National Institute of Technology Rourkela

राष्ट्रीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान राउरकेला

ଜାତୀୟ ପ୍ରଯୁକ୍ତି ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠାନ ରାଉରକେଲା

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BIOGRAPHY

Pravat Kumar Ray received the B.E. degree in Electrical Engineering from Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology Sarang, Odisha, in 2000, the M.E. degree in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, Howrah, in 2003, and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from National Institute of Technology (NIT) Rourkela, Rourkela, in 2011. He had worked as a postdoctoral fellow from Jan. 2016 to June 2017 at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore. He is currently serving as Professor, Electrical Engineering in NIT Rourkela. He has around 20 year of experience in teaching and research. He has supervised 10 PhD students. He has published his research outcomes in more than 70 research papers in reputed journals including IEEE Transactions, IET and Elsevier etc. He has edited 2 books, contributed 13 book chapters and more than 90 conference papers. He is involved in research project work sponsored by funding agencies such as DST, DST-UKIERI, IMPRINT-II, SERB, Indo-ASEAN and Indo-Thailand etc. He has visited 06 foreign universities which includes Queen Mary Univ. of London, UK, Univ. of Southampton, Malaysia, University of Mataram, Indonesia, Walailak University, Thailand etc. as a part of bilateral collaborative research. He has delivered 27 invited talks including at foreign and Indian universities. He has organized 9 short term courses and faculty development programmes. He has organized 08 conferences/special sessions/panel discussions etc. He is working as Associate Editor, IEEE CSEE Journal of Power and Energy System and as Guest Editor of a special issue entitled “Advances in Control of Photovoltaic and Microgrid Systems”, Journal: Energies, Publisher: MDPI. His research interests include Estimation & Filtering in Power System, Power Quality, Power Management in Hybrid AC/DC Micro-grids, Smart Grid, Solar irradiance forecasting and Renewable Integration.

EXPERTISE INFORMATION

Research Group
  • Power Systems
Areas of Interest
  • Estimation & Filtering in Power System
  • Power system operation and control
  • Power Quality
  • Hybrid AC/DC Micro-grids, Smart Grid
  • Solar irradiance forecasting
  • Renewable Integration

Pravat Kumar Ray Professor

Electrical Engineering

rayp@nitrkl.ac.in

0661 - 246 2412

Biosketch

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PUBLICATIONS

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SPONSORED PROJECTS

4

CONSULTANCY PROJECTS

23

DOCTORAL STUDENTS

14

CONTINUING EDUCATION

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Pravat Kumar Ray

Professor

Electrical Engineering

Room Number: EE-333

Department of Electrical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Sundargarh, Odisha, India - 769008

2011

Ph.D.
Signal processing and Soft Computing Methods applied to power system
(NIT Rourkela), Postdoc (NTU Singapore)

2003

M.E
Power System Engineering
Indian Institute of Engineering, Science and Technology, Shibpur, Howrah

2000

B.E
Electrical Engineering
Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology (IGIT), Sarang, Odisha, India

Teaching Experience
  • Electrical Engineering,  National Institute of Technology Rourkela,   10 Jan 2012 - Present
  • Electrical Engineering,  Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology (IGIT), Sarang, Odisha, India,   04 Feb 2005 - 09 Jan 2012
  • Electrical Engineering,  Bhadrak Institute of Engineering and Technology, Bhadrak,   02 Apr 2003 - 03 Feb 2005
Post Doctoral Research Experience
  • Solar irradiance forecasting using sky images and Power Quality,  Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore,   04 Jan 2016 - 30 Jun 2017

