Bhavani Shankar Balla

Experience

• July 2026 to Present: Guest Faculty, Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, India

• Jun 2026 to Present: Project Research Scientist, IIT Bombay-FedEx ALFA, Mumbai, India

• Jan 2026 to Jun 2026: Postdoctoral Fellow, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India

• Oct 2025 to Dec 2025: Project Research Scientist, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India

• Oct 2024 to Sep 2025: Postdoctoral Fellow, Roma Tre University, Rome, Italy

• Sep 2023 to Sep 2024: Project Engineer, Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, Hyderabad, India

• Jun 2018 to Feb 2019: Assistant Professor, Methodist College of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad, India

Education

• Doctorate of Philosophy (Freight Transportation Planning), Birla Institute of Technology & Science Pilani, Hyderabad, India, 2024

• Master of Engineering (Infrastructure Engg.), Osmania University, Hyderabad, India, 2018

• Bachelor of Technology (Civil Engineering), CMR College of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad, India, 2015

Key Publications

1. 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, 63(12), 101513.

2. 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, 112, 101606.

3. Balla, B. S., & Sahu, P. K. (2023). Assessing Regional Transferability and Updating of Freight Generation Models to Reduce Sample Size Requirements in National Freight Data Collection Program. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 175, 103780.