National Institute of Technology Rourkela

राष्ट्रीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान राउरकेला

ଜାତୀୟ ପ୍ରଯୁକ୍ତି ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠାନ ରାଉରକେଲା

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BIOGRAPHY

Kanungo Barada Mohanty has obtained M. Tech. and Ph. D. degrees from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur in Electrical Engineering. He is a professor of Electrical Engineering at National Institute of Technology, Rourkela where he has served for 33 years. Dr Mohanty is recipient of several awards which include Global Research Excellence Award, IEI NMLC-FCRIT Excellence Awards for Academic Excellence and Research Excellence, IETE J. C. Bose Memorial Award, Institution of Engineers (India) Certificates of Merit and Engineer Sandeep Mohapatra Memorial Award. He is a Fellow of Institution of Engineers (India), Fellow of IETE and Senior Member of IEEE. Prof Mohanty was an Academic Visitor at Loughborough University, Loughborough, U.K. He has guided 14 Ph. D. students and presently guiding 10 research students. He has more than 70 journal publications and more than 130 conference papers presented all over the world. Dr Mohanty was Program Chair of IEEE International Symposium iSSSC, 2020. He has Chaired a technical session at the 15th International Workshop on Advanced Motion Control (IEEE AMC 2018), Tokyo, Japan and Chaired Four sessions at 2023 IEEE IAS Global Conference on Renewable Energy and Hydrogen Technologies, Male City, Maldives. He has Chaired technical sessions at the 10th Annual IEEE International Systems Conference (SYSCON), Orlando, USA and the International Conference on Renewable Energy and Power Quality, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. He was principal investigator of two sponsored research and development projects. His research interests include vector control and direct torque control of induction machines, wind and solar power generation systems, applications of fuzzy control and sliding mode control. He was invited as visiting professor and a researcher mission to Faculty of Electrical and Control Engineering, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland. He is listed in World’s top 2% most influential scientists by Stanford University.

EXPERTISE INFORMATION

Research Group
  • Power Electronics and Machine Drives
Areas of Interest
  • Wind energy and Solar PV Systems, Vector Controlled and Direct Torque Controlled Induction Machines, Application of Soft Computing Techniques and Sliding Mode Control, Power Quality Improvement, Improvement in Multilevel Converter Topology

Kanungo Barada Mohanty Professor & HOD (Electrical Engineering)

Electrical Engineering

kbmohanty@nitrkl.ac.in

0661 - 246 2404

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PUBLICATIONS

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26

DOCTORAL STUDENTS

8

CONTINUING EDUCATION

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Kanungo Barada Mohanty

Professor

Electrical Engineering

Room Number: EE-233

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

2002

Ph.D.
Engineering (Induction Motor Drive)
IIT Kharagpur

1991

M.Tech
Machine Drives and Power Electronics
IIT Kharagpur

1989

B.Tech
Electrical Engineering
VSSUT, Burla (Formerly UCE, Burla)

Teaching Experience
  • Electrical Engineering,  NIT Rourkela,   19 Aug 1991 - Present

Development of a high performance sensorless field-oriented double output induction generator system for wind energy harnessing. C-DAC
  • Principal Investigator
  • 18
  • Completed   Sponsored
Development of a DSP based direct torque controlled induction motor drive with intelligent fault detective features for mechatronic and robotic applications. MHRD
  • Principal Investigator
  • 42
  • Completed   Sponsored

24
GOOGLE SCHOLAR H-INDEX 66
GOOGLE SCHOLAR I10-INDEX 19
SCOPUS H-INDEX
Total Publications: 152
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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

M. Mohapatra, B. C. Babu, and K. B. Mohanty,"Modeling and experimental investigation on vector control of grid-connected inverter-based distributed generation", Distributed Generation and Alternative Energy Journal, vol.31, no.4, pp.6-26, Taylor & Francis, September 2016, 10.1080/21563306.2016.11781078       Article

J. Dalei and K. B. Mohanty,"Fault classification in SEIG system using Hilbert-Huang transform and least square support vector machine", International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, vol.76, pp.11-22, Elsevier, March 2016, 10.1016/j.ijepes.2015.09.009       Article

J. Dalei and K. B. Mohanty,"Performance improvement of three-phase self excited induction generator feeding induction motor load", Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences, vol.23, no.6, pp.1660-1672, TÜBITAK, December 2015, 10.3906/elk-1404-191       Article

K. B. Mohanty and M. Singh,"RTDS implementation and induction motor drive performance comparison with P-I, sliding mode and Iterative Learning Controller", International Review of Electrical Engineering, vol.8, no.1, pp.144-156, Praise Worthy Prize, February 2013, 10.15866/iree.v8i1.1698       Article

