Electrical Engineering

Head of Department

Dr. Shaik Affijulla
PhD (NIT Meghalaya)

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

Faculty

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Research Interest

Electrical Machine Drives, Power Electronics, PMSM motor control, BLDC motor control, Direct torque control of Induction motor

Education Qualification

Ph.D, NIT Meghalaya

Achievements

1. 1st position in Techno Exhibit 2022, Meghalaya

2. Recognition from MHRD Minister, Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank in his official twitter account in 2020 for inventing a germ killing handgloves during covid.

3. Awarded 3rd prize by IEEE COVID19 Hackathon challenge organized by IEEE Hyderabad section in 2020.

4. Awarded on Institute Day for outstanding achievement from external agency for the year 2020 - 2021.

4. Best paper award in IECON 2016 organised by Industrial Electronics Society

5. Certificate of Excellence in the ISTE workshop on Solar Photovoltaics: Fundamentals, Technologies and Applications at IIT Bombay in 2012.

6. Published the invention of Electric Carrier in Times of India newspaper in 2022.

Publications

International Journals:

  • R. Roy, A. Dalal, P. Kumar, Prediction of High Frequency Core Loss for Electrical Steel Using the Data Provided by Manufacturer, Journal of magnetism and magnetic materials, Vol.-410, Page Nos -248-256, 2016. 
  • R. Roy, K. Prabhakar, P. Kumar, Core loss calculation in different parts of induction motor, IET electric power applications, vol -11, issue 9, Nov 2017, Page Nos 1664 - 1674, DOI:  10.1049/iet-epa.2017.0369 , 
  • Gandhi, R., Bhattacharya, D., Anand, A. et al. Speed Control of PMSM Using Modified Particle Swarm Optimization Technique Based on Inertia Weight Updating Mechanism. SN COMPUT. SCI. 4, 774 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42979-023-02095-3
  • Gandhi, R., Sankararao, E., Mishra, P. et al. A Novel Technique to Correct the Unwanted Zero Position Signal of Faulty Encoder for Accurate Speed and Position Estimation of PMSM Drive. Iran J Sci Technol Trans Electr Eng (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40998-023-00662-1



International Conferences:

