Events

Jan

PhD Defense

Mr. Karthik Singh Parihar(20914019) || DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH-POWER DENSITY SOLID-STATE TRANSFORMER (SST) || Supervisor: Prof. Mukesh Kumar Pathak || External Examiner: Prof. Denis Sidorov

Dec

Expert Talk

Title: Small dc-link capacitor-based power converter topologies and related issues || Speaker: Prof. Ramkrishan Maheshwari , Associate Professor, University of Southern Denmark, Soenderborg, Denmark || Venue: APJ AKB 201, 30th Dec 2024, Monday, 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM

Dec

Expert Talk

Title: Silicon and WBG Power Semiconductors for Power Electronics -"Trends, Impacts and Challenges" || Speaker: Dr. Gourab Majumdar (Dr. Gourab Suzuki), Fellow IEEE and Senior Fellow, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (Power Device Works). || Venue: APJ AKB 201, 24th Dec 2024, 10:00 AM to 12 PM

Nov

PhD Defense

Mr. Abhimanyu(18914001) || OPTIMAL OPERATION OF THREE – PHASE POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM INTEGRATED MULTI-ENERGY SYSTEMS || Supervisor: Prof. Narayana Prasad Padhy || External Examiner: Prof. K. Shanti Swarup

Nov

Ph.D Admission (Spring 2025)

List of Shortlisted Candidates and Interview Schedule

Oct

PhD Defense

Ms. Ritu Nazneen Ara Begum(18914018) || ECG-BASED HUMAN IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION || Supervisors: Prof. Ambalika Sharma & Prof. G. K. Singh || External Examiner: Prof. Vikram M. Gadre

Oct

Webinar

Title: Global webinar on India's vision for green hydrogen ecosystems and its Impact on Power Systems || Speakers: Dr. Soren Tranberg Hansen (Science and Innovation Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission at The Consulate General of Denmark in Bangalore), Prof. Kaushik Das (Associate Professor, DTU Wind and Energy Systems) and Prof. Yvonne Dittrich (Professor, IT University of Copenhagen), Dr. Sujit Pillai (Scientist F, MNRE), Dr. Sumit Chowdhury (Founder and CEO, GreenEarthX), Mr. Santosh K Gurunath (Founder, H2 Carbon Zero and Umagine) || To Connect: Register First (Link in pdf), 16 Oct 2024, 03:30-04:30 PM

Oct

Job Opening

Job opening for office staff (highly skilled category-II) on a contract basis for a period of one year

Oct

PhD Defense

Mr. Manoj Kumar Chaudhury (17914006) || Investigation on Multiphase Induction Machine for Electric Vehicle || Supervisors: Prof. Mukesh Kumar Pathak & Prof. Girish Kumar Singh || External Examiner: Prof. Pradip Kumar Sadhu

Sept

Expert Talk

Title: Advances in Silicon Security in Intel Microprocessors || Speakers: Purushottam Goel, Principal Engineer at Intel corporation, Microprocessor Architecture Group, Oregon, United States|| Venue: EED, Committee Room, 24 September 2024, 03:30-04:30 PM

Sept

PhD Defense

Ms. Diksha Kumari (19914005) || DEVELOPMENT OF GESTURE RECOGNITION SYSTEM FOR SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETATION || Supervisor: Prof. R. S. Anand || External Examiner: Prof. Ram Bilas Pachori

23-24

Sept

Expert Talk

Title: Industry Challenges and Overview on Digital Substation Protection, Automation and Cyber Security || Speakers: Ms. Srujana Yenigalla, Engineer, GE Grid Automation; Mr. Prabhanshu Dwivedi, Cyber Security Engineer; Mr. Aravind Mithra G, Lead Engineer; Mr. Sunil Gupta, Sr. Engineering Manager, GE Vernova || Venue: Committee Room, 23-24 September 2024, 10:00 AM

Sept

PhD Defense

Mr. WAJAHAT KHAN (18914036) || Design and Development of Converters for Solid-State Transformer (SST) Application || Supervisor: Prof. Mukesh Kumar Pathak || External Examiner: Prof. Ranjit Mahanty

Sept

PhD Defense

Mr. Kandukuri Surendra (18914011) || STATE ESTIMATION AND UNCERTAIN POWER FLOW OF ISLANDED AC AND HYBRID AC/DC MICROGRIDS || Supervisors: Prof. Biswarup Das & Prof. Vinay Pant || External Examiner: Prof. Devender Singh

