PhD Scholars

Souvik Bera
berasouvik@iitgn.ac.in
MTech: Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra
Research Interests: Distributed energy resources management in distribution network

Divya Sharma
sharmadivya@iitgn.ac.in
MTech: Malviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur
Research Interests: Energy management of multi-energy system

AMIT KUMAR
kumar.amit@iitgn.ac.in
MTech: Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad
Research Interests: Energy Management in Data Centers

Krishna YADAV
krishnabhushan.yadav@iitgn.ac.in
MTech: National Institute of Technology Rourkela
Research Interests: Power Systems and Grid Optimization
MTech Students

Ragini Singh
24250073@iitgn.ac.in
BTech: Bhilai Institute of Technology, Durg
Research Interests: Security Constraint Economic Despatch

Gunjan Agarwalla
24250037@iitgn.ac.in
BTech: NERIST, AP
Research Interests: Renewable Energy forecasting

Shokhayui chithung
24250087@iitgn.ac.in
BTech: National Institute of Technology Manipur
Research Interests: Virtual Power Plant – Energy optimisation

Abhaysingh Maurya
24270001@iitgn.ac.in
BTech:
Research Interests: Energy assessment and sustainability study in MSMEs

MD FAizan
24270004@iitgn.ac.in
BTech:
Research Interests: Energy assessment and sustainability study in MSMEs
Energy Assessment Team

Rahul patel
BE Mechanical, Energy Assessor
BEE CEA-30215
rahuljayantibhai.p@iitgn.ac.in

