We hope you will join us for an upcoming REMI webinar titled, “Measuring University Economic Impact with REMI PROSERIS“. This webinar is occurring from 2:00-3:00pm ET on Wednesday, March 4th and is being presented by Dr. Indraneel Kumar from Purdue University, and Peter Treyz from REMI. Click here to register for this free webinar.
Universities play a pivotal role in regional growth by drawing talent, fostering innovation, and influencing housing and population patterns. It is important for universities to quantify their regional impact to remain competitive for grants. Join us for this interactive session to see how Dr. Indraneel Kumar from Purdue University conducted a comprehensive university impact analysis. Attendees will also see how our new tool, REMI PROSERIS, enables universities to quantify their full economic impact using advanced regional modeling and AI-driven analytics.
In this webinar, we’ll demonstrate how PROSERIS helps institutions:
Guest Speaker
Indraneel Kumar, Ph.D.
Director for the Purdue Center for Regional Development (PCRD)
Indraneel Kumar is the Director for the Purdue Center for Regional Development (PCRD). Indraneel has been at PCRD since its inception in 2005. He focuses on regional demographics, economic and workforce analysis, identification of new sources of data, GIS databases, spatial analysis, and quantitative methods.
He received a bachelor’s degree in architecture from Visvesvaraya Regional College of Engineering in Nagpur, India in 1994. During his master’s in urban and regional planning from the Center for Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT University) in Ahmedabad, India, he was the recipient of the Vastushilpa Foundation Award for Excellence (gold medal) for his thesis in 1997. Indraneel earned a second master’s degree in community planning with a specialization in environmental planning from the University of Cincinnati, Ohio, graduating with the Professional Promise award in 2003. In 2014, he earned a Ph.D. in civil engineering with a major in transportation and infrastructure systems from the Lyles School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University.
Indraneel has been a member of the American Planning Association and American Institute of Certified Planners since 2006. In his 20 years of professional and applied research experience, Indraneel has worked on comprehensive planning for large metropolitan areas, regions, and counties (districts) in India and the USA, with a concentration on land use, transportation, and regional economic analysis. He has participated in several regional economic development research projects funded by the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA); Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor (DOL); Office of Economic Adjustment, Department of Defense (DOD); Economic Research Service (ERS), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA); Joint Transportation Research Program (JTRP); and Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT). Other state agencies include the Office of Community and Rural Affairs (OCRA) and the Indiana State Department of Agriculture (ISDA).
He is an adjunct faculty member at the Lyles School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, since 2018 and participates in teaching graduate courses related to urban and regional economics and transportation systems evaluation. Indraneel has an interdisciplinary research interest in regional economic development and competitiveness, transportation and infrastructure systems, and renewable energy.
