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Dr. Meghna Verma Ph.D.-Purchase Behaviour at Airports, DoMS, IISc, Bangalore, MBA (Marketing & HR), M.Sc. (Applied Mathematics),

Associate Professor, Dept. of Marketing and IB, Head-Centre for Sustainability, RIM
BIO

About The Faculty

Dr. Meghna Verma, with over 23 years of experience in industry, teaching, and research, has authored over 50 papers in ABDC and SJR-ranked journals. Associated with RIM since 2009, she actively undertakes research projects, including ones for GoK and serves as a reviewer for prestigious journals. She has presented her research globally at NUS, University of Bremen, TU Darmstadt, IIT Roorkee, IIM Indore, CEPT Ahmedabad and many more. Her research spans consumer behaviour in religious and sustainable tourism, transport services, crowd dynamics, AI & AR in retail, and women’s safety, aiming to promote sustainability, quality of life, and social inclusion.

Education

Ph.D.-Purchase Behaviour at Airports, DoMS, IISc, Bangalore, MBA (Marketing & HR), M.Sc. (Applied Mathematics), B.Sc. (PCM)

Affiliations

  • Currently Associate Professor, Department of Marketing and IB, Head-Centre for Sustainability, RIM
  • Prof Meghna Verma has worked with reputed industrial firms like Anchor Electronics & Electricals Ltd., Nilkamal Plastics Ltd., Time Packaging Ltd., Unichem Pharma (Foreva Division)
  • Reviewer of top Journals: Dr. Meghna Verma is reviewer of journals published by Elsevier , Springer, Taylor and Francis etc. many are SJR Ranked journals viz: Journal of Convention and Event Tourism, International Journal of Tourism Policy, Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change, Transport Reviews, , Case studies in Transport Policy, , Travel Behaviour and Society, Transportation in Developing Economies, Journal of Transport Geography, Transportation Research Part D: Travel and Environment, Public Transport: Planning and Operations etc

Area of Research

 Dr. Meghna’s research mainly focuses on consumer behaviour in religious and sustainable tourism, social media marketing, marketing of sustainable transport services, responsible consumption, women safety, crowd behaviour in mass religious events, airport retail, conscious consumerism, application of AI & AR in retail and service sector. She continues her research exploration aimed at enhancing quality of life, promoting gender equality, social inclusion, and sustainability through a marketing lens

Awards and Recognitions

  • Best Research Paper Awards:

a. J Mahathi Hiranmayi, Meghna Verma, Preetham S (2024). Role of Augmented Reality, A Metaverse Technology In Transforming Customer Experience during Online Shopping: A Thematic Analysis. Leap Tech Conference 2024, 22-23 March 2024, Dayananda Sagar University – School of Commerce & Management Studies.

b. Verma Meghna, Mathew Rachel (2014), “SCRM-A Sustainable Marketing Strategy or a Threat”, Conference on Emerging Trends in Business, Christ University, December ,11-12,2014 – Bangalore 

  • Felicitation by GoK: Dr. Meghna Verma was an academic partner for the sustainable mobility vertical of the “Brand Bengaluru” initiative of the current Government of Karnataka and was felicitated by Dy.CM of Karnataka during the Brand Bengaluru Conclave held on 9th October 2023 for her contribution.
  •  Mission LiFE : In a global challenge by NITI Aayog LiFE (Lifestyle for Environment), proposal titled “Bangalore’s Social Travel Club: Encouraging Sustainable Modes of Transport among College-going Students” was selected as one of the top 75 ideas and was published in “Thinking for our planet:75 ideas to promote LiFE” to aid the culture of sustainable, environment-conscious lifestyles across the world. Dr. Meghna Verma from RIM collaborated with IISc, Bengaluru, and Behaven, Belgium, for this proposal.
  •  Won Best PhD Thesis Award for winning the PIMR Best Ph.D. Thesis Contest in the area of Management organsied during 18th International Conference on “Transforming Management Practices and Processes for Economic Development and Societal Welfare” February 25-26, 2023
  •  Receipt of Research Grant: Dr.Meghna Verma is the recipient of Rs.11 Lakh research grant for the project titled, “Institutionalizing Gender SMART and Gender Astute Mobility.” The project duration is 6 months, from 18th October to 18th April 2022 and has been extended by another 3 months. The project is funded by Directorate of Urban Land Transport, Government of Karnataka, under ASPIRE program 2020-21 and is being carried out in collaboration with Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
  • Contribution to Award-winning project of DULT, GOK: Dr. Verma contributed in kind to the DULT Award-winning project, Clean Air Street testbed – Church Street First, and co-authored three chapters in the report titled, “Church Street First-Impact Assessment of Pedestrianizing an Urban Street an urban street in Terms of Quality of Life.” The detailed report on the same project can be viewed using the following link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JuPy38DwHWSpvhoO2IKOtsYY03AjjteL/view . She was also an adviser to DULT on social media outreach in this project.
  • Contributor to Indo-Dutch Project-Prof. Meghna Verma was one of the co-investigators in Indo –Dutch Research Project titled, “The Kumbh Mela Experiment (KME): Measuring and Understanding the dynamics of mankind’s largest crowd,” funded jointly by the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY), Govt. of India and Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO), Netherlands. The project has been mentioned as one of the best-use cases of Artificial Intelligence in the country by NITI Aayog in its white paper titled, National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence’.

