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Students at IIT Kharagpur

  • Dr. Chakraborty joined IIT Kharagpur in 2002 as Associate Professor


Post Doctoral Fellow

  • 2016 - 2018
    Dr. Sumit K. Chattopadhyay
    Dr. Chattopadhyay worked on new multi level inverter topologies, control techniques and exploring the use of multi level inverters for Solar PV applications

Ph.D Students (Thesis Submitted)

    Yalla Tirumala Rao
    Thesis Title: Analysis, Design and Control of Brushless Induction Excited Synchronous Generator

    IEEE Trans. paper from the thesis::

    C. Chakraborty and Y. T. Rao, “Performance of Brushless Induction Excited Synchronous Generator, IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, Vol.7, No.4, pp. 2571-2582, 2019.

    Y. T. Rao, C. Chakraborty and S. Basak, “Brushless Induction Excited Synchronous Generator With Induction Machine Operating in Plugging Mode,” IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, Vol.54, No.6, pp. 5748-5759, 2018


Ph.D Students graduated

  • 2020
    Noel Richard Merritt
    Thesis Title: Performance and Control of Renewable Energy Fed MicrogridsUnder Unbalanced and Nonlinear Conditions

    IEEE Trans. paper from the thesis::

    N. R. Merritt, C. Chakraborty, P. Bajpai and B. C. Pal, "A Unified Control Structure for Grid Connected and Islanded Mode of Operation of Voltage Source Converter Based Distributed Generation Units Under Unbalanced and Non-Linear Conditions," IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, vol. 35, no. 4, pp. 1758-1768, Aug. 2020.

    N. R. Merritt, C. Chakraborty, and P. Bajpai, “New Voltage Control Strategies for VSC based DG Units in an Unbalanced Microgrid,” IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, Vol.8, No.3, pp. 1127-1136, 2017.

  • 2019
    Dr. Saptarshi Basak
    Thesis Title: New Brushless Generation Systems for DC Microgrid

    IEEE Trans. paper from the thesis::

    S. Basak, A. K. Mondal and C. Chakraborty, "Performance and Analysis of a New Brushless Synchronous Generator for DC Microgrid Application,"  IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 56, no. 3, pp. 3137-3148, 2020.

    C. Chakraborty, S. Basak and Yalla Tirumala Rao “Synchronous Generator with Embedded Brushless Synchronous Exciter,” IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, Vol.34, No.3, pp.1242-1254, 2019.

    S. Basak, C. Chakraborty, and B. C. Pal, "A New Configuration of Dual Stator Induction Generator Employing Series and Shunt Capacitors," IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, Vol.33, No.2, pp. 762-772, 2018.

    S. Basak and C. Chakraborty, “A New Optimal Current Control Technique for Dual Stator Winding Induction Generator,” IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, Vol.5, No.2, pp. 820-832, 2017.

    S. Basak and C. Chakraborty, “Dual Stator Winding Induction Machines: Problems, Progress and Future Scope,” IEEE Trans. on Industrial Electronics, Vol.62, No.7, pp.4641-4652, 2015.

  • 2018
    Dr. Santu Giri
    Thesis Title: Some Studies on Control and Modulation Strategies for Neutral-Point-Clamped Converters Addressing Capacitor Voltage Balancing

    IEEE Trans. paper from the thesis::

    S. Giri, S. Banerjee and C. Chakraborty, “An Improved Modulation Strategy for Fast Capacitor Voltage Balancing of Three-Level NPC Inverters,” IEEE Trans. on Industrial Electronics, Vol. 66, No.10, pp. 7498 – 7509, 2019.

    S. Giri, S. Banerjee, C. Chakraborty, “An Improved PWM Scheme for Three-Level Inverter Extending Operation into Overmodulation Region with Neutral Point Voltage Balancing for Full Power Factor Range,” IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, Vol.6, No.3, pp. 1527-1539, 2018.

    S. Giri, S. Chakrabarti, S. Banerjee, and C. Chakraborty, “A Carrier-Based PWM Scheme for Neutral Point Voltage Balancing in Three-Level Inverter Extending to Full Power Factor Range,” IEEE Trans. on Industrial Electronics, Vol.64, No.3, pp.1873-1883, 2017.

  • 2017
    Dr. Saroj K. Sahoo
    Thesis Title: Synchronous PMM Strategies for Low Switching Frequency Operation of Vector Controlled Induction Motor Drives

      Jointly with Prof. Tanmoy Bhattacharya

  • 2016
    Dr. A. V. Ravi Teja
    Thesis Title: Adaptive Sensorless Induction Motor Drive with Sliding Mode Controllers: Analysis, Simulation, and FPGA based Implementation

    IEEE Trans. paper from the thesis:

    1. A. V. Ravi Teja, V. Verma, and C. Chakraborty, “A New Formulation of Reactive-Power-Based Model Reference Adaptive System for Sensorless Induction Motor Drive,” IEEE Trans. on Industrial Electronics, vol. 62, no. 11, pp. 6797–6808, Nov. 2015.

