Electrical Engineering

Head of Department

Dr. Shaik Affijulla
PhD (NIT Meghalaya)

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

Ph.D

Kaibalya Prasad Panda Research Scholar

M-Tech ( Power Electronics and Drives),

KIIT University, Bhubaneswar

kaibalya.mgr@gmail.com kaibalyapanda@nitm.ac.in
+918249175530
Full Time/Part Time Scholar: Full-Time
Professional Membership : Student MIEEE (93813946), Student MIET (1100620180), AMIE (AM177907-1)

Research Area

Multilevel inverter, Power quality control, Renewable energy integrated microgrid

Seminar/Conference Attended

1. Delivered talk and conducted hands on session in  AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) Academy Sponsored Online Faculty Development Programme on Advanced Control and Wireless Sensors for Smart Distribution Network with Renewable Energy Integration, 09-13 November, 2020, NIT Meghalaya, Shillong

2.  Attended AICTE Training And Learning (ATAL) Academy Online FDP on "Energy Engineering" 26-30 Sept 2020, NIT Silchar

3.  Attended TEQIP-III sponsored Online FDP on " Smart Electric Grids: Operations, Protection & Control" 14-18 Sept 2020, NIT Meghalaya, Shillong

4.  Attended AICTE Training And Learning (ATAL) Academy Online FDP on "Green Technology & Sustainability Engineering" 07-11 Sept 2020, Aligarh Muslim University

5. Participated and Research scholar convenor in Research Conclave 2020, 28th Feb 2020,  NIT Meghalaya, Shillong

6. Attended and conducted hands on training in National Training program on Advancements for Renewable Energy Integration Systems (AREIS 2019), 04-13 December, 2019, NIT Meghalaya, Shillong

7. Delivered talk in Seminar on Power Conservation Techniques : A Road Map to Green Environment, 27th Oct 2017, Chief Engineer Shillong Zone, Shillong

8. National level industrial Workshop on present and future of power sector, 28th Feb-01st March 2017, CVRCE, Bhubaneswar, India

9.  Workshop on Thrust areas of research in engineering & science through ICT, 25-29 April, 2016, CVRCE, Bhubaneswar, India

10.  Workshop on Application of AI techniques to power system operation and control, 02-07 May, 2016, VSSUT, Burla, India

11. Workshop on Present & Future Technologies in electric power & energy systems, 23-28 May, 2016, CVRCE, Bhubaneswar, India

12.  Workshop on Optimization Techniques and Its Engineering Applications, 09-13 June, 2015, CVRCE, Bhubaneswar, India

13.  Workshop on Emerging Trends and Challenges in Electric Power System, 18-23 May, 2015, CVRCE, Bhubaneswar, India

14. Seminar on Renewable Energy & Grid Management, 31st Jan. 2014, CVRCE, Bhubaneswar, India

Publication

Journal: 

