Ms. Vidya Mohan

Designation: Research Scientist

Academic Area: Freight transportation, Port hinterland Operations, Geo spatial Analysis, Route Optimization, Urban and Transport Planning

Brief Profile:

Vidya G Mohan is Research Scientist at Center for Transport and Public Policy, Adani University. Her expertise is in the area of Port Container Operation specific to the hinterland and Geo spatial Analysis. She has over 12 years of experience in academia, research and industry.

Prior to joining Adani University, she was associated with National Institute of Technology, Calicut as Women Scientist and also worked as Assistant Professor with Department of Civil Engineering in Engineering colleges under the Kerala Technological University. She has also worked in as an Assistant Project Engineer in Infrastructure development wing at Hindustan Latex Limited, a public sector enterprise.

She holds a Bachelor of Technology in Civil Engineering and Masters of Planning from Kerala University. Presently she is pursuing her PhD in Port Transport Operation from NIT, Calicut.


  • Masters in Planning from Government College of Engineering, Kerala University, 2nd Rank (2009-2011)  Thesis : Planning Imperatives for development of Vizhinjam Trans-shipment hub port.
  • B. Tech in Civil Engineering from, Kerala University(2002-2006)
  • Doing PhD in NIT Calicut–Freight Transportation  8.53 CGPA – Work completed, Thesis submission stage. Thesis: Model for Port based Container Traffic Operations in India

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

  • Women Scientist, National Institute of Technology, Calicut, India in Department of Science and Technology, Government of India Project in the capacity of Principal Investigator – Oct 2017 – Oct 2021.
  • Project Fellow in College of Engineering, in a KSCSTE sponsored funded project in College of Engineering Trivandrum – Feb 2007 – Jul 2007

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, ACE College of Engineering, Trivandrum, AICTE approved, Kerala Technological University – June 2013 – Oct 2017
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering in P.A Aziz College of Engineering, Trivandrum, AICTE approved, Kerala University – Aug 2011 – Jun2013

 

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

  • Assistant Project Engineer in Infrastructure Development Wing in  HLL Life care limited, Kerala, India Miniratna PSU – Jun 2007- Jun 2009
  • Site Engineer – Aneppil desi Arch Pvt limited, Kerala Aug 2006 – Feb2007

  • Associate member Institute of Engineers, India
  • Associate member Institute of Town Planners, India

  • Department of Science and Technology, GoI – Women Scientist Fellowship
  • 2nd Position in Masters Programme

  • Freight transportation
  • Port hinterland Operations
  • Geo spatial Analysis
  • Route Optimization
  • Urban and Transport Planning

  • Port based container traffic Operations for different type of commodities .

PUBLICATION DETAILS (JOURNAL)

  • Vidya G Mohan, Dr. Naseer M.A “Prioritisation 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
  • 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 & Scopushttps://doi.org/10.7225/toms.v11.n01.w0
  • 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
  • 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

 

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

  • 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 DATA BASE
  • 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 DATA BASE
  • Vidya G Mohan, Dr. Naseer M.A et.al.” Locating Dry ports for selected Commodities using GIS and CoG Method” pp-265-273 ,Edited by Dr. Sachin Modgil;Dr. Rohit Kr. Singh;Dr. Vandana Sonwaney  -SUPPLY CHAIN STRATEGIES in Dynamic Environment” Published by EXCEL INDIA PUBLISHERS  ISBN : 978-93-86724-48-9

  • 21 day Summer school on Geospatial Analysis, NIT Calicut, NIT Calicut June 2019
  • Workshop on Decision Tools in Transport systems, GIAN course, NIT Warangal  Jan 2018
  • Methods and Models on Supply Chain Analysis, NIT Bharatpur, Mar 2018
  • FDP on Remote Sensing and GIS Technique  NIT,CALICUT Jul 2016
  • Short term Programme on Urban Transport System planning NIT,CALICUT Nov 2013
  • Workshop on Enhancing Teaching Skill ISTE Chapter, PAACET Nov2011
  • Short term Programme on Road Traffic Engineering NIT, CALICUT Dec 2014
  • Training Programme on Sustainable Engineering CET, KTU June2015

GOVERNMENT FUNDED PROJECTS

  • Vidya G Mohan(P.I) & Naseer M.A(Mentor) “Model for Sustainable port-based container traffic operations in India”-GRANT-DST/WOSA/ET-151/2017 sponsored by Department of Science and Technology, Government of India -completed
  • Vidya G Mohan(P.I) & Priya C.V(Co-PI) “Optimization of containerized commodity flow by considering economical and environment parameters for selected goods”
    GRANT no-KSCSTE/SP-1/MAR2017sponsored by Kerala State Council for Science Technology and Environment, Government of Kerala-completed

 

INVITED TALKS

  • “Is Urban Transport Sustainable”, BMS Institute of Technology & Management, Bangalore-Webinar on 14th October 2020

 

CERTIFICATE COURSE

  • Fundamentals of Supply Chain from Georgia Institute of Technology, USA ,2021

 

PAPER PRESENTATION IN CONFERENCE

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Vidya G Mohan, Amrutha M.A et.al “Futuristic Development of Vizhinjam Transshipment Hub Area” ICACE, Singapore 10th -12th March 2017
  • Vidya G Mohan, Sheeja K.P Planning Imperatives for development of Vizhinjam Transshipment Hub, 10th National Conference on Technology and Trends, Government College of Engineering Trivandrum
  • Vidya G Mohan, Amrutha M.A et.al “Futuristic development of Vizhinjam Transshipment Hub”, 24th Kerala Science Conference, Palakkad