Sept

PhD Defense

Mr. Viral Rathod (19914011) || Localization of Partial Discharge in Power Transformer Using Time Reversal Techniques || Supervisor: Prof. Bhaveshkumar Bhalja & Late Prof. Ganesh B. Kumbhar || External Examiner: Prof. Sivaji Chakraborty

Aug

PhD Defense

Mr. Rajeev Kumar (18914037) || Health Monitoring and Identification of Induction Motor Faults Based on Current and Vibration Signals || Supervisor: Prof. R. S. Anand || External Examiner: Prof. Nishchal K. Verma

Aug

PhD Defense

Mr. OM PRAKASH JAGA (18914016) || ANALYSIS AND DEVELOPMENT OF SINGLE STAGE SOLAR PV INVERTER SYSTEM || Supervisor: Prof. Sumit GhatakChoudhuri || External Examiner: Prof. Bhim Singh

July

PhD Defense

Mr. JAGANNATH SAMANTARAY (16914017) || Theoretical Advancements and Implementations of Discrete-Time Sliding Mode Control with Higher Relative Degree Sliding Variable || Supervisor: Prof. Sohom Chakrabarty || External Examiner: Prof. Debasish Ghose

July

PhD Defense

Ms. NISHA THANUA (18914027) || Effect of Aging on Transformer Insulation Materials || Supervisor: Late Prof. Ganesh Balu Kumbhar || External Examiner: Prof. S. V. Kulkarni

July

PhD Defense

Mr. Saurabh Sharma (17914021) || Protection of Low Voltage DC and Hybrid AC/DC Microgrid || Supervisor: Prof. Manoj Tripathy || External Examiner: Prof. A. K. Pradhan

July

PhD Defense

Ms. Apurti Jain (19914001) || Ancillary support through virtual synchronous generator and its performance investigation || Supervisor: Prof. N. P. Padhy and Prof. M. K. Pathak || External Examiner: Prof. Prabodh Bajpai

July

PhD Defense

Mr. Yash Verma (17914024) || Design and Development of Robotic Aids for Differently Abled Persons || Supervisor: Prof. R. S. Anand || External Examiner: Prof. Sumantra Dutta Roy

June

PhD Defense

Ms. Tripti Gangwar (18914033) || Planning and Analysis of Distributed Energy Storage Systems in Active Distribution Networks || Supervisor: Prof. N.P. Padhy and Prof. Premalata Jena || External Examiner: Prof. Suryanarayana Doolla

June

PhD Defense

Mr. Ashish Doorwar (16914006) || Protection Schemes for Stator Internal Faults in Synchronous Generator || Supervisor: Prof. Bhaveshkumar Bhalja || External Examiner: Prof. Shanti Swarup K

June

PhD Defense

Mr. Yuvraj Praveen Soni Reddy (19914026) || Planning Studies for AC Microgrids || Supervisor: Prof. Eugene Fernandez || External Examiner: Prof. Bharat Singh Rajpurohit

June

PhD Defense

Mr. Tatireddy Devarajulu Reddy(17914023) || Some of the Power Quality Problems and Solutions of Smart Grid || Supervisor: Prof. Pramod Agarwal || External Examiner: Prof. Mahesh Kumar

June

Technical Talk

Title: "Efficient Power Management Techniques and Digital control of Power Converters for EV and Renewable Applications" || Speaker: Prof. N. Lakshminarasamma, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Madras || Committee Room, 03rd June 2024, Monday, 11:00 AM

June

PhD Defense

Mr. Saikat Mondal (19914044) || Event-Based State Estimation via Sliding Mode Observer || Supervisor: Prof. Abhisek K. Behera || External Examiner: Prof. Chitralekha Mahanta

May

PhD Defense

Mr. Biju G. M. (17914017) || Automatic Hyperparameter Optimization of Neural Architectures || Supervisor: Prof. Gopinatha Pillai and Prof. Jeevanand Seshadrinath || External Examiner: Prof. Kazuo Kiguchi

May

PhD Defense

Mr. Shubhajit Pal (20914014) || Investigation on Converters and their Control Techniques for PV System || Supervisor: Prof. Avik Bhattacharya || External Examiner: Prof. Santosh Kumar Singh

May

Opening for Research Positions

Positions are available for junior research fellows under various projects in different areas

May

Information for Ph.D Admission (Autumn 2024-25)

List of Shortlisted Candidates and Interview Schedule

May

PhD Defense

Mr. Abhishek Kumar (17914001) || Inter-turn Fault Localization in Transformer Winding by Analyzing Frequency Regions of SFRA || Supervisor: Prof. Bhaveshkumar Bhalja & Late Prof. Ganesh B. Kumbhar || External Examiner: Prof. S. V. Kulkarni

Apr.

