Digvijay Sampatrao Pawar

Digvijay Sampatrao Pawar is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, specializing in Transportation Systems Engineering. He leads the Transportation Systems Engineering Lab and contributes to academic governance as a DUGC/DUGC member.

• Ph.D. in Transportation Systems Engineering, IIT Bombay (2015)
• Masters in Transportation Systems Engineering, IIT Bombay (2015)
• Bachelors in Civil Engineering, Walchand College of Engineering (2009)

Research Focus: Traffic operations and safety, human factors in transportation, ITS technologies for pedestrian/driver safety at uncontrolled intersections, geometric design optimization, and naturalistic driving studies. His work includes establishing India's first autonomous vehicle testbed (TiHAN) and accident data analysis frameworks.

Scientific Recognition:

• Research Excellence Award-2025 from IIT Hyderabad
• CODATU-2017 Best Ph.D Thesis on Urban Mobility
• Excellence in Thesis Work Award from IIT Bombay (2014-2016)
• Young Conference Chair, WCTR 2019