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Prof. Manmath Kumar Badapanda

Present Designation:

DAE Raja Ramanna Chair, Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar (Department of Atomic Energy, GoI)

Areas of Interest:

Design and development of precession regulated high voltage dc power supplies

High current modular dc and pulse power supplies

Power quality, Multipulsed converters and line harmonics filters

Control-interlock and protection systems

High power RF system

Specialisation:

1. Precision regulated high voltage DC and pulsed power supplies up to 100 kV, 25 A DC and 250 kv, 250 A pulsed

2. Advanced Power Electronics Converters and control  system

3. Transformers (converter, power and distribution transformers)

4. Power quality, Multipulsed converters and line harmonics filters

5. Low voltage, high current highly reliable ( reliability> 99.9975%) modular DC power supplies

6. Control, Interlock and Protection Systems for Particle Accelerators

7. High power RF and microwave system

8. DC and RF Grounding

Major Professional Contributions:

1) Indigenous development and demonstration of DC-DC converter based solid state modular 36 kV, 24A DC power supply having full range 24-pulse and output ripple free capability, based on which US patent no. 10027122B2 and Indian patent no. 436206 are granted to him, as their sole inventor in the year 2018 and 2023 respectively and technology transferrred to industry. 

2) Design & development of 50 V, 1950 A and 50 V, 3300 A DC power supplies with high reliability≥ 99.9975 % and their technology transferrred to industry for their indigenous development in India & deployment in Fermilab, USA. 

3) Establishment of 1 MW, 352 MHz RF test stand having CW and Pulse Capability.  Indigenous development of  AC-DC converter based solid state modular 100 kV, 25A DC power supply.

4) Indigenous development of RF & MW Systems for 10 MeV, 15 kW Industrial Electron Linac

5) Design and indigenous development of 4 numbers of AC regulator based 25kV, 7A DC power supplies along with their detuned filters ad crowbars and 24 numbers of 50V, 700A DC power supplies with active redundancy and hot swapability features, which are in round the clock operations.

6) Design and development of one number of 50V, 40 x 80 A pulse power supply of pulsed solid state RF amplifiers. 

7) Design and development of various DC and pulsed power supplies for Indus I and Indus II Synchrotron Radiation Sources.

Consultancy Areas:

1) High voltage DC power supplies

2) Control-interlock protection system

3) Multi-pulse converters

4) Low voltage , high current DC and pulse power supplies

5) Transformers (Converter, power and distribution transformers)

6) Power electronics 

Sector Associated With:

Power and Energy Sector

Electrical Engineering based R& D Sector

High Voltage Engineering Sector

Power Electronics Sector

Precission regulated DC power supply Sector

Sectors Interested to Offer Service:

Power and Energy Sector

Electrical Engineering based R& D Sector

High Voltage Engineering Sector

Power Electronics Sector

Precission regulated DC power supply Sector

Professional Experience

A. DAE Raja Ramanna Chair,Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar (Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India)- Revival and performance improvement of 3 MV Pelletron Accelerator

B. IEEE Distinguished Lecturer by IEEE Power Electronics Society, NJ, USA- Delivered 15 invited talks worldwide during last one year with total 65 invited talks delivered in various national and internationalforum

C. Adjunct Professor, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad- Mentored research scholars and faculties

D. Scientific Officer-H and Head, RF Power Supplies Section at Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology (RRCAT), Indore [Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India] and looking after Research and Development of various types of power supplies and their subsystems. 

                                                      

Keywords

High voltage DC power supply

Low  voltage high current DC and pulsed power supplies

Multi-pulse converters

DC-DC converter

AC-DC converter

Line filters

Transformers 

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Education

B.Sc. (Engg) [4-Year degree course], Electrical Engineering, University College of Engineering, Burla

Master in Technology, Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, BHU

Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration (Equiv to MBA), Marketing Management and International Trade, International Institute of Management Sciences, Kolkata

Honorary Doctorate , Electrical Engineering, NAPF, Noida

Awards and Recognitions

1. DAE Raja Ramanna Chair-2026 and four times Group Achievement Award for excellence  in science, engineering and  technology-2008, 2011, 2016 & 2017 by Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India

2. IETE Bimal Bose Award-2026 by Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers, New Delhi, India. 

3. Best Paper Award in IEEE Energy Conversion Congress & Expo-Asia (ECCE Asia-2025) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), USA

4. IEEE India Council Awards: Technologist of the Year-2023 by IEEE India Council, India. 

5. IEI Research Excellence Award, National Category- 2023 jointly by The Institution of Engineers (India) & Navi Mumbai Local Centre and FCRIT, Vashi, Navi Mumbai, India.    

INAE Section Affiliated

V: Electrical Engineering

Year of Election to Fellowship

2022

Year of Birth

1966

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