Conference on Transportation Systems Engineering & Management (CTSEM 2026)

Organising team

Dr. Yajulu Medury
Patron
Vice Chancellor, 
Mahindra University, Hyderabad

Dr. Arya Kumar Bhattacharya
Co-patron
Dean (Research & Development)
Mahindra University, Hyderabad

Dr. Bishnu Pal
Co-patron
Dean (Academics)
Mahindra University, Hyderabad

Dr. Hari Prasad
Chairperson
Professor and HoD,
Department of Civil Engineering,
Mahindra University, Hyderabad

Dr. Saladi SV Subbarao
Co-Chairperson
Associate Professor and PG Coordinator,
Department of Civil Engineering,
Mahindra University, Hyderabad

Dr. Deepti Avirneni
Organizing Secretary
Associate Professor,
Department of Civil Engineering,
Mahindra University, Hyderabad

Dr. Jahnavi Yarlagadda
Organizing Secretary
Assistant Professor,
Department of Civil Engineering,
Mahindra University, Hyderabad

Dr. Sandeepan Roy
Organizing Secretary
Assistant Professor,
Department of Civil Engineering,
Mahindra University, Hyderabad

Dr. Chintaman Santosh Bari
Organizing Secretary
Scientist,
Traffic Engineering and Safety Division,
CSIR-Central Road Research Institute (CRRI), New Delhi

Conference committee

Advisory committee

S. No.	Name	Affiliation / Designation
1	A. Veeraragavan	Former Professor, IIT Madras
2	Akhilesh Kumar Maurya	IIT Guwahati
3	Bernhard Friedrich	Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany
4	B. Umashankar	IIT Hyderabad
5	C.S.R.K. Prasad	NIT Warangal
6	G. J. Joshi	SVNIT Surat
7	Gunasekaran K	Anna University, Chennai
8	H.S. Jagadeesh	Former Professor, BMSCE, Bangalore
9	Jen-Jia Lin	National Taiwan University, Taiwan
10	K. Ramchandra Rao	IIT Delhi
11	K.V. Krishna Rao	IIT Bombay
12	M. Amaranatha Reddy	IIT Kharagpur
13	M. V. L. R. Anjaneyulu	NIT Calicut
14	Ma. Sheilah G. Napalang	University of the Philippines
15	Manoranjan Parida	CSIR-CRRI, New Delhi
16	P. K. Agarwal	MANIT Bhopal
17	Praveen Kumar	IIT Roorkee
18	Priyantha Wedagama	Udayana University, Indonesia
19	Rajib B. Mallick	University of Texas, El Paso
20	S. Velmurugan	Chief Scientist, CSIR-CRRI, New Delhi
21	Salil Gokhale	ARA, USA
22	Samson Mathew	NIT Trichy
23	Sanjay Kumar Nirmal	Addl. DG, MoRTH
24	Satish Chandra	IIT Roorkee
25	Sireesh Saride	IIT Hyderabad
26	Srinivas S. Pulugurtha	University of Mississippi, USA
27	T. Someswar Rao	EGIS India
28	Vishrut Landge	VNIT Nagpur

