Surendra
Reddy Kancharla
Specializing in
I solve complex challenges in vehicle routing, sustainable logistics, and urban mobility by developing advanced computational models. My approach integrates GPU-accelerated machine learning and NLP to build intelligent optimization solutions. I am also exploring the application of quantum computing to push the boundaries of transportation optimization.
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Total Citations
Google Scholar
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Research impact
22
Publications
10 journals + 12 conferences
7
Awards
Grants & Scholarships
Research Focus Areas
Vehicle Routing Problems
Urban Mobility Planning
Optimization Algorithms
Transportation Analytics
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Research Interests
Exploring the frontiers of transportation optimization, urban analytics, and sustainable mobility through data-driven research.
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Total Publications
10 journals + 12 conferences
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Green Vehicle Routing
Identifying the optimal routes with focus on sustainability
7
Publications
280
Citations
Journal145 citations
Electric vehicle routing problem with non-linear charging and load-dependent discharging
S.R. Kancharla & G. Ramadurai
Expert Systems with Applications
2020
Expert Systems with Applications. Vol. 160, no. 113714 (2020)
View Paper (DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2020.113714)Key Findings(5 findings - click to expand)
Journal88 citations
Incorporating driving cycle based fuel consumption estimation in green vehicle routing problems
S.R. Kancharla & G. Ramadurai
Sustainable Cities and Society
2018
Sustainable Cities and Society. Vol. 40, pp. 214-221 (2018)
View Paper (DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2018.04.016)Key Findings(5 findings - click to expand)
Journal47 citations
An Adaptive Large Neighborhood Search Approach for Electric Vehicle Routing with Load-Dependent Energy Consumption
S.R. Kancharla & G. Ramadurai
Transportation in Developing Economies
2018
Transportation in Developing Economies. Vol. 4, no. 10 (2018)
View Paper (DOI: 10.1007/s40890-018-0063-3)Key Findings(5 findings - click to expand)
Conference
An Adaptive Large Neighbourhood Search Approach for Electric Vehicle Routing with Load-dependent Energy Consumption
S.R. Kancharla & G. Ramadurai
4th conference of the transportation research group of india
2018
4th conference of the transportation research group of india, Mumbai, India
Key Findings(4 findings - click to expand)
Conference
Multi-depot Electric Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows considering Non-linear Charging and Discharging
S.R. Kancharla & G. Ramadurai
2018 Annual Meeting of INFORMS
2018
2018 Annual Meeting of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), Phoenix, USA, 04-07 Nov 2018
Key Findings(4 findings - click to expand)
Conference
Load Dependent Electric Vehicle Routing Problem With Time Windows Considering Nonlinear Charging Function
S.R. Kancharla & G. Ramadurai
6th INFORMS Transportation Science and Logistics Workshop
2018
6th INFORMS Transportation Science and Logistics (TSL) Society Workshop, Hong Kong, 08-10 Jan 2018
Key Findings(4 findings - click to expand)
Conference
Incorporating Driving Cycle Based Fuel Estimation For Green Vehicle Routing Problem
S.R. Kancharla & G. Ramadurai
96th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board
2017
96th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C., USA, 08-12 Jan 2017
Key Findings(4 findings - click to expand)
Urban Freight Transport
Modeling and optimizing freight movement within cities
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Publications
73
Citations
Journal
A Holistic Continuous Approximation Framework for Strategic Last-Mile Distribution Planning
Blessy K., A. Pahwa, S.R. Kancharla & S.T. Waller
Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives
2026
Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Vol. 35, no. 101720
View Paper (DOI: 10.1016/j.trip.2025.101720)Key Findings(5 findings - click to expand)
Journal22 citations
Complete LCA of battery electric and Bharat Stage-VI vehicles for freight trips
M.S. Middela, M. Srinath, S.R. Kancharla, G. Ramadurai et al.
Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment
2022
Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment. Vol. 110, no. 103398
View Paper (DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2022.103398)Key Findings(4 findings - click to expand)
Journal8 citations
Simulated Annealing Algorithm For Multi Depot Two-Echelon Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem
S.R. Kancharla & G. Ramadurai
European Transport \ Trasporti Europei
2020
European Transport \ Trasporti Europei. Issue 78, no. 8 (2020)
View Paper (DOI: 10.48295/ET.2020.78.8)Key Findings(4 findings - click to expand)
Journal40 citations
Multi-Depot Two-Echelon Fuel Minimizing Routing Problem with Heterogeneous Fleets: Model and Heuristic
S.R. Kancharla & G. Ramadurai
Networks and Spatial Economics
2019
Networks and Spatial Economics. Vol. 19(3), pp. 969-1005 (2019)
View Paper (DOI: 10.1007/s11067-018-9437-7)Key Findings(6 findings - click to expand)
Conference3 citations
Estimating Emissions from Urban Freight Trips
M.S. Middela, M. Srinath, S. Subrahmanya Kiran, S.R. Kancharla, D. Gayathri, G. Ramadurai
World Conference on Transport Research - WCTR 2019
2019
World Conference on Transport Research - WCTR 2019, Mumbai, India, 26-31 May 2019
Key Findings(5 findings - click to expand)
Conference
Simulated Annealing Algorithm For Multi Depot Two-Echelon Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem
S.R. Kancharla & G. Ramadurai
98th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board
2019
98th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C., USA, 13-17 Jan 2019
Key Findings(4 findings - click to expand)
Conference
Multi-depot Two Echelon Pollution Minimizing Routing Problem with Heterogeneous Vehicles
S.R. Kancharla & G. Ramadurai
2016 Annual Meeting of INFORMS
2016
2016 Annual Meeting of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, Nashville, USA, 13-16 Nov 2016
Key Findings(4 findings - click to expand)
Urban Mobility Analytics
Improving urban mobility using Big data