PhD Defense

Mrs. Bhabani Kumari Choudhury (18914025) || Thesis Title: DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL PROTECTION SCHEMES FOR DC MICROGRIDS || Supervisor: Prof. Premalata Jena || External Examiner: Prof. Ashok Kumar Pradhan

Apr.

PhD Defense

Mr. Rudranarayan Pradhan (19914015) || Thesis Title: DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL FAULT DETECTION AND DIRECTION ESTIMATION SCHEMES FOR AC MICROGRID || Supervisor: Prof. Premalata Jena || External Examiner: Prof.Chandrashekhar Narayan Bhende

15-19

Apr.

Indo-French Seminar/Workshop

Indo-French Seminar/Workshop on Advances in robust nonlinear control for uncertain dynamic systems: theory and applications | Sponsored by Indo-French Centre for the Promotion of Advanced Research (IFCPAR) Prof. Sohom Chakrabarty (Host Faculty & Indian Course Coordinator) and Prof. Franc Plestan (French Course Coordinator)

Apr.

PhD Defense

Mr. Himesh Kumar (18914022) || Thesis Title: Loss Allocation in Distribution Network with Distributed Generation || Supervisor: Prof. Dheeraj Kumar Khatod || External Examiner: Prof. Debapriya Das

Mar.

Expert Talk

Expert Talk on "Fusion of Hard and Soft (AI) Control Strategies for a Smart Prosthetic/Robotic Hand" || Venue: EED, Committee Room, at 10:30 AM || Speaker: Desineni Subbaram Naidu, PhD, Life Fellow IEEE, Minnesota Power Jack Rowe Endowed Chair- Emeritus, University of Minnesota Duluth, Minnesota, USA

26-01

Feb.-Mar.

5-Days Short Term Training Program

5-Days Short Term Training Program "Coordinated Control and Protection of Distributed Networks with High Integration of Renewable Sources" | Sponsored by SPARC (SPARC (Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration) A Government of India Initiative

Feb.

PhD Defense

Mrs. Kartika Dubey (18914023) Thesis Title:PROTECTION AND SECURITY ENHANCEMENT OF ACTIVE AC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM USING DIFFERENTIAL TECHNIQUES Supervisor: Prof. Premalata Jena External Examiner: Prof. Ashok Kumar Pradhan

Feb.

PhD Defense

Mr. Narendra Babu Y (17914019) Thesis Topic: Harmonic Instability Assessment and Resonance Investigation of Grid-tied Inverter System | Supervisor: Prof. Narayana Prasad Padhy | External Examiner: Prof. Suryanarayana Doolla

Feb.

Technical Talk

Title: "Distributed Decision Making: Optimality and Information Mixing Under Network and Operational Constraints" || Speaker: Vivek Khatana, Ph. D candidate, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Minnesota || Committee Room, 19th February 2024, Monday, 04:00 PM

Feb.

PhD Defense

Mr. Chetan Shrivastava (18914026) "Novel and Efficient Protection Schemes for Low Voltage DC Microgrid" | Supervisor: Prof. Manoj Tripathy | External Examiner: Prof. Lie Xu

Feb.

PhD Defense

Mr. Nitesh Kumar (17914007) "Investigations of Solid State Transformers for Microgrid Applications" | Supervisor: Prof. Pramod Agarwal | External Examiner: Prof. Geza Joos

Feb.

PhD Defense

Mr. Gade Kesava Rao (18914008) "Fault Detection and Localization Schemes for DC Microgrid Network" | Supervisor: Prof. Premalata Jena | External Examiner: Prof. Iqbal Husain

Jan.

PhD Defense

Mr. Kamal Raj Singh (18914010) "Cardiac MRI Segmentation using Deep Learning" | Supervisor: Prof. Ambalika Sharma and Prof. G. K. Singh | External Examiner: Prof. Vikram M. Gadre

Jan.

