Associate Professor - BITS Hyderabad, India | Adjunct Professor - Price Faculty of Engineering, University of Manitoba, Canada | Handling Editor - Transportation Research Record | Editorial Board Member - Transportation in Developing Economies (TiDE) | Standing Committee Member and Sub-editor (AT015) - Freight Transportation Planning and Logistics, Transportation Research Board, USA
I am looking for PhD students, and if you are a prospective student please send me your CV.
Signature Projects
Research Partner Universities
Research Interests
If you would like to collaborate on any research ideas and topics please send me an email.
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Freight Transportation Planning and Operations
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Energy-efficient Platforms for Collaborative Delivery
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Physical Internet and Omni-Channel Delivery
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Quality of Life (QOL), Transportation and Health
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QOL, Gender and Travel Satisfaction
Recent Key Publications
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Amaral, J., Holguín-Veras, J., Roorda, M. J., Reda, A. K., Gardrat, M., de Oliveira, L. K., Goodrich, E. S., Calderon, O., Gonzalez-Calderon, C., Le, T. V., Gonzalez-Feliu, J., Ahmed, U., Sanchez-Diaz, I., Sahu, P., Sakai, T., Ismael, A., Ramirez-Rios, D., Capersen, E., Moura, J. L., Dell’Olio, L., Delgado-Lindeman, M., Ruesch, M., & Todesco, P. (2026). "Freight trip generation in metropolitan areas: An international perspective", Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Vol. 204, 104847. DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2025.104847
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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, Vol 63, pp. 101513. DOI: 10.1016/j.rtbm.2025.101513
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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, Vol 112, DOI: 10.1016/j.retrec.2025.101606
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