7
Publications
29
Citations
Journal
Decomposing Urban Traffic Flows: A Multi-Stage Approach to Model Heavy Vehicle Movements in Greater Sydney
P. Fernandez, S.R. Kancharla, D.-Y. Lin, & S.T. Waller
Transportation Research Record
2026
Transportation Research Record. (2026)
View Paper (DOI: 10.1177/03611981251387124)Key Findings(5 findings - click to expand)
Conference
Revealing Transit Patterns Through Modal Competition: A Framework for Multi-modal Network OD Demand Estimation
S.R. Kancharla, D.-Y. Lin, & S.T. Waller
World Conference on Transport Research - WCTR 2026
2026
World Conference on Transport Research - WCTR 2026, Toulouse, France, 6-10 July 2026
Key Findings(5 findings - click to expand)
Conference
Decomposing Urban Traffic Flows: A Multi-Stage Approach to Model Heavy Vehicle Movements in Greater Sydney
P. Fernandez, S.R. Kancharla, D.-Y. Lin, & S.T. Waller
104th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board
2025
104th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C., USA, 5-9 Jan 2025
Key Findings(5 findings - click to expand)
Journal21 citations
Mapping sidewalks on a neighborhood scale from street view images
O.F. Hamim, S.R. Kancharla & S.V. Ukkusuri
Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science
2024
Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science. Vol. 51(4), pp. 823-838 (2024)
View Paper (DOI: 10.1177/23998083231200445)Key Findings(5 findings - click to expand)
Journal8 citations
Meal Delivery Routing Problem with Stochastic Meal Preparation Times and Customer Locations
S.R. Kancharla, T. Van Woensel, S.T. Waller, S.V. Ukkusuri
Networks and Spatial Economics
2024
Networks and Spatial Economics Vol. 24, pp. 997–1020 (2024)
View Paper (DOI: 10.1007/s11067-024-09643-1)Key Findings(5 findings - click to expand)
Conference
Sentiment Analysis of COVID related transit policies using Twitter data in Africa: A case study of Lagos
S.R. Kancharla, F.A. Arroyo, & S.V. Ukkusuri
102nd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board
2023
102nd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C., USA, 8-12 Jan 2023
Key Findings(4 findings - click to expand)
Conference
Electric Future for Buses? Influence of Size, Battery Capacity, and Route Length
G. Ramadurai, S.R. Kancharla, M. Manohar
2018 INFORMS International Conference
2018
2018 INFORMS International Conference, Taipei, Taiwan, 17-20 June 2018
Key Findings(5 findings - click to expand)
Next-Gen Accelerated Transport Planning
New generation models leveraging GP-GPU and LLM for enhanced strategic planning
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0
Citations
Conference
Conversational AI Agent for Transportation Planning
S.R. Kancharla, T. Bednarz, & S.T. Waller
NVIDIA GPU Technology Conference (GTC)
2026
NVIDIA GPU Technology Conference (GTC), San Jose, USA, 2026
Key Findings(5 findings - click to expand)
Awards & Honors
Recognition for academic excellence, research contributions, and professional achievements in transportation engineering.
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Scholarships
3
Travel Grants
2
Research Awards
Scholarships
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K. Ganesh and Meena Ganesh Fellowship for Entrepreneurship Development
IIT Madras
July 2020 - Oct. 2020
Fellowship for entrepreneurship development focused on transportation innovation
Merit-based scholarship
Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India
Jan. 2014 - July 2019
Government scholarship for academic excellence during PhD studies
Travel Grants
3 items
Student Travel Grant
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Sep. 2016 & Sep. 2018
Support for conference presentations and research dissemination
Alumni Funded Travel Grant
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Jan. 2017
Alumni-sponsored grant for international conference participation
Study visit grant
Volvo Research & Educational Foundations, Sweden
Mar. 2015
Grant to visit University of Melbourne from Volvo Research & Educational Foundations
Awards
2 items
Academic Grant Program
NVIDIA
Jul. 2025 - Dec. 2025
Grant for GPU-accelerated transportation research and machine learning applications
Institute research award
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
2018-19
Recognition for exemplary research work done by scholar during PhD studies
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Educational Journey
From foundational engineering principles to advanced research in transportation optimization
Ph.D. & M.Tech. (Dual Degree)2013 - 2020
Transportation Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Chennai, India
Key Highlights
- •Specialized in Vehicle Routing Problems and Sustainable Urban Freight Transport
- •Developed novel algorithms for electric vehicle routing with non-linear charging
- •Published 8+ peer-reviewed journal papers during doctoral studies
- •Merit-based scholarship recipient from Government of India
- •Institute research award for exemplary research work
Doctoral Thesis
"Vehicle Routing Problems in Sustainable Urban Freight Transport: Model Formulations and Solution Algorithms"
Advisor: Prof. Gitakrishnan Ramadurai
Bachelor of Technology2009 - 2013
Civil Engineering
Sri Venkateswara University
Tirupati, India
Key Highlights
- •Strong foundation in engineering mathematics and structural analysis
- •Active participation in technical symposiums and workshops
- •Developed interest in transportation and optimization problems
Professional Experience
13+ years of experience in transportation research, algorithm development, and academic excellence
13+
Years Experience
3
Countries
4
Positions
AcademicCurrent2022 - present
Senior Research Associate
"Friedrich List" Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences
Technische Universität Dresden
Dresden, Germany
Research2021 - 2022
Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Lyles School of Civil Engineering
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN, USA
Research2019 - 2020
Senior Project Officer
Intelligent Transportation Systems Lab
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Chennai, India
Academic2013 - 2019
Teaching and Research Assistant
Department of Civil Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Chennai, India
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