2016

6 Basu, S., Saha, P., A comparison of poisson and negative binomial regression in accident data analysis, 96-97, Research Scholars’ Colloquium (RSC)-2016, IIEST Shibpur, 2016

7 De, D., Ray, S. & Saha, P., Analysis of pedestrian Movement at Intersection: A case study in Kolkata Metropoils, National Conf. on Engineering problems and Application of Mathematics (EPAM-2016), NIT Agartala., 2016

8 Mukherjee, D., Das, S., Saha, P., Walking speeds on Sidewalks: A comparison of Recreational and Residedential Zones in Kolkata, National Conf. on Engineering problems and Application of Mathematics (EPAM-2016), NIT Agartala., 2016

9 Roy, N., Roy, R., Saha, P., Sarkar, A. K., Modelling of vehicular speeds on Two-Lane Roads under Heavy Traffic Flow Condition, National Conf. on Engineering problems and Application of Mathematics (EPAM-2016), NIT Agartala., 2016

10 Roy, R., Roy, N., Saha, P., Sarkar, A. K., Analysis of Time Headways under Heavy Traffic Flow Conditions on Two-lane Roads: Case Study from North-East India, 12th International Conference on Transportation Planning and Implementation Methodologies for Developing Countries, 2016, (TPMDC) in IIT Bombay, 2016

11 Mukherjee D., Das, S., Saha, P., Roy, S.K.,, Evaluation of pedestrian Speeds on Sidewalks: A Comparative Study at the Commercial Hubs in the Twin Cities of Kolkata and Howrah, 12th International Conference on Transportation Planning and Implementation Methodologies for Developing Countries, 2016, (TPMDC) in IIT Bombay, 2016

12 Basu, S., Saha, P., A critical review of regression models for analysing highway crash data, 12th International Conference on Transportation Planning and Implementation Methodologies for Developing Countries, 2016, (TPMDC) in IIT Bombay, 2016

13 Saha, P., Sarkar, A. K., Pal, M., Preferred Time Headway of Drivers on Two-Lane Highways with Heterogeneous Traffic, National Conf. on Recent Advances in Traffic Engineering SVNIT Surat, 2015

14 Das, S., Mukherjee, D., Saha, P., Roy, S. K.,, Characteristics of Pedestrian Traffic on Sidewalks: a case study in Kolkata Metropolis, 3rd Conference of the Transportation Research Group of India (3rd CTRG), Kolkata., 2015

15 Roy, R., Saha, P., Sarkar, A. K., Time Headway Modeling of Mixed Traffic on Two-Lane Highways, 3rd Conference of the Transportation Research Group of India (3rd CTRG), Kolkata., 2015

16 Saha, P., Sarkar, A. K., Pal, M., Assessment of Level-of-Service of Two-Lane Highways with Heterogeneous Traffic, 94th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB), Transportation Research Board of the National Academics, Washington, D.C., 2015

17 Saha, P., Sarkar, A. K., Pal, M., Study of traffic characteristic on a National Highway passing through peri-urban area in Agartala, Tripura, 84-86, National Conf. on Urban Mobility-Challenges, Solutions and Prospects, IIT Madras, 2012

1 Pankaj Kumar, Sabyasachi Mondal, Pritam Saha & Sudip K. Roy, Characteristics of e-rickshaw Dominated Mixed-Mode Traffic in Suburban Arterial Corridors, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Springer347, , 2023 2 Basu, S., Datta, A., Mondal, S, Saha, P., Reliability-based safety assessment of mixed vehicular traffic under the influence of time-of-day, Reliability and Statistics in Transportation and Communication, Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, Springer, ISBN 978-3-030-44610-9117, 197-210, , 2020 3 Basu, S., Saha, P., Assessment of Crash Risks at Highway Access Points with Restricted Sight Visibility, Lecture Notes in Intelligent Transportation and Infrastructure, SpringerISBN 978-3-030-38665-8, 76-88, , 2020 4 Mukherjee, D., Das, S., Saha, P., Roy, S. K., Analysis of Pedestrian Movements on Sidewalks: a Case Study in Kolkata, India, Lecture Notes in Intelligent Transportation and Infrastructure, SpringerISBN 978-3-030-38665-8, 99-111, , 2020 5 Mondal, S., Saha, P., Rising growth of e-rickshaws in Indian traffic context: A challenge in efficient traffic operation, Technical volume, 32nd Indian Engineering Congress, Excel India publishersISBN978-93-86724-29-8, 153-160, , 2017 6 Roy, R., Saha, P., An Empirical Analysis of Time Headways on Two-lane Roads with Mixed Traffic, Reliability and Statistics in Transportation and Communication, SpringerISBN9783319744544, 192-203, , 2017 7 Saha, P., Pal. M., Sarkar, A. K., Study on percent time-spent following: a performance measure for two-lane highways, Advances in Civil Engineering and Building Materials, Taylor & Francis Group, LondonISBN9780429220661, 899-902, , 2012

Patents

#	Patents	Year

Member

Membership of professional bodies

Fellow, Institution of Engineers (India), F-1304670
Member, Indian Roads Congress, M-35295

Responsibilities

Faculty-in-charge

Computational Laboratory, Civil Engineering Department

Warden

A. C. Roy Hall [Hostel-7]

Projects

Development of a low-cost indigenous driving simulator to evaluate the safety performance of roadways at critical visibility conditions [Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)-DST, Government of India, sponsored research project], Sponsored
Ongoing
Performance Evaluation of Cell Filled Concrete, Roller Compacted Cement Concrete and Panelled Concrete Roads [National Rural Infrastructure Development Agency (NRIDA), Government of India sponsored research project], Sponsored
Ongoing
Development of Operational Strategies for E-Rickshaws for Improving Air Quality on Roads in Urban Areas of West Bengal [Science & Technology and Biotechnology Department, Government of West Bengal sponsored research project], Sponsored
Ongoing
Development of a Reliability Framework for Studying the Role of Exogenous and Endogenous Factors in Limiting Sight Visibility on Roads Using Driving Simulator [Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme-III (TEQIP-III), IIEST Shibpur], Sponsored
Completed
Study of Level-of-Safety on Two-Lane Rural Highways in Indian Traffic Conditions [IEI R & D Grant-in-Aid scheme, The Institution of Engineers (India)], Sponsored
Completed

Awards

The IATSS Best Paper Award: International Association of Traffic and Safety Sciences, Japan, Year: 2024
Recipient of International Travel Support from CSIR to attend the Transportation Research Board (TRB) 97th Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., USA, Year: 2018
Recipient of International Travel Support from SERB-DST to attend ‘Transbaltica 2017’ in Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania, Year: 2017
Best paper presenter: National conference - Engineering Problems and Application of Mathematics (EPAM)-2016, Year: 2016
Employee of the Month, Urban Transportation Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd., Year: 2008
GATE Scholarship: Post Graduation Level, Year: 2004
National Scholarship: Graduation Level, Year: 2000