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Leadership and senior faculty of the institute.

Leadership

K. L. ThaparChairman, later Chairman Emeritus, until his death on 29 May 2022. Signatory to the institute's agreements with iRAP in 2017 and 2020; spoke at the launch of IndiaRAP at the IRF World Road Meeting, Delhi, 2017.
B. N. PuriDirector. Signed the renewed IndiaRAP hosting agreement with iRAP in December 2025. Author of the course paper on modes of transport and integrated sustainable transport for the road sector programme.

Faculty and contributors

Senior faculty of the institute have served on the National Transport Development Policy Committee and other high-level committees of the Government of India. Course papers published by the institute's road sector programme were contributed by:

NameRole at the timeContribution
B. N. PuriDirector of Research, AITDModes of Transport and Integrated Sustainable Transport
D. P. GuptaAITDRoads and Road Transport: Overview and Current Initiatives
Sanjay KothariSecretary, Department of Personnel and TrainingEthics, Transparency and Governance
Prof. Geetam TiwariTRIPP, IIT DelhiTraffic Safety: Current Status and Way Forward
D. P. PandeMember Traffic, Railway BoardRailway Overview
Dr Manoj SinghAdviser (Transport), NITI AayogFinancing and Financial Appraisal
I. K. PateriyaDirector (Technical), NRRDARural Roads
M. RamachandranSecretary, Ministry of Urban DevelopmentOther Modes of Transport: Water Transport

Monograph authors

Ramprasad Sengupta (Challenges of Transition from Fossil Fuels to Green Regimes; Sustainable Transport Pricing in India), Tulsi Kesharwani (Pricing and Charges in Civil Aviation), Abid Hussain (New Age: New Opportunities), T. C. A. Srinivasa-Raghavan (Infrastructure Financing: Current Status and Future Options). All monographs.

Governance

The institute is an independent, not-for-profit organisation governed by a body of administrators, academics and transport professionals. Senior faculty have been inducted by the Government of India into high-level committees and working groups for the transport and logistics sectors, including the National Transport Development Policy Committee.

For the governing body, annual reports and audited accounts, write to asianinstitute.del@gmail.com.