Short term course on Recent Trends in Power Electronic Drives, Power Quality and Renewable Energy Systems Electrical Engineering (Short-term Course)
Grid Integration of Renewable Energy Sources and Power Quality Electrical Engineering (Short-term Course)
Workshop On Control Of Renewable Power System Electrical Engineering (Workshop)
  • Co-Coordinator
  • 28 Sep 2016 - 29 Sep 2016
  • Brochure
Short Term Course on Power Electronics, Drives and Power Quality Electrical Engineering (Short-term Course)
Short Term Course On Recent Trends in Power Electronics, Drives and Power Quality Electrical Engineering (Short-term Course)
Power Electronics, Drives and Power Quality Issues Electrical Engineering (Short-term Course)
Workshop on Power Electronics Education-3 Electrical Engineering (Workshop)
Recent Trends in Power Electronics, Machine Drives and Power Systems Electrical Engineering (Short-term Course)

  • EE1000 : Basic Electrical Engineering {Theory}
  • EE204 : Electro Magnetic Fields {Theory}
  • EE204 : Electromagnetic Fields {Theory}
  • EE209 : Network Analysis {Theory}
  • EE241 : Network Theory {Theory}
  • EE3004 : Electromagnetic Field Theory {Theory}
  • EE301 : Electrical Machines II {Theory}
  • EE3201 : Electric Drives {Theory}
  • EE401 : Electric Drives {Theory}
  • EE405 : Utilization of Electrical Energy and Drives {Theory}
  • EE4101 : Power System Protection {Theory}
  • EE4102 : Renewable Energy Systems {Theory}
  • EE4103 : High Voltage Engineering and HVDC Transmission {Theory}
  • EE431 : Principles of Control Engineering {Theory}
  • EE612 : Advanced Machine Drives {Theory}
  • EE616 : Electrical Energy Systems {Theory}
  • EE621 : Power Electronic Converters and Machine Drives {Theory}
  • EE6402 : Advanced Machine Drives {Theory}
  • EE6405 : Control of Electric Drives {Theory}
  • EE271 : Electrical Machines Laboratory – I {Practical}
  • EE370 : Power Electronics and Drives Laboratory {Practical}
  • EE370 : Power Electronics Laboratory {Practical}
  • EE371 : Electrical Machines Laboratory – II {Practical}
  • EE373 : Electrical Machines Laboratory II {Practical}
  • EE471 : Electrical Drives Laboratory {Practical}
  • EE6473 : Advanced Machines Laboratory {Practical}
  • EE6474 : Power Electronics and Drives Simulation Laboratory {Practical}
  • EE677 : Machines and Control Laboratory {Practical}
  • EE678 : Power Electronics and Drives Simulation Laboratory {Practical}
  • EE772 : Power Electronics and Drives Simulation Laboratory – II {Practical}
  • EE780 : Industrial Electronics and Drives Simulation Laboratory {Practical}