Publication

 Dr. Meghna Verma has publications in high impact Journals like Journal of Convention & Event Tourism, Sustainable Cities and Society, Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, Journalof Transport Geography, Case studies in transport policy, Transportation in Developing Economies, Transportation Letters, Journal of choice Modelling, VIKALPA The Journal of Decision Makers Indian Journal of Marketing, Prabandhan: Indian Journal of Management, International Journal of Tourism Policy.

Journal Publications:

  1. Bhat A F, Meghna Verma, Verma A (2024). Who will buy electric vehicles? Segmenting the young Indian buyers using cluster analysis. Case studies on Transport Policy, Volume 15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cstp.2024.101147
  2. Gayathri H S; Meghna Verma; Verma A (2023). Measuring motivation and satisfaction level of visitors of a pedestrianized urban street in India for an improved Quality of Life. Journal of Urban Planning and Development, ASCE, Q2, SJR 2022 Ranking
  3. Bhat, F.A., Meghna Verma, Verma, A. (2022). "Measuring and Modelling Electric Vehicle Adoption of Indian Consumers". Transportation in Developing Economies 8, 6. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40890-021-00143-2, Springer Nature Switzerland
  4. Meghna Verma, Naveen B (2021). Covid-19 impact on buying behaviour. IIM-Ahmedabad Journal: VIKALPA The Journal of Decision Makers, Volume 46(1) 27–40, https://doi.org/10.1177/02560909211018885
  5. Verma, A., Meghna Verma, Yadav, V. et al. (2021). An Exploratory Analysis of Activity Participation and Travel Patterns of Pilgrims in the World's Largest Mass Religious Gathering: A Case Study of Kumbh Mela Ujjain, India. Transportation in Developing Economies. 7, 27. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40890-021-00137-0 October 2021
  6. Meghna Verma, Ashish Verma, Isha Narsaria (2021). Measuring sentiments and Attitude of people toward self-drive rental car services in Bangalore City, India. Transportation Letters, The International Journal of Transportation Research, Taylor & Francis, https://doi.org/10.1080/19427867.2021.1914966 SJR-Q2 (2020 Rating)
  7. A Verma, Meghna Verma, P Sarangi, V Yadav, M Manoj (2021). Activity participation, episode duration and stop-making behavior of pilgrims in a religious event: An exploratory analysis, Elsevier Publication, Journal of Choice Modelling, 38, 100267, SJR-Q1 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocm.2021.100267
  8. Meghna Verma, A Verma, M Khan (2020). Factors influencing the adoption of Electric Vehicles in Bengaluru, Transportation in Developing Economies 6 (2), 1-10, Springer Nature Switzerland
  9. I Narsaria, Meghna Verma, A Verma (2020). Measuring Satisfaction of Rental Car Services in India for Policy Lessons, Case Studies on Transport Policy, Volume 8, Issue 3, Pages 832-838, Elsevier Publication, SJR-Q1 dtd 31/5/2020, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cstp.2020.05.019,
  10. Meghna Verma, Nikhita Rodeja, M Manoj, Ashish Verma (2020), Young Women's Perception of Safety in Public Buses: A Study of Two Indian Cities (Ahmedabad and Bangalore), Transportation Research Procedia 48, 3254-3263, Elsevier Publication
  11. Meghna Verma, A Verma, M Khan (2020). Factors influencing the adoption of Electric Vehicles in Bengaluru, Transportation in Developing Economies 6 (2), 1-10, Springer Nature Switzerland
  12. I Narsaria, Meghna Verma, A Verma (2020). Measuring Satisfaction of Rental Car Services in India for Policy Lessons, Case Studies on Transport Policy, Volume 8, Issue 3, Pages 832-838, Elsevier Publication, SJR-Q1 dtd 31/5/2020, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cstp.2020.05.019,
  13. Meghna Verma, Nikhita Rodeja, M Manoj, Ashish Verma (2020), Young Women's Perception of Safety in Public Buses: A Study of Two Indian Cities (Ahmedabad and Bangalore), Transportation Research Procedia 48, 3254-3263, Elsevier Publication.
  14. Meghna Verma, P Sarangi, (2019). Modeling attributes of religious tourism: A study of Kumbh Mela, India. Journal of Convention & Event Tourism 20 (4), 296-324, SJR-Q3
  15. Verma A., Meghna Verma, Rahul T. M., Khurana S., Rai A. (2019). Measuring Accessibility of Various Facilities by Walking in World's Largest Mass Religious Gathering - Kumbh Mela. Elsevier Journal, Sustainable Cities and Society, 45, pp 79-86, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2018.11.038A , SJR-Q1
  16. Meghna Verma, Rahul T. M., Vinayak P., Verma, A. (2018). Influence of Childhood and Adulthood Attitudinal Perceptions on Bicycle Usage in the Bangalore City. Elsevier, Journal of Transport Geography, 72, pp.94-105, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2018.08.016., SJR-Q1
  17. A Verma, Meghna Verma, T M Rahul, S Khurana, A Rai (2018). Acceptable Trip Distance for Walking in Mass Religious Gatherings-A Case Study of World's Largest Human Gathering Kumbh Mela in Ujjain, India. Elsevier, Sustainable Cities and Society, 41, pp 505-512, SJR-Q1
  18. Meghna Verma, Verma A, Sagar Khurana (2018). Influence of Travel Motivation And Demographic Factors on Tourist Participation on World's Largest Mass Religious Gathering –The Kumbh Mela. Prabandhan: Indian Journal of Management, Volume 11; Issue 8, ISSN No. 0975-2854
  19. Meghna Verma, Manoj M., Verma A. (2017). Analysis of Aspiration for Owning a Car Among Youths in a City of a Developing Country, India. Springer, Transportation in Developing Economies (TiDE), 3(1), pp.1-9.
  20. Meghna Verma, M. Manoj Verma A (2016), "Analysis of the influences of attitudinal factors on car ownership decisions among urban young adults in a developing country like India", Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, Elsevier, 42, pp 90-103, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2016.06.024, SJR-Q2
  21. Meghna Verma, T.M. Rahul, Reddy P.V., Verma A, (2016). The factors influencing bicycling in the Bangalore city. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier Publication, Volume 89, pp. 29-40, SJR-Q1
  22. Meghna Verma. (2015). Growing Car Ownership and Dependence in India and its Policy Implications. Case Studies on Transport Policy, Elsevier, 3(3), pp. 304-310. This paper is in the list of most cited papers. This list can be seen on the link below : https://www.journals.elsevier.com/case-studies-on-transport-policy/most-cited-articles
  23. Meghna Verma, Saranya R (2014). Role of Gender in Influencing Consumer's Attitude Towards Online Advertising. Indian Journal of Marketing, Volume 44,; Issue 12, pg.32-46, December 2014,ISSN No. 0973-8703; ABDC Journal List (Rating : C)

Book Chapters:

