Electrical Engineering

Head of Department

Dr. Shaik Affijulla
PhD (NIT Meghalaya)

E-mail:
hod.ee@nitm.ac.in

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Dr. Supriyo Das Assistant Professor (Grade - I)

Ph.D, IIT Kanpur

supriyo@nitm.ac.in
9485177066

Research Interest

Condition Assessment of Electrical Insulation, Lightning and Switching transient, Modelling of Power Apparatus, Electrostatic Field Computation

Education Qualification

Ph.D, IIT Kanpur

Work Experience

Joined NIT Meghalaya on 25th August 2014.


Teaching experience of nearly 11 years: 

      August 2014 onwards (NIT Meghalaya) 

      December 2013 – July 2014 (KIIT University)

      August 2004 – June 2008 (Other Self - Finance Institutes)

 

Courses Taught/Developed & Laboratory facilities Developed

  COURSES TAUGHT

     Undergraduate Level:

          Electromagnetic Theory,

          High Voltage Engineering,

          Network Theory

          Basic Electrical Engg.,

          EHVAC & HVDC Power Transmission

 

     Postgraduate Level:

          Power System Transients


COURSES DEVELOPED

 High Voltage Engineering 

 Power System Transients

 EHVAC & HVDC Power Transmission


LABORATORY FACILITIES DEVELOPED

Experimental facilities:

            Electrometer - for low current measurement, resistivity measurement

            LCR meter,

            Oil/Solid insulation breakdown Test set-up,

           Cable leakage current test set-up,

           Temperature – humidity controlled chamber

           

 Simulation facilities: 

          Software available: Electro – Magnetic Transient Program (EMTP), FLUX


Sponsored Projects

¢  DST-SERB project under EMR scheme: (Sole PI)

Title: Investigation of Dielectric Properties towards Assessment of Cross-linked Polyethylene (XLPE) Cable Insulation using Dielectric Response Analysis

  Amount: INR 32,40,072

  Status: Completed (2017 - 2020)


¢  Start-up Project funded by NIT Meghalaya: (Sole PI)

  Title: Investigation of Transient Over-voltage Phenomena in Underground Power Cables due to  Lightning Stroke

  Amount: INR 2,08,000

  Status: Completed (2015 – 2017)

Research Publications

International Journals

1.    Swarnankur Ghosh, Mousam Ghosh and Supriyo Das, “Effect of Multiple Semiconducting Screens on Line Parameters and Wave Properties of Underground Cable”, IEEE Access, Vol. 7, pp. 169371 – 169384, 2019.


2.   Swarnankur Ghosh and Supriyo Das, “Effect of Parameteric Variations of Semiconductor Screen on Line Parameters and Wave Properties of Underground Cable”, International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering, Vol. 8, Issue – 4, pp. 5279 – 5287, November 2019.


3.    Supriyo Das and Nandini Gupta, “Effect of Ageing on Space Charge Distribution in Homogeneous and Composite Dielectrics”IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, Vol. 22, Issue 1, pp. 541-547, February 2015.

4.       Supriyo Das and Nandini Gupta, “Interfacial Charge Behaviour at Dielectric – Dielectric Interfaces”, IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, Vol. 21, No. 3, pp. 1302 – 1311, June 2014.


5.   Supriyo Das and Nandini Gupta, “Charge Trapping and Transport Phenomenon in Aged and Unaged Epoxy resin and Polyethylene”, International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems, Vol. 25, Issue 6, pp. 948 – 957, June 2015 (published online – DOI: 10.1002/etep.1876 2014).

6.        Supriyo Das, R. Sarathi, C.R. Anil Kumar, R. Velmurugan,“Analysis of failure of crosslinked polyethylene cables because of Electrical Treeing:  A physico-chemical approach”, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Vol. 92, No. 4, pp. 2169-2178, 2004.