Md Faizan
BE Electrical, Field Engineer md.f@iitgn.ac.in

Abhaysingh Maurya
BE Electrical, Field Engineer
abhaysingh.m@iitgn.ac.in

SAGAR Loriya
BE Mechanical, Field Engineer
loriyasagar.b@iitgn.ac.in

Dhruvit Patel
BE Electrical, Project Assistant-I (Field Engineer)
dhruvit.patel@iitgn.ac.in
Former Team Members
Former PhD Students
Dr. Sachinkumar Suthar
(Application Engineer – Power Economics, at GE Vernova, Bangalore)
Thesis – Network-Aware Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading in Electrical Distribution System, January 2025
Dr. Abhishek Tiwari
(Quality Assurance Senior Professional at Hitachi Energy, Bangalore)
Thesis – Demand Response Frameworks for Smart Electrical Distribution System, December 2024 [Received GRID-INDIA Power Systems Award (GIPSA) 2024-25, formerly known as the POSOCO Power System Award]
Dr. Poornachandratejasvi Laxman Bhattar
(Project Engineer, at Hitachi Energy (IN OPC), Bengalore)
Thesis – Vulnerability Assessment of Smart Grid with False Data Injection Attacks, November 2023
Dr. Rishabh Abhinav
(Senior Power Systems Consultant at PSE2 Consulting | Renewable Energy and Electricity Markets | Bristol, UK)
Thesis – Grid-Integration of Large-Scale Wind Power Generation with Battery Energy Storage System, April 2021
Dr. P. Bala Sai Kiran
(Software Engineer at GE Vernova | Electricity Markets | Hyderabad)
Thesis – Development of Energy Management Frameworks for DER Integration in Distribution Networks, February 2021
Dr. Batchu Rajasekhar
(Senior Control Software Engineer at Fluence Energy | Bangalore)
Thesis – Distributed Demand Response in Smart Grid: A Game-Theoretic and Machine Learning Approach, June 2020
Dr. Kalpesh A. Joshi
(Power Systems Engineer at Powertech Inc | British Columbia, Canada
Thesis – Analysis and Optimization of Distribution Networks with PV Generation and Battery Energy Storage System, Dec 2016
Former MTech Students
Bishalkumar Sah Teli
(Project Associate-II in Electrical Engineering at IIT Gandhinagar)
Thesis – Techno-economic Analysis of EV Charging Station Integrated with solar PV and Battery Energy Storage Systems
Devangi
(Pursuing PhD in Electrical Engineering at IIT Delhi)
Thesis – Impact Assessment of False Data Injection Attack on P2P Trading Enabled Power Distribution Network, 2024 [Received GRID-INDIA Power Systems Award (GIPSA) 2024-25, formerly known as the POSOCO Power System Award]
Yash Vardhan Omar
(Management Trainee at Atlas Copco, Pune)
Thesis – Optimal Power Procurement Strategy for Electricity Distribution Licensees: A Case Study, 2023 [Received GRID-INDIA Power Systems Award (GIPSA) 2023-24, formerly known as the POSOCO Power System Award]
Jainendra Jain
()
Thesis – Blockchain-based Network Aware Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading Framework, 2021 [Received the Director’s Gold Medal in MTech Electrical Engineering (2021)]
Devesh Kumar
(System Engineer at TCS)
Thesis – Energy Management Platform for Cooling System: Case Studies, 2021 [Received the POSOCO Power System Award-2022]
Satish Kumar Singh
(Sr. Hardware Engineer at Enphase Energy, Bengaluru)
Thesis- Energy Management Framework in Active Distribution Network, 2021
Priyanka Sharma
(Senior Analog Layout Engineer at Marvell Semiconductor, Bengaluru)
Thesis- Multi-objective Optimization based
Automated Demand Response
Model in Smart Distribution Grid, 2021
(Researcher at TCS Research, Mumbai)
Thesis – Peer to Peer Energy Trading Platform: Hardware and Software Integration, 2020 [Received the POSOCO Power System Award-2021]
(Completed PhD from IIT Gandhinagar in Jan 2025 and now working as an Application Engineer – Power Economics at GE Vernova, Bangalore)
Thesis – Optimal Operation of Grid-Tied Solar PV and Battery Energy Storage System: A Case Study, 2019 [Received the Director’s Gold Medal in MTech Electrical Engineering (2019)]
Thesis- Fault Management Scheme for DC Microgrid, 2019
Vishal Kushwaha
(pursuing PhD at IISc Bangalore)
Thesis- Comparative Study of Forecast Models for Very Short-Term Solar Photovoltaic Power Generation Forecasting, 2018
(Completed PhD in 2024 from Kansas State University, USA and now working as a Lead Engineer at Eaton Research Labs, Colorado, USA)
Thesis- Analysis of Distribution Network with Solar PV and Electric Vehicle Integration, 2018
(Completed PhD in 2023 from Kansas State University, USA and now working as a Lead Engineer at Eaton Research Labs, Colorado, USA)
Thesis- Adaptive Droop Control Strategy using Fuzzy Logic in DC Microgrid, 2018
(pursuing PhD at Kansas State University, USA)
Thesis- Energy Management of AC Microgrid: Deterministic and Stochastic Framework, 2018
Thesis- Impact assessment of distributed solar PV integration in Low voltage unbalanced distribution network: A case study, 2018
Thesis- Simulation and experimental study of bidirectional AC-DC converter for hybrid microgrid application, 2016
(Completed PhD from IIT Delhi)
Thesis- Harmonics assessment of domestic and commercial loads and evaluation of control techniques for shunt active power filter, 2016 [Received the Director’s Gold Medal in MTech Electrical Engineering (2016)]
Thesis- Demand Response Algorithm Incorporating Electricity Market Prices for Residential Energy Management, 2014
(Associate Technical Director, Power Systems at Arcadis, Hyderabad)
Thesis- A Novel Active Anti-Islanding Protection Scheme for Grid-Interactive Roof-Top Solar PV Systems, 2014
(R&D Engineer at Hitachi Energy, Chennai)
Thesis- Finite Control Set MPC based Distribution Static Synchronous Compensator (DSTATCOM) for Load Compensation, 2014
(Electrical Engineer, Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd (GSFC), Vadodara)
Thesis- Power Flow Management in Hybrid AC-DC Microgrid using Master-Slave Control Technique, 2014
Thesis – Outage Management System for Power Distribution System, 2014