  1. K. P. Panda, P. R. Bana and G. Panda, "A Reduced Device Count Single DC Hybrid Switched-Capacitor Self-Balanced Inverter,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs, 2020, doi: 10.1109/TCSII.2020.3018333.
  2. K. P. Panda, P. R. Bana and G. Panda, “FPA Optimized Selective Harmonic Elimination in Symmetric–Asymmetric Reduced Switch Cascaded Multilevel Inverter,” IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 56, no. 3, pp. 2862-2870, 2020
  3. K. P. Panda, P. R. Bana and G. Panda, “A Switched-Capacitor Self-Balanced High-Gain Multilevel Inverter Employing a Single DC Source,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs, vol. 67, no. 12, pp. 3192-3196, 2020
  4. P. R. Bana, K. P. Panda, and G. Panda, “Power Quality Performance Evaluation of Multilevel Inverter with Reduced Switching devices and Minimum standing voltage,” IEEE Trans. Industrial Informatics, Vol. 16, No. 8, pp.5009-5022, 2020.
  5. K. P. Panda, S. S. Lee, and G. Panda, “Reduced Switch Cascaded Multilevel Inverter with New Selective Harmonic Elimination Control for Standalone Renewable Energy System,” IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 55, no. 6, pp. 7561–7574, 2019.
  6. K. P. Panda and G. Panda, “Application of swarm optimisation-based modified algorithm for selective harmonic elimination in reduced switch count multilevel inverter”, IET Power Electronics, Vol. 11, No. 8, pp.1472-1482, 2018
  7. K. P. Panda, P. R. Bana, and G. Panda, “Novel PWM Control with Modified PSO-MPPT Algorithm for Reduced Switch MLI Based Standalone PV System,” International Journal of Emerging Electric Power Systems, vol. 19, no. 5, 2018
  8. P. R. Bana, K. P. Panda, S. Padmanaban and G. Panda, “Extendable Switched-Capacitor Multilevel Inverter with Reduced Number of Components and Self-Balancing Capacitors,” IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 2020, doi: 10.1109/TIA.2020.3018422.
  9. P. R. Bana, K. P. Panda, S. Padmanaban, L. Mihet-Popa, G. Panda and J. Wu, “Closed-Loop Control and Performance Evaluation of Reduced Part Count Multilevel Inverter Interfacing Grid-Connected PV System,” IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 75691-75701, 2020
  10. P. R. Bana, K. P. Panda, and G. Panda, “Performance evaluation of a reduced components count single-phase asymmetric multilevel inverter with low standing voltage,” International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems, p. e12239, 2020, doi: 10.1002/2050-7038.12430.
  11. S. K. Prince, K. P. Panda, and G. Panda, “Kalman filter variant intelligent control for power quality improvement in photovoltaic active power filter system,” International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems, vol. 30, no. 3, 2020.
  12. P. R. Bana, K. P. Panda, R. T. Naayagi, P. Siano and G. Panda, “Recently Developed Reduced Switch Multilevel Inverter for Renewable Energy Integration and Drives Application: Topologies, Comprehensive Analysis and Comparative Evaluation,” IEEE Access, vol. 7, pp. 54888-54909, 2019.
  13. K. P. Panda and S. K. Mohapatra, “Anti-predatory PSO technique-based solutions for selected harmonic elimination in cascaded multilevel inverters”, Int. J. Industrial Electronics and Drives, Inderscience, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp.78-88, 2016.
  14. K. P. Panda, et. al., “Switching Angle Estimation using GA Toolbox for Simulation of Cascaded Multilevel Inverter”, Int. J. of Computer Applications, Vol. 73, No. 21, pp.21-26, 2013.


