Bhavani Shankar Balla
Postdoctoral Fellow, Università degli studi Roma TRE, Italy
Dr. Balla is a researcher specializing in transportation planning. His work focuses on bridging the gap between theoretical research and real-world applications, ensuring that data-driven insights enhance the efficiency, sustainability, and resilience of modern urban mobility and freight logistics. He collaborates with researchers worldwide to advance technology-driven mobility & logistics solutions, decarbonization strategies, and infrastructure planning, contributing to the development of eco-friendly transportation systems for more sustainable cities.
Research InterestS
Sustainable Urban Mobility
Network
Optimization
Transport Policy and Infrastructure Planning
Decarbonization of Transport
Technology-Driven Logistics Solutions
Key Publications
Research Grants
International Travel Support, Science and Engineering Research Board, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, 2024 | Fund: ₹ 200,000 ($ 2350) | To attend: 103rd Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, USA
Education
Doctorate of Philosophy (Freight Transportation Planning), Birla Institute of Technology & Science Pilani, 2024
Master of Engineering (Infrastructure Engg.), Osmania University, Hyderabad, 2018
Experience
Oct 2024 to Present: 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
Jun 2018 to Feb 2019: Assistant Professor, Methodist College of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad, India
Awards & Honours
Young Achiever Alumni Award, CMR College of Engineering & Technology, 2024
Postdoctoral fellowship at Università degli studi Roma TRE, Rome, Italy, 2024
Best Reviewer, International Journal of Construction Management, 2023
Best Poster Presentation at Doctoral Research Symposium, Birla Institue of Technology and Science Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, 2023
Institute Fellowship, Birla Institue of Technology and Science Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, 2020-2023
Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) Scholarship, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Government of India, 2015–2017