Dr. Middela Mounisai Siddartha is an
assistant professor in the Operations Management and Decision Sciences area at
the Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli. Prior to joining IIM
Tiruchirappalli, he worked as an assistant professor at Indian Institute of
Management Ranchi and as a postdoctoral research fellow at Trinity College
Dublin, Ireland. He was also a visiting scientist at the Joint Research Centre
of the European Commission. He received his Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of
Technology (IIT), Madras. His research focuses on the sustainability of
transport systems, including urban freight systems, life cycle emissions,
dockless bike-sharing systems, and electric mobility. His work has been
published in reputed international journals such as Transportation Research
Part-A: Policy and Practice, Transportation, Transport Policy, Transportation
Research Part-D: Transport and Environment, Environmental Pollution,
Transportation Research Record, and Transportation in Developing Economies.
Dr. Siddartha’s current research interests include sustainable mobility and
freight transportation. He has extensive experience in transport emissions
evaluation using remote sensing, life cycle analysis of vehicle fleets, and
bike-sharing systems in Dublin, Ireland. He has also worked on projects such as
developing a roadmap for the electrification of freight vehicles in Chennai,
spatial demand prediction models for freight systems and emergency response
systems, and electric vehicle battery discharge level and range prediction
models.