National Institute of Technology Rourkela

राष्ट्रीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान राउरकेला

ଜାତୀୟ ପ୍ରଯୁକ୍ତି ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠାନ ରାଉରକେଲା

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BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Susovon Samanta was born in Burdwan, West Bengal, completed both his Madhyamik and Hihger Secondary schooling at Burdwan Town School. He completed his BE from REC (now NIT), Durgapur, ME from Jadavpur University and PhD from IIT, Kharagpur. His research interests encompass in diverse applications such as EVs, solar photovoltaic (PV) systems, and space technologies. He secured five sponsored projects as the Principal Investigator (PI) and one as a Co-PI. The cumulative funding secured for these projects is approximately 2.5 crore. These projects have been supported by esteemed government agencies including SERB, DST, ISRO, DRDO, and IMPRINT-IIA. During his doctoral studies, he worked closely with design and application engineers from NSC, USA. After PhD, he started working in the development of MPPT algorithms. The aim was to enhance the efficiency of established algorithms like P&O and InC, and to minimize sensor usage to reduce the cost of photovoltaic systems. He was awarded the esteemed EMR grant from SERB in March 2015. In the same year, he secured two additional sponsored projects, one from ISRO and another from DRDO. The ISRO project culminated in an end-to-end PSpice simulation model of an active clamp forward converter. The DRDO project focused on the development of DC/DC converters and power management algorithms for fuel cell applications. In 2017, he received funding from DST to develop a 2 kW three-port converter integrating PV and Battery for solar inverters. Subsequently, in 2019, he was awarded the prestigious IMPRINT-II project. The primary objective of this project is the design and development of a HESS based EV drivetrain for mid-sized passenger vehicles. His research contributions have resulted in a total of 61 publications, with 22 published in renowned journals and rest are in acclaimed conferences. Among these, 11 have been published in IEEE Journals. The average impact factor of his publications is more than 5.

EXPERTISE INFORMATION

Research Group
  • Control and Automation
Areas of Interest
  • Analysis, modeling and control of power converters used in various areas such as PV, EV and space applications

Susovon Samanta Associate Professor

Electrical Engineering

samantas@nitrkl.ac.in

0661 - 246 2420

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DOCTORAL STUDENTS

2

CONTINUING EDUCATION

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Susovon Samanta

Associate Professor

Electrical Engineering

Room Number: EE-126

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

2012

Ph.D.
EE (Power Electronics and Control)
IIT, Kharagpur

2003

M.E
EE (specialization: Control System)
Jadavpur University

1998

B.E
EE
REC (Durgapur)

Teaching Experience
  • EE,  NIT, Rourkela,   30 Mar 2009 - continue
  • EE,  BIT, Mesra,   25 Jul 2003 - 25 Jul 2004
  • EE,  BIET, Suri,   01 Aug 2000 - 23 Jul 2003

Design, development and prototyping of state of the art Hybrid Energy Storage System (HESS) based high power high speed Electric Vehicle (EV) drive train for a Multy Utility Vehicle (MUV). SERB, DST
  • Principal Investigator
  • 36
  • Completed   Sponsored
Design and development of a low cost and efficient standalone photovoltaic system with three port convertor DST
  • Principal Investigator
  • 36
  • Completed   Sponsored
Design & Development of a bidirectional DC-DC Converter with power & Energy Management of Battery and Ultra capacitor for an Electric Bike with regenerative Braking DST
  • Principal Investigator
  • 36
  • Completed   Sponsored
Hybrid optimization based fractional order fuel cell modeling & online parameter estimation with design of adaptive controller for integrated power converters DRDO
  • Principal Investigator
  • 36
  • Completed   Sponsored
Modeling & Controller Design for Active Clamp forward converter with multiple outputs used as Electronics power Conditioner (EPC) ISRO
  • Principal Investigator
  • 24
  • Completed   Sponsored
Development of Decoupling Controller Design Techniques for complex multivariable systems DST
  • Principal Investigator
  • 24
  • Completed   Sponsored

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GOOGLE SCHOLAR H-INDEX 7
GOOGLE SCHOLAR I10-INDEX 7
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Total Publications: 57
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M. Killi and S. Samanta,"Modified perturb and observe MPPT algorithm for drift avoidance in photovoltaic systems", IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol.62, no.9, pp.11, IEEE, September 2015, 10.1109/TIE.2015.2407854       Article

K. M and S. Samanta,"An adaptive voltage-sensor-based MPPT for photovoltaic systems with SEPIC converter including steady-state and drift analysis", IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol.62, no.12, pp.7609-7619, IEEE, December 2015, 10.1109/TIE.2015.2458298       Article

M. Killi and S. Samanta,"Output voltage sensor based maximum power point tracking for PV system using SEPIC", in Industrial Technology (ICIT), 2015 IEEE International Conference on, pp.1112-1116, IEEE, Hotel Tryp Sevilla Macarena San Juan de Ribera, 2 Seville, Spain, March 2015, 10.1109/ICIT.2015.7125246       Inproceedings

