• Ph.D in Electrical Engineering from IIIT Bhubaneswar in 2021

• M.E in Control system from BIT Mesra, Ranchi in 2009

• B.E in Electrical Engineering from IGIT Sarang in 2002

• Assistant Professor, Dept. of EE -IIIT Bhubaneswar (Aug 2009-till date)

• Lecturer, Dept. of EE -Silicon Institute of Technology,  Bhubaneswar (Feb 2005 - Aug 2007)

• Lecturer, Dept. of EE -SCITM Semiliguda, Koraput (Nov 2003-Jan 2005)

• Part-time Lecturer, Dept. of EE -UCE Burla (Sept 2002-Oct 2003)

• Optimal planning of power distribution network

• Power distribution network reconfiguration

• Renewable DG Integration

• Smart Grid

• Optimal planning of power distribution network

• Power distribution network reconfiguration

• Renewable DG Integration

• Smart Grid

• Network Theory

• Basic Electrical Technology

• Electromagnetic Fields and waves

• Control System Engineering

• Advanced control system

• Electric power transmission and distribution

1. Usharani Raut & Sivkumar Mishra (2023) An improved equilibrium optimiser-based algorithm for dynamic network reconfiguration and renewable DG allocation under time-varying load and generation, International Journal of Ambient Energy, 44:1, 280-304, https://doi.org/10.1080/01430750.2022.2127886.

2.  Usharani Raut & Sivkumar Mishra (2021) Enhanced Sine–Cosine Algorithm for Optimal Planning of Distribution Network by Incorporating Network Reconfiguration and Distributed Generation. Arab J Sci Eng 46, 1029–1051. doi.org/10.1007/s13369-020-04808-9 

3.  Usharani Raut & Sivkumar Mishra (2021) A new Pareto multi-objective sine cosine algorithm for performance enhancement of radial distribution network by optimal allocation of distributed generators. Evol. Intel. 14, 1635–1656 . doi.org/10.1007/s12065-020-00428-2 

4.  Usharani Raut, Sivkumar Mishra (2020), An improved sine–cosine algorithm for simultaneous network reconfiguration and DG allocation in power distribution systems, Applied Soft Computing, Volume 92,  106293, ISSN 1568-4946, doi.org/10.1016/j.asoc.2020.106293 . 

5.  Usharani Raut, Sivkumar Mishra (2019), An improved Elitist–Jaya algorithm for simultaneous network reconfiguration and DG allocation in power distribution systems, Renewable Energy Focus, Volume 30, Pages 92-106, ISSN 1755-0084, doi.org/10.1016/j.ref.2019.04.001 .

• U. Raut and S. Mishra, "Power distribution network reconfiguration for loss minimization using a new graph theory based genetic algorithm," 2017 IEEE Calcutta Conference (CALCON), Kolkata, India, 2017, pp. 1-5, doi.org/%2010.1109/CALCON.2017.8280684 . 

•  U. Raut and S. Mishra, "A Fast Heuristic Network Reconfiguration Algorithm to Minimize Loss and Improve Voltage Profile for a Smart Power Distribution System," 2017 International Conference on Information Technology (ICIT), Bhubaneswar, India, 2017, pp. 85-90, doi.org/%2010.1109/ICIT.2017.23. 

•  U. Raut, S. Mishra and D. P. Mishra, "An Adaptive NSGA II for Optimal Insertion of Distributed Generators in Radial Distribution Systems," 2019 International Conference on Information Technology (ICIT), Bhubaneswar, India, 2019, pp. 65-69, doi.org/%2010.1109/ICIT48102.2019.00018. 

• U. Raut and S. Mishra (2017, October). A robust load flow algorithm to solve power distribution network reconfiguration problem with a population based meta-heuristic approach. In 2017 6th International Conference on Computer Applications In Electrical Engineering-Recent Advances (CERA) (pp. 74-79). IEEE. 

• U. Raut and S. Mishra, "A robust load flow algorithm to solve power distribution network reconfiguration problem with a population based meta-heuristic approach," 2017 6th International Conference on Computer Applications In Electrical Engineering-Recent Advances (CERA), Roorkee, India, 2017, pp. 74-79, doi.org/%2010.1109/CERA.2017.8343304. 

•  U. Raut, S. Mishra and S. K. Dash, "An Adaptive Equilibrium Optimizer based Technique for Optimal Allocation of D-STATCOM in a Reconfigured Distribution Network," 2021 19th OITS International Conference on Information Technology (OCIT), Bhubaneswar, India, 2021, pp. 466-471, doi.org/%2010.1109/OCIT53463.2021.00096. 

• S. K. Dash, S. Mishra, U. Raut, and A. Y. Abdelaziz, "An Improved Symbiotic Organisms Search Algorithm for Multi-objective Simultaneous Optimal Allocation of DSTATCOM and DG Units," 2021 International Conference in Advances in Power, Signal, and Information Technology (APSIT), Bhubaneswar, India, 2021, pp. 1-6, doi.org/%2010.1109/APSIT52773.2021.9641337. 

•  S. K. Dash, S. Mishra, U. Raut and A. Y. Abdelaziz, "Optimal Allocation of DSTATCOM Units in Electric Distribution Network Using Improved Symbiotic Organisms Search Algorithms," 2021 International Conference in Advances in Power, Signal, and Information Technology (APSIT), Bhubaneswar, India, 2021, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/APSIT52773.2021.9641495. 

• D. P. Mishra, U. Raut, A. P. Gaur, S. Swain and S. Chauhan, "Particle Swarm Optimization and Genetic Algorithms for PID Controller Tuning," 2023 5th International Conference on Smart Systems and Inventive Technology (ICSSIT), Tirunelveli, India, 2023, pp. 189-194,doi.org/%2010.1109/ICSSIT55814.2023.10060892. 

• U. Raut,  S. Mishra (2019). Power Distribution Network Reconfiguration Using an Improved Sine–Cosine Algorithm-Based Meta-Heuristic Search. In: Bansal, J., Das, K., Nagar, A., Deep, K., Ojha, A. (eds) Soft Computing for Problem Solving. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 816. Springer, Singapore. doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1592-3_1 .

• U. Raut, S. Mishra, , Dash, S.K., Jena, S.K., Mohapatra, A. (2022). An Adaptive Levy Spiral Flight Sine Cosine Optimizer for Techno-Economic Enhancement of Power Distribution Networks Using Dispatchable DGs. In: Mohanty, M.N., Das, S. (eds) Advances in Intelligent Computing and Communication. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 430. Springer, Singapore. doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0825-5_37 .

• A. Mohapatra, C. Saiprakash, B.Nayak,  S. Samal, U. Raut (2023). Parameter Estimation of Photovoltaic Module Using Sine Cosine Algorithm. In: Dash, R.N., Rathore, A.K., Khadkikar, V., Patel, R., Debnath, M. (eds) Smart Technologies for Power and Green Energy. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 443. Springer, Singapore. doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-2764-5_26 .

Assistant Professor

Department of Electrical Engineering

IIIT Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India-751003

Email: usharani@iiit-bh.ac.in