

PRASANT SAHU, Ph.D.
Associate Professor - BITS Hyderabad, India | Adjunct Professor - Price Faculty of Engineering, University of Manitoba, Canada | Handling Editor - Transportation Research Record | Standing Committee Member and Sub-editor (AT015) - Freight Transportation Planning and Logistics, Transportation Research Board, USA

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PROJECT OVERVIEW
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Grant: Research Initiation Grant (2015-17)
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Organisation: BITS Pilani
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Grant No.: RIG Head 06/03/302
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Sanctioned Amount: ₹200,000 ($3000) (2016 rate: $1=₹68)
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Utilized Amount: ₹142,336 ($2000)
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Project Team: Prasant Sahu, Agnivesh Pani, Aitichya Chandra and Furqan Bhat
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Study Areas: Kerala and Rajasthan
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Sample Size: 432 and 176 respectively
STUDY REGIONS

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Handling Editor - Transportation Research Record (TRR)
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Special Issue Editor - Freight Automation, Logistics and Supply Chain: Transportation Research Record (TRB)
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Standing Committee Member AT015 - Freight Transportation Planning and Logistics, TRR
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Associate Research Centre - Volvo Research Educational Foundation (VREF) Centre of Excellence: Sustainable Urban Freight Systems
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SLOCAT Young Leaders in Sustainable Transport 2020 - Agnivesh Pani
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Best Paper Award from AT015: Freight Transportation and Logistics, Transportation Research Board, USA - Agnivesh Pani and Furqan Bhat
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PMRF Scholarship - Aitichya Chandra



Research Partner Universities




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., Sahu, P., Pani, A., Sharma, S., & Majumdar, B. (2023), "Comparison of Parametric and Non-Parametric Methods for Modeling Establishment-Level Freight Generation", Transportation Research Record, Vol. 2677 (2), pp. 154-172, DOI: 10.1177/03611981221116369
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Sahu, P., Chandra, A., Pani, A. (2023), "Examining the Impacts of Highway Proximity on Freight Flow Patterns of Establishments", Transportation Research Record, Vol. 2677(5), pp. 523-539, DOI: 10.1177/03611981221133081
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Sahu, P., Qureshi, D., and Pani, A. (2022), "Examining Commercial Vehicle Fleet Ownership Decisions and the Mediating Role of Freight Generation: A Structural Equation Modeling Assessment", Transport Policy, Vol. 126, DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2022.07.007