Prototyping of ML based Solar & Wind Forecasting Approach and Intelligent Power Management Scheme for Hybrid Storages in On-board Naval Microgrid DRDO
  • Co-Investigator
  • 36
  • Running   Sponsored
Design and Development of a Low Power Hybrid PV-Wind Energy System. DST
  • Co-Investigator
  • 36
  • Completed   Sponsored
Development of strategies for improving reliability and evonomic performance of microgrid. DST
  • Principal Investigator
  • 36
  • Completed   Sponsored
Development of advance control on supply side and demand side management towards next generation smart grid. SERB
  • Principal Investigator
  • 24
  • Completed   Sponsored
Modeling and Control of Hybrid Renewable Energy Sources DST-UKIERI
  • Co-Investigator
  • 24
  • Completed   Sponsored
Development of Grid Integration strategies for photovoltaic system DST
  • Co-Investigator
  • 36
  • Completed   Sponsored
Development of New Control Strategies for Autonomous Under Water Robots in uncertain environment DST
  • Co-Investigator
  • 24
  • Completed   Sponsored
Development of Real-time Estimation and Filtering Algorithms with applications to distributed Generation DST
  • Co-Investigator
  • 36
  • Completed   Sponsored
Vetting of technical loss assessment methodology of TPCODL Tata Power Central Odisha Distribution Limited (TPCODL), Bhubaneswar, Odisha
  • Principal Consultant
  • 16 Feb 2024 - 16 Apr 2024
  • Completed   Consultancy
Technical loss study validation of TPNODL Tata Power Northern Odisha Distribution Limited (TPNODL), Balasore, Odisha
  • Principal Consultant
  • 08 Feb 2024 - 08 Apr 2024
  • Completed   Consultancy
Vetting of technical loss assessment study for TPSODL Tata Power Southern Odisha Distribution Limited (TPSODL), Berhampur, Odisha
  • Principal Consultant
  • 25 Jan 2024 - 25 Mar 2024
  • Completed   Consultancy
Vetting of technical loss assessment methodology of TPWODL Tata Power Western Odisha Distribution Limited (TPWODL), Burla, Odisha
  • Principal Consultant
  • 25 Jan 2024 - 15 Mar 2024
  • Completed   Consultancy

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GOOGLE SCHOLAR H-INDEX 61
GOOGLE SCHOLAR I10-INDEX 17
SCOPUS H-INDEX
Total Publications: 183
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S. Swain and P. K. Ray,"Short circuit fault analysis in a grid connected DFIG based wind energy system with active crowbar protection circuit for ridethrough capability and power quality improvement", International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, vol.84, pp.64-75, Elsevier, January 2017, 10.1016/j.ijepes.2016.05.006       Article

S. D. Swain, P. K. Ray, and K. B. Mohanty,"Improvement of power quality using a robust hybrid series active power filter", IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol.32, no.5, pp.3490-3498, IEEE, May 2017, 10.1109/TPEL.2016.2586525       Article

S. D. Swain, P. K. Ray, and K. B. Mohanty,"A real time study of hybrid series active power filter for power quality improvement", in 2016 IEEE 1st International Conference on Power Electronics, Intelligent Control and Energy Systems (ICPEICES), IEEE, Delhi, India, February 2017, 10.1109/ICPEICES.2016.7853134       Inproceedings

S. Swain, P. K. Ray, and K. B. Mohanty,"Design of passive power filter for hybrid series active power filter using estimation, detection and classification method", International Journal of Emerging Electric Power Systems, vol.17, no.3, pp.363-375, De Gruyter, June 2016, 10.1515/ijeeps-2015-0190       Article

S. D. Swain, P. K. Ray, and K. B. Mohanty,"Voltage compensation and stability analysis of hybrid series active filter for harmonic components", in 2013 Annual IEEE India Conference (INDICON), IEEE, Victor Menezes Convention Centre Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Powai, December 2013, 10.1109/INDCON.2013.6726005       Inproceedings

