Associate Professor - BITS Hyderabad, India | Adjunct Professor - Price Faculty of Engineering, University of Manitoba, Canada | Handling Editor - Transportation Research Record | Editorial Board Member - Transportation in Developing Economies (TiDE) | Standing Committee Member and Sub-editor (AT015) - Freight Transportation Planning and Logistics, Transportation Research Board, USA
I am looking for PhD students, and if you are a prospective student please send me your CV.
Signature Projects
Research Interests
If you would like to collaborate on any research ideas and topics please send me an email.
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Freight Transportation Planning and Operations
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Energy-efficient Platforms for Collaborative Delivery
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Physical Internet and Omni-Channel Delivery
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Quality of Life (QOL), Transportation and Health
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QOL, Gender and Travel Satisfaction​
Recent Key Publications​​​​​​
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Balla, B. S., Chandra, A., Balla, S. N., Pani, A., & Sahu, P. (2025). "Industry Class Stability Index (ICSI): A Novel Diagnostic Metric to Enhance the Transferability of Freight Demand Models", Research in Transportation Business & Management, Vol 63, pp. 101513. DOI: 10.1016/j.rtbm.2025.101513
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Balla, B. S., Mishra. S., Pani, A., & Sahu, P. (2025). "Incorporating Establishment Typologies into Freight Production Models: A Latent Class Approach Beyond Industry Codes", Research in Transportation Economics, Vol 112, DOI: 10.1016/j.retrec.2025.101606
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Zabiulla, M., Sahu, P., & Majumdar, B. (2025). "Who Will Adopt E-bikes in India and Why? Profiling Potential E-bike Users based on their Sociopsychological Characteristics", Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, Vol 114, pp. 141-159 DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2025.05.027
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