Power Engineering Group
Nine faculty and their labs work across power systems, power electronic converters, high‑voltage engineering, microgrids and electric mobility — most projects sit at the intersection of at least two of these.
Research areas
- Electric mobility
- High‑voltage engineering
- Power electronic converters
- Power systems
Research and activities
The Power Engineering Group brings together faculty whose work spans the electricity grid itself to the converters, machines and vehicles that connect to it. Much of the work moves between simulation and the group's own R&D laboratories.
Electric mobility
Motor drives, wireless power transfer for EV charging and machine design for electric and hybrid vehicle powertrains.
High‑voltage engineering & materials
Insulation diagnostics, nanofluid‑based dielectric liquids and long‑term condition assessment of transformer insulation systems.
Power electronic converters
Switched‑boost and multi‑port DC‑DC converters, smart transformers and coupled‑inductor topologies, taken from analysis through to hardware prototypes.
Power systems & smart grids
Active distribution network planning, renewable integration, voltage control for grids that increasingly host distributed generation, state estimation and synchrophasor‑based monitoring.
People
Chandan Kumar
Smart Transformer Application in Power System, DC and AC Microgrid, Electric Vehicles and Battery Energy Storage System, Power Quality, HVDC and FACTS, Predictive Control of Power Converters.
Nawaz Hussain
Machine learning for power electronics — condition monitoring and predictive maintenance; model predictive control; solid‑state transformers and EV chargers.
Praveen Kumar
Optimization of electrical motors and drives, Algorithm development for multi‑objective optimization and multicriteria decision making in engineering systems, Simulation and design of electrical motors and actuators using Finite Element Methods.
Praveen Tripathy
Grid‑side converter control, wind‑driven reluctance generators, DFIG systems, Power system dynamics & stability studies, Wide Area Monitoring & Control of Power System.
Ravindranath Adda
Power electronics for DC distribution systems, power quality, PWM control techniques of inverters, digital control in power electronics, renewable energy systems, and electric vehicles.
Sanjib Ganguly
Power distribution system planning and optimization, Distributed generation, Custom power devices, Evolutionary algorithms, Multi‑objective optimization.
Shabari Nath
Power Electronics, Power Electronics for renewable energy applications, Power Electronics for power systems applications, EV charging, Smart Micro‑grids.
Sisir Kumar Nayak
High Voltage and Insulation Engineering, High Power Microwave and Pulse Power, Renewable Energy and Storage.
Sreenath J G
Power system state estimation, Cyber‑security in power systems, Applied signal processing for power system monitoring, Synchrophasor technology applications.
Paban Bujor Barua
Email: paban.bujorbarua@iitg.ac.in
Ridib Bharali
Email: ridib@iitg.ac.in
Dimpul Gogoi
Email: dimpulgogoi@iitg.ac.in
Rakesh Singha
Email: r.singha.eee@iitg.ac.in
Research Facilities
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e‑Mobility Laboratory (EML)
Electric motor design, EV power converters, inductive charging and vehicle‑to‑grid interaction.
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Electrical Machine Laboratory
Transformer, DC machine, induction motor and alternator testing for coursework and research.
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High Voltage Power Engineering Lab
HV AC/DC/impulse testing and partial‑discharge diagnostics on solid and liquid insulation.
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Power Electronics Laboratory
Converter simulation and PCB prototyping, digital storage oscilloscopes, function generators and variable DC supplies.
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Power System Laboratory
PMU‑based wide‑area monitoring with GPS clock, and a transmission‑line simulator with SCADA — alongside PSS/E, PSCAD and DIgSILENT for real‑time studies.
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Smart Energy Conversion Laboratory
AC/DC distribution grids, microgrids, HVDC and FACTS, and prototype power electronic converters.
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