Expert Talk

Expert Talk by Mr. Pavan Kumar Pillalamarri, Market Intelligence Leader, GE Gas Power part of GE Vernova on "DECARBONIZATION OF POWER INDUSTRY WITH ENERGY FUTURE OF INDIA AS A FOCUS AREA" at APJ Block, Room No. APJ AKB-001 at 10 AM.

Nov.

IEEE IAS Distinguished Lecture

Distinguished lecture by Prof. Amit K. Gupta, Head of Rolls-Royce Electrical at Rolls-Royce Singapore Pte Ltd.

Oct.

PhD Defense

Mr. Suresh Maganti (17914022) "Distributed Generation for Improving the Voltage Profile of a Weak Grid" | Supervisor: Prof. N. P. Padhy External Examiner: Prof. K. Shanti Swarup

Oct.

PhD Defense

Ms. Satabdy Jena (18914020) "Networked Control & Operation of Cyber-Physical DC/AC Microgrids" | Supervisor: Prof. N. P. Padhy External Examiner: Prof. Suresh Chandra Srivastava

Aug.

PhD Defense

Mr. Soju J. Alexander (14914024) "An Embedded PZT-based Transducer for Monitoring Curing of Cementitious Materials in Structures" | Supervisor: Prof. P. Sumathi | External Examiner: Prof. B. Bhattacharjee

July

PhD Defense

Mr. Diress Tilahun Antalem (18914006) "Investigation on dc/ac microgrid stability for input source disturbance" | Supervisor: Prof. Avik Bhattacharya | External Examiner: Prof. Sukumar Mishra

July

PhD Defense

Ms. Pooja Chauhan (18914017) Differential Protection Schemes for Low-voltage DC Microgrid. Supervisor: Prof. C. P. Gupta and Prof. Manoj Tripathy External Examiner: Prof. A. K. Pradhan

July

PhD Defense

Mr. Ankan Chandra (18914003) Protection of Distribution System Integrated with Renewable Energy Sources. Supervisor: Prof. G. K. Singh and Prof. V. Pant External Examiner: Prof. Devender Singh

May

PhD Defense

Mrs. Rashmi Prasad (17914011) Quantification, Analysis, and Assistance to System Inertia. Supervisor: Prof. Narayana Prasad Padhy External Examiner: Prof. Nilanjan Senroy

27-29

Oct.

IEEE Sponsored 7th International Conference on Computer Applications in Electrical Engineering - Recent Advances (CERA-2023)

Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Roorkee, is organizing the IEEE sponsored 7th International Conference on Computer Applications in Electrical Engineering - Recent Advances (CERA-2023) with the theme of “Sustainable Transportation System”.

15-16

May

Information for PhD Admissions (Autumn 2023-24)

Information and list of shortlisted candidates (EDPE, PSE, SC, ISP)

April

Lecture - Autonomous Vehicle and Path Planning

Professor Swaroop Dharba from Texas A&M University will be visiting the department on 27-04-2023 and deliver an invited guest lecture at 5 pm in the Committee Room of EED.

April

Prof. C. S. Ghosh Memorial Lecture Series

Inaugural lecture of the annual endowed ‘Prof. C. S. Ghosh Memorial lecture series’ by Prof. Deepak Divan. | Date: 20 April 2023 | Time: 5:30pm – 7:30pm | Meeting Password: 2023

April

PhD Defense

Mr. Ankur Srivastava (18914004) Investigation on grid connected transformerless PV inverter. Supervisor: Prof. Jeevanand S External Examiner: Prof. Bharat Singh Rajpurohit

March

PhD Defense

Mr. C. P. Pramod (15914002) Interpretability of Randomized Neuro-Fuzzy Inference Systems. Supervisor: Prof. G. N. Pillai External Examiner: Prof. Chitralekha Mahanta

Dec

PhD Defense

Mr. Prateek Singh (17914008) Thesis Topic: Automated Arrhythmia Detection Using ECG Signals. Supervisor: Prof. Ambalika Sharma External Examiner: Prof. Dinesh Kumar

Dec

PhD Defense

Mr. Sukhlal Sisodiya (14914010) Thesis Topic: Demand-Side Management in Power Distribution System. Supervisor: Prof. Ganesh Kumbhar External Examiner: Prof. R. K. Saket

Nov

PhD Defense

Mr. JITENDRA SHARMA (16914007) Thesis Topic: PID Controller Design for Interval Type Systems using Stability. Boundary Locus Supervisor: Prof. Yogesh Vijay Hote & Prof. Rajendra Prasad External Examiner: Prof. Matthew Joordens