  1. Meghna Verma, Jain S. (2025). Impact of Transportation on the Quality of Life of Physically Challenged Working Women and Students—A Case of Bangalore. In: Sahu, P.K., Saboo, N., Majumdar, B.B., Pani, A. (eds) Proceedings of the 7th International Conference of Transportation Research Group of India (CTRG 2023), Volume 1. CTRG 2023. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 417. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-9654-0_14 (Scopus indexed)
  2. Meghna Verma, Das Ann (2025). Modeling Satisfaction and Loyalty of Metro Commuters in Bengaluru, India Using SEM. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Vol. 426, Prasanta K. Sahu et al. (Eds): Proceedings of the 7th International Conference of Transportation Research Group of India (CTRG 2023), Volume 2. (Scopus indexed)
  3. Meghna Verma, Preetham S (2024). Measuring Factors Influencing Sustainable Consumption To Meet Sustainable Development Goals" at the 9th International Conference-Economic Growth and Sustainable Development: Emerging Trends at SDMIMD Mysore, November 21st and 22nd 2024. ISBN No.978-93-83302-74-1.
  4. Meghna Verma, Das A, Rikhi S (2023), Analysing factors influencing usage of Metro Services in Bengaluru, India. Paper presented at the 13th Research Symposium on Urban Transport, 5-6 November 2022, 15th Urban Mobility India Conference 2022, Springer Proceedings. (Scopus indexed)
  5. Meghna Verma, Verma A., Ajith P., Sneha S, (2014), "Urban Bus Transport Service Quality and Sustainable Development: Understanding the Gaps", ;Indian Journal of Transport Management, Volume 38; Number 2, pp. 98-112, ISSN 0972-5695 Note: Paper has been published in Book Public Transport Planning and Management in Developing countries (2014) Authored by Ashish Verma, IISc. and T.V.Ramanayya (Rtd. Prof.IIM –Bangalore ), in Chapter 4, ISBN 9781466581586, CRC Press, USA, Taylor and Francis
  6. Puja Bhowmick, Meghna Verma (2021), Measuring the factors influencing the usage of Augmented Reality in online purchase 12th February 2021, 'International Conference on Rigor, Relevance and Resilience & Management Research' (SICBM 2021), organized by SIBM Hyderabad, India. Paper Published as a book chapter in An Anthology of Multi-Functional Perspectives in Business and Management Research, Volume 2, ISBN: 978-93-91260-12-5.
  7. Meghna Verma, Chandrasekharan M., (2013), Antecedents and Barriers of E-Loyalty, 7th International Conference, Organised by The International Society for Competitiveness (ISC), Indiana University of Pennsylvania, USA, and Department of MBA, PES Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India, November 22-23, 2013. Paper published in Outcome-Based Competitive Strategies: Issues Challenges, (2014), ISBN:978-81-8429-109-4.
  8. Text Book Chapters (2022): Contributed three units on Discriminant Analysis and Logistic Regression Analysis; Factor Analysis and Cluster Analysis and Conjoint Analysis and Multidimensional Scaling for School of Management Studies, IGNOU Marketing Research Course, Oct’2022

Conference Papers:

