Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Urban Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 2013.

PG Certificate in Environmental Leadership, Asian Program for Incubation of Environmental Leadership, The University of Tokyo, Japan, 2013

Masters of City Planning, IIT Kharagpur, 2007

Bachelor of Architecture, IIEST Shibpur, 2005

Journals

Varghese, V., & Jana, A. (2019). Multitasking during travel in Mumbai, India: Effect of satiation in heterogeneous urban settings. Journal of Urban Planning and Development, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol 125(2), https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)UP.1943-5444.0000504

Bardhan, R., Debnath, R., Jana, A. (2019). Evolution of sustainable energy policies in India since 1947: A review. WIREs Energy and Environment, https://doi.org/10.1002/wene.340

Biswas, R., Jana, A., Arya, K., Ramamritham, K. (2019). A good-governance framework for urban management. Journal of Urban Management, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jum.2018.12.009

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

Subramanian, D., Bandopadhyay, S., & Jana, A. (2018). Optimization of financial expenditure to improve urban recreational open spaces using Pinch analysis: A case of three Indian cities. Process Integration and Optimization for Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41660-018-0071-0

Subramanian, D., & Jana, A. (2018). Design Dichotomy: Impact of Design Intervention on the Recreational Open Spaces of Urban India—A Photo Essay. Berkeley Planning Journal, 30(1). Retrieved from  https://escholarship.org/uc/item/48z1r71c

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

Verma, D., Jana, A., & Ramamritham, K. (2018). Classification Of The Structure Of Cities Through Mid-Resolution Satellite Imagery And Patch Based Neural Networks. International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing & Spatial Information Sciences (pp. 713-717). ISPRS. https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-5-713-2018

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

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 Behaviour and Society, Volume 12, Pages 11-22, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tbs.2018.03.003

Media Coverage: Hindustan Times: https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/your-mobile-phone-decides-how-you-travel-iit-b-survey/story-XEFt43EUr8tqlwPCg1dPXN.html 

The New Indian Express: http://www.newindianexpress.com/thesundaystandard/2018/mar/25/travel-equals-downtime-for-most-commuters-says-indian-institute-of-technology-bombay-study-1792001.html 

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

Media Coverage: https://researchmatters.in/news/redesigning-chawls-allow-fresh-air

Varghese V., Jana A., & Sarkar S. (2017). Analysing Disparities and their Impact on Time Use Behavior: Evidences from Mumbai, India. Journal of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies. https://doi.org/10.11175/easts.12.35

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

Chikaraishi, 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

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

Jana, 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: [ The Hindu: https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/navi-mumbai-has-not-addressed-housing-crisis-in-mumbai-finds-iit-bombay-study/article26563073.ece]

[https://researchmatters.in/news/losing-purpose-satellite-towns] and [http://www.iitb.ac.in/en/research-highlight/losing-purpose-satellite-towns]

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

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). 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

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, 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., Jana, A., and Bardhan, R. (2016). A health care facility allocation model for expanding cities in developing nations: Strategizing urban health policy implementation. Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s12061-016-9208-0 

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.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2016.07.005 

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. https://doi.org/10.11175/eastsats.4.19 

Jana, A., and Harata, N. (2016). Provisioning health care infrastructure in communities: Empirical evidences from West Bengal, India. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seps.2016.02.003

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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jum.2015.12.001

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. https://doi.org/10.11175/easts.11.362

Bardhan, R., Sarkar, S., Jana, A., and Velaga, N. (2015). Mumbai slums since independence: Evaluating the policy outcomes. Habitat International.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2015.07.009

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.  https://doi.org/10.1080/19371918.2013.825895

Conference Papers

2019

Subramanian, D., & Jana, A. (2019). Gender disparity in urban Indian playgrounds: Assessing safety, accessibility, and participation of women. Active Living Research Conference, Charleston, USA February 2019. (accepted)

