Associate Professor - BITS Hyderabad, India | Adjunct Professor - Price Faculty of Engineering, University of Manitoba, Canada | Handling Editor - Transportation Research Record | Editorial Board Member - Case Studies on Transport Policy (CSTP) | Editorial Board Member - Transportation in Developing Economies (TiDE) | Standing Committee Member and Sub-editor (AT012) - 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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Amaral, J., Holguín-Veras, J., Roorda, M. J., Reda, A. K., Gardrat, M., de Oliveira, L. K., Goodrich, E. S., Calderon, O., Gonzalez-Calderon, C., Le, T. V., Gonzalez-Feliu, J., Ahmed, U., Sanchez-Diaz, I., Sahu, P., Sakai, T., Ismael, A., Ramirez-Rios, D., Capersen, E., Moura, J. L., Dell’Olio, L., Delgado-Lindeman, M., Ruesch, M., & Todesco, P. (2026). "Freight trip generation in metropolitan areas: An international perspective", Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Vol. 204, 104847. DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2025.104847
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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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