I hold Bachelors, Masters, and Doctorate degree in Electrical Engineering, with specialization in Power Systems. My research areas of interests include several aspects of modeling, analysis, planning, and design of power electronics interfaced power systems. Currently, I am serving as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar.
I am always passionate about learning new areas of knowledge and sharing it with the fellow community.
Power electronic interfaced power systems (dynamic model development, stability analysis, control design issues, control interaction, fault studies)
Microgrids (AC, DC, and Hybrid, Networked microgrids)
Renewable energy systems (PV, wind, energy storage systems)
HVDC transmission
Software: MATLAB/Simulink (SimPowerSystems), RSCAD, PSCAD, Octave.
Programming: MATLAB, Octave, Fortran (basics), Python (basics).
Real-time Simulators: Skilled in real-time simulation, hardware-in-loop testing, and rapid control prototyping using following devices: Opal-RT, RTDS, Typhoon HIL, and Speedgoat.
Hardware experience: Power electronic circuits, 4-quadrant Power amplifier, Grid simulator, Photovoltaic emulators, Phasor measurement units (Vizimax’s Right Won Plus, SEL-451)
Miscellaneous: Windows operating system, Microsoft Office, LaTeX, IBM-DOORS (Requirements Management)
From Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India.
Duration: Jan. 2017-Oct. 2022 (Thesis defended on: 13th Oct. 2022)
Supervisor: Prof. Bijaya Ketan Panigrahi
Course work: CGP 9.8/10
Major research area: Modeling, decentralized control design and stability analysis of power electronic converters for islanded and grid tied microgrids and energy interface systems.
Developed and improved various tools for mathematical modeling, analysis and performance improvement of power electronic converters’ operation in real-time.
From Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India.
Duration: Jun. 2014-Jun. 2016
Supervisor: Prof. Subhransu Ranjan Samantaray
Course work: CGPA 9.19/10 (Silver medalist)
Thesis: “Variational mode decomposition-based disturbance detection in microgrids”
Developed signal processing tool for efficient power quality monitoring and disturbance detection in microgrids.
From Govt. College of Engineering Aurangabad, Maharashtra (Affiliated to Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar)
Duration: Jun. 2009-Apr. 2013
Course work: CGPA 7.885/10, Equivalent percentage: 76.35
Dept. of Electrical Engineering, School of Electrical & Computer Sciences, IIT Bhubaneswar
Nov. 2023 - Till Date
Job Profile: Teaching, Research, Academic Administration
GE Renewable Energy
Jul. 2022 - Nov. 2023
Job Profile: Main scheme design, power system studies, equipment design and procurement, customer training, project management for various VSC-HVDC projects
IIT Delhi
Jan. 2022 - Jul. 2022
Job Profile: Research on cyber-security of microgrids
IIT Delhi
Jan. 2017 - Jan. 2022
Job Profile: Teaching assistance, research
IIT Kanpur
Oct. 2016 - Dec. 2016
Job Profile: Research on Power system load modeling
IIT Bhubaneswar
Jun. 2014 - Apr. 2016
Job Profile: Teaching assistance
Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Polytechnic, Hasegaon, Dist. Latur, Maharashtra
Jun. 2013 - May. 2014
Job Profile: Teaching, academics related administrative activities
For following international journals:
IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery
IEEE Transactions on Power Systems
IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion
IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics
IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems (I/II)
IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics Electronic Letters
IEEE Systems Journal
IETE Journal of Research Various International conferences
Role: Peer review of the submitted papers. The details of reviewing activity are available at: https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/rid/Q-9517-2019.
CIGRE, Member (Dec. 2023 - Dec. 2024)
Institute of Scholars (InSc), Lifetime Professional Member (2022 - Till date)
GE Impact Award - Mar. 2023 (Level #Bravo), for successful & focused delivery of system design work packages in 1.2 GW SouthCoast Wind 1 VSC-HVDC project.
GE Impact Award - Dec. 2022 (Level #Bravo), for successful & focused delivery of various work packages in several VSC-HVDC projects associated with GE.
POSOCO Power System Award-2023 (Doctoral Category), jointly given by Grid Controller of India (formerly POSOCO) Ltd. and FITT, IIT Delhi in Dec. 2022 for the research work carried out for PhD Thesis.
Research Excellence Award-2022, awarded by Institute of Scholars, for the publication "P. D. Achlerkar, and B. K. Panigrahi, 'New Perspectives on Stability Analysis of Decoupled Double Synchronous Reference Frame PLL', IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol. 37, No. 1, July 2021".
Best Paper Award for the publication: ‘S. Sahoo, P. D. Achlerkar, and M. K. Jena, "Rethinking Grid Codes from Protection Perspective: A Case Study on Negative Sequence Directional Relay," 2021 IEEE 2nd International Conference on Smart Technologies for Power, Energy and Control (STPEC), 2021’.
MHRD Research Scholarship for carrying out Doctoral research.
POSOCO Power System Award-2017 (Master’s Category), jointly given by Grid Controller of India (formerly POSOCO) Ltd. and FITT, IIT Delhi in Feb. 2017 for the work of M. Tech. Thesis.
Institute Silver Medal, by Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, awarded in 5th Convocation (Aug. 2016) for securing highest CGPA in the Master’s specialization.
Third Prize in Science Project Competition (Organizer: Lokmat Yuva NXT), on National Science Day, 28 Feb. 2012.
'Inverter-based resource integration to grid', 4th National Workshop on "Recent Developments in Smart Grid Technologies (NWSGT-2025)", held at IIT Bhubaneswar, on 8th March, 2025.
Training sessions to OPTCL employees, held at IIT Bhubaneswar during 24-28th Feb. 2025.
'Data-driven hosting capacity assessment: advances and challenges', at Short-term Training Program 'Data-driven electrical systems and emerging energy technologies', organized by MANIT Bhopal; on 17th Dec. 2024.
'Analysis of Interactions in Inverter-based Resources (IBRs) dominant Distribution Systems', at SPARC workshop 'Resilient Technologies for Sustainable Distributed Energy Resources in Smart Grid Systems, IIT Bhubaneswar; on 12th Sep. 2024.
'Response Standardization of Inverter Based Resources (IBRs) for Unbalanced Systems', organized by IEEE Student Branch Chapter, IIT Patna; on 30th Aug. 2024.
'Emerging Modelling Methods for Power Grids Dominated by Inverter based Resources (IBRs)', at Short-term Training Program 'Exploring new frontiers in sustainable and secure power, renewable energy and power electronics systems', organized by SVNIT Surat; on 15th July 2023.
'Introduction of Requirements Engineering and its Role in Shaping Power Grid of Future', at Industry Academia Conclave (IAC 5.0), organized by Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad; on 16th Sept. 2023.
'Signal Processing for Power Quality', at the workshop titled 'Power quality problems due solutions (ICT-162)', organized by National Institute of Technical Teachers Training & Research (NITTTR), Chandigarh; on 30th Jan. 2023. Link.
‘Managing mindset for research’, at Research Scholar Forum event, organized by Dept. of Electrical Engineering, IIT Palakkad; on 13th Jan. 2023.
‘Synchronization of inverters with grid: requirements and challenges’, at student webinar series organized under aegis of UI-ASSIST Project; on 3rd Dec. 2020. Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-1IsMyFEgI