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
183
PUBLICATIONS8
SPONSORED PROJECTS4
CONSULTANCY PROJECTS23
DOCTORAL STUDENTS14
CONTINUING EDUCATIONPERSONAL 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 EngineeringIndian Institute of Engineering, Science and Technology, Shibpur, Howrah
2000
B.E
Electrical EngineeringIndira 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
Total Publications: 183
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 PowerControl and Renewable Energy (ICSPCRE-2024) Electrical Engineering (Conference)
- Coordinator
- 19 Jul 2024 - 21 Jul 2024
- Brochure
2024 IEEE International Conference on Smart Power Control and Renewable Energy (ICSPCRE-2024) Electrical Engineering (Conference)
- Coordinator
- 19 Jul 2024 - 21 Jul 2024
- Brochure
Applications of Machine Learning Techniques in Sustainable Technologies (AMLST-2024) Electrical Engineering (Short-term Course)
- Coordinator
- 24 Jan 2024 - 28 Jan 2024
- Brochure
SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGIES & ENERGY MANAGEMENT OF HYBRID MICROGRID (STEMM-2023) Electrical Engineering (Short-term Course)
- Coordinator
- 12 Jul 2023 - 16 Jul 2023
- Brochure
Developing Skills and Knowledge for Civil and Electrical and Electrical Engineering Researchers through Access to Cutting Edge Technology Electrical Engineering (Short-term Course)
- Coordinator
- 23 May 2022 - 29 May 2022
- Brochure
Renewable Energies and Plug-in Vehicles Integration in Microgrid (REPVIM-2021) Electrical Engineering (Short-term Course)
- Coordinator
- 26 Nov 2021 - 30 Nov 2021
- Brochure
POWER ELECTRONICS AND RENEWABLE ENERGY INTEGRATION IN SMARTGRID, ELECTRIC VEHICLE (PEREISGEV 2020) Electrical Engineering (Short-term Course)
- Coordinator
- 23 Sep 2020 - 27 Sep 2020
- Brochure
Power Electronics and Renewable Energy Integration in Smart Grid, Electric Vehicle (PEREISGEV 2020) Electrical Engineering (Short-term Course)
- Coordinator
- 23 Sep 2020 - 27 Sep 2020
- Brochure
POWER ELECTRONICS AND CONTROL ASPECTS IN SMARTGRID, ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND RENEWABLE ENERGY INTEGRATION Electrical Engineering (Short-term Course)
- Coordinator
- 22 May 2020 - 26 May 2020
- Brochure
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)
- Coordinator
- 02 Jul 2018 - 06 Jul 2018
- Brochure
ESTIMATION AND FILTERING WITH APPLICATIONS Electrical Engineering (Short-term Course)
- Coordinator
- 20 Feb 2015 - 22 Feb 2015
- Brochure
CONTROL OF RENEWABLE POWER GENERATION SYSTEMS Electrical Engineering (Short-term Course)
- Coordinator
- 07 Jul 2014 - 11 Jul 2014
- Brochure
MODELING AND CONTROL OF RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES Electrical Engineering (Short-term Course)
- Coordinator
- 04 Jun 2012 - 08 Jun 2012
- Brochure
- 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 SwainEnrolled: Jul 2012Graduated : Dec 2017Supervisor
Development of Adaptive Controllers for Grid Integration of A Three-Phase PV System
Aurobinda BagEnrolled: Feb 2014Graduated : Dec 2018Co-Supervisor
Grid-Tied Photovoltaic System under Non-ideal Source Voltage with Battery Energy Storage
Maheswar Prasad BeheraEnrolled: Jul 2013Graduated : Jan 2021Supervisor
Development of Maximum Power Extraction Algorithms for PV System with Non-uniform Solar Irradiances
Satyajit MohantyEnrolled: Jan 2013Graduated : Jul 2017Co-Supervisor
Adaptive Filtering and Control Algorithms for Grid Integration of Photovoltaic Systems
Abhisek ParidaEnrolled: Jan 2016Graduated : Jul 2021Co-Supervisor
Development of Strategies for Fault Ride through Capability Improvement of a Grid Connected DFIG based Wind Energy Conversion System
Snehaprava SwainEnrolled: Jul 2013Graduated : Jun 2019Supervisor
Performance Enhancement of Photovoltaic Integrated Unified Power Quality Conditioner for Power Quality Improvement
Santanu Kumar DashEnrolled: Jan 2015Graduated : Jun 2019Supervisor
Adaptive Control Design for a Three Phase Grid Connected Photovoltaic System with Experimental Analysis
Malay BhuniaEnrolled: Jul 2014Graduated : Mar 2022Co-Supervisor
Active Power Distribution Scheme in a Hybrid AC/DC Microgrid Integrated with Composite Energy Storage Devices
Anindya BharateeEnrolled: Jul 2019Graduated : Oct 2024Supervisor
Performance Analysis of Photovoltaic fed Distributed Static Compensator for Power Quality Improvement
Soumya MishraEnrolled: Oct 2012Graduated : Sep 2017Supervisor
Advanced Control Strategies for Efficient Power Management in DC Microgrid with Hybrid Energy Storage Systems
Suchismita PatelEnrolled: Jul 2019Thesis SubmittedCo-Supervisor
Reshaping Energy Demand through Advanced Demand Side Management Strategies in Smart Grids
Shobhit NandkeolyarEnrolled: Jul 2018ContinuingSupervisor
Supply side response in smart grid
Chinmaya Jagdev JenaEnrolled: Jul 2018ContinuingSupervisor
Performance Enhancement of Grid Integrated AC Microgrid using Photovoltaic and Battery fed Unified Power Quality Conditioner
Pragnyashree RayEnrolled: Jul 2019ContinuingSupervisor
Improvement of Performance of Microgrid using Networked Control System.
Ramesh Chandra KhamariEnrolled: Sep 2020ContinuingSupervisor
Microgrid and Smart Grid Technology
Kavuru SrinivasaraoEnrolled: Jul 2022ContinuingCo-Supervisor
Microgrid Control
Pranati Rani PurohitEnrolled: Jul 2023ContinuingCo-Supervisor
Power electronics
Basava Thirumala RaoEnrolled: Jul 2024ContinuingCo-Supervisor
Executive Ph.D. Students [5]
Grid integration of hybrid renewable energy sources
Ravi Kumar KenguvaEnrolled: Sep 2020ContinuingSupervisor
Matrix converter and harmonics mitigation
Sanjay MandalEnrolled: Sep 2020ContinuingCo-Supervisor
Energy management in microgrid
Shyama Sundar PadhiEnrolled: Sep 2020ContinuingCo-Supervisor
Power Management System for a Hybrid Microgrid
Bhanu Pratap BeheraEnrolled: Jan 2020ContinuingSupervisor
POWER SYSTEM ENGINEERING
Aradhana KhilloEnrolled: Jul 2024ContinuingSupervisor
M.Tech by Research Students [1]
ACTIVE POWER FILTERING
Soumya Ranjan MohapatraGraduated : May 2015Supervisor
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