Qualification: Ph.D. (IIT Kharagpur), M.E. (IIEST, Shibpur), B.E. (UIT, Burdwan)
Area of Interest: Transportation Planning, Travel Behaviour & Choice Modelling, Sustainable Transportation
Phone No: +918348477569
E-Mail:
Gola Ka Mandir, Gwalior (M.P.) - 474005, INDIA
Ph.: +91-751-2409300, E-mail: vicechancellor@mitsgwalior.in, Website: www.mitsgwalior.in
Postdoctoral Researcher in the Division of Physical Resource Theory, Department of Space, Earth and Environment, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden from May 1, 2023 to November 30, 2024
Senior Project Fellow in Traffic Engineering & Safety Division, CSIR-Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi from August 21, 2015 to November 20, 2015
Department Level
B. Tech Thesis Guidance
"Identifying Strategies for Improvement of Public Transport Services", Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2024 (Supervisor).
Reviewer of International Journals
Reviewer of International Conferences
MHRD Scholarship for pursuing PhD from IIT Kharagpur (January, 2016-2022).
Awarded international travel grant to attend 98th Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board, Washington DC, USA, January 13-17 (2019) from Ministry of Human Resources and Development (MHRD), Govt. of India.
Awarded international travel grant to attend International Doctoral Seminar (IDS) on Traffic and Transportation Engineering, Darmstadt, Germany, November 4-9 (2018) from Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Govt. of India.
Awarded international travel grant to attend International Doctoral Seminar (IDS) on Traffic and Transportation Engineering, Shanghai, China, December 6-9 (2017) from Infosys grant (for women), IIT Kharagpur.
MHRD Scholarship for pursuing M.E. from Indian Institute of Engineering Science & Technology Shibpur, India (August 2013- June 2015).
Participated, successfully completed and recognized as Topper(2%) with "Gold" category for an NPTEL course on "Pavement Construction Technology" during July-December 2025.
Year: 2025
Organized an Expert Lecture (Online Mode) on "Making Urban Roads Safer: A Systematic Approach" by Dr. Bandhan Bandhu Majumdar, Associate Professor in the Civil Engineering Department, BITS Pilani (Hyderabad Campus).
Expert talk delivered on “Entrepreneurial Perspectives on Road Safety Audit: Principles and Processes" organized by the Department of Civil Engineering, Vardhaman College of Engineering on January 10, 2025 in view of the National Road Safety Week.
International Journals
Year: 2025
Sharma, Reema Bera, Frances Sprei, & Naveed Farooz Marazi. "Identifying Priority Areas for Public Transport Service Improvement: experiences from Gothenburg city." Transportation Planning and Technology, 1-34 (2025). (DOI: 10.1080/03081060.2025.2593436). (SCI Indexed, Impact Factor: 2.10)
Publisher : Taylor & Francis Ltd.
Year: 2024
Sharma, Reema Bera, Deepjyoti Das, and Bhargab Maitra. "Consumer Attitudes and Preferences for Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles: A Case of Delhi and Kolkata, India." Case Studies on Transport Policy 17 (2024): 101259. (DOI: 10.1016/j.cstp.2024.101259). (Scopus Indexed, Impact Factor:2.40)
Publisher : Elsevier
Sharma, Reema Bera, and Bhargab Maitra. "Methodological Approach to Obtain Key Attributes Affecting the Adoption of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle." Case Studies on Transport Policy 16 (2024): 101165. (DOI: 10.1016/j.cstp.2024.101165). (Scopus Indexed, Impact Factor:2.40)
Publisher : Elsevier
Sharma, Reema Bera, Bandhan Bandhu Majumdar, and Bhargab Maitra. "Commuter and Non-commuter Preferences for Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle: A Case Study of Delhi and Kolkata, India." Research in Transportation Economics 103 (2024): 101415. (DOI: 10.1016/j.retrec.2024.101415). (SSCI Indexed, Impact Factor :4.60)
Publisher : Elsevier
Year: 2023
Bera, Reema, and Bhargab Maitra. "Identification of Priority Areas of Improvement for Small Passenger Car Segment in Indian Market." Vision: The Journal of Business Perspective, 27, no. 2 (2023): 225-242. (DOI: 10.1177/09722629211004057). (Scopus Indexed, Impact Factor:3.00)
Publisher: SAGE
Year: 2022