b) Conference 

  1. K. P. Panda, P. R. Bana, P. Sanjeevikumar, G. Panda, Z. Leonowicz and M. Mitolo, "A Single-Source High-Gain Switched-Capacitor Multilevel Inverter with Inherent Voltage Balancing," 2020 IEEE EEEIC / I&CPS Europe, Madrid, Spain, 2020, pp. 1-6
  2. K. P. Panda, P. R. Bana, and G. Panda, “A Single Source Switched-Capacitor Based Multilevel Inverter for Photovoltaic Application,” IEEE PESGRE 2020, Kerala, India, Jan. 2020
  3. P. R. Bana, K. P. Panda, and G. Panda, “Novel Reduced Source Switched-Capacitor Boost Multilevel Inverter for Photovoltaic Application,” IEEE PESGRE 2020, Kerala, India, Jan. 2020
  4. K. P. Panda, P. R. Bana and G. Panda, “A Self-Balanced Switched-Capacitor Boost Seven Level Inverter for Photovoltaic Systems,” IEEE GUCON 2020, Greater Noida, India, Oct. 2020
  5. P. K. Sorte, K. P. Panda, R. Peesapati and G. Panda, "An Improved Control Strategy for Single-Phase Single-Stage Grid-Tied PV System With Current Reference MPPT Control,"  IEEE GUCON 2020, Greater Noida, India, Oct. 2020, pp. 461-466
  6. K. P. Panda, P. R. Bana, and G. Panda, “Design and Control of A Switched-Diode Multilevel Inverter for Photovoltaic Application,” 2019 IEEE Milan PowerTech, Jun. 2019, pp. 1–6.
  7. K. P. Panda, P. R. Bana, and G. Panda, “Design and Control of An Asymmetrical Cascaded Compact Module Multilevel Inverter for PV System,” TENCON 2019 - 2019 IEEE Region 10 Conference (TENCON), Oct. 2019, pp. 2616–2621.
  8. K. P. Panda, P. R. Bana and G. Panda, "FPA Optimized Selective Harmonic Elimination PWM Technique Application in Reduced Switch Count Multilevel Inverter," 2018 IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), Chennai, India, 2018, pp. 1-6
  9. P. R. Bana, K. P. Panda and G. Panda, "Novel Reduced Switch Multilevel Inverter Suitable for Photovoltaic Application with Selective Harmonic Elimination Control," 2018 15th IEEE India Council International Conference (INDICON), Coimbatore, India, 2018, pp. 1-6
  10. S. K. Prince, K. P. Panda, M. Patowary and G. Panda, "FPA tuned Extended Kalman Filter for Power Quality Enhancement in PV integrated Shunt Active Power Filter,"  IEEE GUCON 2019, NCR New Delhi, India, 2019, pp. 257-262
  11. S. Murali, K. P. Panda and G. Panda, "PV-HESS fed BLDC Driven Water Pumping System with PSO-based MPP Tracking Employing Zeta Converter," 2018 IEEE Innovative Smart Grid Technologies - Asia (ISGT Asia), Singapore, 2018, pp. 196-201
  12. S. K. Prince, K. P. Panda, V. N. Kumar  and G. Panda, “Power Quality Enhancement in a Distribution Network Using PSO Assisted Kalman Filter - Based Shunt Active Power Filter”, IEEE International Conference  IEEMA Engineer Infinite (e-TechNxt-2018), pp. 1-6, 13-14 March, 2018.
  13. K. P. Panda and S. Rout, “Swarm Optimization based Harmonic Elimination in Improved H-bridge Multilevel Inverter”, IEEE International Conference on Inventive Systems and Control (ICISC-2017), pp.1-6, 19-20 January, 2017.

c) Patent 

  1. Gayadhar Panda, Kaibalya Prasad Panda, and Prabhat Ranjan Bana, "Double Stage Voltage Level Boost Optimized Multilevel Inverter" Indian Patent Application, Patent Application No: 201931030343, dated: 26/07/2019, (Filed)
  2. Prabhat Ranjan Bana, Kaibalya Prasad Panda, Gayadhar Panda, and Sukumar Mishra “High-Gain dc-dc Converter For Solar-Assisted Electric Vehicle,” Indian Patent Application, Patent Application No. 202031004840, dated 04/02/2020, (Filed)

Any other remarkable

  1. Project grant under “R & D Grant-in-aid Scheme” entitled “Development of a high performance digital controlled reduced switch multilevel inverter for photovoltaic system”, (2018-2020), successfully completed
  2. IAS Travel Grant for PESGRE 2019 conference
  3. Prof. Subhasis Nandi Student Travel Awards for PEDES 2018 conference
  4. Visiting Scholar with the University of Warwick, U.K., funded under the Joint UK-India Clean Energy (JUICE) two months exchange program scheme from  Jan 2019-Mar 2019
  5. Awarded best faculty and certificate of appreciation for good academic performance during the year 2015-16 in CVRCE, Bhubaneswar
  6. From July 2013 to June 2017, worked as an Asst. Prof. in the Department of Electrical Engineering, C. V. Raman College of Engineering, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
  7. Silver medal winner for scoring highest CGPA in the department during M. Tech