    2. A. V. Ravi Teja, C. Chakraborty, S. Maiti, and Y. Hori, “A New Model Reference Adaptive Controller for Four Quadrant Vector Controlled Induction Motor Drives,” IEEE Trans. on Industrial Electronics, vol. 59, no. 10, pp. 3757–3767, Oct. 2012.



  • Dr. Sumit K. Chattopadhyay
    Thesis Title: Investigations on Topological Variations and Applications of Multi Level Inverters

    IEEE Trans. paper from the thesis:

    1. S. K. Chattopadhyay and C. Chakraborty, “Performance of Three-Phase Asymmetric Cascaded Bridge (16:4:1) Multilevel Inverter”, "IEEE Trans. on Industrial Electronics", Vol.62, No.10, pp.5983-5992, 2015.

    2. S. K. Chattopadhyay and C. Chakraborty, "A New Multi Level Inverter Topology with Self Balancing Level Doubling Network", "IEEE Trans. on Industrial Electronics", Vol.61, No.9. pp. 4622-4631, 2014.

  • 2014
    Dr. Vimlesh Verma
    Thesis Title: Fault Detection and System Reconfiguration for Vector Controlled Induction Motor Drives

    IEEE Trans. paper from the thesis:

    1. C. Chakraborty and V. Verma, “Speed and Current Sensor Fault Detection and Isolation Technique for Induction Motor Drive Using Axes Transformation”, "IEEE Trans. on Industrial Electronics", Vol.62, No.3, pp.1943-1954, 2015.

    2. V. Verma, C. Chakraborty, and Y. Hori, “Speed sensorless vector controlled induction motor drive using single current sensor,” IEEE Trans. on Energy Conversion, Vol.28, pp.938-950, 2013.

  • 2013
    Dr. Kuntal Mandal
    Thesis Title: Dynamical Analysis of Resonant DC-DC Converters

    IEEE Trans. paper from the thesis:

    1. K. Mandal, S. Banerjee, and C. Chakraborty, “A New Algorithm for Small-Signal Analysis of DC-DC Converters,” IEEE Trans. on Industrial Informatics, Vol.10, No.1, pp.628-636, Feb., 2014.

    2. K. Mandal, S. Banerjee, and C. Chakraborty, “Symmetry-Breaking Bifurcation in Series-Parallel Load Resonant DC-DC Converters,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems-I, Vol. 60, no. 3, pp. 778-787, March 2013.

  • 2011
    Dr. Avik Bhattacharya
    Thesis Title: Investigations on Shunt Active Power Filters

    IEEE Trans. paper from the thesis:

    1. A. Bhattacharya, C. Chakraborty, and S. Bhattacharya, “Parallel connected shunt hybrid active power filters operating at different switching frequencies for improved performance,” IEEE Trans. on Industrial Electronics, vol. 59, pp. 4007-4019, 2012.

    2. A. Bhattacharya and C. Chakraborty, “A Shunt Active Power Filter with Enhanced Performance Using ANN-Based Predictive and Adaptive Controllers,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 58, pp.421-428, 2011.

  • 2009
    Dr. Suman Maiti
    Thesis Title: Reactive Power Based Model Reference Adaptive System for Sensorless Induction Motor Drive

    IEEE Trans. paper from the thesis:

    1. S. Maiti, C. Chakraborty, and Y. Hori, “An adaptive speed sensorless induction motor drive with artificial neural network for stability enhancement,” IEEE Trans. on Industrial Informatics, vol. 8, no. 4, pp.757–766, Nov. 2012.

    2. S. Maiti, C. Chakraborty, Minh C. Ta and Y. Hori, “Model Reference Adaptive Controller-Based Rotor Resistance and Speed Estimation Techniques for Vector Controlled Induction Motor Drive utilizing Reactive Power,” IEEE Trans. on Industrial Electronics , Vol.55, No.2, pp.594-601, 2008.

  • 2008
    Dr. Suvarun Dalapati
    Thesis Title: Power Converters Based On Controlled Capacitor Charging Technique

    IEEE Trans. paper from the thesis:

    1. C. Chakraborty, S. Dalapati and S. Bhattacharya “Performance Evaluation of Controlled Capacitor Charging Type Inverters,” IEEE Trans. on Industrial Electronics, Vol.56, No.1, pp.12-19, 2009.

    2. S. Dalapati and C. Chakraborty, “A Direct PWM Technique for a Single-Phase Full-Bridge Inverter through Controlled Capacitor Charging,” IEEE Trans. on Industrial Electronics, Vol.55, No.8, pp.2912-2922, 2008.