  1. Meghna Verma, Jain Silky (2025). Gender-Responsive Urban Transport: Leveraging Mobility-as-a-Service and Emerging Technologies for Equitable Mobility. International Conference on Infrastructure Development and Sustainability (ICIDS), at Faculty of Management Sciences, Adani University on December 11-12, 2024.
  2. Meghna Verma, Gurtoo A and Ramachandran SR (2025). Modelling Airport Purchase Behaviour of Domestic Passengers. 13th International Conference EMCB, on Future of Marketing in Emerging Markets, from 19-21 December 2024 at IIM Lucknow - Noida campus.
  3. Meghna Verma, Gurtoo A and Ramachandran SR (2025). To Shop or Not at the Airport: Modelling Purchase Decision of Domestic Passengers. 13th International Conference EMCB, on Future of Marketing in Emerging Markets, from 19-21 December 2024 at IIM Lucknow - Noida campus
  4. Meghna Verma, Preetham S (2025) Shaping Sustainable Consumption Behaviour: The Role of Environmental Concerns and Personal Norms. 13th International Conference of the Emerging Market Conference Board (EMCB), on Future of Marketing in Emerging Markets, from 19-21 December 2024 at IIM Lucknow - Noida campus
  5. Sagar S R, Preetham S, Meghna Verma (2024). Exploring the factors influencing sustainable tourism: EFA approach. International conference on emerging technologies, business & society ( ICETBS - 2024) December 4-5, 2024
  6. J Mahathi Hiranmayi, Meghna Verma, Preetham S (2024). Role of Augmented Reality, A Metaverse Technology in Transforming Customer Experience during Online Shopping: A Thematic Analysis. Leap Tech Conference 2024, 22-23 March 2024, Dayananda Sagar University – School of Commerce & Management Studies. This research paper received the Best Research Paper Award under Technology Track. Abstract Published in Book of Abstract-ISBN: 978-81-965814-6-6
  7. Preetham S, Meghna Verma, Sheetal Kumari (2024), Navigating Responsible Marketing: Unveiling the Chasm Between Brand Promises and Ingredient Realities. MARCON 2024,15th International Conference & Research Consortium in Marketing, on Sustainable Marketing: A Conscious Consumerism and Public Policy Perspective, IBA, Bengaluru, Jan 4-6, 2024.
  8. Meghna Verma, Silky Jain (2023). Impact of transportation on the Quality of Life of physically challenged working women and students- A case of Bangalore. CTRG 2023, 17th to 20th December 2023, organised jointly by Transportation Research Group of India and SVNIT, Surat.
  9. Meghna Verma, Ann Das (2023). Modelling satisfaction and loyalty of Metro commuters’ in Bengaluru, India using SEM. CTRG 2023, 17th to 20th December 2023, organised jointly by Transportation Research Group of India and SVNIT, Surat.
  10. Bhat A F , Meghna Verma & Verma A, (2023). Who will buy electric vehicles? Segmenting the young educated Indian buyers using cluster analysis.17 -21 July 2023, 16th World Conference on Transportation Research (WCTR) 2023, Montreal Canada.
  11. Anita Singh, Meghna Verma, Neha Guwalani (2023). “DEI: The New DNA of an Organization”. International Conference on ESG 27th June 2023, organised jointly by RIM and BCIC.
  12. Ghosh S B, Chatterjee P, Jyothi A, Meghna Verma (2023). “Airport Passengers’ Perception of Sustainability Initiatives with reference to T2 of Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru”. International Conference on ESG 27th June 2023, organised jointly by RIM and BCIC.
  13. Meghna Verma, Ann Das, Sneha Rikhi (2022). Analysing factors influencing usage of Metro Services in Bengaluru, India. Paper presented at the 13th Research Symposium on Urban Transport, 5-6 November 2022, 15th Urban Mobility India Conference 2022
