Head of Research

Shashikant Nishant Sharma

Head of Research, Track2Training, New Delhi, India**

Shashikant Nishant Sharma is the Head of Research at Track2Training, New Delhi, and a widely published interdisciplinary scholar whose work spans transport planning, urban development, sustainable infrastructure, solid waste management, green logistics, AI applications in planning, and social justice. Over the years, he has emerged as a prolific academic voice in rethinking how cities grow, how transport systems shape accessibility, and how sustainability transitions can be accelerated through data-driven and people-centric approaches.

With a strong academic footprint across leading journals, books, and edited volumes published by Springer, Elsevier, CRC Press, EPW, IGI Global, and SAGE, Sharma’s research demonstrates both depth and interdisciplinarity. His studies on transit-oriented development (TOD), pedestrian safety, transport behaviour, land use–transport interaction, and inclusive mobility are widely recognised for their analytical rigour and policy relevance. He has co-authored numerous reputed papers such as:

  • Route Choices to Access Public Open Spaces in Hill Cities (Environment and Urbanization ASIA, 2025)
  • Assessing Bus Users’ Satisfaction Using Discrete Choice Models (Innovative Infrastructure Solutions, 2024)
  • Precursors of Transit-Oriented Development (Economic & Political Weekly, 2024)
  • Surrogate Safety Analysis Using Advanced Technologies (Suranaree Journal of Science & Technology, 2024)
  • Systematic Reviews on Pedestrian Safety and TOD (Journal of Road Safety, Transportation in Developing Economies, 2025)

His transport research rigorously interrogates the intersections between mobility, safety, equity, and sustainability, contributing to a better understanding of how Indian cities—and Global South cities more broadly—can adopt safer and more resilient transport systems.

Beyond transport, Sharma has published extensively in urban planning, including works on urban growth modelling (CA–ANN), stormwater management (SWMM), and urban expansion trends. His widely accessed review, “Review of Most Used Urban Growth Models” (2019), continues to guide early-career researchers and planning practitioners.

In the domain of sustainable development, Sharma has contributed to global discussions through Elsevier’s Advances in Food Security and Sustainability and serves as co-editor of the forthcoming Springer volume “Deltas Resilience: Nature-Based Solutions for Sustainable Development in India” (2026).

His scholarship also extends to solid waste management, where he has co-authored influential chapters on AI applications, environmental health challenges, and emerging waste treatment techniques, published in Springer’s high-impact edited books.

In architecture and construction, Sharma has collaborated on studies addressing green buildings, self-healing concrete, prefabrication systems, and life cycle assessments—reflecting his multidisciplinary engagement with the built environment.

Sharma’s commitment to planning education and spatial justice is evident through his contributions in the Journal of Planning Education and Research and critical writings on social injustice, women’s political representation, and vernacular spatial transitions.

At Track2Training, he leads the entire research division—mentoring scholars, supervising research projects, curating training content, guiding publications, and fostering a culture of evidence-based academic inquiry. His ability to integrate theoretical insights, policy analysis, and data analytics makes him a key contributor to Track2Training’s vision of accessible and high-quality research-driven training.

His complete list of publications is accessible on ResearchGate:
🔗 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Shashikant-Sharma-15/research