S. Bag, S. Mukhopadhyay, S. Samanta, R. Sheehan, and T. Roy,"Frequency compensation and power stage design for buck converters to meet load transient specifications", in 2014 Twenty-Ninth Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), pp.1024-1031, IEEE, Fort Worth Convention Center,Fort Worth, TX, USA, December 2014, 10.1109/APEC.2014.6803433       Inproceedings

S. Ghosh and S. Samanta,"Fixed structure compensator design using a constrained hybrid evolutionary optimization approach", ISA Transactions, vol.53, no.4, pp.1119-1130, Elsevier, December 2014, 10.1016/j.isatra.2014.03.008       Article

Power Converters for Green Energy and EV Integration (PCGEEI -2024) Electrical Engineering (Short-term Course)
Power Electronics Design and MPPT Algorithm for PV Based System Electrical Engineering (Short-term Course)

  • EE100 : Basic Electrical Engineering {Theory}
  • EE3301 : Principles of Control Systems Engineering {Theory}
  • EE3302 : Advanced Control Systems {Theory}
  • EE425 : Advanced Control Systems Engineering {Theory}
  • EE425 : Control System - II {Theory}
  • EE625 : Systems and Control Theory {Theory}
  • EE630 : Robust Control {Theory}
  • EE6301 : Linear System Theory {Theory}
  • EE632 : Modeling and Control of Power Converters {Theory}
  • EE632 : Modeling and Control of Power Conveters {Theory}
  • EE6330 : Modelling and Control of Power Converters {Theory}
  • EE270 : Electrical Engineering Laboratory {Practical}
  • EE270 : Electrical Engineering Laboratory – I {Practical}
  • EE270 : Electrical Engineering Laboratory-I {Practical}
  • EE2700 : Basic Electrical Engineering Laboratory {Practical}
  • EE271 : Network Laboratory {Practical}
  • EE370 : Power Electronics and Drives Laboratory {Practical}
  • EE3702 : Control Systems Laboratory {Practical}
  • EE372 : Control System Laboratory {Practical}
  • EE4705 : Control and Electrical System Design {Practical}
  • EE471 : Control System Engineering Laboratory {Practical}
  • EE471 : Electrical Drives Laboratory {Practical}
  • EE472 : Control and Electrical System Design {Practical}
  • EE473 : Control and Electrical Systems Design Laboratory {Practical}
  • EE476 : Power Electronics and Drives Simulation Laboratory {Practical}
  • EE6371 : Control Systems Laboratory {Practical}
  • EE670 : Automation Technology Laboratory {Practical}
  • EE673 : Simulation and Computing Laboratory {Practical}
  • EE679 : Control Systems Laboratory {Practical}
  • EE789 : Product Development Laboratory {Practical}

Ph.D. Students [11]
Development of Efficient MPPT Algorithms with Reduced number of Sensors for Photovoltaic Systems
Muralidhar Killi
Enrolled: Jul 2012
Graduated :  2016
Supervisor
Control & Energy Management of Battery/Ultracapacitor Based Hybrid Energy Storage System
Mahendra Chandra Joshi
Enrolled: Jul 2013
Graduated :  2019
Supervisor
Design and Development of a Wind-Solar-Battery Hybrid Autonomous System
Jyotismita Mishra
Enrolled: Jul 2013
Graduated :  2019
Co-Supervisor
Design and Development of Standalone PV System with Non-Isolated Three Port Converter
Satabdi Bhattachraya
Enrolled: Jul 2017
Thesis Submitted
Supervisor
Design of High Power Interleaved Boost Converter with Enhanced Efficiency and Equal Current Distribution using Novel Control Algorithms
Yedukondalu Guttula
Enrolled: Jul 2018
Thesis Submitted
Supervisor
Modeling and controller design for Active clamp Forward Converter with multiple outputs
Maturi Krishnaja
Enrolled: Sep 2015
Continuing
Supervisor
control and power electronics
Chamarthi Sivarama Raju
Enrolled: Jul 2016
Continuing
Supervisor
POWER ELECTRONIC CONVERTERS AND CONTROL
Nitesh Agrawal
Enrolled: Aug 2017
Continuing
Supervisor
Power Electronics and Control
Sourabh Das
Enrolled: Jul 2019
Continuing
Supervisor
Power Electronics & Control
Adireddi Sanyasi Naidu
Enrolled: Feb 2020
Continuing
Supervisor
Power electronics and Control
Dalija - Rath
Enrolled: Jul 2022
Continuing
Supervisor
Executive Ph.D. Students [2]
POWER ELECTRONICS CONTROL AND COMMUNICATION
A Susmitha
Enrolled: Oct 2020
Continuing
Co-Supervisor
Renewable Energy & Electric Vehicle
Gourab Kumar Agrawal
Enrolled: Sep 2023
Continuing
Supervisor
M.Tech by Research Students [1]
Analysis and Control of Battery/Ultracapacitor Based Semi-Active Hybrid Energy Storage System
Swastik Acharya
Graduated :  2023
Supervisor

Awards And Honours
  • IETE-K S KRISHNAN MEMORIAL AWARD-2021,   2021
  • Institute research fellowship during PhD,   2004
  • GATE fellowship during ME,   2001
  • Merit scholarship for securing 3rd position in 6th Semester during BE,   1997
Memberships / Fellowships
  • IEEE,   2023