8 Determinants of Employees’ Perceptions, Commuting Culture, and Environmental Sustainability at Symbiosis International University, India Vishal Pradhan 1 , Saravan Krishnamurthy 1 and Prakash Rao 2 1 Symbiosis Centre for Information Technology, Symbiosis International University, Pune, Maharashtra, India 2 Symbiosis Institute of International Business, Symbiosis International University, Pune, Maharashtra, India Abstract This chapter describes a study conducted to develop an understanding of socio-cultural rationalities and behaviour among employee commuters at Symbiosis International University (SIU) in Pune, an Indian metropolis. Commuting preferences of employees to the university campuses are primarily determined by Cost, Convenience, Comfort and Safety (CCCS) choices. Within particular small groups of employees, these orders of CCCS vary due to an atypical attitude. An ‘operational definition of a context’ was used to deliberate on possible Willingness to spend, the changes in the behaviour of employees’ time, comfort, and safety while commuting to the office. Together with dissatisfactions and importance given to the commuting choices, the Willingness to change commuting patterns has tangible impacts on environmental sustainability. This empirical research assessed the causal structures offered and the interactions due to categories of employees’ gender, age, designation, campus location, and vehicle type. With this backdrop, this social study discusses Pune’s metropolis com- muting culture of employees. While attaining environmentally sustainable transportation policies for Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) at its heart, 131