Dr. Ankit Gupta presently serves as Associate Professor at the IIT (BHU) Varanasi, India. He obtained Doctoral degree in Civil Engineering (Major: Transportation Engineering) from IIT Roorkee. His experience is in pavement maintenance and performance modeling, mechanistic analysis and design of pavements, traffic flow modeling and safety. During the last fifteen plus years, he has been involved in several academic, research and professional activities. His major research studies were focused on fundamental pavement design using mechanistic analysis, waste utilization in various pavement layers and traffic capacity and safety studies to enhance quality of ride/life initiatives. He is associated with various international societies such as the ASCE, RILEM, ISCP, UK based WCTRS, ​Eastern Asian Society for Transportation Studies (EASTS), Indian Roads Congress, Indian Geotechnical Society, iSMARTi, etc. He serves as an Editorial Board Panel Member of the International Journal ICE - Transport, Advances in Civil Engineering (ACE) Hindawi, International Journal for Traffic and Transportation Engineering, Serbia and reviewer of more than 30 peer reviewed journals. He has authored/co-authored and contributed over hundred (150) papers in peer-reviewed journals and conferences, and over twenty (20) reports, press articles, newsletters.