Senior Transport Planner · CEPT University

Abhas Dudeja

Fleet Electrification · Transit Planning · Transport Modelling · Data & GIS

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0+ E-Buses Planned
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Moving Cities Through
Data-Driven Planning

I'm a transport planner working on how cities move people — and how their bus fleets go electric. I'm currently Senior Transport Planner at the Centre of Excellence in Urban Transport (CoEUT – CRDF), CEPT University, Ahmedabad, where I'm planning the deployment of 1,000+ electric buses across eight Gujarat cities under the PM e-Bus Sewa scheme and advising the State of Chhattisgarh on its roll-out.

Before this I led the Transportation vertical at Microgrid Labs for close to four years, delivering fleet transition plans and charge-management deployments for transit operators in India, the USA, Italy and the Philippines — including the 900-bus electrification strategy for Bengaluru's BMTC. I'm an Associate Member of the Institute of Town Planners, India, and a firm believer in public transport and accessible, sustainable mobility for all.

Fleet Transition Planning Charging & Depot Systems Public Transport Operations Transport Modelling Spatial Analysis Python & Data
Abhas Dudeja

Skills & Focus Areas

Where planning meets data meets electrification — built up across the roles below.

Fleet Transition Strategy, EV system design & validation
Charging & Depots CSMS, EMS & depot management
Public Transport Operations, BRT & intercity
Transport Modelling Simulation, forecasting & demand
Spatial Analysis Network & route planning
Transport Analytics Data pipelines & AI/ML concepts
Software
Python · EMME / CUBE · AutoCAD · Adobe Design Suite · MS Office · Web hosting & deployment
Methods
Transport simulation & forecasting · Event-based activity simulation · Active & public transport planning · Operations planning · Application architecture design

Experience

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2017 · Surat

Surat Sitilink Ltd

Research Intern · CityBus & BRT Benchmarking

Service-level benchmarking of Surat's CityBus and BRTS operations. Led primary field surveys — counting passengers, timing headways, mapping route performance gaps — and compared operations against national standards. Delivered technical recommendations to Surat Municipal Corporation. First time turning raw transit data into policy-ready insight.

BRTField SurveysBenchmarkingPublic Transport
May – Jul 2019 · Pan India

Volvo Buses India

Intern · Inter-city Coach Market Research

Travelled key intercity coach corridors to understand traveller behaviour and service quality. Designed and ran user-perception surveys across multiple Volvo operator routes, and analysed brand consistency, on-board experience and willingness-to-pay to inform Volvo's fleet and branding strategy in India.

IntercityMarket ResearchUser PerceptionSurveys
May – Nov 2021 · Silvassa

Silvassa Smart City Ltd

Intern · Public Transport Operations In-Charge

First hands-on role in electric mobility. Ran day-to-day public transport operations for the Smart City programme while assessing route feasibility and charging needs for e-bus deployment — sizing the fleet for ridership, modelling depot charging schedules and recommending charging-station placement.

Electric BusOperationsFleet SizingCharging Infra
Nov 2021 – Oct 2022 · Multiple Cities

L&T Infrastructure Engineering

Post Graduate Engineer Trainee · Transport Planning

First full-time role, at one of India's largest engineering firms. Worked on the Urban Roads Improvement Plan for six district headquarters in Himachal Pradesh, demand and willingness-to-pay assessment for the rail, road and bridge components of Gujarat's Kalpasar Dam, and transport demand for the nodes of the Delhi–Nagpur Industrial Corridor.

Demand ForecastingStakeholder ConsultationTerminal DesignParking Strategy
Nov 2022 – Jul 2026 · Bengaluru / Remote (USA)

Microgrid Labs

Senior Transport Planner & Analyst · Transportation Lead

Led the Transportation vertical for Microgrid Labs India and USA. Prepared fleet transition plans and validated EV system designs for BMTC (900 e-buses), Torino and Everett, WA; deployed charge, energy and depot management systems for 1,700+ e-buses and 150+ e-trucks across Green Cell, Tata Motors / SCML, Kerala SRTC and Transvolt; designed depots and terminals for Davao, Philippines; and led the team building the EVopt platform's CSMS, EMS and DMS products.

Fleet TransitionEV System DesignCharge ManagementDepot DesignProduct
● Current 2026 – Present · Ahmedabad

CoEUT – CRDF, CEPT University

Senior Transport Planner

Planning the deployment of 1,000+ electric buses across eight cities in Gujarat under the Government of India's PM e-Bus Sewa scheme, and advising the State of Chhattisgarh on its own e-bus roll-out — fleet sizing, depot and charging planning, and operations design, working directly with the scheme and the cities.

PM e-Bus Sewa1,000+ e-BusesGujaratChhattisgarhAdvisory

Education & Membership

2018 – 2021

Master of Planning

Urban Transport Systems CEPT University, Ahmedabad
2014 – 2018

Bachelor of Planning

Urban & Regional Planning Manipal University Jaipur
Since 2020

Associate Member (AITP)

Institute of Town Planners, India AITP 2020-520

Projects & Work

Selected work across fleet electrification, charging systems and transport planning. Click a card for details.

900 electric buses
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Fleet Transition

Fleet Transition Strategy & EV System Validation — BMTC

Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation · Microgrid Labs

India
1,700+ e-buses · 150+ e-trucks
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Charging & Depots

Charge, Energy & Depot Management Deployments

Green Cell · Tata Motors / SCML · Kerala SRTC · Transvolt

India
Torino, Italy
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Fleet Transition

Fleet Transition Plan — Torino

Microgrid Labs

Italy
Everett, WA
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Fleet Transition

Fleet Transition Plan — Everett

Microgrid Labs

USA
5+2 depots & terminals
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Charging & Depots

Depot & Terminal Design — Davao

Davao Public Transport Modernization Project · Microgrid Labs

Philippines
CSMS · EMS · DMS
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Product

EVopt Platform Suite — Product Development

Microgrid Labs

Multi-tenant SaaS
6 district headquarters
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Transport Planning

Urban Roads Improvement Plan — Himachal Pradesh

L&T Infrastructure Engineering

2021 – 2022
Rail · Road · Bridge
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Transport Planning

Kalpasar Dam — Transport Demand Assessment

L&T Infrastructure Engineering

Gujarat · 2021 – 2022
Delhi – Nagpur
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Transport Planning

Delhi–Nagpur Industrial Corridor — Perspective Plan

L&T Infrastructure Engineering

2021 – 2022
Silvassa Smart City
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Research

Public Transport & Electric Bus Operations

Silvassa Smart City Ltd

2021
Volvo Buses intercity coach
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Research

Inter-city Coach Market Research

Volvo Buses India

2019
CityBus · BRTS
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Research

CityBus & BRT Service-Level Benchmarking

Surat Sitilink Ltd

2017

Contact Me

Open to conversations on fleet electrification, public transport operations and urban transport research.