Arnab Jana

Associate Professor, Centre for Urban Science and Engineering (CUSE), IIT Bombay

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Associate Faculty

Research Interests

Infrastructure planning and location-allocation modelApplication of ICT in urban and regional planningUrban policy assessmentEconometric and behavioral modeling
Education
Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Urban Engineering, The University of Tokyo, October 2010-September 2013
PG Certificate in Environmental Leadership, Asian Program for Incubation of Environmental Leadership, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Masters of City Planning, IIT Kharagpur May 2005 – April 2007
Publications
“Linking unplanned urbanization, disparity and accessibility in the context of Indian mega cities”, Taoyaka Program Seminar, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan, March 2014.
“Ensuring Equity in Healthcare Accessibility: Need for a Demand Driven Approach”, IEEE Region 10 Humanitarian Technology Conference 2014, Chennai, August 2014.
“Housing Urban poor: Dynamics of Slum Rehabilitation in Mumbai”, 37th Taoyaka Program Seminar (the 285th IDEC Asia Seminar), Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation (IDEC), Hiroshima University, Japan, March 2015
“Theory of Behavior Model”, Behavior modelling in transportation network, Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Japan, September 2015
“Housing in Mumbai: Trade-offs between accessibility, affordability and informality”, 66th Taoyaka Program Seminar, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan, April 27, 2016.
“Urbanisation and Informatics”, Centre for Urban Policy and Governance , School of Habitat Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, August 9, 2016
“Water Urbanism Status and rejuvenation of ecological hotspots: The case of Mumbai”. Keynote speaker, International Symposium on Water Urbanism and Infrastructure Development in Eco-Sensitive Zones, Kolkata, January 6-7, 2017.
“Affordable housing in India: Case of Mumbai”, The future of smart cities – Smart Cities Workshop For Urban Administrators, Navi Mumbai, May 18 – 19, 2017
“Theory of Travel demand Modeling”. Workshop on behavior modeling in transportation networks, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Tokyo, Japan, October 2017.
“Traditional and Emerging IPT Services in Indian Metropolises with Dissimilar Service Delivery Structures: A Comparative Analysis”. 10 th Indo-German Frontiers of Engineering Symposium 2018, (binational conferences which are co-organized by the Indian Department of Science and Technology (DST) and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.), Potsdam, Germany, May 24-27, 2018 (https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/indogfoe-2018-sessions.html)
Jana, A., 2006, “Traffic Management and Operation Improvement Plan for the Influence area of the Howrah Station”, ITPI Newsletter (No. XXXIII), West Bengal Regional Chapter, Dec 2006.
Jana, A., and Harata, N. (2016). A framework to analyze variation of the satisfaction of patients for outpatient needs: A case of West Bengal, India, Public Health and Welfare: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications. pp. 227-241
Jana, A., and Bardhan, R. (2016). Planning transit system for India cities: Opportunities and challenges. In Handbook of Research on Emerging Innovations in Rail Transportation Engineering. eds Rai. U. ISBN: 978-1- 5225-0084- 1.
Basu, R., & Jana, A. (2018). Need for Rethinking Modern Urban Planning Strategies Through Integration of ICTs. In Encyclopaedia of Information Science and Technology, Fourth Edition (pp. 7843-7855). IGI Global.
Chattopadhyay, S. Bardhan, R. Jana, A., 2006, “Growth Dynamics Vs Sustainability – The Dichotomy of twin mining towns Joda & Barbil” XXXIV IAHS, World Congress on Housing Sustainable Housing Design Emphasizing Urban Housing, Naples, Italy, September 20-23, 2006
Bardhan, R. Jana, A., 2010, “Incorporating The Concept of Zero Energy In The Newly Developed Satellite Towns of India – Case Study Rajarhat, Kolkata, India”, India-Japan Symposium On Emerging Technologies, Tokyo; Japan, 7 October, 2010
Jana, A., Ohmori, N., and Harata, N., 2011, “Health seeking travel behavior and health care facility choice owing to different service providers”, 2nd ISAJ symposium 2011, Tokyo, October 2011
Jana, A. and Datta, R.N., 2011, “Traffic Management and Operation Improvement Plan for the Influence area of the Howrah Station, India”, 11th International Congress of the Asian Planning School Association, APSA 2011, Tokyo, September 2011
Jana, A., Ohmori, N., Takami, K., and Harata, N., 2012, “Evaluation of accessibility to Primary Health Centers in rural areas of developing countries – Case study: West Bengal, India”, Proceedings of the 10th Conference of Asian City Planning, pp.79-86
Jana, A., H, Yuki., An, K., Hamasaki, H., 2012, “Capacity Development for Sustainable Water Management in Rural Area in Cambodia”, International Water Science Conference, IWSC 2012, Bangkok, Thailand, September 2012.
Jana, A., Ohmori, N., and Harata, N., 2012, “Choice Based on Accessibility & Social Determinants-A Case of Elderly Healthcare Decision and Health Trips in India”, 13th International Conference on ’Mobility and Transport for Elderly and Disabled Persons, TRANSED 2012, New Delhi, India, September 2012.