2024 IEEE International Conference on Smart Power Control and Renewable Energy (ICSPCRE-2024) Electrical Engineering (Conference)
2024 IEEE International Conference on Smart Power Control and Renewable Energy (ICSPCRE-2024) Electrical Engineering (Conference)
Applications of Machine Learning Techniques in Sustainable Technologies (AMLST-2024) Electrical Engineering (Short-term Course)
SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGIES & ENERGY MANAGEMENT OF HYBRID MICROGRID (STEMM-2023) Electrical Engineering (Short-term Course)
Developing Skills and Knowledge for Civil and Electrical and Electrical Engineering Researchers through Access to Cutting Edge Technology Electrical Engineering (Short-term Course)
Renewable Energies and Plug-in Vehicles Integration in Microgrid (REPVIM-2021) Electrical Engineering (Short-term Course)
POWER ELECTRONICS AND RENEWABLE ENERGY INTEGRATION IN SMARTGRID, ELECTRIC VEHICLE (PEREISGEV 2020) Electrical Engineering (Short-term Course)
Power Electronics and Renewable Energy Integration in Smart Grid, Electric Vehicle (PEREISGEV 2020) Electrical Engineering (Short-term Course)
POWER ELECTRONICS AND CONTROL ASPECTS IN SMARTGRID, ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND RENEWABLE ENERGY INTEGRATION Electrical Engineering (Short-term Course)
DESIGN AND CONTROL OF PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS Electrical Engineering (Short-term Course)
  • Co-Coordinator
  • 02 Jul 2018 - 06 Jul 2018
  • Brochure
Design and Control of Photovoltaic Systems Electrical Engineering (Short-term Course)
ESTIMATION AND FILTERING WITH APPLICATIONS Electrical Engineering (Short-term Course)
CONTROL OF RENEWABLE POWER GENERATION SYSTEMS Electrical Engineering (Short-term Course)
MODELING AND CONTROL OF RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES Electrical Engineering (Short-term Course)

  • EE100 : Basic Electrical Engineering {Theory}
  • EE1000 : Basic Electrical Engineering {Theory}
  • EE2401 : Network Theory {Theory}
  • EE241 : Network Theory {Theory}
  • EE3011 : Electrical Machines {Theory}
  • EE307 : Electrical Machines {Theory}
  • EE3103 : Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution {Theory}
  • EE312 : Switch Gear and Protective Devices {Theory}
  • EE321 : Transmission and Distribution of Electrical Power {Theory}
  • EE402 : Power System Operation and Control {Theory}
  • EE408 : Electromagnetic Field Theory and Application {Theory}
  • EE606 : Transient in Power Systems {Theory}
  • EE615 : Power System Dynamics {Theory}
  • EE6204 : Transients in Power System {Theory}
  • EE270 : Electrical Engineering Laboratory {Practical}
  • EE270 : Electrical Engineering Laboratory – I {Practical}
  • EE270 : Electrical Engineering Laboratory-I {Practical}
  • EE2700 : Basic Electrical Engineering Laboratory {Practical}
  • EE2702 : Electrical Machine Laboratory - I {Practical}
  • EE2708 : Electrical Engineering Laboratory {Practical}
  • EE367 : Product Development Laboratory - I {Practical}
  • EE368 : Product Development Laboratory - II {Practical}
  • EE4701 : Power Systems Laboratory {Practical}
  • EE473 : Control and Electrical Systems Design Laboratory {Practical}
  • EE474 : Power System Simulation Laboratory {Practical}
  • EE483 : Power Systems Laboratory {Practical}
  • EE782 : Power System Laboratory – II {Practical}
  • EE789 : Product Development Laboratory {Practical}