International Conferences


1.      Darshan Prakash Borthakur and Supriyo Das, “Understanding the Life and Ageing of XLPE Insulation considering Free Energy Barrier Concept”, IEEE 4th International Conference on Condition Assessment Techniques in Electrical Systems (CATCON), November 2019, India.

2.      Ashok Narayan Tripathi, Adnan Iqbal and Supriyo Das, “Understanding the Ageing of XLPE Cable Insulation using Impedance Analyser”, IEEE International Conference on Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering (UPCON), November 2019, India.

3.      B. Thangabalan and Supriyo Das, “Understanding the Flashover Characteristics across Stay Arm Insulator due to Lightning Stroke”, IEEE 11th Asia – Pacific International Conference on Lightning (APL), June 2019, Hong Kong.

4.          Darshan Prakash Borthakur and Supriyo Das, “Life Estimation of XLPE Cable under Electrical and Thermal Stress”, International Conference on High Voltage Engineering & Technology (ICHVET), February 2019, CPRI Hyderabad.

5.        Adnan Iqbal and Supriyo Das, “Estimation of Support Vector Machine Parameters Based on Breakdown Voltage Characteristics”, IEEE International Conference on Energy, Power and Environment (ICEPE), June 2018, NIT Meghalaya.

6.        B. Thangabalan and Supriyo Das, “The Effect of Lightning on Insulator Flashover Characteristics”, IEEE International Conference on Energy, Power and Environment (ICEPE), June 2018, NIT Meghalaya.

7.        Himanshu  Gupta and Supriyo Das, “Statistical Analysis of Oil Insulation Breakdown Voltage”, IEEE Industrial Engineering & Engineering Management (IEEM), pp. 2044 – 2048, December 2017, Singapore.

8.        Swarnankur Ghosh and Supriyo Das, “Effect of Ionisation and De-ionisation on Lightning Current Propagation in Soil”, 18th Asian Conference on Electrical Discharge ACED 2016, IIT Madras, India, December 2016.

9.        Anuj K. Mishra, Mayur K. Borah and Supriyo Das, “Study of Lightning Impulse Propagation and Reflection in Transmission Line Tower”, IEEE TENCON 2016 – Technologies for Smart Nation, pp. 603 – 606, November 2016, Singapore.

10.    Swarnankur Ghosh and Supriyo Das, “Effect of lightning on soil characteristics with and without underground cable”, 2nd International Conference on Control, Instrumentation, Energy and Communication (CIEC), pp. 264 – 268, January 2016, Kolkata.

11.    Palla Satish Kumar and Supriyo Das, “Study of Lightning Phenomena on UG Cables based on Soil Resistivity”,IEEE International Conference on Condition Assessment Techniques in Electrical Systems (CATCON), pp. 179 – 183, December 2015, Bangalore.

12.    Bandita Baruah, Mousam Ghosh and Supriyo Das, “Optimal Placement of Protective Devices in a Distributed Power System” 12thIEEE India International Conference INDICON, pp. 1-6, December 2015, Delhi.

13.    Supriyo Das and Nandini Gupta, “Assessment of Space Charge based on PEA Measurement”, IEEE International Cconference on Power Dielectrics and Energy (ICPDEN), January 2015 NERIST, Arunachal Pradesh.

14.    Supriyo Das, J.C. Pandey and Nandini Gupta, “Space Charge Diagnostics in Aged Polymeric Insulation”, IEEE International Conference on Condition Assessment Techniques in Electrical Systems, pp. 1 – 4, December 2013, Kolkata.

15.    Supriyo Das and Nandini Gupta, “Space Charge Accumulation in Epoxy-PET Composites”, IEEE Conference on Electrical Insulation on Dielectric Phenomena, pp. 254 – 257, October 2013, China.

16.    Supriyo Das and Nandini Gupta, “Effect of Thermal and Humidity Ageing on Space Charge Accumulation in Epoxy Resin”, IEEE International Conference on Solid Dielectrics, pp. 456 – 459, July 2013, Italy.

