Assistant Professor
211, Second Floor, Dept. of Architecture and Planning, MNIT, Jaipur-302017
tarunverma.arch@mnit.ac.in
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Awards & Honours

Ph.D.(Architecture) from National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli(2025)
M. Arch.(Energy Efficient & Sustainable Architecture) from National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli(2018)
B. Arch.(Architecture) from Malaviya National Institute of Technology(2016)

Occupant Behaviour, Comfort and Energy Efficiency in Buildings, Building Simulation, Daylighting and Visual Comfort.

Doctoral Assistant at Smart Living Lab, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland [01 September 2024 - 29 February 2024].

Tarun Verma and Padmanaban Gopalakrishnan, "Quantifying the effect of irradiance-based blind control occupant behaviour models (BC-OBMs) on daylighting performance and energy consumption in office buildings" , Journal of Building Engineering (Elsevier) Volume :103 / / 2025 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2025.112067
Tarun Verma, Padmanaban Gopalakrishnan, Andrew Sonta, "Development of a blind control occupant behaviour model (BC-OBM) based on contextual and time-related factors through supervised machine learning approaches" , Building and Environment (Elsevier) Volume :277 / / 2025 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2025.112932

Tarun Verma and Padmanaban Gopalakrishnan, "Categorising the existing irradiance based blind control occupant behavior models (BC-OBMs) using unsupervised machine learning approach: A case of office building in India" , Energy and Buildings (Elsevier) Volume :279 / / 2023 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2022.112700

Tarun Verma and Padmanaban Gopalakrishnan, "Occupants Perception Versus Daylighting Simulations -a Field Study on Lecture Halls to Correlate the Occupants Subjective Responses and Climate-Based Daylight Metrics" , 35th Plea Conference Sustainable Architecture and Urban Design by :PLEA at A Coruna, Spain / / 2020 ISBN: 978-84-9749-794-7

Tarun Verma and Bellatrix Valdaris, "Evaluating the Daylighting Performance of Lecture Halls: A Simulation-Based Approach" , 53rd International Conference of the Architectural Science Association by :Architectural Science Association at IIT Roorkee, India / / 2019 ISBN: 978-0-9923835-6-5

Book Chapter, "Daylighting Evaluation and Retrofit Strategies: A Simulation-Based Approach to Optimise the Artificial Lighting Consumption" ISBN:978-981-16-0119-4 published by - Springer International Publishing Year: 2021 authors- Tarun Verma and Padmanaban Gopalakrishnan

Level	Type	Collaborator	Organization	Year
International	Publication: Published a paper (Q1-SCI Journal) on a novel Blind Control Occupant Behaviour Model (BC-OBM) that utilizes supervised machine learning to predict blind usage based solely on contextual and time-related factors. Validated through a longitudinal study in Indian offices, the model achieves high predictive accuracy and identifies unprecedented relationships between context and user behavior. This approach empowers architects to make informed, energy-efficient design decisions.	Andrew Sonta	ETHOS, Smart Living Lab, EPFL, Switzerlanld	2025

National level Workshop on Urban Fire Resilience: Strategic Frameworks for Fire-Risk Mitigation in Indian Context at Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, India from 21-11-2025 to 25-11-2025
International level Workshop on Net Zero Buildings in India: Decarbonizing the Built Environment at MNIT, Jaipur, India from 20-01-2025 to 24-01-2025

Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship for conducting research on "Blind Use Behavior in Office Buildings" given by The Federal Commission for Scholarships for Foreign Students (FCS), Switzerland Year - 2023
Academic Proficiency Award for For Securing 3rd Rank in M.Arch given by National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli Year - 2018