Dr. Vidya G Mohan

Designation: Assistant Professor

Biography:

Solving real-time problems like locating port-related infrastructure in a network interest me a lot. Experience working in port regional planning and optimization of routes of port-based container operations. Have worked on optimization and routing of medium scale containerized FCL commodities. Worked with multi-criteria Decision methods, optimization using Linear programming, and spatial modeling for location-allocation and routing problems

  • Ph.D. in Freight Transportation Planning, NIT Calicut, 2024
  • Master’s in Planning, Govt. College of Engineering, Kerala University, 2011
  • B.Tech. in Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Kerala University, 2006

  • Assistant Professor, Faculty of Management Studies, Adani University, Ahmedabad (Sept 2022-till now)
  • Women Scientist, National Institute of Technology, Calicut, India by Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. Project in the capacity of Principal Investigator – Oct -2017. (3 years 6 months)
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, ACE College of Engineering, Trivandrum, AICTE approved, Kerala Technological University -from June 2013-Oct 2017(4 years 4 months)
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering in P.A Aziz College of Engineering, Trivandrum, AICTE approved, Kerala University -from Aug 2011-Jun2013 (1 year 10 months)
  • Project Fellow in College of Engineering, in a KSCSTE sponsored funded project in College of Engineering Trivandrum from Feb 2007 – Jul 2007 (6 months)
  • Assistant Project Engineer in Infrastructure Development Wing in HLL Life care Limited, Kerala, a Miniratna PSU – Jun 2007- Jun 2009 (2 years)
  • Site Engineer – Anneppil desi Arch Pvt limited, Kerala Aug 2006 – Feb2007(7months)

  • Port/dry port Operations and Logistics management
  • Port – Led Industrial development
  • Sustainable Urban planning

  1. Mukesh Parikh, Unmesh Abhyankar, Rachna Gangwar and Vidya G Mohan, “Efficiency Improvement for Imported Fertilizer Logistics in India” -Transportation Research Procedia-Elsevier (impact factor 3.2) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trpro.2024.12.138
  2. Vidya G Mohan, Dr. Naseer M.A. “Prioritization of factors for Dry Port Location in developing Economy- Validation using AHP &GIS”, Institution of Engineers-Series A-Springer Nature Publication Scopus https://doi.org/10.1007/s40030-022-00648-y
  3. Vidya G Mohan, & Naseer. M.A. (2022) “Dry Port Location Factor Determination using Delphi in Peninsular Region”, Transactions on Maritime Science Maritime, 11(1) -ESCI & Scopus https://doi.org/10.7225/toms.v11.n01.w0
  4. Vidya G Mohan, Dr Naseer M.A. “An Overview of the Hinterland Operations at Cochin Port” Proceedings of the International Forum on Shipping, Ports and Airports (IFSPA) 2017: Innovative Transport Logistics in Shaping the Future of Supply Chains; pp 145-151; ISBN: 9789623678117; Accession Number: 01658650-TRB TRID
  5. Vidya G Mohan, Dr. Naseer M.A. “Challenges faced by the Indian Port Sector in the Distribution Mechanism of Containers” Proceedings of the International Forum on Shipping, Ports and Airports (IFSPA) 2017: Innovative Transport Logistics in Shaping the Future of Supply Chain; pp 152-159 ISBN: 9789623678117; Accession Number: 01658651-TRB TRID
  6. Vidya G Mohan, & Sheeja K.P (2013)” Scope of Vizhinjam Transhipment Hub-with Focus on Employment”,International Journal of Engineering Research and Technology ISSN: 2278-0181 Vol. 2 Issue 11, November – 2013
  7. Vidya G Mohan, & Sheeja K.P (2013)”Impact Assessment –Vizhinjam International Trans-shipment Hub, International Journal of Urban planning and Transportation International Journal of Engineering Research and Technology ISSN: 2278-0181 Vol. 2 Issue 11, November – 2013

  1. Bhavya Maloo, Vidya G Mohan, Praveen Garg, “Hygiene factor in Improvement of Operational Logistics Cost-A case of Cement industry in India” IMRC 2024 held at IIM Ahmedabad Dec 7-9th ,2024
  2. Vidya G Mohan, Naseer M.A., “A stakeholder perspective for dry port location selection in peninsular region” International Conference on Recent Advances in Infrastructure Development (RAID-2024), Department of Civil Engineering, NIT Calicut, Feb 11-13, 2024
  3. Mukesh Parikh, Unmesh Abhyankar, Rachna Gangwar and Vidya G Mohan, “Efficiency Improvement for Imported Fertilizer Logistics in India” World Conference on Transport Research (WCTR), at Montreal, Canada 17-21 July 2023
  4. Vidya G Mohan, Naseer M.A., Sajan T John “An Integrated Supply Chain Model for Export Commodities for Indian Container goods” 47th European Transport Conference, The Trinity Dublin, Ireland Oct 2019
  5. Vidya G Mohan, Naseer M.A. “Determination of factors for Dry port Location through Modified Delphi and AHP method-A Comparison” 15th World Conference on Transportation Research WCTR-2019, IIT-Bombay May 2019
  6. Vidya G Mohan, Naseer M.A.” Locating dry ports for selected commodities using GIS and CoG method” Research conference on Operations and supply chain management 2018 on 17th Feb 2018 at Symbiosis Institute of Operations Management Nashik
  7. Vidya G Mohan, Naseer M.A.” An Overview of the Hinterland Operations at Cochin Port 9th International Forum on Shipping, Ports and Airports (IFSPA) at The Hongkong Poly Technic University 22nd-25th May 2017, Kohloon, Hongkong
  8. Vidya G Mohan, Naseer M.A” Challenges faced by the Indian Port Sector in the Distribution Mechanism of Containers” 9th International Forum on Shipping, Ports and Airports (IFSPA) at The Hongkong Poly Technic University 22nd-25th May 2017, Kohloon, Hongkong
  9. Vidya G Mohan, Amrutha M.A. et.al” Futuristic Development of Vizhinjam Transshipment Hub Area” ICACE, Singapore 10th -12th March 2017

  1. Vidya G Mohan (P.I) & Naseer M.A. (Mentor) “Optimised Model for Sustainable port-based container traffic operations in India”- GRANT-DST/WOSA/ET-151/2017 sponsored by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India -completed- 22.2 LAKHS INR
  2. Vidya G Mohan (P.I) & Priya C.V(Co-PI) “Optimization of containerized commodity flow by considering economical and environmental parameters for cashew, coir, and rubber (major export commodities in Kerala)” GRANT no-KSCSTE/SP-1/MAR2017 sponsored by Kerala State Council for Science Technology and Environment, Government of Kerala-completed.

  • DST Women Scientist Fellowship
  • 2nd Rank in Master’s Programme