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Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar
Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar

Dr. Sowjanya Dhulipala Assistant Professor
School of Infrastructure

Research Interests

Transportation Planning; Freight Transportation Planning and Policy; Freight Demand Modelling; Travel Behaviour Modelling; Spatial Analysis of Transportation Systems

Contact Details

  • Room. 230, 2nd Floor, School of Infrastructure
  • (+91) 674 713 6659
  • sdhulipala@iitbbs.ac.in

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Education

 Degree Discipline Year School
  Ph.D. Transportation Systems Engineering 2022 Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
  M.Tech Transportation Engineering and Planning 2015 Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat
  B.Tech Civil Engineering 2013 R.V.R. & J.C. College of Engineering, Guntur
 

Biosketch

 

Teaching

  • Autumn 2024: Surveying Theory, Surveying Practice

 

Recent Publications (International Journals)

1Dhulipala, S., & Patil, G. R. (2024). Shippers/freight forwarders’ acceptance of dedicated rail freight corridors for freight mobility in India. Journal of Rail Transport Planning & Management, 32, 100481.
2Dhulipala, S., & Patil, G. R. (2023). Regional freight generation and spatial interactions in developing regions using secondary data. Transportation, 50(3), 773-810. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11116-021-10261-w
3Sharma, G., Dhulipala, S., & Patil, G. R. (2023). Effect of tourism and air travel restrictions on the initial international spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Tourism Analysis. 28(3), 357-370. https://doi.org/10.3727/108354222X16675992447706
4Dhulipala, S., & Patil, G. R. (2021). Identification of freight generating industry complexes: A descriptive spatial analysis. Growth and Change, 52(4), 2680-2712. https://doi.org/10.1111/grow.12552
5Dhulipala, S., & Patil, G. R. (2020). Freight production of agricultural commodities in India using multiple linear regression and generalized additive modelling. Transport Policy, 97(October 2020), 245-258. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2020.06.012
6Dhulipala, S., Kedia, A., & Katti, B. K. (2020). Multi-route choice modelling in a metropolitan context: A comparative analysis using multinomial logit and fuzzy logic based approaches. European Transport - Trasporti Europei, (79), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.48295/ET.2020.79.4
7Kedia, A.S., Sowjanya, D., Salini, P.S., Jabeena, M., Katti, B.K. (2017). Transit Shift Response Analysis Through Fuzzy Rule Based-Choice Model: A Case Study of Indian Metropolitan City. Transportation in Developing Economies. 3(8), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40890-017-0038-9

Conferences (International)

1Dhulipala, S. & Mishra, S. Spatiotemporal Distribution Patterns of Logistics Facilities in Medium-Sized Metropolitan Areas. Transportation Research Board 103rd Annual Meeting (TRB 2024), Washington, D.C., January 7-11, 2024.
2Dhulipala, S. & Mishra, S. Logistics Sprawl and Exploration of its Influencing Factors: A Spatiotemporal Perspective. Transportation Research Board 103rd Annual Meeting (TRB 2024), Washington, D.C., January 7-11, 2024.
3Dhulipala, S., & Patil, G. R. (2021). Modelling Freight Generation at Regional Level using Spatial Regression Methods. 4th VREF Urban Freight Conference, Gothenburg, Sweden, 23-25 March 2021.
4Dhulipala, S., & Patil, G. R. (2020). Investigation of transportation mode choice for domestic freight movements in India. 7th International Workshop on Sustainable Road Freight Transport, Cambridge, UK, 28-30 October 2020.
5Dhulipala, S., & Patil, G. R. (2020). Development of Industry Sector-wise Freight Generation Models at Regional Level in India. Transportation Research Board 99th Annual Meeting (TRB 2020), Washington, D.C., January 12–16, 2020.
6Dhulipala, S., & Patil, G. R. (2019). District Level Freight Production of Agricultural commodities in India. 15th World Conference on Transport Research (WCTR 2019), Mumbai 26-31 May 2019.
7Dhulipala, S., Kedia, A. S., Salini, P. S., & Katti, B. K. (2017). Building A Neuro-Fuzzy Based Route Choice Model in Metropolitan Context: Surat City in India. 14th World Conference on Transport Research (WCTR-2016), Shanghai, Transportation Research Procedia (Vol. 25), 3203-3219. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trpro.2017.05.363
8Salini, P. S., Kedia, A., Dhulipala, S., Saw, K., & Katti, B. K. (2017). Spatial distribution of urban trips in recently expanded Surat city through Fuzzy Logic with various clustering Techniques: A case study of typical metropolitan city in India. 14th World Conference on Transport Research (WCTR-2016), Shanghai, Transportation Research Procedia (Vol. 25), 2396-2407. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trpro.2017.05.245