Jana, A., Khanal, R., and Akinaga, N., 2013, “Designing CSR Program for corporates focusing on Environment & Sustainability”, International Symposium fostering future leaders for sustainable society, Tokyo, January 2013
Chikaraishi, M., Jana, A., Bardhan, R., and Fujiwara, A. (2015). Urban-Rural Comparison of Time Use in India: Gender, Education, and Economic Affluence. Transportation Research Board 94th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C, USA.
Jana, A., Bardhan, R., and Sarkar, S. (2015). Future Place making in Mumbai: Analyzing Mumbai Development Plan 2034. Future of Places International Conference – UN Habitat, Stockholm, Sweden.
Jana, A. (2015). Trip by purpose and availability of the preferred opportunity within districts of India: Analysing Indian elderly travel pattern. 14th International Conference on Mobility and Transport for Elderly and Disabled Persons, TRANSED 2015, Lisbon, Portugal.
Kothari, A., & Jana, A., (2015). Affordable private diagnostic enterprises in India: Effect on preventive healthcare and management of non‐communicable diseases. 14th World Congress on Public Health, Kolkata, India
Varghese, V., Sarkar, S., Bardhan, R., Velaga, N., and Jana, A. (2015). Transport network characteristics and real-estate undercurrents: The effect of spatial non stationarity on property pricing in Mumbai. 3rd Conference of Transportation Research Group of India (3rd CTRG), 2015, Kolkata, India.
Sangoi, S., Jain, A., Jana, A., Bardhan, R., and Velaga, N. (2016). Behavior of Housing Prices Within the “Equi-influence” Zone of Metro Corridor in Mumbai, India: Fuzzy Logic Approach. Transportation Research Board 95th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers, Washington, D.C, USA.
Chikaraishi, M., Jana, A., Bardhan, R., Varghese, V., and Fujiwara, A. (2016). Revisiting Travel Time in Mumbai: Value of Time Saving or Value of Access? Transportation Research Board 95th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers, Washington, D.C, USA.
Alla, N.K. and Jana, A. (2017). Integrated approach for measurement of spatial accessibility of healthcare services in urban areas. The 38 Asian Conference on Remote Sensing. October 23-27, New Delhi. [http://www.a-a-s.org/acrs/administrator/components/com_jresearch/files/publications/1481.pdf]
Nambram, S., Jana, A., & Narayanan. K. (2017) Analysis of energy saving and emission reduction potential through the energy efficient building design of a residential building in a warm humid climate. 6th International Conference on Advances in Energy Research 2017, Mumbai, India. December 12–14, 2017 (Best Poster Award)
Varghese, V. Jana, A., “Activity Participation and Time Use Behavior in Mumbai: Impact of Information and Communication Technologies in a Disparate World.” Transportation Research Board 96th Annual Meeting, 2017, Washington DC, USA
Varghese V., & Jana A. (2017). Travel Time Use in Mumbai: Analyzing the Impact of ICT, 4th Conference of Transportation Research Group of India, Mumbai, India, December 16–19, 2017 (Best Paper Award)
Basu, R., Khatua, A., Jana, A., & Ghosh, S. (2017). Harnessing Twitter Data for Analyzing Public Reactions to Transportation Policies: Evidences from the Odd-Even Policy in Delhi, India. Proceedings of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies, Vol 11. http://www.easts.info/on-line/proceedings/vol.11/pdf/PP1656_H1.pdf
S., Tartaglia R., Albolino S., Alexander T., Fujita Y. (eds) Proceedings of the 20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2018). IEA 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 821. Springer, Cham, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96080-7_78
Davy, J., Gomes, J.O., Volosiuk, A., Jana, A., Ray, G., Ganguli, A. K., Zhang, W., Todd, A., (2019) The BRICS plus Network: A Historical Overview and Future Perspectives of the Network’s Role in Human Factors and Ergonomics. In: Bagnara
Jana, A., Ohmori, N., Takami, K., and Harata, N., 2014, “Exploring the role of social interactions and supports in overcoming accessibility barriers while undertaking health tours in India”, Social Work in Public Health, Volume – 29, Issue – 4, pp 350-367. (Routledge) DOI:10.1080/19371918.2013.825895
Jana, A., and Harata, N., 2012, The need and role of companions in outpatient health trips in India: Altruism and activity support, Indian Journal of Positive Psychology, Volume – 3 (2012), Issue – 4, pp- 345-352. (ISSN 2229-4937)
Bardhan, R., Sarkar, S., Jana, A., and Velaga, N. (2015). Mumbai slums since independence: Evaluating the policy outcomes. Habitat International. doi:10.1016/j.habitatint.2015.07.009.
Bardhan, R., Varghese, V., and Jana, A. (2015). Analyzing Regional Travel Patterns in India: Disaggregated Analysis of Social, Health and Pilgrimage Trips. Journal of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies. doi: 10.11175/easts.11.362.