Nov

PhD Defense

Mr. Pravin Kumar (17914009) Thesis Topic: Islanding Detection and Voltage-Frequency Control of Microgrid. Supervisor: Prof. Vishal Kumar & Prof. Barjeev Tyagi External Examiner: Prof. S C Srivastava

Nov

PhD Defense

Mr. HARSHIT MOHAN (17914004) Thesis Topic: Direct Power Control of Induction Motor Drives. Supervisor: Prof. Mukesh Kr. Pathak External Examiner: Prof. Praveen Kumar

21-24

August

Global Initiative of Academic Networks (GIAN) course is organized on "Recent Advancement on Electric Vehicle" during 21-24 August 2022 by Prof Avik Bhattacharya.

13-15

June

Instructions for Ph.D. Admission Written Test & Interview

Instructions for Ph.D. Admission Written Test & Interview for Autumn 2022-23 held on 13-15 June

13-15

June

Ph.D. Admission Written Test & Interview

Ph.D. Admission Written Test Interview for Autumn 2022-23 held on 13-15 June

May

Shortlisted candidates for Written test of Autumn 2022-23 Ph.D. admissions

Shortlisted candidates for Written test of Autumn 2022-23 PhD admissions for EDPE (Electric drives and Power Electronics), I&SP (Instrumentation

Feb

PhD Defense

Mr. SANJAY KUMAR (14914022) Thesis Topic: PMU Placement Considering Component Reliability Of Power System And Its Application For Online Voltage Stability Monitoring. Supervisor: Prof. Barjeev Tyagi & Prof. Vishal Kumar External Examiner: Prof. K. S. Swarup

Dec

PhD Defense

Mr. Juttu Tejeswara Rao (16914004) Secured Third Zone Protection Under Stressed Conditions of Transmission Systems. Supervisor(s) Prof. Bhavesh Bhalja External Examiner: Prof. S. N. Singh

Nov

PhD Defense

Mr. Ajay Kumar Maurya (14914001) Investigations on Solar and Ocean Wave Based Hybrid Energy System. Supervisor: Prof. S. P. Singh External Examiner: Prof. Bhim Singh

Nov

PhD Defense

Mr. Subho Paul (16914002) Thesis Topic: Residential Area Energy Management Using Demand Regulation and Storage Devices. Supervisor: Prof. Narayana Prasad Padhy External Examiner: Prof. K. Shanti Swarup

Nov

PhD Defense

Mr. Maneesh Kumar (15914019) Thesis Topic: Planning, Operation and Control of an Isolated Microgrid with Renewable Energy and Battery Storage. Supervisor: Prof. Barjeev Tyagi External Examiner: Prof. B. Kalyan Kumar

Oct

PhD Defense

Ms. Prachi Sharma (15914021) Thesis Topic: Indian Sign Language Recognition. Supervisor: Prof. R. S. Anand External Examiner: Prof. Sumantra Dutta Roy

Oct

PhD Defense

Mr. Samba Raju. Chiluveru (16914013) Thesis Topic: Development of speech enhancement algorithms for real time application. Supervisor: Prof. Manoj Tripathy External Examiner: Prof. Samarendra Dandapat

Oct

PhD Defense

Mr. Rohit Kumar (17914012) Thesis Topic: INVESTIGATIONS ON VOLTAGE REGULATION AND CURRENT SHARING IN A DC MICROGRID. Supervisor: Prof. M. K. Pathak External Examiner: Prof. G Bhuvaneshwari

Oct

PhD Defense

Mr. Gaurav (14914017) Thesis Topic: Cognitive evaluation using psychophysiological parameters. Supervisor: Prof. R. S. Anand External Examiner: Prof. S. Ramakrishnan

Aug

PhD Defense

Mr. Jose Thankachan (14914018) Thesis Topic: MULTIPORT SOLAR-ASSISTED SRM DRIVE FOR EV/HEV APPLICATIONS WITH INTEGRATED DRIVING/CHARGING CAPABILITIES. Supervisor: Prof. Dr S.P. Singh External Examiner: Prof. Bhim Singh

Aug

PhD Defense

Mr. Kanhaiya Kumar (14914019) Thesis Topic: Loss of Life Assessment of Distribution Transformers in Active Distribution System. Supervisor: Prof. Ganesh Kumbhar External Examiner: Prof. Abhijit Abhyankar