Research and publications

Studies and research reports

Thirteen studies are available in full text. Titles listed after the table are available in print from the institute's library.

Also published

The World of Pensions · Many Sides of Freedom · Privatisation of Aviation Infrastructure · Securitisation for Infrastructure Financing · Leasing for Transport Sector · Transport-Energy Nexus: Towards Sustainability · National Infrastructure Report: The Quiet Crisis · Darjeeling Himalayan Railway · Indian Planning: Search for Change · Kalka-Shimla Railway · Non-Motorised Transport in India · International Aviation and Outer Space Law and Relations · India: New Framework for Growth · Economic Reforms and Indian Transport Sector · Public Sector in India: Changing Perspectives · Indian Shipping Industry: Critical Issues in Global Context

Asian Transport Journal

Twenty-nine issues published between 1994 and 2016, each built around a single theme. Recent issues are available as full-text PDFs.

Monographs

Eleven monographs, each a single-author treatment of a theme in transport, infrastructure or development economics. All are available in full text.

1. Challenges of Transition from Fossil Fuels to Green Regimes — Ramprasad Sengupta
2. Social Security: A Demographic Imperative
3. A Primer on the Indian Telecommunication Sector
4. Crisis in Development Finance
5. Sustainable Transport Pricing in India — Ramprasad Sengupta
6. Pricing and Charges in Civil Aviation — Tulsi Kesharwani
7. New Age: New Opportunities — Abid Hussain
8. Infrastructure Financing: Current Status and Future Options — T.C.A. Srinivasa-Raghavan
9. The World of Pensions
10. Regulatory Structure for the Financial Sector: Emerging Trends
11. Greying of Indian Railways

India Transport Report: Moving India to 2032

The National Transport Development Policy Committee submitted its report in 2014, setting out a framework to 2032 across rail, roads, ports, aviation and urban transport. Three senior faculty members of AITD served on the committee.

AITD and UNESCAP

The institute has taken part in more than sixty UNESCAP meetings, policy dialogues and ministerial conferences since 1996, and has co-organised six in New Delhi. Work has centred on the Asian Highway and Trans-Asian Railway networks, dry ports, PPP capacity building and transport connectivity in Southern Asia.