CRRI - Key Persons

Dr. B.H.Subbaraju gave importance in carrying out field research programme. During his tenure, Flexible Pavement Performance study, Concrete Pavement Temperature Differential Study, Study on the Design of Cement Concrete Pavement, Study on Bituminous Overlays on Cement Concrete Pavement, Study on Bonded Concrete Overlays for Concrete Pavement were taken up. Heavy test bed, 40 tonnes semi-mobile loading frame, mobile laboratory van were the new facilities added by him. He organised the Institute's quality control inputs to concrete airfield construction projects in the mid 60s.The cement concrete roads constructed in 1961-62 inside Institute campus under his direct supervision, stands even today as a proof of his engineering acumen and quality monitoring. Appraisal of rural roads constructed under crash scheme for rural employment and study of the problem of state public works departments in the north eastern region was done under his supervision.

Dr. C. Kamaraj

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Principal
Technical Officer

Dr. Ch. Ravi Sekhar

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Chief Scientist
HoD, Chief Scientist

Dr. E. Madhu

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Chief Scientist / Biodata
Chief Scientist / Transport Planning

Dr. E. Zipkes

Dr. E. Zipkes was the first director of the Institute and one of the founder member of the Institute who created the building infrastructure and basic laboratories and made the laboratory functional.

Dr. Gottumukkala Bharath

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Scientist
Scientist / Biodata

Dr. H. Lokeshwor Singh

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Senior Technical Officer

Dr. K. Ravinder

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Chief Scientist / Biodata
Chief Scientist / Transport Planning

Dr. Kanwar Singh

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Scientist
Senior Principal

Dr. M.P. Dhir

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Scientist

Dr. M.P. Dhir joined CRRI as Scientist 'B' & became director in 1983. He had carried out extensive studies on material characterisation & pavement evalution. He has developed and improved many equipment for better monitoring of surface characteristics & developed a system for surface data collection in a scientific manner. He also introduced the concept of block pavement for road construction especially in desert area. During his tenure, study on the surface characteristic and geometry of the national highway network, study on axle load, study on lateral placement of vehicles, study on traffic simulation modeling, study on Road Technology - Future Needs were completed. He was also instrumental in developing a design for low cost bullock carts. Several bullock carts were developed based on his design & distributed in some rural areas. Under his guidance, structural evaluation of runway pavements of National Airports were completed.

Dr. Minal Chandra

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Senior Scientist / Biodata
Senior Scientist / Transport Planning

Dr. Mrs. Ambika Behl

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Scientist
Senior Principal
Senior Principal Scientist / Biodata

Dr. Mrs. Mukti Advani

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Principal Scientist / Biodata
Principal Scientist / Transport Planning

Dr. Mrs. Naveet Kaur

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Senior Scientist

Dr. Mrs. Rina Singh

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Principal Scientist / Biodata
Principal Scientist / Transport Planning

Dr. Mrs. S. Padma

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Principal Scientist / Biodata
Principal Scientist / Transport Planning

Dr. Nasim Akhtar

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Senior Principal Scientist / Biodata
Senior Principal Scientist / Transport Planning

Dr. Neelam J.Gupta

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Scientist
Senior Principal

Dr. Neelima Chakraborty

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Chief Scientist

Dr. Niraj Sharma

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Chief Scientist / Biodata
Chief Scientist / Transport Planning

Dr. P.K. Nanda

Dr. P.K. Nanda, joined as Scientist 'B' and rose to the rank of Director. His area of interest were in Pavement Design, Materials Characterisation & Pavement Evaluation. He has coordinated the study on Axle Load Spectrum for 32,000 km of National Highways and determination of Vehicle Damage Factors (VDF). He was associated with formulation of guidelines for functional improvements of roads and development of maintenance based Riding Quality Models. He was also associated with Long Term Pavement Performance Study for developing Pavement Deterioration Models. He has done substantial work in formulating Pavement Management System using HDM-4. He was also associated with studies on Master Plan for Improvement of Delhi Roads. His research area include Polishing characteristics of road aggregates, Functional evaluation using Bump Integrator, µ-meter and Skid-trailer, Structural evaluation of pavement using FWD, La-Croix Deflectograph, Dynamic Plate Load Testing Equipment, Pre-Cast Block Pavement System for Sandy Terrains, Interconnected Block Pavement System, Design and Improvement of Haul Roads, Improved design of Airfield Pavements etc

Dr. P.S Prasad

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Senior Principal Scientist, Head PME

Dr. Pardeep Kumar

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Senior Technical Officer
Senior Technical Officer ( 2 ) Bridge Engineering and Structures

Dr. R.K. Garg

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Chief Scientist / Biodata
Chief Scientist / Bridge Engineering and Structures

Dr. Rajeev Goel

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Head ESD, Chief Scientist
Head ESD, Chief Scientist / Bridge Engineering and Structures
Head ESD, Chief Scientist / Bridge Engineering and Structures, Engineering Service Division

Dr. Rajiv Kumar

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Scientist
Scientist / Biodata