  14. Santi Rai, Meghna Verma (2022). Drivers And Barriers of Tourist Destination: Case study of North-East Tourism. 04-05 Feb 2022, International Conference on Insights in Marketing (ICIM 2022) with the theme Sustainable Marketing for a Better World, Rajagiri Business School Kochi Kerala.
  15. R Ganesh Kumar and Meghna Verma (2021). Role of ethnocentrism in purchase behaviour of Indian consumers post-covid-19 pandemic. 16-18th Dec’2021, International Conference for Markets and Development (ICMD), 16th Biennial Conference, IIM Trichy.
  16. F.A. Bhat, Meghna Verma, A. Verma (2021). Measuring and Modelling Electric Vehicle Adoption of Indian Consumers, 6th Conference of Transportation Research Group of India (CTRG), December 14-17, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India
  17. Sheikh Abdul Munnaf, Meghna Verma (2021), Measuring Service Quality and Customer Satisfaction in Automobile Maintenance Service Centers using SERVPERF Framework, 5th February 2021, International Conference on Insights in Marketing (ICIM 2021) jointly organized by Rajagiri Business school, Kochi, Rajagiri College of Social Sciences, Kochi and Vives University of Applied Sciences, Belgium.
  18. Nidhi Singh, Meghna Verma, (2020), A study on the impact of COVID-19 on Currency Exchange and Stock Market Virtual Conference on, Global Deceleration: Emergence of New Economy, 27th August 2020, RIM, Bangalore.
  19. Meghna Verma, Aishwarya Chandrashekar, (2020), Sentiment Analytics on Indian Restaurants with user-generated content-A case study of India, 13th International Conference on Marketing (MARKCON) Indus Business Academy, 9-11 January 2020.
  20. Hitendra Trivedi, Meghna Verma, (2019), Measuring Sentiments of Netizens towards Kumbh Mela 2019, 26-29 July 2019, NASMEI 2019 Summer Marketing & Information System Conference organised by IIM Indore.
  21. Meghna Verma, S.Sana Nashita, (2019), Role of Digital feedbacks: Measuring sentiments through Tweets, a case of OLA, 10th International conference - ICADIWT 2019 held at RIM
  22. Meghna Verma, N. Rodeja, M. Malayath, A Verma (2019), Young women's perception of safety in public buses: A study of two Indian cities (Ahmedabad and Bangalore), 15th World Conference on Transport Research (WCTR), 25 -31 May 2019, IIT Bombay, Mumbai.
  23. Meghna Verma, Rahul T.M., Verma A (2017), Bicycling in Developing countries- Role of Gender, 4th Conference of Transportation Research Group of India (CTRG), 17th to 20th Dec. 2017, IIT Bombay, India.
  24. Meghna Verma, Manoj M., Rodeja N., Verma A. (2017). Service Gap Analysis of Public Buses in Bangalore with respect to Women Safety, 14th World Conference on Transport Research (WCTR), July 10-15, 2016, Shanghai, China, Published in Elsevier, Transportation Research Procedia, 25, 4322-4329.
  25. Meghna Verma, Manoj, M., and Verma, A. (2015). Analysis of aspiration for owning a car among youths in a city of a developing country, India. 3rd Conference of Transportation Research Group of India (CTRG), 17th to 20th Dec. 2015, Kolkata, India.
  26. Meghna Verma, Roopakiran Yeluri, (2015), Airport Retailing in India – Opportunities and Challenges Airport Development Series Conference (AIRDEV conference), 4th to 6th Nov. 2015, IISc, Bangalore.
  27. Meghna Verma, Rahul T.M., Reddy P.V., Verma A. (2015), Attitude of people towards bicycling in the Bangalore city, International Conference on Advances in Highway Engineering and Transportation Systems, University of Moratuwa, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 10-12 Aug. 2015.
  28. Meghna Verma, Verma A., Ajith P., Sneha S., (2013) Urban Bus Transport Service Quality and Sustainable Development: Understanding the Gaps, Selected Proceedings, 13th World Conference on Transport Research (WCTR), July 15-18, 2013, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Membership