Ph.D Students (Now Supervising)

  • 1. Saptarshi Basak
    Area of Research: Design and control of Special Machines and Drives

  • 2. Noel Richard Merritt
    Area of Research: PV Integration to Power Grid

  • 3. M Venkatanarasimharao
    Area of Research: Electric Vehicles

  • 4. Yalla Tirumala Rao
    Area of Research: Ne Brushless Generators

  • 5. Jeemut Bahan Sangiri
    Area of Research: Battery management system and integration to power grid

  • 6. Tuhin Subhra Basu
    Area of Research: AC/DC Microgrid

  • 7. Upama Bose
    Area of Research: Micro-generation systems

  • 8. Rajesh V
    Area of Research: Multi level converters

  • 9. Umamaheswararao Vuyyuru
    Area of Research: AC/DC Microgrid

  • 10. Haimanti Bhattacherjee
    Area of Research: Brushless Synchronous Motor

  • 11. Nagarjun S
    Area of Research: Solar Power Converters

  • 12. Preeti Kumari Sahu
    Area of Research: Solar Photovolatic System with Bifacial Solar Cells

  • 13. Saikat Ghosh
    Area of Research: Solar Photovoltaic: Performance Prediction

  • 14. Amit Kumar Mondal
    Area of Research: Electric Drives for EVs

  • 15. Bonu Ramesh Naidu
    Area of Research: Fault tolerant operation of Microgrid

  • 16. K Sivakrishna
    Area of Research: String Inverter Using Wide Band-gap Devices for PV Integration

  • 17. Nirmalya Dhal
    Area of Research: Energy Storage Integration at High Power Level

  • 18. Debottam Bhunia
    Area of Research: Inverters for Solar Power Integration

  • 19. Ruturaj Garnayak
    Area of Research: Power Converters for Solar PV Systems

  • 20. Praveen Verma
    Area of Research: Smart Electrical Grids


M.Tech Students graduated

  • Mr. A.V.Ravi Teja
    Thesis Title: Some Investigations on Flux-based Model Reference Adaptive Controller for Speed Estimation and Parameter Compensation of Induction Motor Drives

  • Mr. T. Jayanth Kumar
    Thesis Title: Parameter Estimation for the Vector Controlled Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Drive

  • Mr. Yaswanth Kumar V.S.
    Thesis Title: Advanced Controller for Shunt Active Power Filter

  • Mr. Satadru Dey
    Thesis Title: Design of Fault-tolerant Control System for Electric Vehicle

  • Mr. T. Madhusudan Rao
    Thesis Title:Development of Twin Brushless DC Motor Driven Electric Vehicle

  • Mr. S. Chandrasekhar
    Thesis Title:Development of Hybrid Electric Vehicles

  • Mr. Mukesh Kumar (jointly with Prof. S. SenGupta)
    Thesis Title:Modeling and Control of Five Phase Induction Motor Drive

  • Mr. Ashwani Guleria (jointly with Prof. S. SenGupta)
    Thesis Title:Design, Implementation of Phase Shift ZVS DC/DC Resonant Converter for Fuel Cells and Study of Fuel Cell Behavior

  • Mr. Sahitya Ray (jointly with Prof. A. Mukherjee)
    Thesis Title:Design of Converter Circuit and Control Scheme for Switched Reluctance Generator

  • Mr. Ramanna Boda
    Thesis Title: Design and Performance of Electric Two Wheeler and Four Wheeler

  • Mr. Oza Bhargav Jyotindra
    Thesis Title: Combined TCSC-GCSC Based Compensation for Power System

  • Ms. Venkata Sesha Neelima.P.
    Thesis Title: A Series Resonant Converter Based Fast battery Charger for EV Applications

  • Mr. A. Jagannadham Naidu (jointly with Prof. B.M.Mohan)
    Thesis Title: Rotor Position Estimation of Switched reluctance Motor using Fuzzy Logic

  • Mr. Kansara Krunal Dilipkumar
    Thesis Title: Development of TCSC-GCSC Based Power Controller for Transmission Line

  • Mr. Vipul Agrawal
    Thesis Title: Design of Inductively Coupled Power transfer Systems

  • Mr. Maruti Krishna
    Thesis Title: Performance of Series Resonant Converter Based fast battery Charger for EV Application

  • Mr. Pulak Purkait
    Thesis Title: Reactive Power Based Speed Sensorless Induction Motor Drive

  • Mr. Santosh Kumar Sharma
    Thesis Title: Development of a Combined GCSC-TCSC Controller to Study Different Aspects of Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS)

  • Mr. Suvarun Dalapati
    Thesis Title: Development of a High Performance Electronic Ballast for Fluorescent Lamp


M.Tech/MS (on going)

  • Mr. Saroj K. Sahoo
    Working on High Performance Traction Drives

  • Mr. Hemant Kumar Dashora
    Working on Wind Power Extraction using PM Generators

  • Mr. M. Ranjith Kumar
    Working on Load Resonant DC/DC Converters

  • Mr. Tuhin S. Basu
    Working on Topological variations of APF/STATCOM for Medium/High Power Applications