Subramanian, D., & Jana, A. (2019). Evaluating accessibility of urban recreational open spaces for persons with movement disabilities: A case of three Indian cities. Active Living Research Conference, Charleston, USA February 2019 (accepted)

Thomas, N., Varghese, V., and A. Jana (2019): Two-Wheeler Vehicle Ownership, Transport Disadvantage, and Mode Choice: A Case Study of Different Behavioral Segments from Mumbai, India. Transportation Research Board 98th Annual Meeting (19-03037)

Verma, D., Jana, A., & Ramamritham, K. (2019). Artificial Intelligence and Human Senses for the Evaluation of Urban Surroundings. International Conference on Intelligent Human Systems Integration (pp. 852-857). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11051-2_130 

Kirat Rai, S., Ramamritham, K., & Jana, A. (2019). Strengthening the Governance through Government to Government (G2G) framework to better communicate among government agencies for effective Disaster Risk Management in Nepal. 4th World Congress on Disaster Management, IIT Bombay, Mumbai.

Kumar, V., Kirat Rai, S., Ramamritham, K., & Jana, A. (2019). Demonstrating the role of ICT during fire events, a case of Mumbai-Towards building smart and sustainable cities. 4th World Congress on Disaster Management, IIT Bombay, Mumbai.

Subramanian, D., Krishnan, S., & Jana, A. (2019). Towards a framework to use public open spaces for disaster resilience and post disaster recovery in the South-Asian context. 4th World Congress on Disaster Management, Mumbai.

Kumar, V., Ramamritham, K., & Jana, A. (2019). Resource Allocation Towards Emergency Response Services Considering Dynamism of Urban Fabrics: Fire Fighting in Mumbai", ICTDX, India.  https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=3287098.3287099

Davy, J., Gomes, J.O., Volosiuk, A., Jana, A., Ray, G., Ganguli, A. K., Zhang, W., Todd, A., (2019) The BRICSplus Network: A Historical Overview and Future Perspectives of the Network’s Role in Human Factors and Ergonomics. In: Bagnara 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

2018

Barpete, K., & Jana, A. (2018). Where we choose to live and why? A review of accessibility factors influencing residential choices. Urban Transitions. Sitges, Spain.

Barpete, K., & Jana, A., (2018), Where we choose to live and why? A case study of accessibility factors influencing residential choices. 12th World Congress of the RSAI, 29 May– 1 June 2018, Goa, India

Subramanian, D., & Jana, A. (2018). Evaluating recreational open spaces of India: A case of restructuring budget allocations for better performing public amenities. UNDP 3rd Global Biodiversity Finance Conference Chennai, India March 2018.

Subramanian, D., & Jana, A. (2018). Assessing accessibility, usability, activity profile and age appropriateness of urban Indian parks: Comparative analysis of three Indian cities. 12th World Congress of the RSAI, Goa, India, March 2018.

Subramanian, D., & Jana, A. (2018). Co-Production of recreation: Improving cultural ecosystem services in the Urban Indian context. Ecosystem Services Partnership Asia International Conference, Dehradun, India October 2018.

Verma, D; Jana, A; Ramamritham, K. (2018). How diverse are the neighbourhoods? A diversity index to assess land use mix through open source and online datasets. 12th World Congress of the RSAI, 29 May– 1 June 2018, Goa, India

Alla, N.K. and Jana, A. (2018).Spatial decision support system for optimal location of primary health care facilities in urban areas. 12th World Congress of the RSAI, 29 May– 1 June 2018, Goa, India

2017

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. 12th International Conference of Eastern Asia Society For Transportation Studies, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

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)

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. https://trid.trb.org/view/1438702

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, accepted for publication in Energy Procedia)

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-r-s.org/acrs/administrator/components/com_jresearch/files/publications/1481.pdf ]

2016

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.

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.

2015

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

2013

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

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., 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., 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

Older

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., 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

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

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

Book Chapter

Bardhan, R., Jana, A., & Sarkar, S. (2019). Informality. In The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Studies. (Accepted)

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.