17.    Supriyo Das and Nandini Gupta, “Space Charge Mapping and Conduction Current Measurements in Epoxy and Polyethylene”, IEEE Conference on Electrical Insulation on Dielectric Phenomena, pp. 645 – 648, October 2012, Canada.

18.    Supriyo Das and Nandini Gupta, “Space Charge accumulation in Epoxy Resin and Polyethylene”,10th International Conference on Properties and Applications of Dielectric Materials, July 2012, Bangalore.

19.    Supriyo Das and Nandini Gupta, “Study of Space Charge Dynamics in Polymers using Electroluminescence and Conduction Current Measurement”, 14th International Symposium on Electrets, pp. 11-12, August 2011, France.

20.    Supriyo Das and Nandini Gupta, “Study of Space Charge Characteristics in Epoxy Resin and its Nanocomposites”, IEEE International Conference on Solid Dielectrics, pp. 235-238, July 2010, Germany.

21.    R. Sarathi, Supriyo Das, C. Venkataseshaiah, N. Yoshimura, Investigation and growth of Electrical Trees in XLPE cable insulation under different voltage profiles”, IEEE Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena, pp. 666-669, Oct. 2003, USA.

Detail Qualification

PhD in Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (2014)

Thesis Title – Space Charge Phenomena in Homogeneous and Composite Polymeric Insulating Materials

 

MS (by research) in Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras (2004)

Thesis Title – Investigations of Electrical Treeing in Underground XLPE Cables through Modeling and Experimental Study

 

BE in Electrical Engineering, Jalpaiguri Govt. Engg. College (University of North Bengal) (2001)

Thesis Title – Computer aided design and analysis of Schrage motor

Student Guidance

Doctor of Philosophy

Completed:

1.      Swarnankur Ghosh, “Modeling and Analysis of UG cable containing Multiple Semiconductor Screens”,15th December 2020.

 

Master of Technology

Completed:

1.      Ashok Narayan Tripathi, “Diagnosis and Assessment of Aged XLPE Cable Insulation using Time Domain Dielectric Spectroscopy”,2020

2.      Deep Chand, “Modeling and Analysis of Switching Transient Overvoltage in Electrical System of Petroleum Industry”,2020

3.      Darshan Prakash Borthakur, “Life Estimation of Electrical Insulation under Different Stress Conditions”, 2019

4.      Adnan Iqbal, “Estimation of Breakdown Voltage of Oil Insulation using Support Vector Machine”, 2018

5.      B. Thangabalan, “Effect of Lightning Transients on Insulator Flashover Characteristics of a Traction Mast”, 2018

6.      Himanshu Gupta, “Lightning Analysis on Transmission Line and Tower”, 2017

7.      Sashi Bhusan Tiwari, “Chaotic Permanent Magnet DC Motor Drive for Electric Compaction”, 2017 [as co-supervisor]

8.      P. Sathish Kumar, “Effect of Direct Lightning Stroke on Soil and Buried Cables”, 2016

9.      Bandita Baruah, “Maintenance Scheduling of IEEE – 14 bus Transmission Lines considering Minimum Market Impact”, 2016

 

 Bachelor of Technology

Ongoing:

1.      Divyesh Srivastav, Gaurav Gupta, Naman Satyavana, “Transient Overvoltage Analysis during Energisation of Electric Ship Propulsion System”, 2021

 

Completed:

1.      Jugami Khakhlary, Pynbhalang Lyngdoh, Ananya Giri, “Effect of High Voltage Transmission on Biological Objects”, 2020

2.      Akshay Rudra, Nihame Lamika Passah, Kasipeta Laxman, “Insulation Breakdown Test on Polyethylene”, 2019

3.      Heimonmi Suchiang, Omesa Shylla, “Breakdown Characteristics of Oil Insulation using Different Types of Symmetric Electrode”, 2018

