Umesh K Suryawanshi holds Masters Degree in Computer Management. His thrust area of professional interest includes System Analysis & Design, Radio Frequency Identification and Detection (RFID), Video Analytics (Image Processing). Prior to joining CIRT, he was associated with leading corporate firms as software engineer and worked as faculty member in premier Institute of Private & Govt.

At CIRT, he is having 12 years of experience in research, consultancy, training and computer management. In research & consultancy, he has worked assiduously on innovating projects like Evaluation of Driving Skills using RFID and Video Analytics (latest version) for transport department. For this concept, he has also taken a lead role in applying for patent in the name of CIRT.

As a team leader, U K Suryawanshi has handled numerous consultancy projects related to IT solutions in public transport. He is having experience in preparing Detail Project Report on integrated Depot Management (IDMS), Intelligent Transport System (ITS) for STUs like Maharashtra State Road Transport (MSRTC), Sikkim Nationalised Transport (SNT), Punjab Road Transport Corporation (PRTC) etc.

As a Member-Secretary for the Standing Committee (Computerisation & MIS), ASRTU he has taken lot of initiatives in promoting usage of IT in public transport including organizing IT exhibitions. In addition he has also represented CIRT at national level technical workshops & discussions.

At CIRT most of the national level training programmes, conferences conducted by him are on the theme related to IT applications in transport.