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.

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

Invited Talks

“Evolution of Planning: Are we ready for the Future Complexities?”, National Environmental Conference (NEC-2019). IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India. Jan 31 to Feb 2 2019.

“Planning for future-ready cities”. Seminar on 'Future Ready Cities - An Experience Sharing with Norway (Under Indo-Norwegian Cooperation and UTFORSK Program), Global Change Program, jointly organised by Jadavpur University, the Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry and University of Stavanger, Norway. Kolkata, India, December 17, 2018.

“Traditional and Emerging IPT Services in Indian Metropolises with Dissimilar Service Delivery Structures: A Comparative Analysis”. 10th 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)

“Theory of Travel demand Modelling”. Workshop on behaviour modelling in transportation networks, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Tokyo, Japan, October 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.

“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.

“Big Data Management and Ethics: ensuring the rights and benefits for all citizens”, Invited speaker, An Urban Observatory for Mumbai, Mumbai, Dec 5-6, 2016

[Media Coverage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fn0j_Eh-cco ]

“Urbanization and Informatics”, Centre for Urban Policy and Governance, School of Habitat Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai, August 9, 2016.

“A Quantitative Framework for Determining Gaps in Health Care Delivery Systems Resource Mapping Using Big Data – Application in Disaster Management”, A joint seminar between the urban transportation research unit at the University of Tokyo and the Transport studies group at Hiroshima university held in Shodoshima, Kagawa, Japan from June 25 to 27, 2016 (Best Presentation Award)

“Housing in Mumbai: Trade-offs between accessibility, affordability and informality”. 66th Taoyaka Program Seminar, Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation (IDEC), Hiroshima University, Japan, April 27, 2016.

“Theory of Behavior Modeling”. Workshop on behavior modelling in transportation networks, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Tokyo, Japan, September 2015.

“Regional travel patterns in India: Social, health & pilgrimage trips,” Amsterdam-Mumbai symposium on Sustainable Urban Development: Problems, Practices, and Prospects, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India March 2015

“Housing for the urban poor: Dynamics of slum rehabilitation in Mumbai”. 37th Taoyaka Program Seminar, Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation (IDEC), Hiroshima University, Japan, March 2015.

“Urban sensing & crowdsourcing: An approach to participatory planning”, The roundtable and workshop on the role of universities in building healthy, sustainable & smart cities, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India January 2015

“Ensuring Equity in Healthcare Accessibility: Need for a Demand Driven Approach,” IEEE Region 10 Humanitarian Technology Conference 2014, Chennai, August 2014. (IEEE Catalog Number: CFPI434U-ART; ISBN: 978-1-4799-7606-5)

[Media Coverage: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/IIT-Bombay-developing-mobile-apps-to-help-patients-in-rural-areas/articleshow/39768618.cms ]

Japanese Government Monbukagakusho (MEXT) Scholarship-2010-2013.

GCOE Research supporting funds for young researchers, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Government of Japan

2011-2012 and 2012-2013

Institute Silver Medal, IIT Kharagpur, 2007

2018, Better mobility in new town: preparing for self-contained neighborhood in Asia, Funded by EASTS Japan, EASTS ICRA proposal (IRG-31-2017)

2018, Building Healthcare Informatics Systems Utilising Web Data, Funded by DST, (as PI), In Progress

2017, The association of the structural factors and tuberculosis in slum rehabilitation buildings in Mumbai”, Funded by “Doctors for You (NGO): (As Co-PI) –Project: COMPLETED.

2017, Network Science for Urban Engineering – Co-PI – Funded by DST under India?Portugal Bilateral Scientific and Technological Cooperation, In Progress

2015, Frontier of Advanced Science and Technology (FAST), Centre for Excellence in Urban Science and Engineering - Funded by MHRD, Government of India; Duration: 2014-2018 (As Co-PI), In Progress

PhD Scholars

Research Scholars

Alumni