Research Projects
Title of the Project: Development of Multifunctional Grid Connected Inverter
Coordinator: Dr. Chandan Kumar
Amount: 5.00 lakh Rupees, Sponsoring Agency: Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, India
Duration: 2015- 2016, Status: Completed
2. Title of the Project: Design and Prototype Development of Efficient Wind-Driven Doubly Fed Induction Generator-PV Hybrid System with Smart Controller for
Reliable Supply to Isolated Loads
Coordinator: Dr. Vijayakumar K (Principal Investigator at NIT Jaipur, India), Prof. R A Gupta, Dr. C Periasamy, Dr. Chandan Kumar
Amount: 30.53 lakh Rupees, Sponsoring Agency: Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, India
Duration: 2017-2020, Status: Completed
3. Title of the Project: Development of Energy Management Strategies for Smart Transformer Based Microgrid System
Coordinator: Dr. Chandan Kumar
Amount: 37 lakh Rupees, Sponsoring Agency: Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, India
Duration: 2018-2023, Status: Completed
4. Title of the Project: Design, Operation and Control of Smart Transformer-based Microgrid System
Coordinator: Dr. Chandan Kumar
Amount: 52.82 lakh Rupees, Sponsoring Agency: Department of Science and Technology, India
Duration: 2018-2021, Status: Completed
5. Title of the Project: Operation and control of parallel power converters for stable, efficient and continuous operation of electric grid
Coordinator: Dr. Chandan Kumar
Amount: 10 lakh Rupees, Sponsoring Agency: Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, India
Duration: 2018-2020, Status: Ongoing
6. Title of the Project: Design, control and management of distributed generation in microgrid
Coordinator: Dr. Chandan Kumar
Collaborator: Prof. Saad Mekhilef (University of Malaya, Malaysia) and Prof. HB Gooi (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Amount: 21.52 lakh Rupees, Sponsoring Agency: ASEAN-India Science & Technology Development Fund (AISTDF)
Duration: 2018-2020, Status: Completed
7. Title of the Project: Design, operation, and control of distributed generation (DG) integrated unified power quality conditioner (UPQC) in electric grid
Coordinator: Dr. Chandan Kumar (PI), Dr. Ravindranath Adda
Amount: 32.28 lakh Rupees, Sponsoring Agency: CPRI
Duration: 2019-2021, Status: Ongoing
8. Title of the Project: Development of a SiC-based highly efficient fault- tolerant multi-port power converter for automotive application
Coordinator: Dr. Chandan Kumar (mentor) with students Somnath Meikap and Kumar Mayank
Amount: 2.5 lakhs Rupees, Sponsoring Agency: NEWGEN IEDC
Duration: 2022-2023
9. Title of the Project: Smart Transformer enabled hybrid grid for efficient and green data centers.
Coordinator: Dr. Chandan Kumar (mentor) with student Dwijasish Das
Amount: 7.50 lakh Rupees, Sponsoring Agency: Intel India Research Fellowship Program 2021
Duration: 2021-22
10. Title of the Project: Development of Digital Twin for PEM fuel cell-battery hybrid energy system for vehicular applications.
Coordinator: Dr. Sanjib Ganguly (PI), Dr. Chandan Kumar (co-PI)
Amount: 28,66,900 Rupees, Sponsoring Agency: SERB
Duration: 2023-26
11. Title of the Project: Development of smart transformer based electric vehicle charging station with high PV penetration.
Coordinator: Dr. Chandan Kumar (PI), Dr. Sanjib Ganguly (co-PI)
Amount: 28,71,264 Rupees, Sponsoring Agency: SERB
Duration: 2022-25
12. Received IIT Guwahati Research Concept Grand Challenge Award 2022: Amount 2 lakhs Rupees.
13. Title of the Project: Development of Modular Multilevel dc-dc Converter for Electric Vehicles Charging
Coordinator: Dr. Chandan Kumar (mentor) with students Shwet Prasoon and Sahil Gaurav
Amount: 2.5 lakhs Rupees, Sponsoring Agency: NEWGEN IEDC
Duration: 2023-24
14. Title of the Project: Investigation and Exploration of Smart Transformer Based ship microgrid systems
Coordinator: Dr. Chandan Kumar (PI), Dr. Sanjib Ganguly (co-PI)
Amount: 18.63 lakhs Rupees, Sponsoring Agency: TIH
Duration: 2023-25
15. Recipient of Research Group Linkage Programme supported by Alexander von Humboldt Foundation for 55,000 EURO
Duration: 2023-26