Technical committee

S. No.	Name	Affiliation
1	Agnivesh Pani	IIT BHU
2	Amit Agarwal	IIT Roorkee
3	Aniket Kataware	IIT Dharwad
4	Anilkumar Bachu	IIT Patna
5	Ankit Gupta	IIT BHU
6	Ankit Kathuria	IIT Jammu
7	Anna Charley	University of Liverpool, England
8	Anuj Bhudhkar	IIEST Shibpur
9	Anuj Jaiswal	MANIT Bhopal
10	Anush K Chandrappa	IIT Bhubaneswar
11	Arpan Mehar	NIT Warangal
12	Arpita Saha	VNIT Nagpur
13	Arun Gaur	MNIT Jaipur
14	Ashik K Azad	NATPAC
15	Ashish Dhamaniya	SVNIT Surat
16	Bandhan Bandhu Majumdar	BITS Hyderabad
17	Bhadradri Raghuram Kadali	NIT Warangal
18	Bharath G	CSIR-CRRI, New Delhi
19	Bivina G. R.	MANIT Bhopal
20	C. V. Veena Venudharan	IIT Palakkad
21	Carmelo D’Agostino	Lund University, Sweden
22	Chalumuri Ravi Sekhar	CSIR-CRRI, New Delhi
23	Darshana O.	NIT Trichy
24	Gourab Sil	IIT Indore
25	Harikrishna M.	NIT Calicut
26	Indrajit Ghosh	IIT Roorkee
27	Ishant Sharma	BITS Hyderabad
28	Janani L.	NIT Srinagar
29	Jitendra Gurjar	NIT Srinagar
30	K. Krishnamurthy	NIT Calicut
31	K. V. R. Ravi Shankar	NIT Warangal
32	Kumari Monu	Thapar University
33	M. Selvam	IIT Patna
34	M. Sivakumar	NIT Calicut
35	Mahesh Babu	Jallu University of Texas, USA
36	Maripini Himabindu	BITS Pilani
37	Marisamynathan S	NIT Trichy
38	Mayank Dubey	SPA Bhopal
39	Mithun Mohan	NIT Surathkal
40	Mohammed Shafi Mir	NIT Srinagar
41	Mukti Advani	CSIR-CRRI, New Delhi
42	Munavar Fairooz C	NIT Calicut
43	Namdeo Hedaoo	COEP Technological University, Pune
44	Nishant Pawar	NIT Calicut
45	Pranav R T P	SRM University, AP
46	Prasanta Kumar Sahu	BITS Pilani
47	Pritikana Das	MANIT Bhopal
48	Ramu Badiga	IIT Indore
49	Ramya Sri Mullapudi	IIT Hyderabad
50	Ranju Mohan	IIT Jodhpur
51	R. B. Sharmila	IIT Guwahati
52	Regulus Shallam	NIT Andhra
53	Ritvik Chauhan	NIT Trichy
54	S. Padma	CSIR-CRRI, New Delhi
55	Sabyasachi Biswas	NIT Durgapur
56	Samiul Hasan	University of Central Florida, USA
57	Sandeep Singh	NIT Puducherry
58	Sangram Nirmale	IIT Bombay
59	Sarfaraz Ahmed	CSIR-CRRI, New Delhi
60	Satyajit Mondal	NIT Patna
61	Shriniwas S. Arkatkar	SVNIT Surat
62	Siksha Swaroopa Kar	CSIR-CRRI, New Delhi
63	Subhadip Biswas	NIT Silchar
64	Sunitha V	NIT Trichy
65	Surender Singh	IIT Madras
66	Tushar Chowdhary	IIT Roorkee
67	Udit Jain	VNIT Nagpur
68	Umesh Chandra Sahoo	IIT Bhubaneswar
69	Vasantha Wickramasinghe	University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
70	Vasudevan N	NATPAC
71	Vinay Kumar	Heusker, USA
72	Yogeshwar V. Navandar	NIT Calicut

Keynote speakers

Srinivas Geedipally, Ph.D.

TTI Research Engineer, Program Manager

Partners

Knowledge partners

Publishing partners

Selected papers from the conference will be published by Springer as a proceedings book volume. Springer will conduct quality checks on the accepted papers and only papers that pass these checks will be published.

We do not publish abstracts, extended abstracts, literature review articles, questionnaires/survey based papers. We only publish full papers, original articles with new outcomes in proceedings (not less than 6 pages).

Springer Nature does not charge any money for publication of Non-Open Access content.

Registration

Registration Category	Participants from India		Participants Outside India
		Early Bird Fee	Regular Fee	Early Bird Fee	Regular Fee
UG/PG Student	INR 2000	INR 2500	USD 50	USD 60
PhD/Research Scholar	INR 3000	INR 3500	USD 60	USD 75
Faculty/Scientist	INR 5000	INR 6000	USD 125	USD 150
Government/ Industry Professionals	INR 8000		USD 150	USD 175

Click here for Registration (Early bird)

Click here for Registration (Regular)

Click here for Accommodation 

​Registration Fee Cancellation Policy:

• Registration Fee cancellation request must be submitted by the registered author(s) only through email at ctsem2026@mahindrauniversity.edu.in, on or before 30^th June 2026.
• Registration fees will be refunded after deducting 18% GST and 10% cancellation charges.
• The refund will be initiated after the conference.
• No refund request will be entertained after 30^th June 2026.

Call for paper

Research papers are invited on the topics outlined and others falling within the scope of the event. Papers are to be prepared as per the required format. Papers should clearly state the purpose, methodology, data collection/experimentation, analysis/model development, results, and conclusions of the work. The language of the conference will be English. Final acceptance will be based on double-blinded peer reviews.

Important Dates

Full-Length Paper Submission Begins	15th Feb 2026
Last Date of Full-Length Paper Submission	30th April 2026
Paper Acceptance Notification	15th June 2026
Revised Full Paper Submission	30th June 2026
Early Bird Registration Starts	16th June 2026
Early Bird Registration Ends	30th June 2026
Last Date of Registration	7th July 2026
Conference Dates	17th to 18th July 2026

Paper Submission Guidelines

• Full paper submissions are invited on areas covered in the below described themes.
• For full paper submission, the author(s) have to use the “Microsoft CMT” platform. Please use the following URL to log in to the Microsoft CMT account for full paper submission: Click here
• In case the login ID is not available, a new account can be created by giving the required details. The Latex & word Template format for paper submission can be found here
• Authors are requested to adhere to the given format for font size, line spacing, indentation, and table design.
• The full paper length in the prescribed format should not be more than 10 pages.
• There are no restrictions on the number of words, tables, and figures. However, the number of pages is restricted to 10 pages.
• The figures should be clear and visible (at least 300 dpi). All the submitted papers will go through a plagiarism check. The final acceptance will be based on double blind reviews.

