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
1. Operation, Planning and reliability aspects of offshore wind/hybrid power plants
2. Control of DC offshore wind plants (OWPs), AC/DC collection system design of OWPs
3. Multi-carrier energy storage application to bulk power systems
4. Grid level battery storage for large scale renewable integrated power systems
5. Power distribution system planning and operation with PHEVs
6. Hydrogen fuel cell Vehicles
 
 
For detailed Publications check my Google Scholar and Orchid id profile below.
Teachings

Regular Courses:

Renewable Energy

Basic Electrical & Electronics Engineering

Electrical Technology

Power Electronics 

 

Courses/Modules Developed:

1. Wind Energy Technologies (M.Tech Course)

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

 

Laboratories:

Electrical Machine Laboratory

Electrical & Electronics Measurement Laboratory

Basic Electrical Laboratory

 

 

UG Students

Sounak Kundu

Sounak Kundu

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

Sounak Kundu

B. Tech Student

Data-driven Approach to Mitigate Practical Issues Associated with Large Wind Plants (Completed)
M. Ramakanth

M. Ramakanth

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

M. Ramakanth

B. Tech Student

Smart Control and Integration Strategies for Photovoltaic Systems (Completed)
Jhansi Krishna Karu

Jhansi Krishna Karu

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

Jhansi Krishna Karu

B. Tech Student

Co-ordinated Operation of Large Scale Wind Farms with Hydrogen and Battery Energy Storage (Completed)
Arup Ganguly

Arup Ganguly

B. Tech Student
Collection Systems Design for Large Scale Offshore Wind Power Plants (Ongoing)
Arup Ganguly

Arup Ganguly

B. Tech Student

Collection Systems Design for Large Scale Offshore Wind Power Plants (Ongoing)
Rishi Kumar Singh

Rishi Kumar Singh

B. Tech Student
Optimal Cabling for Large-Scale Offshore Wind Power Plants (Ongoing)
Rishi Kumar Singh

Rishi Kumar Singh

B. Tech Student

Optimal Cabling for Large-Scale Offshore Wind Power Plants (Ongoing)
Roshan Nayak

Roshan Nayak

B. Tech Student
Satellite Image Enabled Wind Farm Layout Optimization (Ongoing)
Roshan Nayak

Roshan Nayak

B. Tech Student

Satellite Image Enabled Wind Farm Layout Optimization (Ongoing)
Manish Kumar

Manish Kumar

B. Tech Student
Satellite Image Enabled Wind Farm Layout Optimization (Ongoing)
Manish Kumar

Manish Kumar

B. Tech Student

Satellite Image Enabled Wind Farm Layout Optimization (Ongoing)

PG Students

Sayan Mondal

Sayan Mondal

M. Tech Student
Assessing the Impact of Fatigue Load in a Large-Scale Offshore Wind Power Plant (Ongoing)
Sayan Mondal

Sayan Mondal

M. Tech Student

Assessing the Impact of Fatigue Load in a Large-Scale Offshore Wind Power Plant (Ongoing)

Soumyadip Pal

Soumyadip Pal

M. Tech Student
Soumyadip Pal

Soumyadip Pal

M. Tech Student


Vivek Rajdan

Vivek Rajdan

M. Tech Student
Vivek Rajdan

Vivek Rajdan

M. Tech Student


Subhadeep Chatterjee

Subhadeep Chatterjee

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

Subhadeep Chatterjee

M. Tech Student

Cell Balancing and Rapid Acceleration of EVs Through Super-capacitor Powered by Regenerative Breaking (Completed)

Doctoral Students

Naval Kishore P.

Naval Kishore P.

Ph.D Scholar (Electrical Engineering)
Collection System Design for Hybrid Offshore Wind Solar-PV Power Plants
Naval Kishore P.

Naval Kishore P.

Ph.D Scholar (Electrical Engineering)

Collection System Design for Hybrid Offshore Wind Solar-PV Power Plants

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
Contact

I am actively looking for UG internship students. Those who are interested in working in the AI/ ML Application for Renewable Energy/ Power Systems domain and have working knowledge in Python/ C++/ Java can send me their CV to my email address below. Students from EE and CSE backgrounds are welcome.

Email: spaul.ee@nitdgp.ac.in

Miscellaneous

Developed Wind Energy Planning Software Application:

My research team and I have developed a software package for comprehensive planning of onshore/offshore wind power plants. The developed tool is a unique concept in this domain, and it needs very little knowledge to operate. The developed package is very simple, GUI-enabled, users friendly and incorporated with many features that are available in commercially available software packages. 

 

Editor:

Guest Editor- International Journal of Energy Research; Wiley [Special Issue: Smart Planning of Large-Scale Wind Farms for Power Systems with High Share of Wind Power]  Link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1155/ijer.si.474367   

 

Guest Speaker:

1. Invited speaker in the Faculty development program (FDP) on "Implementation of AI in Robotics and Energy Management" organized by Institute of Engineering and Management (IEM), Kolkata

2. Invited lecture on "Wind Farm Planning Aspects" in a trainning session for engineers organized by Green Energy Transition Research Institute (GETRI), Vadodara, Gujarat

3. Invited lecture on "Wind Power Plant Planning and Related Issues" organized by Ladakh DISCOM, Leh- Ladakh

4. Guest speaker in the 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.

5. Guest speaker in the 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, Session & Track Chair: 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:

Wiley- IEEE Press (Book Proposal) 

IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid

IEEE Transactions on Power Systems

IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics

IEEE Transaction on Industry Application 

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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