Prof. Sanjib Ganguly
Associate Professor , EEE Department
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
Associate Professor , EEE Department
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
Graduated 2025 • IIT Guwahati
Mudaser Rahman Dar received his Bachelor of Technology degree in Electrical Engineering from Islamic University of Science & Technology, Kashmir, India, in 2017, and the Master of Technology degree in Electrical Power and Energy Systems from National Institute of Technology, Srinagar, India, in 2020. He completed his Ph.D. degree from the Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati, India, in 2025. His research interests include distribution system optimization, voltage control and stability in active distribution networks, and EV integration in power distribution networks.
Ph.D , IIT Guwahati , 2025
Senior Energy System Modeller • Open Energy Transition
Vamsi Priya Goli received her undergraduate degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering at JNTU College of Engineering, Vizianagaram, India, in 2018. She obtained her Master’s degree in Power Electronics and Power Systems from the National Institute of Technology Goa, India, in 2020. She completed her doctoral degree at the Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati in 2025. Her research interests include custom power devices, distributed generation, distribution network planning and optimization, multi-objective optimization, and evolutionary algorithms.
Ph.D , IIT Guwahati , 2023
Assistant Professor • BVRIT HYDERABAD
Ph.D. Supervisors:
Dr. Chandan Kumar •
Dr. Sanjib Ganguly (Joint)
manojkumar.r@bvrithyderabad.edu.in
Rampelli Manojkumar received the B.E. degree in electrical and electronics engineering from the Vasavi College of Engineering, Hyderabad, India, in 2013, and the M.Tech. degree in power and energy systems from the National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Mangalore, India, in 2015. He completed the Doctoral degree with the Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, India. His research interests include optimal energy management and hybrid distribution systems.
Ph.D , IIT Guwahati , 2022
Assistant Professor • NIT Meghalaya
Ph.D. Supervisors:
Dr. Sanjib Ganguly •
Dr. Chandan Kumar (Joint)
Arunima Dutta was born in India in 1991. She received the B.E. and M.Tech. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Jorhat Engineering College (Jorhat, Assam) India, in 2012, and National Institute of Technology Meghalaya, India, in 2016, respectively. She completed in the area of active distribution system for the Ph.D. degree in the department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India. Her research interests include power system control under deregulated environment and modeling of plug-in electric vehicle integrated to grid, power system planning, evolutionary algorithms, distribution FACTS, and distributed generation.
Ph.D , IIT Guwahati , 2021
Assistant Professor , NIT Hamirpur
Upasana Sarma was born in 1991 at Nagaon in Assam, India. She obtained Bachelor of Technology degree in Electrical Engineering from National Institute of Technology, Silchar in 2014. She received Master of Technology degree in Power and Energy Systems Engineering from National Institute of Technology, Silchar in 2016. She joined the Ph.D. programme in the Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati in 2016. Her research interest includes the fuel cell and renewable energy, hybrid energy system, energy management approaches, e-mobility, power system, soft computing and optimization, etc.
Ph.D , IIT Guwahati , 2019
Assistant Professor • MNNIT Allahabad
Shubh Lakshmi was born in India in 1992. She received the B.Tech. degree in electrical engineering from Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology, Muzaffarpur, India, in 2013 and the M.Tech. degree in power systems engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad, India, in 2015. She completed in the area of active distribution system planning for the Ph.D. degree in electronics and electrical engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, India. Her research interests include power system planning, evolutionary algorithms, distribution FACTS, and distributed generation.
Ph.D , NIT Rourkela , 2017
Assistant Professor • KIIT Bhubaneswar
padarbinda.samalfel@kiit.ac.in
Padarbinda Samal born in 1987 and received the B.Tech. degree from the S.I.T, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, in 2009 and M. Tech. degree in power system engineering from V.S.S University of Technology, Burla, Odisha, in 2013 India and PhD in Electrical Engineering from NIT Rourkela, Odisha, in 2018. He was working as Asst. Professor in Electrical Engineering Department, I.T.E.R, SOA University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, from 2010 to 2011. He is with KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha. His research interests include distribution system planning, and soft computing applications to power system problems.
Ph.D , NIT Rourkela , 2017
Professor • Vignan, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh
Joseph Sanam was born to Sri. Samuel Sanam and Smt. Ratnamma Sanam, on October, 1982 in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India, he obtained B. Tech degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from JNTU, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh in 2006 and M. Tech degree in Electrical Engineering from ANU, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India in 2009. He completed his Ph.D. as an Institute Research Scholar in the Department of Electrical Engineering at National Institute of Technology Rourkela since July 2013. His research interests include power quality improvement in power systems, distribution systems, and optimization techniques.
PhD Scholar • IIT Guwahati
PURUSHOTTAM KUMAR received the Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) degree in electrical engineering from Aryabhatta Knowledge University, Patna, India, in 2017, and the Master of Technology (M.Tech.) degree in power systems from the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh, India, in 2021. He is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree with the Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati, India. His research interests include fuel cell modeling, degradation prediction, and lifetime assessment.
PhD Scholar • IIT Guwahati
Subhadarshini Panda was born in Odisha, India. She obtained Bachelor of Technology degree in Electrical Engineering from Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology, Burla, Odisha in 2018. She received Master of Technology degree with a specialization in Power Systems from the Department of Electrical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Durgapur in 2021. She is currently pursuing Ph.D degree in the Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam. Her research interest includes optimal Electric Vehicle scheduling in the smart-grid enabled distribution system, active distribution system optimization, multi-objective optimization.
