Hi! I'm Rahul Raoniar
I'm a Post Doctoral Fellow at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. In my research, writing, teaching, and public speaking, I engage with a variety of themes in road safety and transport psychology.
My current interests focus on
Walkable and Cyclable Cities.
Pedestrian and Bicyclist safety.
Children's Road Safety.
Safe Mobility for Blind Pedestrians and Persons with Walking Disabilities.
I have a background in transportation engineering (Ph.D., M.Tech) and programming (Python, R, Stata, etc.). In 2022, I defended my Ph.D. thesis on "Study of Pedestrians’ Unsafe Road Crossing Behaviour at Signalised Intersection Crosswalks." Before joining IIT Guwahati, I conducted research at CSIR - Central Road Research Institute.
Disciplines
Walkable and Cyclable Cities, Road Safety, Injury Prevention, Transport Psychology, Transportation Accessibility, and Quantitative Social Research.
Current Position
Post Doctoral Fellow at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay.
Academic Degrees
Diploma in Civil Engineering, Raiganj Polytechnique, Raiganj, West Bengal, 2009
B.Tech. in Civil Engineering, Teerthankar Mahaveer College of Engineering, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, 2012
M.Tech in Transportation Engineering, AcSIR, CSIR-CRRI, New Delhi, 2015
Ph.D. in Transportation Systems Engineering, IIT Guwahati, Assam, 2022
Experience
Additional Assistant Engineer: Sarba Siksha Abhiyan Mission, Malda, West Bengal (July 2012 - July 2013)
Trainee Scientist: CSIR-CRRI, New Delhi (August 2013 – August 2015)
Ph.D. Research Scholar: IIT Guwahati, Assam (July 2016 - November 2022)
Project Research Scientist: IIT Bombay, Maharastra (December 2022 - March 2023)
Post Doctoral Fellow: IIT Bombay, Maharastra (March 2023 - Present)
Blogger: Data Science & Machine Learning Blog Writer and YouTube Content Creator (July 2018 – Present)