Browsing Working Papers by Author "Raghuram, G."
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Airport Privatization in India:Lessons from the Bidding Process in Delhi and Mumbai
Jain, Rekha; Raghuram, G.; Gangwar, Rachna (2009-08-22)Modernization of Delhi and Mumbai airports had been considered as early as 1996 by the Airports Authority of India (AAI). In June 2003, the AAI board approved a modernization proposal. These airports accounted for 47% of ... -
Analysis of Non Suburban Passenger Coaching Stock Utilization
Raghuram, G.; Digar, Rishita; Jain, Chandni (2011-05-26)This paper assesses the utilization of coaches on the parameters percentage of runtime, kms/day, and average speed of rakes servicing express/mails and passenger trains in the South Central Railway (SCR). This is done by ... -
Analysis of wagon utilization and estimating the optimal freight transport effort (loaded and empty wagon movement) for the Indian railways
Raghuram, G. (2010-03-29)Over the past four decades, the freight movement output of the Indian Railways has increased substantially. The tonnes originating increased over fourfold from 73.2 million tonnes in 1950-51 to 302 million tonnes in 1988-89. ... -
Coastal shipping: scope of integrating with the national transport network
Raghuram, G. (2009-12-14)Coastal shipping constitutes about 30% of the total traffic handled at our ports. Exhibit 1 gives data for the past two years for the major ports, the Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB) ports, and the non-GMB minor and intermediate ... -
A computer based crew scheduling system for freight trains in Indian railways
Raghuram, G.; Rao, V. Venkata (2010-03-23)This paper describes the design and implementation of an online PC-based crew allocation and management system for freight trains on Indian Railways. The software allows different rules to be used for calling the crew so ... -
Computer based itinerary planning on transportation systems
Raghuram, G.; Shobana, R. (2010-03-22)Customers seek to know the best way of getting from an origin to a destination on a transportation system. Knowing the best way, i.e, itinerary planning, becomes all the more important when there are varied choices depending ... -
Crew scheduling in Indian railways: a case study of Vadodara division passenger train crews
Raghuram, G.; Rao, V. Venkata; Saha, Jahar (2010-03-14)In this paper we discuss the crew scheduling problem in Indian Railways and propose a methodology to minimize crew requirements. In Particular, we deal with the scheduling of passenger train crews in Vadodara Division of ... -
A decision support system for improving railway line capacity
Raghuram, G.; Rao, V. Venkata (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1989-12-01) -
Dedicated high speed rail network in india: Issues in development
Raghuram, G.; Udayakumar, Prashanth D (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2016-04-05)India and Japan have signed a memorandum of understanding to set up a high speed rail (HSR) network costing INR 976.36 billion, between Mumbai and Ahmedabad. As of now, the top speed in India is 150 kmph, and that too for ... -
A Diagnostic Study of Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust
Raghuram, G. (2009-09-01)The Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), an autonomous body under the Major Port Trusts Act, 1963, was commissioned on 26th May, 1989. The port was originally planned to decongest the Mumbai port and serve as a hub port for ... -
Dispatch planning of finished steel: A case study in modeling and data analysis
Kalre, A. H.; Raghuram, G.; Shukla, P. R.; Tripathy, A. (2010-03-22)A steel plant has to dispatch products to forty four stockyards from a range of over hundred stock keeping units. The railways, who transport the steel, would like the steel plant to move the steel in a rake load since it ... -
Effect of legal issues in infrastructure development: The case of container terminal bids in Jawaharlal Nehru port trust
Raghuram, G.; Udayakumar, Prashanth Devakumar; Prajapati, Richa (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)The Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) is the largest container port in India, handling about 40% of India’s container traffic in 2014-15. JNPT has five container terminals (CT) out of which three have already been ... -
Effect of tariff regulation in major port container terminals: The case of Jawaharlal Nehru port trust
Raghuram, G.; Udayakumar, Prashanth Devakumar (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)Tariff at India’s centrally-administered major ports, including privately operated terminals therein, are regulated and prescribed by the Tariff Authority for Major Ports (TAMP). TAMP was set up under an amendment of the ... -
Evolution of Model Concession Agreement for National Highways in India
T. S, Ramakrishnan; Raghuram, G. (2013-11-22)Economic liberalisation in 1990s necessitated development of a world class road network to trigger the economic growth trajectory for India. The concept of involving private sector was mooted as the investment required ... -
Experiences of various forms of commercial partnerships in Indian Railways
Raghuram, G. (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2001-07-01)This paper brings out issues of governance between the Ministry of Railways and various service delivering commercial entities under the Ministry. Some of this is accentuated by both the ministerial and administrative ... -
Framework for structuring public private partnerships in railways
Gangwar, Rachna; Raghuram, G. (2013-11-26)Structuring Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) in railways is a challenge, given its specific technology base, and obligation as a public and affordable mode of transportation. The sector provides strong incentives for ... -
Goods and services tax: the introduction process
Raghuram, G.; Deepa, K. S. (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)This paper focuses on the process of introducing the Goods and Services Tax (GST), bringing out the perspectives of different stakeholders and the contentious issues. The GST was expected to subsume a variety of taxes and ... -
How Can Indian Railways Service the Steel Sector Better?
Raghuram, G.; Gangwar, Rachna (2011-05-26)The focus of this paper is on how Indian Railways can service the steel sector better. The steel sector is a core sector, with railways playing a critical role in its logistics. The paper examines the changing industry ... -
Implementation of large computer-communication projects in a developing country: a case study
Jain, Rekha; Raghuram, G. (2010-03-25)The implementation of geographically dispersed computer-communication projects involving large financial outlays is a complex task, more so in a developing country context. This paper is focused around a case study which ... -
Indian Railways in the Past Twenty Years Issues, Performance and Challenges
Raghuram, G.; Gangwar, Rachna (2009-07-29)Indian Railways (IR) is Asia’s largest and world’s second largest network under one management, with a separate Ministry and its own annual budget. The network carried about 17 million Passengers and 2 mt freight every day ...