4.      Aryan Kumar, Gaurav Vasta, Rajesh Kumar Yadav, “Automation of Air – Conditioning System by using Programmable Logic Controller”, 2017 [as co – supervisor]

5.      Anuj Kumar Mishra, Mayur Krishna Borah, “Study of Lightning Wave Propagation on Transmission Tower and Overhead Transmission Line”, 2016

6.      Avinash Kumar, Amit Kumar Meena, Manish Kumar Singh, “Study of Reactive Power Compensation using STATCOM”, 2015

Administrative Responsibility

¢ Responsibilities (Institute Level):

Head of Department, EE: July 2018 – June 2020

Coordinator, PG admission (CCMT): 2018

Coordinator UG admission (JoSAA): 2016

Dy. Coordinator, UG admission (JoSAA): 2015

 

Responsibilities (Department Level):

            Lab in-charge, Basic Electrical & High Voltage Lab, 2015 – till date

           

            Chairman, Departmental Research Committee, July 2018 – June 2020 (as HOD EE)

            Chairman, Screening Committee: Non – Teaching Staff recruitment, Feb. 2019 (as HOD EE)

            Chairman, Departmental Academic Committee, July 2018 – June 2020 (as HOD EE)

 

Convener, Student Appeal Committee, March 2015 – June 2017

            Convener, Certificate Committee: 6th Convocation, 2019

            Convener, Certificate Committee: 7th Convocation, 2020

 

Member, Academic Progress Committee, July 2018 – June 2020 (as HOD EE)

Member, Academic Oversight committee, Sept 2019 – June 2020 (as HOD EE)

            Member, Departmental Research Committee, Dec 2020 – Nov 2022

            Member, Advisory Committee of Academia – Industry Conclave, 2019

            Member, Department Faculty Advisory Committee, 2019

            Member, Planning & Preparation Committee, Oct. 2015 – Sept. 2017

            Member, Institute Ranking Committee, Sept. 2019 – June 2020

            Member, Academic Program Committee, July 2015 – June 2016

            Member, Screening Committee: Junior Engg. & Technician recruitment, Feb. 2015

            Member, Screening Committee: Technical Assistant (Library), Feb. 2015

            External Member, ECE Deptt - Departmental Academic Committee, March 2017 – Feb. 2018

            External Member, ECE Deptt. – Departmental Research Committee, March 2016 – Feb 2017

 

            Faculty Advisor, B20 batch BTech students, 2020 – 2024

            Faculty Advisor, T16 batch MTech students, Aug 2017 – June 2018

Course Advisor, B12 batch BTech students, Jan – June 2015

Outreach Activity

Invited lecture on “Testing and Diagnosis of Electrical Insulation”, during In-house training program titled “Modern Power System” at NEEPCO, Shillong – 1st Nov. 2017

¢  Invited lecture on “Electrical Safety Measures”, during Short Term Training Course on “Structural Safety Audit” at NIT Meghalaya, Shillong – 19th Nov. 2020

¢  Invited lecture on “Space Charge Studies on Under Ground Cables”, during Short Term Training Program on “Recent Trends in Condition Monitoring of High Voltage Systems” at SONA College of Technology, Tamil Nadu – 15th Dec. 2020

¢  Invited lecture on “Condition Monitoring of Lightning Arrester”, during Short Term Training Program on “Recent Trends in Condition Monitoring of High Voltage Systems” at SONA College of Technology, Tamil Nadu – 15th Dec. 2020

¢  Evaluator & External Examiner of PhD thesis titled “Effects of Electromagnetic Interference in Hybrid HVAC – HVDC Transmission Lines”, of NERIST, Arunachal Pradesh – 2019

Conference Session Chair, IEEE International Conference on High Voltage Engineering and Technology (ICHVET) – Feb 2019


Professional Association

IEEE Senior Member - since August 2020

IEEE Society member:  IEEE Dielectric and Electrical Insulation Society

                                         IEEE Power and Energy System Society