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Prof. Saikat Chakrabarti

Present Designation:

Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Areas of Interest:

  • State estimation of power transmission and distribution systems
  • Monitoring and control of power system stability
  • Modelling of generators and loads
  • Power system protection
  • Operation, control, and protection of microgrids
  • Application of synchronized measurement technology to power systems

Specialisation:

Electrical power systems

Major Professional Contributions:

Please refer to my CV.

Consultancy Areas:

  • Power system control centre analytics development
  • SCADA and AMI implementation
  • PMU application development

Sector Associated With:

  • Generation
  • Transmission
  • Distribution

Sectors Interested to Offer Service:

  • Generation
  • Transmission
  • Distribution

Professional Experience

  • Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India. November 2018 to Present.
  • Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India. June 2014 to November 2018.
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India. December 2009 to June 2014.
  • Lecturer, Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Built Environment and Engineering, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia. February 2009 to November 2009.
  • Research Associate, Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Built Environment and Engineering, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia. August 2008 to January 2009.
  • Special Scientist, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Cyprus, Cyprus. October 2006 to July, 2008.
  • Phd Candidate and Teaching Assistant, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Canada. September 2002 to September 2006.
  • Scientific officer, Electronics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Department of Atomic Energy, India. April 2000 to June 2002.
  • Marketing and commissioning engineer, Relay and Control Panels Division, Asea Brown Boveri (ABB) Limited, India. September 1997 to March 1998.

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Education

  • Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada, 2006.
  • M.E., Electrical Engineering, Jadavpur University, India, 2000.
  • B.E., Electrical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, India, 1997

Awards and Recognitions

  • Selected as the Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering in 2021.
  • Selected as the Fellow of the Institution of Engineers (India) in 2019.
  • Associate Editor, International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, from November 2020.
  • Editor, IEEE Power Engineering Letters, from January 2020.
  • Editor, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, from January 2020.
  • Associate Editor, IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution, for the period: April 2019-December 2021.
  • Awarded Sajani Kumar Roy Memorial Chair Professorship for 2019-2022 in Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India.
  • Ministry of Power, Government of India-funded project, "Development of R&D Platform for Smart City Pilot Projects in the Indian Context" won India Smart Grid Forum (ISGF) Innovation Award 2019 in ‘Smart Technology of the Year’ category.
  • Received IEEE Uttar Pradesh PES/IAS Chapter Outstanding Engineer Award in February, 2016.
  • Selected as the P. K. Kelkar Young Faculty Research Fellow for the Years 2012-2015 in the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India.
  • Rated by the students as the ‘Best Instructor’ in the 2nd year undergraduate course on ‘Introduction to Electrical Engineering’ during 2011-12 in IIT Kanpur, India.
  • Senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) (S’05, M’06, SM’11).
  • Served as the Chairperson of the IEEE Power & Energy Society (IEEE PES) and Industry Applications Society (IEEE IAS), Uttar Pradesh section, India, for 2010 and 2011.
  • Received the "David Dunsiger Award for Excellence" in graduate studies and research in 2007 from the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University of Newfound, St. John’s, Canada.
  • Held the post of the president of the Engineering Graduate Students Society (EGSS) from 2004 to 2005, in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

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Link to Website

https://sites.google.com/view/saikatchakrabarti/home

INAE Section Affiliated

V: Electrical Engineering

Year of Election to Fellowship

2021

Year of Birth

1975

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