Suresh Jain
IIT Tirupati
Suresh Jain is Professor and Head of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati, India. With over two decades of academic and research experience, his expertise spans air quality modelling, urban transport emissions, and sustainable environmental systems. He holds a PhD in Urban Transport Emission Modelling from IIT Delhi and an M.Tech. in Environmental Engineering and Management from IIT Kanpur. A recipient of the Vice-Chancellor’s Faculty of the Year Award (2017), Commonwealth Professional Fellowship (2016–17), and International Visitors Leadership Program (IVLP) Fellowship, USA, Jain has contributed extensively to national and international environmental research and policy. He served as Dean (Academic Affairs) at IIT Tirupati and as Nodal Officer for the Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board under India’s National Clean Air Programme (NCAP). His collaborations include partnerships with leading universities in the UK, USA, and Australia.
Session 2B: Invited Lectures
Chairperson: Ekambaram Balaraman, IISER Tirupati ; Vasudharani Devanathan, IISER Tirupati
Advancing urban transport sustainability through AI-Based emission mapping, policy scenario modelling, and the built environment–Health nexus
This presentation outlines a multi-scale scientific framework connecting artificial intelligence, emission modelling, and human health to advance sustainable urban transport systems. Three independent studies demonstrate this continuum: (i) real-time vehicular emission mapping in Tirupati using YOLOv8 and COPERT for spatiotemporal inventories; (ii) scenario-based policy analysis in Vijayawada assessing the climate and air quality cobenefits of road transport emission reduction policies; and (iii) a systems review of the Built Environment–Travel Behaviour–Human Health (BETH) nexus for Delhi. Together, these studies integrate micro-level AI innovation, city-scale modelling, and macro-level behavioural insights, illustrating how data, design, and decision science can jointly inform cleaner, healthier, and smarter cities. The talk highlights methodological advances, cross-sectoral implications, and future research directions aligned with SDGs 3, 11, and 13.