Prof. Rachna Gangwar
Designation: Professor
Dr. Rachna Gangwar has more than two decades of experience working across industry and academia in India and Germany. Her teaching and research interests are in transportation systems, public policy, public-private partnerships, urban transport systems, and multimodal logistics.
Dr. Gangwar has written several case studies on contemporary issues in the Indian context. She has been a part of research projects undertaken for the erstwhile Planning Commission, Asian Development Bank, and Railway Board on private container train operations, railway turnaround, and PPPs in railways.
Prior to joining Adani University, she held teaching and research positions at the University of Karlsruhe Germany, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, Institute of Management Technology Ghaziabad, and TAPMI School of Business Jaipur. Her industry experience includes working for PTV AG, one of the largest German consulting firms in transport and logistics where she was associated with several European projects for government clients.
She is a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Logistics Transport, and a Member of Transportation Research Group of India, and The World Conference of Transport Research Society.
· Ph.D. CEPT University, Ahmedabad
· M.Sc. University of Karlsruhe (TH), Germany
• Associate Professor, Adani University (2020-2023)
• Associate Professor, Manipal University Jaipur (2014-2020)
• Assistant Professor, Institute of Management Technology (IMT) Ghaziabad (2013-2014)
• Project Associate, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (2006-2010)
• Transport Planner. Planung Transport Verkehr (PTV) AG, Karlsruhe, Germany (2000-2003)
• Scientific Associate, Institute of Urban & Regional Planning (ISL), University of Karlsruhe, Germany (1998-1999)
Transport Policy and Regulation, Mobility as a Service, Multimodal Logistics, Public Private Partnerships
• ‘Public Private Partnership in Passenger Train Operations’ Vikalpa, SAGE Publication, Volume 48 Issue 1, 2023
• ‘Efficiency Improvement for Imported Fertilizer Logistics in India’, Transportation Research Procedia 2023
• ‘Implications of Vertical Unbundling on Indian Railways: Lessons from German Railways,’ Transportation Research Procedia 2017
• ‘Smart Cities and the Challenges of Control of Water Resource for Sustainable Future,’ International Journal on Emerging Technologies, 2017
• ‘Framework for Structuring PPPs in Railways,’ Case Studies on Transport Policy (Elsevier). Volume 3, Issue 3, September 2015, pg 295-303
• ‘Container Movement by Rail in India: A Review of Policy Evolution,’ Transport Policy (Elsevier) 22(2012), pg 20-28.
• ‘Implications of the Evolution of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code: Case of Jaypee Infratech Ltd,’ 7th International Conference on Economic Analysis of Law, Governance and Public Policy, GNLU Ahmedabad, 20-21 January 2024
• ‘Efficiency Improvement for Imported Fertilizer Logistics in India,’ 16th 14th World Conference on Transport Research, Montreal, Canada, 17-21 July 2023
• ‘A Critique of the Initiative for Public Private Partnership in Passenger Train Operations,’ XVI International Conference on Public Policy & Management, IIM Bangalore, August 23-25, 2021
• ‘Implications of Vertical Unbundling on Indian Railways: Lessons from German Railways,’ 14th World Conference on Transport Research, Tongi University Shanghai, China, July 2016
• ‘Mobility Systems of the Future,’ KIT Alumni Seminar, organized by Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Shanghai, November 03-06, 2015
• ‘Embedded Rail Systems as PPP Projects for India,’ 10th International Heavy Haul Association Conference (IHHA), Delhi, February 4-6, 2013
• ‘Lessons from PPPs of Indian Railways and Way Forward,’ 1st International Conference of Transportation Research Group of India (CTRG), Bangalore, December 7-10, 2011
• ‘Emerging Agenda in Sustainable Infrastructure development,’ New York: Routledge 2025
• ‘Infrastructure Development – Theory, Practice & Policy: Sustainability and Resilience,’ New York: Routledge, 2022,
• ‘Infrastructure Development: Ensuring Environmentally Sustainable Outcomes’, in Gangwar, Rachna; Agarwalla, Astha and Sreekumar, Sandhya (Eds) Infrastructure Development – Theory, Practice and Policy: Sustainability, Routeledge,2022,
• ‘Railways in India: Challenges and Opportunities’, In Finger, Matthias and Montero, Juan (ED). Handbook on Railway Regulation – Concepts and Practice, DOI: 10.4337/9781789901788.00015, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. pp. 146–164, Sep. 2020.
• ‘Containerization in India – Building Global Trade Competitiveness,’ Transportation System Studies and Policy Analysis, Himalaya Publishing House, Mumbai, pg 222-242. 2010
• ‘4P Model of Freight Business for Indian Railways,’ India Infrastructure Report – 2008, 3iNetwork, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, pg 122-133.
• ‘PPP Model of Indian Airports – Lessons from Delhi and Mumbai Airport Concessions,’ India Infrastructure Report – 2008, 3iNetwork, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, pg 134-139.
• ‘Marketing Strategies for Freight Traffic on Indian Railways – A Systems Perspective,’ Management Science and Practice, Allied Publishers Pvt Ltd, New Delhi. 2007
• Felicitation by Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) India for outstanding contribution to Logistics and WiLAT, 2023
• DAAD Fellowship to speak at the KIT Alumni expert seminar ‘Mobility Systems of the Future’ at Shanghai, 2016
• PACTS Programme Fellowship for summer course at University of Azores, Portugal, 2012
• Rector Scholarship, University of Karlsruhe (1997-1998)
