Name and Designation:
Dr. Suman Maiti, Associate 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 (worked on Modular Multilevel Converters)
2014-2023: Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Kharagpur (Research work: Modular Multilevel Converters, Electric Drives, Solar Inverters)
2023 - till date: Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Kharagpur (Research work: Modular Multilevel Converters, Electric Drives, Solar Inverters)
Specialization and Expertise:
Machine Drives
Modular Multilevel Converters (MMC)
Solar Inverters
Awards and Achievements:
Faculty Excellence Award in 2025 under Associate Professor category
IEEE Industrial Drives Committee (IDC) 2nd Best Transaction Paper Award in 2022
Lead Principal Investigator (Lead-PI) of EU-India consortium project (Sponsored by DST, Fund amount - 10.32 Crore)
Associate Editor (2020 - to date), IEEE Access, IEEE Power & Energy Society.
Third Best Prize Paper awarded by the IEEE-IES Electrical Machine Technical Committee, USA, 2009.
Best paper presentation award in the 2nd National Power Electronics Conference, NPEC-2005.
Sponsored R&D projects:
Five (as PI), Five (as Co-Pi)
PhD Students Guided:
Six (Completed),
One (Submitted),
Four (on-going)
Members:
IEEE