Faculty Profile

About

I would like to describe myself as a budding teacher and a young researcher. I hold a doctorate in Pavement Management from the nation's premier institute, Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM). My research is in the area of highway maintenance which would help the concessionaires and agencies in making decisions pertaining to system of pavements. A proud alumna of BMSCE, Bangalore, where I pursued my M.Tech degree and went on to bag the gold medal and VTU 1st rank in Transportation Engineering and Management. My graduation degree, B.E is in Civil Engineering from Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, Bangalore.

Education

• Ph.D - Pavement Management
  Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
  Passed Year: 2020 | Program Type: FullTime
• M.Tech - Transportation Engineering and Management
  BMSCE, Bangalore
  Passed Year: 2013 | Program Type: FullTime
• B.E - Civil Engineering
  DSCE, Bangalore
  Passed Year: 2011 | Program Type: FullTime

Selected Publications

• Conference | Published On : 06-02-2026
  KalyanRao, Chethana Ramachandra
  Functionality of Skywalks in Bengaluru City –A Case Study., Global Road Summit Infratech and Expo hosted by International Road Federation, India Chapter., New Delhi, India, 5 - 6 February 2026.
• Journal | Published On : 17-12-2025
  Omprakash G. Holi, Chethana R., Shalini M., Kiran Kumar N., Kifayat A. and Om Tiwari
  Omprakash G. Holi, Chethana R., Shalini M., Kiran Kumar N., Kifayat A. and Om Tiwari (2025). “Urban noise evaluation across different land-uses and pavements in Bengaluru City”. Published in Environmental Science and Pollution Research (Springer Nature), indexed in Scopus. [Impact Factor (as on 2025): 5.59, Quartile: Q1, H-index: 212].
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• Journal | Published On : 20-11-2025
  Omprakash Gurudev Holi, Dr. Chethana R, Nandish K
  Omprakash G. Holi, Chethana R. and Nandish K. (2025). “Optimizing Pavement Materials to Mitigate Urban Noise Impact”. Construction and Building Materials (Elsevier), 2025, Vol. 503, Article 144466. Indexed on ScienceDirect. (Journal metrics — Impact Factor: 8.0; Quartile: Q1; H-index: 293).
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• Conference | Published On : 22-08-2025
  Sahana Siddu Rakkasagi, Nityananda J, Dr. Chethana R
  Sahana Siddu Rakkasagi., Nityananda J., and Dr. Chethana R. 'Validation of Established Criteria for Maintenance and Sensitivity Analysis for Road Improvement Project Using HDM-4' - 9th International Conference on Construction, Real Estate, Infrastructure, and Project Management (ICCRIP 2025), NICMAR University, Pune, 22-23 August 2025. (Paper Id- 7667)
• Conference | Published On : 08-11-2024
  Omprakash Gurudev Holi, Dr. Chethana R, Nandish K
  Omprakash, Holi., Chethana, R. and Nandish K. ‘Optimizing Pavement Materials to Mitigate Urban Noise Impact’, International Conference on Next Generation Technologies (ICNGT-2024), IIT Madras, Chennai, 13–15 November 2024.
• Conference | Published On : 25-10-2024
  Omprakash Gurudev Holi, Dr. Chethana R
  Omprakash, Holi and Chethana, R. ‘Comparative Analysis of Rutting in Flexible Pavement using IITPave and Advanced Finite Element Modelling (FEM)’, RASTA Symposium 2024 – Blueprint to Reality: Insights into Innovation in Highway Engineering & Construction Management, RASTA Center for Road Technology, Bengaluru, 24–25 October 2024.
• Conference | Published On : 23-10-2024
  Dr. Chethana R, and Prof. A Veeraragavan
  Chethana R, and A Veeraragavan. 'Development of a Multi-Criteria Decision Support System for Highway Pavement Management'. 18th World Congress on Engineering Asset Management, New Delhi, India, 23 - 25 October 2024.
• Conference | Published On : 23-05-2019
  Dr. Sakthivelan Ramachandran, Dr. Chethana Ramachandra, Prof. A. Veeraragavan
  Sakthivelan R., Chethana, R., and Veeraragavan, A. ‘Multi-Objective Differential Evolution for Optimal Scheduling of Road Network Maintenance’, 6th Colloquium of Transportation Systems Engineering & Management, SV NIT, Surat, 23-24 May 2019.
• Journal | Published On : 30-06-2018
  Dr. Chethana Ramachandra, Dr. Sakthivelan Ramachandran, Prof. A. Veeraragavan
  Chethana, R., Ramachandran, S., and Veeraragavan, A. ‘Application of System Dynamics to Integrate Pavement Preservation in Flexible Pavement Design Process,’ Advances in Civil Engineering Materials, ASTM, Vol. 7(2), 2018, 243-260.
• Conference | Published On : 17-05-2018
  Dr. Sakthivelan Ramachandran, Dr. Chethana Ramachandra, Prof. A. Veeraragavan
  Sakthivelan Ramachandran., Chethana, R and Veeraragavan, A. ‘Optimization of Pavement Maintenance – A Matrix Approach, 5th Colloquium of Transportation Systems Engineering & Management, NIT, Warangal, 17-19 May 2018. (Best Paper Award)
• Conference | Published On : 27-08-2017
  Dr. Chethana Ramachandra, Dr. Sakthivelan Ramachandran, Prof. A. Veeraragavan
  Sakthivelan Ramachandran, Chethana, R and Veeraragavan, A., ‘Selection of Critical Time for Preventive Maintenance Treatment at Project Level’, International Conference on Highway Pavements and Airfield Technology, ASCE, Philadelphia, Aug.27-30, 2017.
• Conference | Published On : 12-05-2017
  Dr. Sakthivelan Ramachandran, Dr. Chethana Ramachandra, Prof. A. Veeraragavan
  Sakthivelan Ramachandran, Chethana, R and Veeraragavan, A. ‘Pavement Maintenance Incorporated in Pavement Design’, 4th Colloquium of Transportation Systems Engineering & Management, Anna University, Chennai, 12-13 May 2017. (Best Paper Award)

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