Bhavani Shankar Balla, PhD

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.

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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