Electrical Engineering

Faculty Details

Santanu Paul Assistant Professor
Joined the Institute in 2022
spaul[dot]ee[at]nitdgp[dot]ac[dot]in
Education

Ph.D in Electrical Engineering (IIT Bombay) in 2020.

M.Tech in Electrical Engineering with specialization in Power and Energy Systems (IIT Kharagpur) in 2013.

B. Tech in Electrical Engineering (Jalpaiguri Govt. Engg. College) in 2010.

 
 

 

Work Experiences

Assistant Professor in the Electrical Engineering at NIT Durgapur [since Aug. 2022]

Assistant Professor in the Electrical & Instrumentation Engineering at Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology [Jul. 2021- Aug. 2022]

CV Raman Postdoc Fellow in the Department of Electrical Engineering at IISc Bangalore. [Jan. 2021- July 2021]
Project Research Scientist in the Department of Energy Sc. and Engineering at IIT Bombay. [Nov. 2020- Dec. 2020]
Research Associate in the Department of Electrical Engineering at IIT Bombay [Dec. 2019- June 2020]

Research Interest
Operation, Planning and reliability aspects of offshore wind/hybrid power plants, Control of DC offshore wind plants (OWPs), AC/DC collection system design of OWPs, Multi-carrier energy storage application to bulk power systems, Grid level battery storage for large scale renewable integrated power systems, Power distribution system planning and operation with PHEV, Power system resiliency planning under extreme weather condition. 
 
 
For detailed Publications check my Google Scholar and Orchid id profile below.
Teachings

Regular Courses:

Renewable Energy

Electrical Technology

Power Electronics 

 

Laboratories:

Electrical Machine Laboratory

Electrical & Electronics Measurement Laboratory

Basic Electrical Laboratory

 

Courses/Modules Developed:

1. Wind Energy Technologies (M.Tech Course)

2. Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles (B. Tech course module)

 

UG / PG Students

M. Ramakanth

M. Ramakanth

B. Tech Student
Smart Control and Integration Strategies for Photovoltaic Systems
M. Ramakanth

M. Ramakanth

B. Tech Student

Smart Control and Integration Strategies for Photovoltaic Systems
Jhansi Krishna Karu

Jhansi Krishna Karu

B. Tech Student
Co-ordinated Operation of Large Scale Wind Farms with Hydrogen and Battery Energy Storage
Jhansi Krishna Karu

Jhansi Krishna Karu

B. Tech Student

Co-ordinated Operation of Large Scale Wind Farms with Hydrogen and Battery Energy Storage
Subhadeep Chatterjee

Subhadeep Chatterjee

M. Tech Student
Cell Balancing and Rapid Acceleration of EVs Through Super-capacitor Powered by Regenerative Breaking
Subhadeep Chatterjee

Subhadeep Chatterjee

M. Tech Student

Cell Balancing and Rapid Acceleration of EVs Through Super-capacitor Powered by Regenerative Breaking
Sounak Kundu

Sounak Kundu

B. Tech Student
Data-driven Approach to Mitigate Practical Issues Associated with Large Wind Plants 
Sounak Kundu

Sounak Kundu

B. Tech Student

Data-driven Approach to Mitigate Practical Issues Associated with Large Wind Plants 

Doctoral Students

Pawan Kumar

Pawan Kumar

Ph.D Scholar (Electrical Engineering)
Offshore Wind Energy: Operation & Reliability Issues
Pawan Kumar

Pawan Kumar

Ph.D Scholar (Electrical Engineering)

Offshore Wind Energy: Operation & Reliability Issues

Brajesh Kumar Ravi

Brajesh Kumar Ravi

Ph.D Scholar (Electrical Engineering)
Multi-carrier Energy Storage for Large Scale RE Integrated Power Systems 
Brajesh Kumar Ravi

Brajesh Kumar Ravi

Ph.D Scholar (Electrical Engineering)

Multi-carrier Energy Storage for Large Scale RE Integrated Power Systems 

Kamlesh Sharma

Kamlesh Sharma

Ph.D Scholar (Centre for Advanced Research on Energy)
Modern Power System Operation and Control with Very Large-Scale RE Penetration
Kamlesh Sharma

Kamlesh Sharma

Ph.D Scholar (Centre for Advanced Research on Energy)

Modern Power System Operation and Control with Very Large-Scale RE Penetration

Projects

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Projects

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Projects

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Awards and Recognitions
1.Selected for the prestigious CV Raman Postdoc Fellowship position in the Department of 
   Electrical Engineering at IISc Bangalore.  

2. Funding to carry out research work in the Electrical and Electronics department at Imperial College London under 
   “Joint UK- India Clean Energy Center” exchange program.  
3. Certificate of appreciation for excellence in teaching assistantship in the autumn semester of 2017- 18  
    by the EE department at IIT Bombay.
4. Doctoral Scholarship, Ministry of human resource and development (MHRD), Govt. of India 

5. Post graduate scholarship, Ministry of human resource and development (MHRD), Govt. of India 

Administrative Responsibilities
1. Department faculty representative for UG Training and Placement activities. 
 
2. Member, Committee for Power Audit & Planning and Procurement of Air Conditioners, NIT Durgapur
 
3. Additional member, committee for fixation of rate for electricity consumption, NIT Durgapur
Miscellaneous

Editor:

Guest Editor- International Journal of Energy Research; Wiley- Hindwai. [Special Issue: Smart Planning of Large-Scale Wind Farms for Power Systems with High Share of Wind Power]   Link: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijer/si/474367/

 

Guest Speaker:

1. Faculty development program (FDP) on “Recent Advancement in Smart Grid and Renewable Energy” jointly organized by The Institution of Engineers (India), Durgapur Chapter and Dr. B.C. Roy Engineering College, Durgapur.

2. One day seminar on "Recent Developments in Wind Energy Technologies and Its Impact on Power System Operation" organized by Sree Ramkrishna Silpa Vidyapith, Suri, WB.

 

Conference/Workshop  Activities: 

1. Session Chair: 2022 6th IEEE International Conference on Condition Assessment Techniques in Electrical Systems (IEEE CATCON 2022), Durgapur, India.

2. Technical Program Committee Member: 2023 IEEE IAS Global Conference on Renewable Energy and Hydrogen Technologies (GlobConHT), Maldives.

3. Organizing Committee member: 1st International conference on Computational Intelligence and Smart Technologies in Electrical Engineering (CISTEE 2023), Durgapur, India.

4. Co-coordinator: One-day Industry Institute Interaction Program (IIIP) on Biomedical Engineering and Modern healthcare 2024 (I3PBMEMH2024)

 

Other Professional Activities:

Member: IEEE, IEEE PES Society, IEEE IAS Society, IEEE IES Society, IEEE Systems Council

Reviewer:

IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid

IEEE Transactions on Power Systems

IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics

IEEE Systems Journal

IEEE Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy

IEEE Access

International Journal of Electric Power and Energy Systems (Elsevier)

Electric Power Systems Research (Elsevier)

Reliability Engineering and System Safety (Elsevier)

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Review (Elsevier) 

Energy Reports (Elsevier)

E- Prime (Elsevier) 


Academic Identity

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