Name and Designation:
Dr. Suman Maiti, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Educational Qualification:
BE, ME, PhD (All in Electrical Engineering)
Professional Experience:
2009-2014: Worked in the R&D division of ABB (India) Ltd. as an Associate Scientist
2014-2023: Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Kharagpur
2023 - till date: Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Kharagpur
Specialization and Expertise:
Machine Drives and Power Electronics
Area of Expertise
High-performance control of electric motor drives for Electric Vehicle application
Renewable energy (solar and wind) integration and Microgrids
Modular Multilevel STATCOM
Awards and Achievements:
Faculty Excellence Award 2025 under the Associate Professor category
IEEE Industrial Drives Committee (IDC) 2nd Best Transaction Paper Award for 2022
Best paper presentation award in the 2nd National Power Electronics Conference, NPEC-2005.
Third Best Prize Paper awarded by the IEEE-IES Electrical Machine Technical Committee, USA, 2009.
Coordinator and Principal Investigator (PI) of EU-India project (Sponsored by DST, Fund amount - 9.15 Crore)
Associate Editor (2020 - to date), IEEE Access, IEEE Power & Energy Society.
Sponsored R&D projects:
Four (as PI), Five (as Co-Pi)
Members:
IEEE