Dr. Rakesh Kumar

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Chief Scientist

Dr. Ravindra Kumar

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Chief Scientist, Head ILT
Chief Scientist, Head ILT / Transport Planning

Dr. S. Velmurugan

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Chief Scientist

Dr. Sarfaraz Ahmed

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Scientist
Scientist / Biodata

Dr. Siksha Swaroopa Kar

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Principal Scientist

Dr. Sippy K. Chauhan

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Principal Scientist
Principal Scientist / Biodata

Dr. Subhamay Gangopadhyay

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Director of the Institute

Dr. Subhamay Gangopadhyay took over as Director of the Institute from 29 May, 2009 and retired on 30 November, 2015. Dr Gangopadhyay started his carrier as Scientist B at CRRI in June, 1979 and became Acting Director from August 2008. His field of specialisation includes Traffic Engineering, Transportation Planning and Modelling, Traffic Flow Theory, Traffic Safety and Transport and Environment Interaction. Dr. Gangopadhyay published number of research papers, guided M.Tech and Ph.D thesis during his service at CRRI. He was responsible for carrying out number of Transportation studies for several cities in India including metropolitan cities.During his tenure as Director the Institute witnessed the initiation of 12th Five year plan projects viz., Sustainable Transportation System, Highway Capacity Manual & Development of Driver Simulation Laboratory, revival of APTF for development of specifications for using fly ash in rural roads, development and licensing of Mobile Bridge Inspection Unit, and design and development of Expansion Joint Testing facilities. Besides this, number of projects were carried out in the areas of use of locally available and marginal materials, new and alternative pavement materials and evaluation, Development of Bridge and Road Management System and Road Safety Audit projects. As the Director of the Institute he made every effort to enhance the the research publications and also the increase of ECF for the Institute. During his six year period many of the renovation activities of the labs and the other infrastructure facilities were undertaken and completed. The AcSIR activities were in full swing during his tenure after its commencement jointly with CBRI during 2010. He has started a unique research based Integrated Master's Pogramme (M.Tech) on Transportation Engineering.

Dr. Vasant G. Havanagi

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Chief Scientist

Dr. Vidhi Vyas

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Scientist
Scientist / Biodata

Dr. Vikram Kumar

Dr. Vikram Kumar, under his dynamic leadership has initiated studies on development of Geographical Information System (GIS) based Highway Information System for planning and management of the National Highway throughout the country. Another important study has been initiated on development of management system for maintenance, planning and budgeting of high speed road corridors. This system will enable engineers and decision/policy makers to pre-conceive funds requirement for maintenance of road network in order to bring them to a desired level of serviceability. The system would also assist in minimizing wasteful losses occurring every year on account of poorly maintained roads. It is a powerful tool to the road authorities in allocating maintenance funds judiciously and in prioritizing the maintenance treatments in view of limited resources.

Dr. Vinod Karar

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Chief Scientist
Chief Scientist / Biodata

Jagdish Singh Negi

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Secretariat Assistant

Jitender Kr Yadav

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Manager
Technical Assistant

Jyoti Yadav

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Technician

Kamini Gupta

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Senior Technical Officer

Kamla Masih

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Senior Technical Officer

Keshav Ram Acharya

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Attendant

Kewal Krishan Gola

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Senior Technical Officer
Senior Technical Officer ( 1 ) Engineering Service Division

Krishna Kanhaiya Lodha

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Technician
Technician ( 1 ) Engineering Service Division

Kumar Shashi Bhushan

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Senior Technical Officer
Senior Technical Officer ( 1 ) Bridge Engineering and Structures

Lalita Jangpangi

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Scientist
Senior Principal

Laser Speed Radar

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Performance

Manoj Kumar

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Asst. Section Officer

Manoj Kumar Shukla

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Scientist
Senior Principal
Senior Principal Scientist / Biodata

Manoj Kumar Singh

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Technical Officer

Mitali Mohapatra

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Senior Technical Officer

Mohammad Yakoob Quadri

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Private Secretary / Bridge Engineering and Structures

Mohd. Akil

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Technical Assistant

Ms. Deepa Rawat

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Senior Secretariat Assistant ( G ) Accounts Section

Ms. Neha Choudhary

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Technician

Ms. Nidhi Gautam

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Senior Secretariat Assistant ( G )

Murari Lal Meena

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Work Assistant

Naresh Kumar Sharma

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Principal
Technical Officer

Neha Dhiman

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Technician

Nitesh Kumar Goyal

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Principal Scientist
Principal Scientist / Bridge Engineering and Structures

Nitin Mishra

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Technician

Om Kumar

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Senior Technician

Om Prakash Yadav

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Senior Technical Officer
Senior Technical Officer ( 2 ) Engineering Service Division

Parul Jain

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Senior Secretariat Assistant ( G )

Prakash Singh

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Technical Assistant / Computer Center

Preeti Sinha

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Technical Officer / Transport Planning

Priti Sachdeva

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Receptionist / Administration

Prof. A.K. Gupta

Prof. A.K. Gupta was a distinguished academic served the Institute for a short period. He instituted research on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) in CRRI and intensified interactions with the World Bank. Prof. Gupta formulated CRRI VISION 2000: AN ACTION PLAN document. He was planning for initiating research in newer areas, but unfortunately, he passed away in November 1997.