  1. Lifetime member of Transportation Research Group (TRG) of India
  2. Member, World Conference on Transport Research Society (WCTRS)

Training and Consultancy

  • WRI, India- Mentor to EquiMobility Champions Mentorship Program (Aug’2024-Feb’025). This education and mentorship program aims to support individuals, with a shared vision for gender-inclusive mobility systems, to advance the relevant policies and practices towards achieving this vision.
  •  Academic advisor and collaborator (in-kind) with Green Peace Society, India to study the experience of beneficiaries of Shakti Scheme and explore the possibility of extension to others. June 2024 onwards.
  • Marketing strategy adviser to Pedaluru Campaign to promote bicycle culture at academic institutes and position bicycle as COOL mode choice of youth, (March to August 2025), a part of MoU between RIM and Urban Morph to promote active mobility in Bengaluru.
  • Academic advisor and collaborator (in-kind) with Green Peace Society, India to study the experience of beneficiaries of Shakti Scheme and explore the possibility of extension to others. June 2024 onwards.
  • Conducted Capacity Building Workshop on Marketing of Sustainable Transport – A Case Study of Cycle Day Bangalore, for officials of Directorate of Urban Land Transport (DULT), Bangalore on 16th January 2015. Also conducted data analytics workshop, workshop for conducting FGDs for the DULT officials in the year 2021.
  • Invited as an external expert to be an interview committee member for interviewing candidates who applied for the post of 'Community Engagement Specialist' at Directorate of Urban Land Transport, Urban Development Department, Government of Karnataka, held on 19/08/2020.
  • On 1st August 2016, I was invited by Directorate of Urban Land Transport as an external member of the technical committee to review the proposal submitted by M/s. IBI India Consultancy Private Limited (i.e., the Consultant) for the extension of the Communication and Outreach Program (COP) for the Hubballi-Dharwad Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS)Project. The committee reviewed the Consultant's performance with reference to the approved COP plan.