Ph.D. Students [19]
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
Co-Supervisor
Development of Voltage Controller and Fault Analysis of Self Excited Induction Generator System
Jyotirmayee Dalei
Enrolled: Nov 2011
Graduated :  Jul 2016
Supervisor
Development of Efficient Control Strategies for Single Phase Grid Integrated Inverters for Photovoltaic Applications
Aditi Chatterjee
Enrolled: Jul 2013
Graduated :  Jul 2018
Supervisor
Development and Implementation of Some Controllers for Performance Enhancement and Effective Utilization of Induction Motor Drive
Rabi Narayan Mishra
Enrolled: Jul 2014
Graduated :  Jul 2018
Supervisor
Optimized Parameter Estimation, Array Configuration and MPPT Control of Standalone Photovoltaic System
Alivarani Mohapatra
Enrolled: Jul 2011
Graduated :  Jun 2018
Supervisor
Design and Implementation of Single Stage Bridgeless SEPIC Power Factor Corrected AC- DC Converter
Vinayasagar Kommukuri
Enrolled: Jan 2013
Graduated :  Jun 2019
Supervisor
Adequacy Assessment of Power System and Capacity Credit Estimation with Renewable Source Integration
Ashwini Kumar Nayak
Enrolled: Jul 2014
Graduated :  Jun 2020
Supervisor
POWER ELECTRONICS AND DRIVE
Madhu Singh
Enrolled: Aug 2009
Graduated :  May 2014
Supervisor
Development of Symmetric and Asymmetric Topology for Multilevel Inverter with Reduced Number of Switches
Kishor Thakre
Enrolled: Jan 2014
Graduated :  Nov 2019
Supervisor
Performance Evaluation of Solar PV System for Power Generation in Surface Mines
Ganti Praful Kumar
Enrolled: Jul 2018
Graduated :  Nov 2022
Co-Supervisor
Innovative Method for Efficiency Improvement in IPMSM Drive through Sensor Reduction
Manas Ranjan Jena
Enrolled: Jul 2019
Thesis Submitted
Supervisor
Control of Induction Motor Drive
Abhimanyu Sahu
Enrolled: Jul 2018
Continuing
Supervisor
Control of Renewable Energy Sources in Smart Grid
Pavankumar Daramukkala
Enrolled: Jul 2019
Continuing
Supervisor
SINGLE PHASE GRID CONNECTED INVERTER FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATION
Ronalisa Padhi
Enrolled: Jul 2019
Continuing
Supervisor
Microgrid
Kali Charan Pradhan
Enrolled: Aug 2021
Continuing
Supervisor
Study of inverter-interfaced wind power generation system under balanced and unbalanced grid voltage conditions
B. Chitti Babu
Enrolled:
Graduated :  2012
Supervisor
Study and RTDS implementation of some controllers for performance and power quality improvement of an induction motor drive system
Madhu Singh
Enrolled:
Graduated :  2014
Supervisor
Integration of wind and solar PV in hybrid isolated systems with improved power control
Swagat Pati
Enrolled:
Graduated :  2019
Supervisor
Optimal design of controllers for automatic generation control in conventional, deregulated and micro-grid systems
Narendra Kumar Jena
Enrolled:
Graduated :  2022
Supervisor
Executive Ph.D. Students [7]
wind energy conversion systems
Yaraguti China Venkata Kondaiah
Enrolled: Sep 2020
Continuing
Supervisor
Studies on Electricity Market with Renewable Energy Sources
Biswa Mohan Singh
Enrolled: Sep 2020
Continuing
Supervisor
WIDE AREA OSCILLATION DAMPING IN POWER SYSTEM
Nrusingha Prasad Tripathy
Enrolled: Sep 2020
Continuing
Supervisor
Power electronics and drives
Ipsita Pahi
Enrolled: Feb 2021
Continuing
Supervisor
power electronics
Abinash Mohapatra
Enrolled: Aug 2021
Continuing
Co-Supervisor
STANDARDISATION OF AUTOMATION SYSTEM FOR QUALITY POWER DISTRIBUTION IN MINING INDUSTRY
A Kamesh
Enrolled: Aug 2023
Continuing
Supervisor
Power quality improvement through power filters
Karunakar Tudu
Enrolled: Jul 2024
Continuing
Supervisor

Awards And Honours
  • IEI NMLC-FCRIT Excellence Award- 2024 as the winner of Academic Excellence in Teaching Faculty, National Category,   2024
  • IEI NMLC-FCRIT Excellence Award- 2024 as Runner Up for Research Excellence in Teaching Faculty, National Category,   2024
  • Placed in World’s top 2% most cited scientists for career-long (1996-2023) research impact (Stanford University-Elsevier research survey),   2024
  • Global Research Excellence Award by IEEE IAS in 2023 IEEE IAS Global Conference on Renewable Energy and Hydrogen Technologies , Maldives,   2023
  • IEI NMLC-FCRIT Excellence Award- 2022 : The winner of Academic Excellence in Teaching Faculty National Category,   2022
  • IEI NMLC-FCRIT Excellence Award- 2022 for Special Recognition in Research Excellence in Teaching Faculty, National Category,   2022
  • Placed in World’s top 2% most influential scientists for the year 2020 (Stanford University-Elsevier research survey),   2021
  • Received invitation as visiting professor and a researcher mission to Faculty of Electrical and Control Engineering, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland,   2020
  • IETE J. C. Bose Memorial Award, 2019,   2019
  • Session chairman at the 15th International Workshop on Advanced Motion Control (IEEE AMC 2018), Tokyo, Japan in March 2018,   2018
  • Session chairman at 10th Annual IEEE International Systems Conference (SYSCON), Orlando, USA in April 2016,   2016
  • Session chairman at International Conference on Renewable Energy and Power Quality, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain in April 2011,   2011
  • The best paper of the session award in International Conference on Industrial Electronics, Control & Robotics,   2010
  • First Prize Paper Award in National Conf. on Nascent Technologies in Engg Fields, 2008 organized by Fr C Rodrigues Institute of Technology, Vashi, Navi Mumbai,   2008
  • Certificate of Merit Award for year 2005-2006 by The Institution of Engineers (India)- Electrical Engineering Division,   2006
  • Academic Visitor at Loughborough University, Loughborough, U.K.,   2005
  • Engineer Sandeep Mohapatra Memorial Award by The Institution of Engineers (India), Orissa State Centre,   2004
Memberships / Fellowships
  • Senior Member, IEEE: Industry Applications Society,   2024
  • Senior Member, IEEE: Power Electronics Society,   2022
  • Senior Member, IEEE: Industrial Electronics Society,   2013
  • Fellow of Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers,   2009
  • Senior Member, IEEE,   2008
  • Fellow of The Institution of Engineers (India),   2008
  • Life Meber Solar Energy Society of India,   2007
  • Life Member Systems Society of India,   2001
  • Life Member ISTE,   1993