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

20

PUBLICATIONS

1

SPONSORED PROJECTS

4

DOCTORAL STUDENTS

2

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

Total Publications: 20

M. Mishra and I. Sarkar,"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), IEEE, Bhopal, India 2023, 10.1109/SCEECS57921.2023.10063090       Inproceedings

S. Mukherjee and I. Sarkar,"Brief review on triple active bridge DC-DC converter", in 2023 IEEE International Students' Conference on Electrical, Electronics and Computer Science (SCEECS), IEEE, Bhopal, India 2023, 10.1109/SCEECS57921.2023.10063031       Inproceedings

G. Vikash, A. Ghosh, A. K. Panda, P. K. Ray, and I. Sarkar,"Synchronization of single-phase inverters using deadzone and Hopf oscillator based controllers in standalone microgrid", in 2023 IEEE IAS Global Conference on Renewable Energy and Hydrogen Technologies (GlobConHT), IEEE, Male, Maldives, April 2023, 10.1109/GlobConHT56829.2023.10087828       Inproceedings

A. Bhargav and I. Sarkar,"Solar Isolated Bi-directional Electric Vehicle Charger with Power Quality Enhancement Features", in 2023 IEEE IAS Global Conference on Renewable Energy and Hydrogen Technologies (GlobConHT), Male, Maldives, IEEE 2023, 10.1109/GlobConHT56829.2023.10087760       Inproceedings

K. V. Varma, M. Pattnaik, and I. Sarkar,"Dual Active Bridge Converter Control and Power Management of PV-Battery fed DC Microgrid for EV Battery Charging System", in 2023 IEEE 3rd International Conference on Smart Technologies for Power, Energy and Control (STPEC), IEEE, December 2023, https://doi.org/10.1109/STPEC59253.2023.10431104       Inproceedings

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}
  • EE2701 : Electrical Network Simulation Laboratory {Practical}
  • EE2702 : Electrical Machine Laboratory - I {Practical}
  • EE3701 : Electrical Machine Laboratory - II {Practical}
  • EE3703 : Power Electronics Laboratory {Practical}

Ph.D. Students [3]
Multilevel Converter
Allu Bhargav
Enrolled: Sep 2020
Continuing
Supervisor
PV System, Inverter, Electric Vehicle, Smart Micro Grid
Rasmiranjan Swain
Enrolled: Jan 2023
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
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