Prof. C.G. Swaminathan

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Specialist

Prof. C.G. Swaminathan, a specialist in flexible pavement and bituminous materials made significant effort to explain the importance of mix design and construction of bituminous pavement in the country. During his time large size and prestigious studies including "Comprehensive Traffic and Transportation Study for Bombay Metropolitan Region" , "Road User Cost Study in India" was completed and he played a very active role in organizing, deployment of resources and monitoring of progress in these studies. For his outstanding contributions in the area of road & road transportation, he was elected as President of Indian Roads Congress in 1981-82.

Prof. Manoranjan Parida

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Director

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Prof. P.K. Sikdar

Prof. P.K.Sikdar also came from academic institution and started injecting research mindset among the scientists of the Institute. He was a hole timer in the true sense and experimented by reorganising the setup to achieve maximum output. During his tenure Institute witnessed maximum external cash flow year after year and research and conference papers. He prepared base documents on Pardhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) - a project to connect all rural habitats with highways through all weather road. Many significant and important projects such as Golden Quadrilateral Project, Training and dissemination of HDM-4, Delhi Metro Network (DPR), Update of Road User Cost Study, Landslide and Natural Disaster Mitigation were completed during his time. Institute's contribution in Fly Ash Mission, came to it's peak. Modernization of R&D labs with latest state of art equipments and better utilization of Computer Center by introducing Local Area Network, Intranet, Website, GIS Laboratory are some of his notable achievements.

Prof. S.R. Mehra

Prof. Mehra, who was a man of vision led CRRI during its formative years and brought it to a position of recognition and laid foundations for its future advancement. He had ability to pick right person for the right job. He was an able administrator who knew how to inspire others. He mooted the idea of highway research board for the country. He helped to establish Central Assessment Committee of the Govt. of India for promotion of New Road Technologies. He introduced refresher and training courses for different levels of engineers in the beginning of 60s when very little such facilities were available in the country. He advocated for improved machinery for construction of roads, quality control and personnel trained in new technologies.

Raj Bala

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Work Assistant

Rajpal Singh Gautam

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Lab Assistant

Ramesh Ch. Majh

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Senior Scientist

Reeta Kukreja

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Senior Technical Officer

Rohit Gautam

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Technician

Sakshi Gupta

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Technician

Sampath Kumar Pasupunuri

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Scientist

Sanjeev Kumar Yadav

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Section Officer

Santosh Khuttan

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Private Secretary

Santosh Kumar Badetia

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Principal Private Secretary / Director Office

Satinder Kaur

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Asst. Section Officer

Saurabh Chandra

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Technician

Saurabh Kumar Verma

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Technical Assistant

Sh. A. K. Tripathi

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Principal
Technical Officer
Principal Technical Officer / Engineering Service Division

Sh. A.C. Prajapati

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Technician

Sh. A.K. Dhall

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Principal Scientist
Principal Scientist / Bridge Engineering and Structures
Principal Scientist on Deputation / Bridge Engineering and Structures

Sh. A.K. Sabharwal

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Principal
Technical Officer
Principal Technical Officer / Engineering Service Division
Principal Technical Officer on Deputation / Engineering Service Division

Sh. A.P. Singh

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Principal
Technical Officer
Principal Technical Officer / Biodata

Sh. Amit Kumar

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Technical Officer
Technician

Sh. Amresh Kumar

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Technical Assistant

Sh. Aniket Ranjan

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Technician

Sh. Anil Kumar

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Lab Assistant

Sh. Anshul Saxena

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Technical Officer
Technical Officer / Planning

Sh. Ashish Walia

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Scientist
Scientist / Biodata

Sh. Ashok Arora

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Senior Technical Officer

Sh. Ashwani Kumar

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Technician

Sh. D. V. Singh

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Senior Technical Officer

Prof. D.V. Singh came from academic environment and he stressed on close bonding with world's advanced research Institutes on road and environment. He forged strong connections with International Road Federation (IRF), World Road Association (PIARC), US Strategic Highways Research Program (SHRP), US Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Australian Road Research Board (ARRB), and initiated dialogue with many others, including the World Bank. Through his initiative, India became the founder member of PIARC's World Information Network (WIN), and CRRI became the first WIN Node in India.He was nominated as Chairman of Flyash mission, which was set up by Department of Science & Technology. He has made invaluable contributions for large scale utilisation of flyash in India especially for Infrastructure projects in India. He initiated a number of management development activities in the Institute. He converted Institute's Computer Centre into "Computer and Road Informatics Centre (CRIC)". He crusaded for the creation of a National Accelerated Load Testing Facility for expeditious testing of the specifications, materials / mixes and designs for their adequacy