RESEARCH LAB DIRECTORY
People advancing cleaner, more resilient energy systems.
Meet the researchers, students, collaborators and alumni contributing to the lab’s research culture.
LAB COMMUNITY
Our lab community, organised by contribution.
LAB COMMUNITY
LEAD FACULTY
Faculty and academic leadership driving the laboratory’s research, education and strategic direction.
Dr. V. L. Srinivas
Assistant Professor and laboratory lead advancing research in electric mobility, renewable integration, microgrids and resilient power systems.
LAB COMMUNITY
PHD SCHOLARS & RESEARCHERS
Researchers working across the laboratory’s research themes, projects and experimental activities.
Suryakant Kumar
Research Area: EV Fast-Charging Integration with Hybrid Renewable Sources & DC Microgrids
Researches electric vehicle fast-charging systems integrated with hybrid renewable sources for V2G/G2V operation, virtual inertia control, and adaptive filtering in power management systems.
21dr0200@ee.iitism.ac.in, suryakant.ex@gmail.com
Mitikiri Sagar Babu
Research Area: Cyber-Physical security in EV Charging Infrastructures, FDIA resilient DC Microgrids and, Power System Stability Analysis.
Focuses on cyber-physical security of Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure (EVCI), stability, secure operation, and cyber-resilience of cyber-physical power systems, particularly DC microgrids, integrating power-system dynamics, power electronics, intelligent control, and cybersecurity. It covers FDIA and stealthy cyberattacks, resilient state estimation, dynamic watermarking, consensus/droop control, voltage regulation, energy management, AI/ML, reinforcement learning, and physics-informed learning.
22dr0133@iitism.ac.in, sagarmitikiri@gmail.com
Pranay Krishna Sahay
Research Area: Axial/Radial Flux Induction Motor Drives & Power Quality Control in Renewable Systems
Specializes in axial and radial flux induction motor drives for EV applications, SOGI/DSOGI-based power quality control, and neural network modulation for grid-forming inverters.
23dr0108@iitism.ac.in, pranay.127098@gmail.com
LAB COMMUNITY
COLLABORATORS & ACADEMIC PARTNERS
Academic, research and professional collaborators contributing expertise and partnerships across the laboratory’s research activities.
Priyank Mukesh Shah
Research Area: Virtual Synchronous Machines, Energy Storage & PV Ground Leakage Suppression
Collaborator and co-inventor on key patents involving virtual synchronous machine (VSM) control, multi-area load frequency control via ultra-batteries, and leakage current optimization in transformerless solar PV systems.
p4priyank2709@gmail.com
LAB COMMUNITY
ALUMNI & FORMER RESEARCHERS
Researchers and scholars who have contributed to the laboratory and continue their professional and academic journeys beyond the lab.
ROLE-BASED DIRECTORY
The lab community, organised by contribution.
Master’s Students
Preet Samanta — Gold Medalist, Axial Flux IM and PMSM
Sheetal Kumar — Battery charging strategies
Sreeram Naveen — Power-electronics control for renewable interfaces
Tannu Anand — EV charging coordination and grid integration
Bachelor’s Students
Tejas Narasingh Dhanangre — Gold Medalist - PV- Fuel Cell Systems
Brij Mohan Singh — Electric mobility systems and prototype testing
Abhi Varun— C2000 Microcontroller
Prasann Katiyar — Renewable-energy data analysis
Mukul Aggarwal — Supercapcitor-assisted PV System
Intern Students
G Anuhya — Model predictive control
Aman Anand — V2G/G2V charging systems
Madhusudan — Power Quality
Ashish Acharya — FOC based PMSM
Project Investigators
Prof. Ashok Kumar, IIT(ISM)
Prof. Shailendra Kumar, IIT Bhilai
Postdoctoral / Other Research Staff
Shanawaz - technical superintendent