About Us

Infrastructure Planning Lab (IPL@IITR) in the Department of Architecture and Planning at Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee has been set up in 2020 with an aim to produce quality research that could help to solve various issues related to Infrastructure Planning for better living. The research group consists of faculty members, research scholars, post-graduate and under-graduate students of the Institute. The Lab is currently performing research in the domain of Urban Mobility Infrastructure, Urban Water Management, Public Transportation Planning, Tourism Infrastructure Planning, Pedestrian Mobility Planning, Spatial Rural Development, and many other.

Vision

The vision of this lab is to produce solutions through scientific research for the issues and challenges in the domain of Infrastructure Planning

Why to Join Us?

If you are interested and passionate to conduct academic research in Infrastructure Planning, you may contact us for various opportunities

Research Areas

Urban Transport Planning

Urban Water Management

Pedestrian Mobility Planning

Regional Transport Planning

Heritage &Tourism Planning

Rural Infrastructure Planning

News Feed

  • Manan Monga received the Best Poster Award on Institute Research Day 2025
  • Namia successfully defended her Ph.D. Thesis on 24 January 2025
  • Adithya Bandari successfully defended his Ph.D. Thesis on 8 July 2024
  • Namia Islam received the Best Poster Award on Institute Research Day 2024
  • Manswinee Kar successfully defended her Ph.D. Thesis on 16 January 2024
  • Manaswinee Kar received the Best Paper Award at CTRG 2023
  • Adithya Bandari received the Best Poster Award on Institute Research Day 2023
  • Adithya Bandari received the Best Poster Award on Institute Research Day 2022

Recent Publications

Islam, N., Sadhukhan, S. (2024). Progress in creative tourism research: a review for the period 2002–2023. Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research, Taylor & Francis, 29(4), 377–398. Online Link

Kant, R., Sadhukhan, S., Ramesh, A. (2024). Measuring Heterogeneity in Pedestrians' Perceived Importance towards Crossing Facilities: An Experience in Roorkee. Transportation Research Part F: Psychology and Behaviour, Elsevier, 106, 257-275. Online Link

Kar, M., Sadhukhan, S., Parida, M. (2024). User satisfaction-based prioritisation of attributes influencing walk accessibility to metro stations: A multi-attribute decision making approach. Case Studies on Transport Policy, Elsevier, 17, 1-15. Online Link

Bandari, A., Sadhukhan, S. (2024). Analysis of spatial pattern of water supply continuity in an Indian metropolis: A case study of Hyderabad. Urban Water Journal, Taylor & Francis, 21(7), 839-858. Online Link

Kar, M., Sadhukhan, S., Parida, M. (2024). A Comparative MADM Approach for Prioritizing Factors Influencing Service Quality of Intermediate Public Transport as Access Mode to Metro Stations in Delhi, India. Sustainable Transport and Livability, Taylor & Francis, 1(1), 1-27. Online Link

Pitale, A. M., Parida, M., Sadhukhan, S. (2024). Does the market area of Park-and-Ride change? Employing a travel time approach to explore variation in the market area. Multimodal Transportation, Elsevier, 3(3), 1-14. Online Link

Kar, M., Sadhukahn, S., Parida, M. (2023). Using Perspectives of Private Vehicle Users to Identify Priority Areas for Improving Accessibility to Metro Stations. Journal of Urban Planning and Development, ASCE, 149 (4), 1-12. Online Link

Kar, M., Sadhukhan, S., Parida, M., Srivastava, A. (2023). Stated Preference Approach for Measuring the Perceived Benefit to Drive-Alone Users If They Switch to Park and Ride: An Indian Perspective. Transportation Research Records. Online Link

Monga, M., Sadhukhan, S. (2023). Quantifying Perceived Social Benefit of Bicycle-Friendly Infrastructure in Indian Cities: Patna as a Case Study. Journal of Cycling and Micromobility Research, 1, Elsevier, 100003, 1-14. Online Link

Pitale, A. M., Sadhukhan, S., and Parida, Manoranjan (2023). RIDIT-ISA Approach to Investigate Commuter Perceptions of an Existing Regional Transit System: A Case Study in the National Capital Region, India. Transportation Research Records . Online Link

Bandari, A., Sadhukhan, S. (2023). Efficiency of non-revenue water reduction in improving water supply performance in Indian metropolises. Water Supply, IWA Publishing. Online Link

Pitale, A. M., Parida, M., and Sadhukhan, S. (2023). Factors influencing choice riders for using park-and-ride facilities: A case of Delhi. Multimodal Transportation , Elsevier, 2. Online Link

Kar, M., Sadhukhan, S., and Parida, M. (2022). Location Planning of Park-and-Ride Facilities around Rapid Transit Systems in Cities: A Review. Journal of Urban Planning and Development ,149 (1), 1-16. Online Link

Kar, M., Sadhukhan, S., and Parida, M. (2022). Assessing commuters' perceptions towards improvement of intermediate public transport as access modes to metro stations. Transport Policy , 159, 140-155. Online Link

Bandari, A., Sadhukhan, S. (2022). Investigating the relations between performance indicators of urban water supply in India. Urban Water Journal, 19(10), 990-1004. Online Link

Pitale, A. M., Parida, M., and Sadhukhan, S. (2022). GIS-MCDM–Based Approach to Determine the Potential Facility Locations for Park-and-Ride Facilities along Transit Corridors. Journal of Urban Planning and Development, 148(1), 1–14. Online Link

Pitale, A. M., Parida, M., and Sadhukhan, S. (2022). Location Evaluation of Existing Park-and-Ride Facilities Along a Transit Corridor: A Case of Delhi MRTS. Transportation in Developing Economies, 8(2), 1–9. Online Link

Kar, M., Sadhukhan, S. , and Parida, M. (2022). Measuring heterogeneity in perceived satisfaction of private vehicle users towards attributes affecting access to metro stations: A case study of Delhi Case Studies on Transport Policy, 10(3), 1790-1803. Online Link

Bandari, A., and Sadhukhan, S. (2021). Determinants of per capita water supply in Indian cities with low surface water availability. Cleaner Environmental Systems, 3, 100062. Online Link

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Recent Achievements

  • Manan Monga received the Best Poster Award on Institute Research Day 2025
  • Namia Islam received the Best Poster Award on Institute Research Day 2024
  • Adithya Bandari received the Best Poster Award on Institute Research Day 2023
  • Satyam Chaturvedi received the Best Research Poster @SPARK 2022
  • Adithya Bandari received the Best Poster Award on Institute Research Day 2022
  • Adithya Bandari, Aditya Pitale, and Abhishek Kumar selected for prestigious PMRF
  • Chetna Rathee received prestigious Commonwealth Split-sties Scholarship
  • Parnika Goyal received the Best Research Project @SPARK 2021
  • Sayani Mandal received the Best Research Project @SPARK 2020

Research Scholars

Post Graduate Students

Projects

Research Publications