I am a Research Associate at the Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge and Jesus College, University of Cambridge.
I work with the Centre for Sustainable Road Freight in areas of road freight electrification such as vehicle platforms, logistics and infrastructure. My research interests include sustainable road logistics, vehicle dynamics and control, electric and autonomous vehicles, energy systems and techno-economic modelling.
I studied for the PhD degree at the University of Cambridge and the BTech and MTech degrees at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras. I am additionally a Board Member of the International Forum for Heavy Vehicle Transport & Technology (HVTT Forum), and serve as peer reviewer for several international journals and conferences.
28-07-2025
I was appointed as a College Postdoctoral Research Associate at Jesus College, University of Cambridge from 1st October 2025. This position is in conjunction with employment with the Department of Engineering as a Research Associate.
30-06-2025
I was selected for a Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR) PhD Award for outstanding research with real world application. The award was presented at a ceremony on 30th June at St John's College, Cambridge.
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28-05-2025
I presented my paper on electric roads at the 18th International Symposium on Heavy Vehicle Transport & Technology (HVTT18), May 2025, Québec City, Canada, and additionally co-authored a paper on logistics. I also presided as the Session Chair for the session on E-trucks.
05-11-2024
I presented our research titled "Techno-economic Comparison of Solutions for Road Freight Decarbonisation" at the 11th International Workshop on Sustainable Road Freight 2024 In Shanghai, China. and co-authored two other presentations on tyres and battery health led by colleagues Chen Liu and Rishab Gandhi.
05-07-2024
Our paper titled "Charging and traffic constraints in electric road freight journeys" has been accepted for presentation at the 18th International Symposium on Heavy Vehicle Transport & Technology (HVTT18), May 2025, Québec City, Canada.
14-06-2024
The Cambridge University Indian Classical Music Society (founded by me) and I were awarded runner-up prizes for "society of the year" and "contribution to student community", respectively, from among 300+ nominations at the Cambridge Students' Awards 2024.
12-12-2023
My PhD research was awarded the Helios Prize by the Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, for its impact on sustainable energy and energy efficiency.
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09-11-2023
I was elected as a Board Member of the International Forum for Heavy Vehicle Transport & Technology (HVTT Forum).
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29-09-2023
Our work on "Evaluation and modelling of truck overtaking for IC and EV trucks: Application to route-level performance" has been accepted for presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board 2023, Washington DC, USA. The paper will be presented by my co-author Abhishek Raj (IIT Madras).
31-08-2023
Our paper titled "Analysis and modelling of passing sight distance using vehicle dynamic response" based on work done at IIT Madras has been accepted for publication in the journal IEEE Access.
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02-08-2023
Our paper titled "A breakeven cost analysis framework for electric road systems" based on my PhD work has been published in the journal Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment.
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13-07-2023
Our paper on "Analysis of fast charging arrangements for electric heavy goods vehicles" has been accepted for presentation at the IEEE 26th International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC), September 2023, Bilbao, Spain.
15-06-2023
Our work on "Journey models for electric road freight operations" has been accepted for presentation at the 10th International Workshop on Sustainable Road Freight, December 2023, Cambridge, UK.
05-05-2023
I presented my research at the "Tea Time Talks" organised by the Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge.
23-01-2023
Our paper on "Road freight electrification around the world using electric road systems" has been accepted for presentation at the 17th International Symposium on Heavy Vehicle Transport & Technology (HVTT17), November 2023, Brisbane, Australia.
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17-11-2022
I was invited to present my PhD research at the Maxwell Centre Annual Showcase 2022 at the University of Cambridge.
15-09-2022
Our work on "Accelerating road freight electrification in different countries using electric road systems" has been accepted for presentation at the 9th International Workshop on Sustainable Road Freight (online).
06-09-2022
My PhD project was awarded the Energy IRC Grant funded by the Isaac Newton Trust,  Energy Policy Research Group (EPRG) Cambridge and NERC (UKRI).
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31-05-2022
Our article on a new vehicle routing algorithm using traffic flow theory, based on work done at Jaguar Land Rover, is now available online.
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28-02-2022
I was awarded the Tyro Prize by Queens' College, University of Cambridge for a concert performance in Indian classical music on the piano.
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10-05-2021
Our paper on "Robust steering control for trajectory following in road traffic environments" has been published in Proc. IMechE Part I: Journal of Systems and Control Engineering.
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