  • R. Roy, A. Dalal, P. Kumar, Steady state model of dual rotor motor for electric vehicle applications, PEDES, Period -2014, Place -IIT Bombay, Page -1 - 5, 2014. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=7042113&newsearch=true&queryText=steady%20state%20model%20of%20dual%20rotor%20motor
  • A. Kumar, R. Roy, A. Dalal, P. Kumar, Improved Dynamic Model of Induction Motor Including the Effects of Saturation, PEDES, Period -2014, Place -IIT Bombay, Page -1 - 5, 2014. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=7042108&newsearch=true&queryText=Dynamic%20Model%20of%20Induction%20Motor%20Including%20the%20Effects%20of%20Saturation
  • R. Roy, A. Gogoi, S. Kar, A. Dalal and P. Kumar, "Steady state model of Dual Rotor Motor for electric vehicle application," 2014 IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), Mumbai, India, 2014, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/PEDES.2014.7042113.
  • R. Roy, A. Dalal, K. K. Prabhakar and P. Kumar, "A general relation between supply harmonics and reactive power of an induction motor," IECON 2016 - 42nd Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Florence, 2016, pp. 1572-1577, doi: 10.1109/IECON.2016.7793208.
  • A. Dalal, P. Kumar and R. Roy, "Analytical model for permanent magnet motor with non-linear ferromagnetic material property," IECON 2016 - 42nd Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Florence, 2016, pp. 1604-1609, doi: 10.1109/IECON.2016.7793345.
  • R. Krishan, K. Kumar and R. Roy, "Comparative Analysis of Constant Torque Angle Control and Constant Mutual Flux Linkage Control of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor," 2018 2nd International Conference on Power, Energy and Environment: Towards Smart Technology (ICEPE), Shillong, India, 2018, pp. 1-9, doi: 10.1109/EPETSG.2018.8658931.
  • R. Wilson, R. Gandhi, A. Kumar and R. Roy, "Design and Analysis of Twin-Rotor Axial Flux Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor for Electric Bicycle using 3D Finite Element Analysis," 2020 IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Smart Grid and Renewable Energy (PESGRE2020), Cochin, India, 2020, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/PESGRE45664.2020.9070706.
  • A. Kumar, R. Gandhi, R. Wilson and R. Roy, "Analysis of Permanent Magnet BLDC Motor Design with Different Slot Type," 2020 IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Smart Grid and Renewable Energy (PESGRE2020), Cochin, India, 2020, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/PESGRE45664.2020.9070532.
  • R. Gandhi, R. Wilson, A. Kumar and R. Roy, "Comparative Analysis of Vector Controlled PMSM Drive with Particle Swarm Optimization and Ant Colony Optimization Technique," 2020 International Conference on Computational Performance Evaluation (ComPE), Shillong, India, 2020, pp. 744-750, doi: 10.1109/ComPE49325.2020.9200184.
  • R. Wilson, R. Gandhi, A. Kumar and R. Roy, "Optimized Vector Control Strategy for Dual-Rotor Axial Flux Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor for in-Wheel Electric Drive Applications," 2020 International Conference on Computational Performance Evaluation (ComPE), Shillong, India, 2020, pp. 676-681, doi: 10.1109/ComPE49325.2020.9200186.
  • A. Kumar, R. Gandhi, R. Wilson and R. Roy, "The impact of different slot design of BLDC motor in a complete drive system," IECON 2020 The 46th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Singapore, 2020, pp. 4300-4305, doi: 10.1109/IECON43393.2020.9255391.
  • R. Wilson, R. Gandhi, A. Kumar and R. Roy, "Performance Analysis of Twin-Rotor Axial Flux Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor for In-Wheel Electric Vehicle Applications with Sensorless Optimized Vector Control Strategy," 2020 IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), Jaipur, India, 2020, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/PEDES49360.2020.9379464.
  • R. Gandhi, E. Sankararao, R. Wilson, A. Kumar and R. Roy, "Analysis of Flux Density in PMSM with Constant Mutual Flux Linkage Control Strategy Using FEM Model," 2020 3rd International Conference on Energy, Power and Environment: Towards Clean Energy Technologies, Shillong, Meghalaya, India, 2021, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/ICEPE50861.2021.9404410.
  • Jyotsna Nain, Kamakshi Patro, Abanishar Chakrabarti, Rakesh Roy, Bikram Das, Prabir Rn Kasari, Sujit Kr Biswas, "Super Capacitor Based Regenerative Braking in EV," 2021 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference (ITEC-India), New Delhi, India, 2021, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/ITEC-India53713.2021.9932518.
  • Kamakshi Patro, Jyotsna Nain, Abanishar Chakrabarti, Rakesh Roy, Bikram Das, Prabir Rn Kasari, Sujit Kr Biswas, "Hybrid Islanding Protection Scheme for V2G Connected System with Local Load," 2021 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference (ITEC-India), New Delhi, India, 2021, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/ITEC-India53713.2021.9932520.
  • E. Sankararao, R. Gandhi, A. Chakraborti and R. Roy, "Comparative Analysis of Model Predictive and Hysteresis Current Control for PMSM drive Application," 2022 IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), Jaipur, India, 2022, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/PEDES56012.2022.10080791.
  • A. Anand, R. Gandhi, D. Bhattacharya and R. Roy, "Dynamic Analysis of Vector Controlled PMSM with Constant Torque Angle Control Strategy Using Artificial Neural Network," 2023 5th International Conference on Energy, Power and Environment: Towards Flexible Green Energy Technologies (ICEPE), Shillong, India, 2023, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/ICEPE57949.2023.10201640.

Work Experience

  • Assistant Professor at NIT Agartala about one and half year
  • Assistant Professor at NIT Meghalaya from Jan, 2013 to till date

Conference/Symposium/Workshop/Seminar Organised

Workshop:

Sl No.TitleSponsorsNational/InternationalDurationRole Played
1RECENT ADVANCES IN POWER CONTROL ENERGYNEEPCO, IEINational2 DAYS
2PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD DESIGN AND FABRICATIONMaverick TechnologyNational2 days

Conference/Workshop/Seminar Attended

Workshop:

Sl No.NamePeriodPlaceNational/International
1Classical & Modern Control with MATLAB/SIMUINK2013IIST, ThiruvananthapuramNational
2Engineering Curriculum and Instructional Design2014NIT MeghalayaNational

3            IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives                       2014             IIT Bombay                                          International       

              and Energy Systems 

4             IECON 2016 - 42nd Annual International Conference                                 2016             Florence, Italy                                       International


5.            IECON 2020 - 46th Annual International Conference                                 2020             Singapore                                               International



Professional Membership

Sl No.NameMember IDCategoryValidity
1IEEE92700034MemberFeb, 2017
2The Institution of Engineers (India)AM1596848Associate Memberlife time

Patent


Sl NoTitleDateStatusRemarks
01Germ Killing Hand gloves08/04/2020Filed
02An Electric Carrier for transportation16/11/2021Filed