B.S. Balla works as a Project Engineer at Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, Hyderabad Campus. He holds a PhD in Freight Transportation Engineering. His research is more focused on the minimisation of transportation survey resources using the spatial transferability approach.
Research Interests
Freight Logistics with Sustainable Frameworks
Adverse Effects of Truck Operations
Optimisation of Survey Resources
Transferability in Transportation Planning
Education
Doctorate of Philosophy (Freight Transportation Planning), Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, 2024
Master of Engineering (Infrastructure Engg.), Osmania University, Hyderabad, 2018
Bachelor of Technology (Civil Engg.), CMR College of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad, 2015
Awards & Honours
Best Reviewer, International Journal of Construction Management, 2023
Best Poster Presentation at Doctoral Research Symposium, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, 2023
Institute Fellowship, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, 2020-2023
Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) Scholarship, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Government of India, 2015–2017
KEY PUBLICATIONS
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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2023.103780
Balla, B. S., Sahu, P. K., Pani, A., Sharma, S., & Majumdar, B. B. (2023). Comparison of Parametric and Non-Parametric Methods for Modeling Establishment-Level Freight Generation. Transportation Research Record, 2677(2), 154–172. https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981221116369
Balla, B. S., & Sahu, P. K. (2024). Examining the Effects of Local Sample Sizes on Spatial Transferability of Freight Production Models. Transportation Research Record, 2678(6), 415-430. https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981231197649