PhD Scholar • IIT Guwahati
Vandana Kumari was born in Bihar, India. She obtained Bachelor of Technology degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Nalanda College of Engineering Chandi, Bihar, India, in 2018. She received Master of Technology degree with the specialization of Power Systems from the Department of Electrical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Patna, India in 2021. She is presently pursuing Ph.D degree in the Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam, India. Her research interest includes resilience of power distribution network, active distribution network, distribution system optimization.
PhD Scholar • IIT Guwahati
Raushan Kumar received the B.E. degree in Electrical and Electronics engineering from LNCT, Bhopal, India, in 2019, and the M.Tech. degree in power systems from Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya (RGPV), Bhopal, India, in 2022. He worked as a PHP Developer with Silicon India Technology, Bengaluru, India, from March 2023 to October 2023. He served as an Assistant Professor with the Department of Electrical Engineering, K.K. University, Nalanda, India, from October 2023 to December 2024. He is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree with the Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India. His current research interests include proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs), modeling, diagnostics, and control of fuel-cell-based energy systems.
PhD Scholar • IIT Guwahati
Ph.D. Supervisors:
Dr. Sanjib Ganguly •
Dr. Chandan Kumar (Joint)
Manoj Dahal was born in Assam, India. He did his high-school (2014) and Intermediate (2016) from Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Dhemaji, Assam. He obtained Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electrical Engineering from Assam Engineering College, Guwahati Assam in 2021. He received Master of Technology degree in Smart Electric Grid from National Institute of Technology, Warangal in 2024. He also has experience of working in plant utility and maintenance sector at Bajaj Auto Ltd. Currently he is a PhD Scholar at Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati (since 2025). His research interest is in the area of Power Engineering, focused towards energy management of multiple sources–based grid and microgrid systems, incorporating renewable energy sources and energy storage technologies. Ultimately, the goal is to contribute to the development of cleaner, smarter, and more sustainable electric grid for the future.
PhD Scholar • IIT Guwahati
Mr. Walmik Gavhane has completed his Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electrical, Electronics & Power Engineering from Government College of Engineering Aurangabad, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Maharashtra in 2009 and completed M.Tech. degree in Electrical Power System from VJTI, Mumbai University in 2013. He is working as Assistant professor in Government College of Engineering Aurangabad, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar. He has past experience in teaching as well as industry. Currently he is research scholar in the Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, IIT Guwahati. He has publications in different International Journals / conferences. His field of interest includes Power system, Electrical Machines, Power Electronics and FACTS devices, State Estimation & Smart Grid, Power system optimization and control.
PhD Scholar • IIT Guwahati
Samiran Das is a PhD researcher in Power Engineering at IIT Guwahati, focusing on voltage control in distribution networks. He completed his B.Tech in Electrical Engineering from Assam Engineering College in 2023. Before beginning his doctoral studies, he spent two years (2023–2025) as an Electrical Testing and Commissioning Engineer at Tata Power, where he worked on protection systems, switchgear testing, relay configuration, and QA inspections across transmission and distribution networks. His professional interests include power system protection, relay coordination, distribution automation, and advancing intelligent control strategies for modern electrical networks.
Current Position:Assistant Professor, MNNIT Allahabad
Graduated: 2012
NIT Rourkela
Current Position: Assistant Professor, VIT-AP University
Graduated: 2014
NIT Rourkela
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NIT Rourkela
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NIT Rourkela
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Graduated: 2015
NIT Rourkela
Current Position: Assistant Professor, MANIT Bhopal
Graduated: 2015
NIT Rourkela
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NIT Rourkela
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NIT Rourkela
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Graduated: 2021
IIT Guwahati
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Graduated: 2022
IIT Guwahati
Current Position: R&D Engineer, Mercedes-Benz R&D India
Graduated: 2022
IIT Guwahati
Current Position: Senior Member Technical, Broadridge
Graduated: 2023
IIT Guwahati
Current Position: BMS Application Software Engineer , Agratas.
Graduated: 2025
IIT Guwahati
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Currently:To be Graduated in 2026, (PPO in Texas Instruments)
Assistant Project Engineer , IIT Guwahati
Sandeep Maloth (Graduate Student Member, IEEE) received the Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Vaagdevi Engineering College, JNTU Hyderabad in 2021, Master of Technology (M.Tech) degree in Power and Energy Systems from the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Surathkal, Karnataka, in 2024. He is currently working as an Assistant Project Engineer in the Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati, India. His research interests include design and control of power-electronics converters (PI/PID, model-based, and PWM techniques), renewable-energy power-conversion systems, and Battery management systems.
NPTEL Predoc fellow , IIT Guwahati
Aniket Chabri received the Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) degree in Computer Science and Engineering from SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, India, in 2025. He is currently working as a Research Fellow at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati, India, where he develops GUI-based applications and integrates Machine Learning models for real-time data analysis in research environments. He has previously worked as an Intern at Celebal Technologies, where he contributed to scalable database design and performance-optimized SQL querying. His research and development interests include software engineering, machine learning integration, GUI systems, web applications and data-driven application development.