Chakraborty, A., Wilson, B., Saraf, S., and Jana, A. (2015). Open data for informal settlements: Toward a user’s guide for urban managers and planners. Journal of Urban Management. doi: 10.1016/j.jum.2015.12.001.
Jana, A., and Harata, N. (2016). Provisioning health care infrastructure in communities: Empirical evidences from West Bengal, India. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences. doi: 10.1016/j.seps.2016.02.003.
Chikaraishi, M., Jana, A., Bardhan, R., and Fujiwara, A. (2016). Time Use of Urban Poor and Rural Poor on Activity and Travel in Gujarat, India: Similarities and Differences. Asian Transport Studies. doi:10.11175/eastsats.4.19.
Jana, A., Bardhan, R., Sarkar, S., and Kumar, V. (2016). Framework to assess and locate affordable and accessible housing for developing nations: empirical evidences from Mumbai. Habitat International. doi: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2016.07.005.
Basu, R., Jana, A., and Bardhan, R. (2018). A health care facility allocation model for expanding cities in developing nations: Strategizing urban health policy implementation. Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy. Vol 11, Issue 1, pp 21-36. doi:10.1007/s12061-016-9208-0
Basu, R., Varghese, V., & Jana, A. (2017). Comparison of Traditional and Emerging Paratransit Services in Indian Metropolises with Dissimilar Service Delivery Structures. Asian Transport Studies, 4(3). http://doi.org/10.11175/eastsats.4.518
Basu, R., Aggarwal, R., & Jana, A. (2017). An Integrated Framework for Allocation of New Emergency Response Facilities in Developing Nations. Process Integration and Optimization for Sustainability, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41660-017-0009-y
Basu, M., Ghosh, S., Jana, A., Bandyopadhyay, S., & Singh, R. (2017). Medical Requirements during a Natural Disaster: A Case Study on WhatsApp Chats among Medical Personnel during the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2017.8
Jana, A., & Basu, R. (2017). Examining the changing health care seeking behaviour in the era of health sector reforms in India: evidences from the National Sample Surveys 2004 & 2014. Global Health Research and Policy, 2(1), 6. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41256-017-0026-y
Basu, M., Ghosh, S., Jana, A., Bandyopadhyay, S., & Singh, R. (2017). Resource Mapping During a Natural Disaster: A Case Study on the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2017.05.020
A., & Sarkar S. (2017). Disparate housing strategies and practices of public and private enterprises in India: Analysis of middle class housing and new towns; Cities. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2017.09.010 [Media coverage: https://researchmatters.in/news/losing-purpose-satellite-towns ]
Basu, R., Jana, A., Bardhan, R., & Bandyopadhyay, S. (2017). Pinch Analysis as a Quantitative Decision Framework for Determining Gaps in Health Care Delivery Systems. Process Integration and Optimization for Sustainability. http://doi.org/10.1007/s41660-017-0015-0
M., Jana, A., Bardhan, R., Varghese, V., & Fujiwara. A. (2017). A framework to analyze capability and travel in formal and informal urban settings: A case from Mumbai. Journal of Transport Geography, Volume 65, Pages 101–110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2017.09.001
Jana, A., and Varghese, V. (2017). Analyzing mode choice for inter-regional travel in India. Transportation Research Procedia, Volume 25, 2017, Pages 5220-5234 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trpro.2018.02.049
Varghese V., Jana A., & Sarkar S. (2018). Analysing Disparities and their Impact on Time Use Behavior: Evidences from Mumbai, India. Journal of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies. Vol 12, 35-56. https://doi.org/10.11175/easts.12.35
Bardhan, R., Debnath, R., Jana, A., Norford, Leslie K. (2018). Investigating the association of healthcare-seeking behavior with the freshness of indoor spaces in low-income tenement housing in Mumbai, Habitat International, Volume 71, 2018, Pages 156-168, ISSN 0197-3975, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2017.12.007
Behaviour and Society, Volume 12, Pages 11-22, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tbs.2018.03.003 [Media coverage: http://www.newindianexpress.com/thesundaystandard/2018/mar/25/travel-equals-downtime-for-most-commuters-says-indian-institute-of-technology-bombay-study- 1792001.html ]
Varghese V. and Jana A. (2018). Impact of ICT on multitasking during travel and the value of travel time savings: Empirical evidences from Mumbai, India. Travel
Varghese V. and Jana A. (2018). Interrelationships between ICT, social disadvantage, and activity participation behaviour: A case of Mumbai, India. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2018.06.009
Verma, D; Jana, A; Ramamritham, K. (2018). Quantifying Urban Surroundings Using Deep Learning Techniques: A New Proposal. Urban Science. Volume 2, no. 3: 78, https://doi.org/10.3390/urbansci2030078
Subramanian, D., & Jana, A. (2018). Assessing urban recreational open spaces for the elderly: A case of three Indian cities. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, Volume 35, pages 115-128, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2018.08.015
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