Team Profile

Mr. Darshan Dilipbhai Dave

Mr. Darshan Dilipbhai Dave

Director & Dy. Technical Manager

11+ Years
Experience
2022
Since

Biography

Mr. Darshan D. Dave is a Gold Medalist in Highway & Transportation Engineering with expertise in traffic engineering and pavement design. His core areas of interest include traffic data collection and analysis, pavement crust thickness design, mix design for bituminous and non-bituminous pavement layers, pavement quality concrete mix design, and pavement condition assessment. His postgraduate dissertation, "Urban Roadway Capacity Estimation by Incorporation of Dynamic Passenger Car Units," was carried out at the CSIR - Central Road Research Institute (CSIR-CRRI), New Delhi, and its findings contributed to Chapter 4 - "Interurban and Urban Expressways" of the Indian Highway Capacity Manual - 2017 (Indo-HCM), a key reference document for highway capacity analysis and transportation planning in India. He currently serves as Director and Dy. Technical Manager at Shreenath Laboratories & Consultants Private Limited.

Career Highlights

Career Commencement As an Assistant Professor in Darshan Institute of Engineering and Technology Rajkot in 2015 and worked for 7 Years.
Next Phase & Growth In 2022, with a vision to build a technically competent and trusted material testing laboratory, he joined Shreenath Soil and Material Testing Laboratory as a Partner.
Current Engagement Director and Dy. Technical Manager at Shreenath Laboratories & Consultants Private Limited

Specializations & Memberships

Area of Specialization Traffic Engineering, Flexible & Rigid Pavement Design, Pavement Condition Assessment
Memberships E-Life Membership of Indian Roads Congress

Academic Qualifications

B.E. / B.Tech

Civil Engineering
College: Darshan Institute of Engineering & Technology
University: Gujarat Technological University
Passing Year: 2013

M.E. / M.Tech

Highway & Transportation Engineering
College: The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
University: The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
Passing Year: 2015

Professional Journey

August-2015 to June-2022
Assistant Professor; Deputy Technical Manager, Darshan Consultancy Cell
Darshan Institute of Engineering and Technology, Rajkot
July-2022 to October-2024
Partner
Shreenath Soil and Material Testing Laboratory
November-2024 to July-2026
Director & Dy. Technical Manager
Shreenath Laboratories & Consultants Private Limited

Research Papers & Publications

Estimation of Dynamic Passenger Car Units for Vehicles Plying on Urban Roads

Darshan D. Dave Conference on Recent Advances in Traffic Engineering (RATE-2015), SVNIT, Surat 3-4 July 2015