National Institute of Technology Rourkela

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Faculty Profile

BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Asim Kumar Naskar Obtained his B.Tech in Electrical Engineering and M.Tech in Control Systems both from the Electrical Engineering Department, Jadavpur University, India, He received a Ph.D. degree in Control Systems from the Electrical Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India. He joined NIT Rourkela as an Assistant Professor in the year 2014. He is currently working as an Assisociate Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela. His research interests include Robust Control, Control Allocation, Convex optimization, and Consensus-based Control.

EXPERTISE INFORMATION

Research Group
  • Control and Automation
Areas of Interest
  • Consensus, Formation, Robust control, Kalman filtering, Localization, Convex Optimization, Control allocation

Asim Kumar Naskar
असीम कुमार नस्कर Associate Professor

Electrical Engineering

naskara@nitrkl.ac.in

0661 - 246 2408

32

PUBLICATIONS

4

SPONSORED PROJECTS

9

DOCTORAL STUDENTS

2

CONTINUING EDUCATION

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Asim Kumar Naskar

Associate Professor

Electrical Engineering

Room Number: EE-226

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

Ph.D. (IIT., Kharagpur)

Robot-Assited automated and behavioral inventions system for children with autism spectrum disorder. Science & Engineering Research Board(SERB)
  • Co-Investigator
  • 36
  • Completed   Sponsored
Localization of autonomous underwater vehicle for offshore monitoring maintenance and exploration. SERB
  • Co-Investigator
  • 36
  • Completed   Sponsored
Robot operating system (ROS) based reconfigurable flight control module design for multirotor dromes. SERB
  • Principal Investigator
  • 36
  • Completed   Sponsored
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
  • Co-Investigator
  • 36
  • Completed   Sponsored

Total Publications: 32

S. Biswas, R. Saw, A. Nandy, and A. K. Naskar,"Attention-enabled hybrid convolutional neural network for enhancing human–robot collaboration through hand gesture recognition", Computers and Electrical Engineering, vol.123, Elsevier, April 2025, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compeleceng.2024.110020       Article

S. Biswas, A. Nandy, A. K. Naskar, and G. H. Reddy,"Enhancing social skills development in children with autism through robotic interventions", Advancing Healthcare through Decision Intelligence, ch.8, pp.119-126, Academic Press, January 2025, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-26480-1.00005-9       Inbook

B. B. Duddeti, A. K. Naskar, M., B. Jitendra, and H. I. A,"Constrained search space selection based optimization approach for enhanced reduced order approximation of interconnected power system models", Scientific Reports, vol.15, Springer Nature 2025, 10.1038/s41598-025-91913-0       Article

B. B. Duddeti and A. K. Naskar,"Stable reduced model approximation of fractional order systems using improved balanced residualization method", Circuits, Systems, and Signal Processing, vol.44, pp.5515--5555, Springer Nature 2025, 10.1007/s00034-025-03046-4       Article

B. B. Duddeti and A. K. Naskar,"Model dominance index assisted enhanced generalized pole clustering technique for order reduction and application to PID controller design", Circuits, Systems, and Signal Processing, vol.44, pp.3865-3898, Springer Nature 2025, 10.1007/s00034-025-02998-x       Article

Three Days Workshop on Artificial Intelligence in Robotics Applications Computer Science and Engineering (Workshop)
OPTIMIZATION AND ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES IN CONTROL APPLICATIONS Electrical Engineering (Short-term Course)
  • Co-Coordinator
  • 12 Jun 2018 - 16 Jun 2018
  • Brochure

  • EE100 : Basic Electrical Engineering {Theory}
  • EE1000 : Basic Electrical Engineering {Theory}
  • EE2013 : Optimization Techniques {Theory}
  • EE3301 : Principles of Control Systems Engineering {Theory}
  • EE625 : Systems and Control Theory {Theory}
  • EE627 : Optimal Control {Theory}
  • EE628 : Industrial Process Automation {Theory}
  • EE630 : Robust Control {Theory}
  • EE6301 : Linear System Theory {Theory}
  • EE6302 : Optimal Control {Theory}
  • EE6308 : Optimal and Robust Control {Theory}
  • EE6332 : Robust Control {Theory}
  • EE6345 : Optimization in Systems and Control {Theory}
  • EE270 : Electrical Engineering Laboratory {Practical}
  • EE2700 : Basic Electrical Engineering Laboratory {Practical}
  • EE3472 : Embedded Systems Laboratory {Practical}
  • EE367 : Product Development Laboratory - I {Practical}
  • EE368 : Product Development Laboratory - II {Practical}
  • EE3702 : Control Systems Laboratory {Practical}
  • EE3704 : Embedded Systems Laboratory {Practical}
  • EE6372 : Advanced Control System Laboratory {Practical}
  • EE6373 : Control Systems Simulation Laboratory {Practical}
  • EE6377 : Embedded Control Laboratory {Practical}
  • EE670 : Automation Technology Laboratory {Practical}
  • EE775 : Control Systems Simulation Laboratory - I {Practical}
  • EE776 : Control Systems Simulation Laboratory - II {Practical}

Ph.D. Students [9]
Model Order Reduction Methods: Improvements and Applications
Bala Bhaskar Duddeti
Enrolled: Jul 2019
Graduated :  Sep 2025
Supervisor
Distributed Robust Formation Control for Multi-Agent Systems: An LMI Approach
Arnab Pal
Enrolled: Jul 2018
Graduated :  Oct 2025
Supervisor
Design and Development of Current-Sensorless Peak Current Mode Controlled Switched Converters
Subhrashree Pritichhanda
Enrolled: Jul 2016
Graduated :  Sep 2024
Co-Supervisor
Design and Real-time Implementation of Robust Control Schemes for Twin Rotor Multivariable System
Smruti Ranjan Jagadeb
Enrolled: Jul 2014
Graduated :  Jan 2024
Co-Supervisor
Machine Learning Based Sensor Fault Detection Schemes for Plasma Position Control in Tokamak
Debashish Mohapatra
Enrolled: Jan 2016
Graduated :  Jun 2021
Co-Supervisor
Critical Delay Computation, Overlapping Interaction Selection and Output Feedback Design for Decentralized Control Systems
Pradosh Ranjan Sahoo
Enrolled: Jul 2012
Graduated :  Apr 2019
Co-Supervisor
PID Controller Design for Integrating Plus Time-Delay Processes
Sudipta Chakraborty
Enrolled: Jul 2014
Graduated :  Dec 2018
Supervisor
Battery Management System
Swastik Acharya
Enrolled: Nov 2023
Continuing
Co-Supervisor
Robotics and Artificial Intelligence
Sougatamoy Biswas
Enrolled: May 2022
Continuing
Co-Supervisor

Memberships / Fellowships
  • IEEE,   10