S K Amizhtan 

Amizhtan is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, specializing in High Voltage Technology. He holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India. His research focuses on the condition monitoring and diagnostics of power apparatus, with a particular interest in enhancing the reliability and performance of high voltage equipment.

He is currently involved in the project Transdimo – Transients for Diagnostics and Monitoring of Power Components– where he investigates transient phenomena to develop advanced techniques for the assessment and health monitoring of power system components. 

SPECIALIZATION

High Voltage Technology | Condition monitoring of Power apparatus | Nanocomposites

WORK EXPERIENCE

2022-2023 As a JUNIOR RESEARCH FELLOW worked on 

“Investigation on Gassing Tendency of Nanofiller Dispersed Mineral and Ester Oil for Fault Diagnosis in Transformers”

2024- Present As a POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER working on

"Transdimo - Transients for diagnostics and monitoring of power components"

RECOGNITION / ACCOMPLISHMENT

• Dr M Mukunda Rao Endowment Prize for the Best Ph.D. thesis in Interdisciplinary areas of research in Electrical Engineering for the period 2024 at the 61st Convocation, IIT Madras.

• INSTITUTE RESEARCH AWARD and a nominee for the Keshav Ranganath (KR) Award from Indian Institute of Technology Madras as an appreciation for excellence in Ph.D. research work for 2023.

• Exchange student at KTH University, Sweden as a part of Ph.D. under Erasmus mobility scholarship in 2023.

• Invited talk on "Emerging trends in Transformer Insulation adopting Green Technologies" in INAE and IEEE Madras session, 2022.