Resource Person

  • Delivered Invited Research Seminar on Understanding the Complex Behavior of Tourist in Religious Mass Crowd Events of a multidisciplinary approach and the role of engineers and management professionals in creating the pop-up megacity for Kumbh Mela on 18th March 2025 at National University of Singapore (NUS) .
  • Expert invite at Crowd Safety Summit 19th to 21st March 2025 in Seoul, Korea- Delivered invited expert talk on Understanding the Complex Behaviour of Tourists in Religious Mass Crowd Events: Insights from Kumbh Mela Ujjain 2016 and participated as panellist .
  • Delivered invited Talk on -Advancing Research at B-Schools to Contribute towards Sustainable Development Goals. Amrita School of Business (ASB), Coimbatore, 2 August, 2024.
  • Delivered invited Talk on ‘Linkage between Sustainable Practices and Environment’ World Environment Day 5th June 2024, under the theme Land restoration, desertification, and drought resilience at HAL, Aircraft Division, Bengaluru
  • Delivered invited Talk on- Qualitative Method in Transportation Research: Case of Gender-Inclusive Transport Policy, at Centre for Transportation systems, IIT Roorkee on 14th June 2024
  • Invited as an expert by Bengaluru Science and Technology Cluster (BeST) for the Brainstorming session on Megaregional Mobility Around Bengaluru scheduled for 14th Feb 2024 from 11 AM to 3 PM at the International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Bangalore, Electronic city, Bengaluru.
  • Resource person for online FDP- Navigating the Future of Work: Strategies for Resilience and Innovation. 9-15 May 2024 jointly organsied by Somaiya Vidyavihar University Mumbai and Govindram Seksaria Institute of Management and Research (GSIMR), Indore.
  • Invited as Panellist for the Session ‘Gender and Mobility’, CEPT Research Symposium, School of Planning, CEPT University, Ahmedabad on 22-23rd Feb 2024. Other panellist includes Smt.Dipti Mahapatro, Jt. Secretary and State Mission Director, Government of Odisha, Bhubaneswar.
  • Dr. Meghna Verma did Fireside Chat with Sri M N Anucheth, IPS, Joint Commissioner of Traffic, GoK on 1st March 2024 on the invitation of Corporates in Real Estate.
  • Expert Talk on Bridging Qualitative and Quantitative insights: A mixed method approach for management research, 8th Nov’2024, Institute of Commerce, Sage University Indore.
  • Expert Talk Navigating Research: Unveiling Career Prospects, 23rd Jan’2024, Avantika University, Ujjain
  • Delivered invites research seminar on, “Understanding Airport purchase behavior through statistical modelling”, organized by Department of HSS & Management, NIT Srinagar on April 3, 2023 at 2:30 to 4 pm.
  • Delivered a Research Seminar on, “Understanding Gender Perspective in Sustainable Urban Mobility” organised by NIAS, IISc. campus on 22nd February 2023,9:30 am to 11 am.
  • Delivered invited Research Seminar on, “Applications of Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches in Management”, 30th Aug 2022, as a part of Research Seminar Series 2022, IIM Indore
  • Delivered invited Research Seminar (online) on, “Qualitative Approach to Management Research: Application of Focus Group Discussion”, 17th Aug 2022, as a part of ABS Research Talk Series 2022, Amrita School of Business, Coimbatore
  • Invited Speaker during in the valedictory session of Two days II International conference on “Research and innovation: opening new paradigm in the field of education, business and industry”, on August 27, during Two days Conference August 26-27, 2022, Mahakal Institute of Management, Ujjain.
  • Delivered invited Seminar on, "Research Methodology: Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches in Management.", 18th July 2022, JSPM'S Rajarshi Shahu College of Engineering, Pune
  • Invited to the round table discussion on Exploring challenges and opportunities for women cyclists in Karnataka (DULT), organized jointly by DULT and WRI India on October 12/10/2020.
  • Invited speaker for Three-day National Webinar Series on "Unlock India –A Management Perspective" from 6th to 8th June 2020 organised by JSPM's Rajarshi Shahu College of Engineering, Department of MBA, Pune, Maharashtra. Delivered webinar on Demarketing: A required wave in marketing during and post COVID-19 Pandemic.
  • Invited as Panelist for Ramaiah Public Policy Centre Webinar on Crisis Governance during COVID-19 Pandemic in Karnataka, held on 11th July 2020.