Anand Vijayashankar

Currently working as a Strategy & Technology Consultant (via ALTEN Belgium) with a primary focus on new business planning and technology trend analysis. Responsibilities include Project Management, Market Analysis & Technology Benchmarking (e-Mobility, Connectivity & Autonomous Vehicles), Big Data Strategy & Roadmap planning and Data Analytics consulting.

ALTEN Belgium providing engineering services to Toyota Motor Europe.

Co-developed the agent-based SparkCity model which provides road-maps that accelerate the transition to sustainable energy and mobility. Researched on developing a framework for scaling NL's SparkCity sustainable energy model for major cities in India.

As part of Master thesis, developed a socio-economic simulation model for the rise of Electric Vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure and usage in NL. Modeled the complex interactions between heterogeneous actors involved using an agent-based the approach. Advised municipalities, government, and industrial organizations on implementation plan & logic for new EV infrastructure deployment.

Developed a TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) comparison of ICEs and EVs which involved a bottom-up "should cost" model. Predicted the market costs (until 2035) and validated using a top-down market cost estimation.

Research group: Control Systems Technology. Areas of interest: Electric/Hybrid Vehicles, Control Engineering, Systems Engineering, Agent-based Modelling