Conferences (National)

1Dhulipala, S. & Patil, G. R. (2022). Analysing the Spatial Distribution of Freight Generating Industry Complexes at a Regional Level in India. 2nd International Conference on Transportation Infrastructure Projects: Conception to Execution (TIPCE-2022), IIT Roorkee, 14-17 September 2022.
2Dhulipala, S. & Patil, G. R. (2022). Influence of the Dedicated Freight Corridors (DFC) on the Freight Mode Choice of Shippers/freight Forwarders in India. 2nd International Conference on Transportation Infrastructure Projects: Conception to Execution (TIPCE-2022), IIT Roorkee, 14-17 September 2022.
3Dhulipala, S., Salini, P.S., Kedia, A. & Katti, B.K. (2015). Route choice behavioural study with reference to the recently redeveloped ring road with provision of number of flyovers in Surat city using Fuzzy Inference system. 3rd Conference of Transportation Research Group of India, 3rd CTRG, Kolkata, India.
4Dhulipala, S., Salini, P.S. & Katti, B.K. (2015). Study of Impact of Various Attributes on Route Choice through Logistic Regression Route Choice Modelling. Proceedings of 2nd Conference on Transportation Systems Engineering and Management, CTSEM-2015, NIT Tiruchirappalli, India.
5Dhulipala, S., Salini, P.S. & Katti, B.K. (2015). Developing a Route Choice Model with Logistic Regression Approach: A Case study. Proceedings of Transportation Young Researchers Symposium, TYReS-2015, NIT Warangal, India.
6Sowjanya, D., Tahlyan, D. & Ravi Sekhar, Ch. (2014). Travel Demand Modelling for a Metropolitan City. Proceedings of International Conference on Recent Trends & Challenges in Civil Engineering, RTCCE-2014, MNNIT Allahabad, India.
7Salini, P.S., Dhulipala, S., & Katti, B.K. (2015). Developing a Fuzzy Rule Based Urban Trip Distribution Model on Income Criteria Basis at Zonal Level: A Case Study. Proceedings of 2nd Conference on Transportation Systems Engineering and Management, CTSEM-2015, NIT Tiruchirappalli, India.
 

Academic Honors & Awards

  • JASSO Scholarship: Received funding from Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO) for the International Research Skills Program for Developing Sustainable Transportation System and Infrastructure (STSI), to carry out the internship at Hokkaido University in 2018
  • VREF Study Visit Grant 2017: Received a grant from the Volvo Research and Educational Foundations for a short-term study visit to the University of Gothenburg in 2017
  • Best Poster Award: 3rd Conference of the Transportation Research Group of India (CTRG), held in December 2015 in Kolkata, India
 

Research Scholar

M.Tech:
  • Anjali (2024-25), Thesis Title: Developing an Operation Performance Index for the Major Seaports in India 
 

Professional Experience

Assistant Professor,  School of Infrastructure, Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar  (Jul 2024 - Present)   Post Doctoral Fellow,  Transportation Research and Injury Prevention Centre, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi  (Apr 2024 - Jul 2024) Post Doctoral Fellow,  Center for Transportation Innovations in Education and Research, University of Memphis, USA  (Nov 2022 - Nov 2023)  Post Doctoral Fellow,  Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay  (Dec 2021 - Oct 2022)  Assistant Professor,  Department of Civil Engineering, K L University, Guntur  (Jun 2015 - Apr 2016)                                                                                                                                                                                                    

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