Vaishnavi Kharat
Vaishnavi is a Research Associate and PhD Candidate at the Chair of Transportation Systems Engineering at the Technical University of Munich. She is currently working on the Predictive Resilience and Optimization Methods for Emergency Transportation Handling and Enhanced Urban Stability (PROMETHEUS), under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Constantinos Antoniou and Prof. Dr. Raphael Stern from the University of Minnesota.
Prior to her current role, she served as an Assistant Professor at Gokhale Education Society's R. H. Sapat College of Engineering Management Studies and Research. She later worked as a Junior Research Fellow at the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. She holds a Master of Technology in Transportation Engineering and Planning from Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat and a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from India.
Education and Training
| 2026 - present | Ph.D. Candidate, Chair of Transportation Systems Engineering Technical University of Munich (TUM), Munich, Germany |
| 2022 - 2024 | M.Tech, Transportation Engineering And Planning Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat, India |
| 2018 - 2022 | Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Civil Engineering Sardar Patel College Of Engineering, Mumbai, India |
Work Experience
Apr. 2026 - present | Research Associate at the Chair of Transportation Systems Engineering, TUM, Munich Working on the PROMETHEUS project |
Aug. 2025 - Dec. 2025 | Junior Research Fellow at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore Dynamic Pricing of ride-hailing services |
Aug. 2024 - Aug. 2025 | Assistant Professor at the R.H.SAPAT College of Engineering, Management Studies and Research, Nashik |