Paper Publication Opportunities

• Selected high-quality papers presented at the conference will be published in the form of SCOPUS-indexed conference Proceedings by Springer.
• Review articles would not be considered for publication unless they conform to the high-quality standards of Springer.
• Springer Nature does not charge any money for the publication of non-open-access content. Abstracts/extended abstracts and short papers (less than 6 pages) will not be considered for publication.
• Springer will conduct quality checks on the accepted papers, and only papers that pass these checks will be published.
• Some of the high-quality papers presented at the conference will be recommended for possible publication in Traffic Safety Research (TSR) and Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering (JTTE). All the recommended papers have to pass through the journal’s peer review process before acceptance in above mentioned journals. (More number of journals will be updated)
• At least one of the authors of the accepted papers must register and present the paper at the conference to be considered for possible publication.
• Designate one corresponding author with a contact email.

 

Conference Themes

The 12^th CTSEM conference covers conceptual aspects related to four main themes as follows

• Theme I: Transportation Planning
• Theme II: Traffic Engineering and Safety
• Theme III: Pavement Technology, Materials, and Sustainability
• Theme IV: Other Applications in Transportation Engineering.

The topics in each theme can include, but are not restricted to, the following:

Theme I: Transportation Planning Public Transport Planning & Management Transit Oriented Development Travel Behavior Analysis Travel Demand Forecasting Urban Mobility Land Use & Transportation Sustainable Transportation Non Motorized Transport Freight Transport & Logistics	Theme II: Traffic Engineering and Safety Capacity & Level of Service Traffic Management & Control Driver Behavior & Traffic Safety Crash Data Analysis & Modeling Intelligent Transportation Systems Traffic Flow Theory & Modeling Vulnerable Road Users Geometric Design & Consistency
Theme III: Pavement Technology New Materials & Technologies in Road Construction Construction Materials & Characterization Pavement Design & Construction Pavement Evaluation & Management Transportation Geotechnics Highway Maintenance Construction & Maintenance of Bridges & Culverts	Theme IV: Other Applications in Transportation Engineering Transportation Asset Management Project Management Transport & Environment IoT, Big Data & AI in Transportation GIS and Optimization for Transportation VR Applications Transportation Infrastructure Financing Transportation Economics & Policy Smart Cities Innovations in Railways, Airways & Waterways Including High Speed Railways

Sponsorship opportunities

Industry sponsors are welcome to participate and support the 12^th CTSEM conference. The sponsorship categories with details regarding delegates, exhibition stalls and industry product/service presentation are provided below.

Note: The sponsorship amount does not include GST.

Particulars	PlatinumINR 5 Lakhs	GoldINR 2 Lakhs	SilverINR 1 Lakh	BronzeINR 0.5 Lakh
Exhibition Space (3 x 3 sq. m.)	Yes	Yes	No	No
Logo on all promotional material	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Logo hyperlinked on the conference website	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Brochure/Literature Distribution in the Delegate Kit	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Public announcement and display during the conference recognizing the sponsor	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Free registrations	5	2	1	1
Display in the session hall	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Promotional video display (during lunch/poster session)	10 min	5 min	No	No
Technical Presentation	10 min	No	No	No

For any queries, Contact:

Dr. Saladi S. V. Subbarao, Associate Professor: saladi.subbarao@mahindrauniversity.edu.in

Downloads

CTSEM 2026 Brochure

CTSEM 2026 Sponsorship Brochure

Venue

AIHW 2025 will take place at Mahindra University, Hyderabad, in a serene, green campus equipped with world-class infrastructure. The venue features modern auditoriums, seminar halls, and meeting rooms, supported by high-quality AV systems, robust IT support, and excellent logistics to ensure a smooth conference experience.

Address: Mahindra University, Survey: 62/1A, Bahadurpally (Near Tech Mahindra), Jeedimetla, Hyderabad, Telangana, India, Pin: 500043.

Access from Major Transport Hubs:

• 30–35 kilometers away from Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) Hyderabad.
• 20–25 kilometers away from Secunderabad Railway Station.
• 25–30 kilometers away from the main bus stations in Hyderabad, such as the MGBS (Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station) or Jubilee Bus Station