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Dr. B. S. Balla is an interdisciplinary transport researcher specialising in freight transportation, urban logistics, human-centric freight systems, and transport 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
Current Position
Jun 2026 to Present: Project Research Scientist, IIT Bombay - FedEx Center for Advanced Logistics and Focused Analytics (FedEx ALFA)
Academic Teaching Engagement
Jul 2026 to Present: Guest Faculty, Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, India
Previous Positions
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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