Infrastructure and Built Environment for Sustainable and Resilient Societies / Sustainable Civil Infrastructures (PDF)

a researcher in the field of sustainable infrastructure development with major focus on transport infrastructure, concrete pavement and overlay analysis, design and performance evaluation, road safety, retrofitting and rehabilitation of existing built infrastructure and sustainable concrete and cementitious materials for infrastructure development. Dr. Maitra has several research publications in book chapters, International and National Journals and Conferences. She has received several awards like DAAD Fellowship by the German Academic Exchange Service, Bihar PWD Medal by the Indian Roads Congress (IRC), and best research paper awards for Enlightening Asia-specific topics and pavement research in International Conferences. Dr. Maitra has organized several Short-term courses and training programs and is an active member of Indian Roads Congress involving in developing/revising IRC guidelines. Dr. Maitra is actively involved in several research and industry projects as Principal Investigator. Her research is aimed to provide practical implications in real field so as to connect research into practice.

Dr. Ankhi Banerjee is currently working as an Assistant Professor at Ranbir & Chitra Gupta School of Infrastructure Design and Management, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. Her research interests include Housing Affordability, Livability and Urban Infrastructure, Urban Design, Urban Morphology and Sustainable Tourism. Dr. Banerjee has published research findings through publications in reputed peer reviewed journals, International and national conferences, and book chapters. Dr. Banerjee has been closely associated with several projects based on Smart Urban Regeneration, Development of Index as a measure of Happiness in new Town, Kolkata and Improvement of Corridor based Traffic Mobility and has also collaborated with researchers from UK and US. She was Principal Investigator of a research project which aimed at developing an Integrated Housing and Transportation Model under the Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration (SPARC). Dr. Ankhi Banerjee has completed her graduation in Architecture and post-graduation in Urban Design from Jadavpur University. Dr. Banerjee has previously taught in the Department of Planning and Architecture, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela.