Projects

    Industrial:

• As executing engineer (in a team of 10) of the project entitled, “Hot Strip Mill modernization project in Rourkela Steel Plant, India”, worth Rs. 75 million, 1995 (Work experience under SIEMENS Ltd., India).
• Worked in the indigenous development of a 1 MVA, 11 kV class step voltage regulator with on-load tap changer in a technology transfer project of Brentford Unit, M/S Andrew Yule & Co. Ltd., Calcutta, India, 1994 (Work experience under M/S Andrew Yule & Co. Ltd., India).

Research:

• As Principal Investigator of the AICTE-funded (under Govt. of India) research project, “A Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) controller based real-time implementation of a commutatorless motor drive with selectable hard or soft characteristics”, worth Rs. 4.2 Lakhs, 2008- 2010, completed.
• As co-principal investigator of the project, “National Mission on Power Electronic Technology (NaMPET)”, under Department of Information Technology, Govt. of India, worth about Rs. 99 Lakhs, 2005 – 2010, completed.
• As co-principal investigator of the project, “Development and validation of SEQUEL and real time models of various drives and testing and validation of the above ‘Application Models’ in Full Spectrum Simulator”, under Department of Information Technology, Govt. of India, worth about Rs. 15 Lakhs, 2005 – 2010, completed.
• As co-investigator of the project, “Design, development and testing of 3-phase permanent magnet machines and their converters”, under National Mission on Power Electronic Technology (NaMPET), phase-II”, under Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DEITY), Govt. of India, worth about Rs. 1 crore, completed.

Research proposals written/executed during “Visiting Professor” assignment, University of Windsor, 2011-12:

• Development of a Mechanism for Seamless Power Transfer between Marcom System’s PV Source, End Users and Power Grid” – NSERC ENGAGE grant, Canada – $25,000 (sanctioned) - acquired and executed
• Driver Alcohol Detection: Collaborative Development of Passive, Unobtrusive Technology and Systems to Prevent Drunk Driving” – AUTO 21 grant - about $77,800 (sanctioned) - executed
•   “Development of a Mechanism for Seamless Power Transfer between SunSource Grids’ PV Source, End Users and Power Grid” – FEDDEV grant – $50,000 (sanctioned) - acquired and executed
• “Stand-alone Sustainable LED Lighting System: Development and Implementation of System Components and Verification of Performance” – FEDDEV grant, Canada –$50,000 (sanctioned) - acquired