Bhavani Shankar Balla

Jun 2026 to Present: Project 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

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.

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

Best Thesis Award, 8th Conference of Transportation Research Group of India - 2025

Best Reviewer - 2023, International Journal of Construction Management - 2024

International Travel Support, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India - 2024

Young Achiever Alumni Award, CMR College of Engineering & Technology, Hyderabad, India - 2024

Best Poster Presentation with cash award, Vidwanostav 2023 (Technical fest for PhD Scholars), Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, Hyderabad, India - 2023

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 - 2014