Dr. Valavan Amudhan, Ph.D | Executive Director - TECHSACS

Dr. Valavan Amudhan, Ph.D Public Transport Expert & Executive Director TECHSACS (Scientific Transport Consultancy firm)

LinkedIn Member - Editorial Advisory Board | Urban Transport Infrastructure Magazine (15-04-2019 to 14-04-2022)

Brief Profile

• Co-creating Sustainable Cities - Delft University of Technology, Netherlands,2019
• D (H.C.)- Management - Young Scientist University, USA,2018
• MS (Quality Management) - BITS – Pilani, India 2002 – 2004
• B.E. (Mechanical Engineering), Bharathidasan University Tiruchirapalli,  India, 1993

He started his career as an Executive Engineer in Indian Government Transport (i.e. Public transport and urban mobility related fields), and through constant hard work and sincere efforts he benchmarked the levels of development in Maintenance sector and reached a designation of Executive Director in TECHNO SOCIAL organization like TECHSACS. He is a Global Advisory member for CIAC Global. He posses over 25 years of experience in Public Transport and Urban Mobility related fields since 1993. From 2016, he has worked as an Independent consultant and Adviser to Indian Leading Indian Companies like M/s Thriveni Earthmovers, M/s Thriveni Sainik and also RTA @Dubai and KPTC@ Kuwait etc. on several technical assistance and training projects in India and the Middle-East and managed a number of projects involving numerous experts and multidisciplinary teams. Urban Transportation and Mobility Specialist with extensive experience in urban mass transit operations, strategic transportation planning, transport policy development, transport appraisal/evaluation, fleet/transport management, project management, and stakeholder management. Has led the development of institutional and governance framework for regulation of urban bus services contracts/franchise agreement. As a professional, he is passionate about the development of sustainable transportation systems in developing economies. As an astute project manager, his strength lies in working with multi-disciplinary teams from inception to implementation of public transportation projects. Good connections with major transportation operators, transportation-related government authorities, international transport Institutions. He tactfully coordinates and liaises with government officials, industrialists, Transport Owners, Mines Operators, and Asset management companies. Currently, he provides consulting, education, guidance, mentoring, and training for companies in India & Internationally for maintenance planning success. His main fields of expertise are: • Urban mobility policies and travel demand management • Trends and innovation in urban transport • Institutional organization and regulatory framework of public transport • Relationships between public transport stakeholders • Urban transport energy efficiency

Conference’s Attended

Automechanika Dubai in the year - 2017,2018

Visited Countries for work and Conferences

Spain, Dubai, Kuwait, Malaysia, Thailand, Srilanka

Professional Affiliations

• Member of Institute for Supply Management, USA
• Member of Institute of Transportation Engineers, USA

Journals

1. “Explained how to make provisions in buses to differently able taking into account of present Indian legal and Technical aspects”, National Journal (ASRTU, India – Association of State Road Transport Undertaking, Government of India)- www.asrtu.org

1. "How to implement Quality function deployment to meet the customer needs in Bus Transport Organization specifically for Bus Features ", International Journal (UITP, Belgium - International Association of Public Transport) - www.uitp.com.

2. “Quality function deployment to meet the customer needs in Bus Transport Sector- Bus Seats “, Indian Journal of Transport Management, published by CIRT, Pune, India – (Central Institute of Road Transport, Pune on behalf of ASRTU, New Delhi) through www.cirtindia.com