Ph.D. Students [18]
Design and Experimental Realization of Robust and Adaptive Control Schemes for Hybrid Series Active Power Filter
Sushree Diptimayee Swain
Enrolled: Jul 2012
Graduated :  Dec 2017
Supervisor
Development of Adaptive Controllers for Grid Integration of A Three-Phase PV System
Aurobinda Bag
Enrolled: Feb 2014
Graduated :  Dec 2018
Co-Supervisor
Grid-Tied Photovoltaic System under Non-ideal Source Voltage with Battery Energy Storage
Maheswar Prasad Behera
Enrolled: Jul 2013
Graduated :  Jan 2021
Supervisor
Development of Maximum Power Extraction Algorithms for PV System with Non-uniform Solar Irradiances
Satyajit Mohanty
Enrolled: Jan 2013
Graduated :  Jul 2017
Co-Supervisor
Adaptive Filtering and Control Algorithms for Grid Integration of Photovoltaic Systems
Abhisek Parida
Enrolled: Jan 2016
Graduated :  Jul 2021
Co-Supervisor
Development of Strategies for Fault Ride through Capability Improvement of a Grid Connected DFIG based Wind Energy Conversion System
Snehaprava Swain
Enrolled: Jul 2013
Graduated :  Jun 2019
Supervisor
Performance Enhancement of Photovoltaic Integrated Unified Power Quality Conditioner for Power Quality Improvement
Santanu Kumar Dash
Enrolled: Jan 2015
Graduated :  Jun 2019
Supervisor
Adaptive Control Design for a Three Phase Grid Connected Photovoltaic System with Experimental Analysis
Malay Bhunia
Enrolled: Jul 2014
Graduated :  Mar 2022
Co-Supervisor
Active Power Distribution Scheme in a Hybrid AC/DC Microgrid Integrated with Composite Energy Storage Devices
Anindya Bharatee
Enrolled: Jul 2019
Graduated :  Oct 2024
Supervisor
Performance Analysis of Photovoltaic fed Distributed Static Compensator for Power Quality Improvement
Soumya Mishra
Enrolled: Oct 2012
Graduated :  Sep 2017
Supervisor
Advanced Control Strategies for Efficient Power Management in DC Microgrid with Hybrid Energy Storage Systems
Suchismita Patel
Enrolled: Jul 2019
Thesis Submitted
Co-Supervisor
Reshaping Energy Demand through Advanced Demand Side Management Strategies in Smart Grids
Shobhit Nandkeolyar
Enrolled: Jul 2018
Continuing
Supervisor
Supply side response in smart grid
Chinmaya Jagdev Jena
Enrolled: Jul 2018
Continuing
Supervisor
Performance Enhancement of Grid Integrated AC Microgrid using Photovoltaic and Battery fed Unified Power Quality Conditioner
Pragnyashree Ray
Enrolled: Jul 2019
Continuing
Supervisor
Improvement of Performance of Microgrid using Networked Control System.
Ramesh Chandra Khamari
Enrolled: Sep 2020
Continuing
Supervisor
Microgrid and Smart Grid Technology
Kavuru Srinivasarao
Enrolled: Jul 2022
Continuing
Co-Supervisor
Microgrid Control
Pranati Rani Purohit
Enrolled: Jul 2023
Continuing
Co-Supervisor
Power electronics
Basava Thirumala Rao
Enrolled: Jul 2024
Continuing
Co-Supervisor
Executive Ph.D. Students [5]
Grid integration of hybrid renewable energy sources
Ravi Kumar Kenguva
Enrolled: Sep 2020
Continuing
Supervisor
Matrix converter and harmonics mitigation
Sanjay Mandal
Enrolled: Sep 2020
Continuing
Co-Supervisor
Energy management in microgrid
Shyama Sundar Padhi
Enrolled: Sep 2020
Continuing
Co-Supervisor
Power Management System for a Hybrid Microgrid
Bhanu Pratap Behera
Enrolled: Jan 2020
Continuing
Supervisor
POWER SYSTEM ENGINEERING
Aradhana Khillo
Enrolled: Jul 2024
Continuing
Supervisor
M.Tech by Research Students [1]
ACTIVE POWER FILTERING
Soumya Ranjan Mohapatra
Graduated :  May 2015
Supervisor

Awards And Honours
  • Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, NTU Singapore, Jan. 2016 – June 2017,   2016
  • MHRD, Govt. of India fellowship, Post-Graduate studies, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIEST, Shibpur, Howrah, India,   2001
Memberships / Fellowships
  • Senior Member, IEEE,   2018
  • Life Member, ISTE,   2013
  • Life Member, IE (I),   2013