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Dr. B. S. Balla is an interdisciplinary transport researcher specialising in urban freight systems, mobility planning, infrastructure development, and data-driven modelling. He obtained his PhD from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani (India), and received “Best Thesis Award” from Transportation Research Group of India. He worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at Roma Tre University (Italy) and Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.
Experience
Jun 2026 to Present: Project Research Scientist, IIT Bombay - FedEx Center for Advanced Logistics and Focused Analytics (FedEx ALFA)
Jul 2026 to Present: Guest Faculty, Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, India
Jan 2026 to Jun 2026: Institute Postdoctoral Fellow, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India
Oct 2025 to Dec 2025: Project Research Scientist, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India
Oct 2024 to Sep 2025: Postdoctoral Fellow, Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Rome, Italy
Sep 2023 to Sep 2024: Project Engineer, Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, Hyderabad, India
Education
Doctorate of Philosophy, Birla Institute of Technology & Science Pilani, India, 2024
Thesis: Transferability Approach for Freight Data Measurement and Model Development in Resource-Constrained Regions
Master of Engineering (Infrastructure Engineering), Osmania University, India, 2018
Key Publications
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.
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.
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.
Awards & Honours
Research Awards
Best Thesis Award, 8th Conference of Transportation Research Group of India - 2025
Best Poster Presentation with cash award, Vidwanostav 2023 (Technical fest for PhD Scholars), Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, Hyderabad, India - 2023
Professional & Scholarly Recognition
Best Reviewer - 2023, International Journal of Construction Management - 2024
Young Achiever Alumni Award, CMR College of Engineering & Technology, Hyderabad, India - 2024
Research Travel Grants
International Travel Support, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India - 2024
Academic Awards
Academic Excellence - Bronze Medal with cash award, CMR College of Engineering and Technology - 2016
Academic Excellence - Gold Medal with cash award, CMR College of Engineering and Technology - 2012
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