National Institute of Technology Rourkela

राष्ट्रीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान राउरकेला

ଜାତୀୟ ପ୍ରଯୁକ୍ତି ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠାନ ରାଉରକେଲା

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Faculty Profile

EXPERTISE INFORMATION

Research Group
  • Power Electronics and Machine Drives
Areas of Interest
  • DAB and TAB converter based bi-directional EV charging systems
  • Interlinking converter and control in hybrid micro-grid applications
  • Cascaded H-bridge Multi-level Converter
  • Multilevel Converters Topologies
  • High Power Induction Motor Drive
  • Converter control and applications

Indrajit Sarkar Assistant Professor Grade-II

Electrical Engineering

sarkari@nitrkl.ac.in

25

PUBLICATIONS

4

SPONSORED PROJECTS

5

DOCTORAL STUDENTS

5

CONTINUING EDUCATION

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Indrajit Sarkar

Assistant Professor Grade-II

Electrical Engineering

Room Number: EE-324

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

2018

Ph.D.
Cascaded H-bridge Multilevel Converter
IIT Bombay, Powai

2012

M.E
Current Commutation of Matrix Converter
IIEST Shibpur, Howrah

2005

B.E
Electrical Engineering
IIEST Shibpur, Howrah

Teaching Experience
  • Electrical Engineering,  MNNIT Allahabad,   01 Jul 2019 - 06 Mar 2020
Industrial Experience
  • Multi-terminal Hybrid HVDC Transmission System, R&D Engineer,  ABB Global Industries and Services Private Ltd., Chennai,   18 Dec 2017 - 21 Jun 2019
  • ITES for Energy and Utility Customers,  Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., Kolkata,   10 Aug 2005 - 15 Jun 2010

Droop based Co-ordinated Control of a Triple Active Bridge Interlinking Converter for Hybrid Microgrid with EV Charging Facility. Science & Engineering Research Board(SERB)
  • Co-Investigator
  • 36
  • Running   Sponsored
Development of a High-frequency Inductor based Power Module to Improve the eBike Battery Life – A low cost and reliable solution I-Hub TIH - International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad (IIITH)
  • Co-Investigator
  • 12
  • Running   Sponsored
Decoupled Power Flow Control of Triple Active Bridge Converter based Off-grid Solar DC Fast Top-up Charging Scheme. I-Hub TIH - International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad (IIITH)
  • Principal Investigator
  • 12
  • Completed   Sponsored
A Novel Resychronization Methodology for Active Distribution Network DST-SERB
  • Co-Investigator
  • 36
  • Running   Sponsored

Total Publications: 25

I. Sarkar,"Power Electronics Interfaces in Microgrid Applications", MICROGRID TECHNOLOGIES, ch.5, pp.560, Wiley- Scrivener, Scrivener Publishing 100 Cummings Center, Suite 541J Beverly, MA 01915-6106 2021       Inbook

I. Sarkar and B.,"Modified hybrid multi-carrier PWM technique for cascaded H-Bridge multilevel inverter", in Proceedings IECON 2014 - 40th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, pp.4318-4324, IEEE 2014, 10.1109/IECON.2014.7049152       Inproceedings

I. Sarkar and B.,"High resolution m-cell symmetric cascaded H-Bridge multilevel inverter with one transistor clamped H-Bridge per phase", in Proceedings IECON 2015 - 41st Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, pp.003399-003404, IEEE 2015, 10.1109/IECON.2015.7392625       Inproceedings

I. Sarkar and B.,"Fault-tolerant operation of nine-level hybrid symmetric cascaded multilevel converter", in Fault-tolerant operation of nine-level hybrid symmetric cascaded multilevel converter, IEEE 2017, 10.1109/NPEC.2017.8310457       Inproceedings

I. Sarkar, S. K. Show, and P. Syam,"Stepless current commutation in matrix converter", in 2012 IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), pp.1-6, IEEE 2012, 10.1109/PEDES.2012.6484287       Inproceedings

PV-Fuel Cell Microgrid: A Sustainable Energy Solution (PVFCMGSES-2024) Electrical Engineering (Short-term Course)
Mini-Hydro Power Plant Design and Integration with DC Microgrid (MHPDIMG-2024) (Hybrid Mode) Electrical Engineering (Short-term Course)
Sustainable Development: Intersection of Green Energy and eMobility (IGEEM-2024) (Hybrid Mode) Electrical Engineering (Workshop)
Power Converters for Green Energy and EV Integration (PCGEEI -2024) Electrical Engineering (Short-term Course)
Power Electronics Converters’ Applications in Microgrid and Vehicular Technology (PECAMVT-2022) Electrical Engineering (Short-term Course)

  • EE1000 : Basic Electrical Engineering {Theory}
  • EE2200 : Power Electronics {Theory}
  • EE2202 : Power Electronics {Theory}
  • EE3000 : Electrical Machines {Theory}
  • EE3011 : Electrical Machines {Theory}
  • EE307 : Electrical Machines {Theory}
  • EE3201 : Electric Drives {Theory}
  • EE6442 : HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLES {Theory}
  • EE2272 : Power Electronics Laboratory {Practical}
  • EE2701 : Electrical Network Simulation Laboratory {Practical}
  • EE2702 : Electrical Machine Laboratory - I {Practical}
  • EE3701 : Electrical Machine Laboratory - II {Practical}
  • EE3703 : Power Electronics Laboratory {Practical}
  • EE4707 : Power Electronics Simulation Laboratory {Practical}

Ph.D. Students [4]
MICROGRID,SMARTGRID,POWER ELECTRONIC CONTROL, POWER MANAGEMENT
Barun Kumar Sahu
Enrolled: Sep 2024
Continuing
Supervisor
Control of a Triple Active Bridge Interlinking Converter for Hybrid Microgrid with EV Charging Facility
Katru Vikash Varma
Enrolled: Jan 2023
Continuing
Co-Supervisor
PV System, Inverter, Electric Vehicle, Smart Micro Grid
Rasmiranjan Swain
Enrolled: Jan 2023
Continuing
Supervisor
Multilevel Converter
Allu Bhargav
Enrolled: Sep 2020
Continuing
Supervisor
Executive Ph.D. Students [1]
Power Electronics converters, Machine drives, Battery charging, Electric vehicle
Satyabrata Sahoo
Enrolled: Sep 2023
Continuing
Supervisor

Awards And Honours
  • Best paper award for "EV Battery Charging using DAB DC-DC Converter with EPS and DPS modulations" in 2023 IEEE International Students' Conference on Electrical, Electronics and Computer Science (SCEECS),   2023
  • Best paper award for "Decoupled Power Flow Control and Minimization of Back Flow Power in Triple Active Bridge DC-DC Converter" 2023 IEEE 3rd International Conference on Smart Technologies for Power, Energy and Control (STPEC) 2023,   2023
  • Best paper award for "Comparison of PFC Converter Topology for Electric Vehicle Battery Charger Application" in 7th Students' Conference on Engineering & Systems (SCES),   2022
  • Excellent Teaching Assistantship award from Department of EE, IIT Bombay in 2012-2013,   2014
  • Innovative Student Project Award - 2012 from Indian National Academy of Engineering, New Delhi.,   2012
  • Best paper award for "Role of Input Current Filter to Facilitate Single Step Commutation in Matrix Converter" in NPEC-2011.,   2011
  • Silver Jubilee Scholarship from Tata Motors Ltd.,   1998
Memberships / Fellowships
  • IEEE, IES, IAS, PES - Member,   2020