Bera, Reema, and Bhargab Maitra. "Commuters' Willingness-to-Pay for the Attributes of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle: A Case Study in Kolkata, India." Transportation in Developing Economies 8, no. 1 (2022): 5. (DOI: 10.1007/s40890-021-00142-3). (Impact Factor:1.50)
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2021
Bera, Reema, and Bhargab Maitra. "Assessing Consumer Preferences for Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV): An Indian perspective." Research in Transportation Economics 90 (2021): 101161. (DOI: 10.1016/j.retrec.2021.101161). (SSCI Indexed, Impact Factor :4.60)
Publisher: Elsevier
Bera, Reema, and Bhargab Maitra. "Analyzing Prospective Owners’ Choice Decision towards Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles in Urban India: A Stated Preference Discrete Choice Experiment." Sustainability 13, no. 14 (2021): 7725. (DOI: 10.3390/su13147725). (SCIE Indexed, Impact Factor:3.30)
Publisher: MDPI
Year: 2019
Bera, Reema, and Bhargab Maitra. "Identification of Priority Attributes Influencing the Choice of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle in Indian Megacities." Journal of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies 13 (2019): 678-697. (DOI:10.11175/easts.13.678). (Impact Factor:1.00)
Publisher: J-STAGE
International Conferences
Sharma, Reema Bera, Bandhan Bandhu Majumdar, Bhargab Maitra. "Studying the Impact of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) Penetration on CO2 emission: Evidence from Delhi, India" In 8th Conference of the Transportation Research Group of India (CTRG-2025) held in IIT Guwahati during 17-20 December 2025.
Sharma, Reema Bera, Wasim Shoman, Niklas Lundblad, Frances Sprei, Sonia Yeh. “Public Charging Infrastructure Requirements for Long-haul Battery Electric Trucks (LBETs) considering Environmental Targets of EU Countries.” In 15th Trans-Atlantic Infraday Conference held in Paris, France. 9-10 November 2023.
Bera, Reema and Bhargab Maitra. “Commuters’ Willingness-to-Pay for the Attributes of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle: A Case Study in Kolkata, India.” In 6th Conference of Transportation Research Group (CTRG) of India, Tiruchirappalli (Trichy), Tamil Nadu, India.14-17 December 2021.
Bera, Reema and Bhargab Maitra. “Consumer Demand and Willingness to Pay for Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles: A Case Study of Delhi and Kolkata, India.” In Transportation Research Board 100th Annual Meeting, Washington D.C, USA. 25-29 January 2021.
Bera, Reema and Bhargab Maitra. “Valuing the Attributes of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle in Urban India: A Stated Preference Approach.” In 13th International Conference on Transportation Planning and Implementation Methodologies for Developing Countries (TPMDC), Mumbai, India. 10-11 December 2020.
Bera, Reema and Bhargab Maitra. “Identification of Priority Attributes Influencing the Choice of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle in Indian Megacities.” In 13th Conference of Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies (EASTS), Colombo, Sri Lanka. 9-12 September 2019.
Bera, Reema and Bhargab Maitra. “Consumers’ Perception Towards Hatchback and Sedan Cars in Indian Megacities.” In 15th World Conference on Transport Research, Mumbai, India. 26-31 May 2019.
Bera, Reema and Bhargab Maitra. “Identification of Key Attributes Influencing the Choice of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle in Indian Megacities.” In Transportation Research Board 98th Annual Meeting, Washington D.C, USA. 13-17 January 2019.
Maitra, Bhargab, Prashant Prasad and Reema Bera. “Necessary Interventions in Driving Licensing Procedure for Enhancing Road Safety in India.” In Transportation Research Board 97th Annual Meeting, Washington D.C, USA. 7-11 January 2018.
Bera, Reema, Debashish Roy, Ashutosh Arun., Sandip Chakraborty, Sudip Kumar Roy. “Speed –Flow Estimation of Four-Lane and Six-Lane Divided National Highways in India.” In 3rd Conference of Transportation Research Group (CTRG) of India, Kolkata, India. 17-20 December 2015.
Book Chapter
Maitra, S. and Bera, R. (2017). Training Manual for Drivers: Chapter 1: Know your Road, Ed. by Maitra, B., Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur and Transport Department, Government of West Bengal, India, pp. 1-17.