Assistant Professor
Dept. of Electrical Engineering
IIT Kanpur
Education:
PhD: Concordia
University, Montreal, Canada, 2018 (partly
from NUS Singapore)
M. Tech: IIT Kanpur, 2013
B.E: Bengal Engineering and Science
University (now IIEST Shibpur), 2009
Work Experience:
IIT Kanpur, Assistant Professor,
Jul. 2020 - Present
NC State University (NCSU),
Raleigh, NC, USA, Post Doctoral Fellow, Jun.
2018 - Jul. 2020
National University of Singapore (NUS),
Research Associate, Apr. 2014 - Apr. 2016
Coal India Ltd, Sep. 2009 - Jul.
2011
Opportunities:
Postdoctoral Fellow/ Ph.D.
and M.Tech Students / Research
Associates (BTech, MTech): Applicants
with a Power Electronics background
interested in modeling and designing
converters for various applications such as
EV, Renewable, Consumer Electronics,
Robotics, Biomedical Devices, etc., can email
me with latest CV.
22 Sep. 2022 Papers accepted in PEDES 2022:
1) Design
and Control of Three-Phase
Single-Stage Bi-Directional
High-Frequency Current Source
Converter for EV Charging
2) An
On-Board Integrated Fast Charger
Based on Multiphase Machine
11 July 2022 Papers accepted in IECON 2022:
1) Threshold Voltage Instability
Measurement Circuit for GaN-HEMTs
Devices 2) Comprehensive Study on
Dynamic on-resistance Evaluation
Circuit for Power GaN HEMTs
Devices
01 May 2022 Paper accepted: J. Kumar,
S. Samanta, "Modeling, Design, and
Control of a Single-Stage AC-AC
Converter based Inductive Power
Transfer System with V2G
Capability"IEEE ECCE 2022,
Detroit, MI, USA.
15 Mar 2022: Approved SERB Project:
"Development of a Low Cost and
Robust Wireless Power Transfer
System for Convenient EV Charging"
Role: PI
11 Nov 2021:
Approved
SERB Project: "Centre for
Rechargeable Energy Storage
Systems for Augmenting
Transportation and
Electrification" Role:
Co-PI
26 Oct. 2021:
Paper
accepted: J. Kumar and S.
Samanta, "Harmonic Modeling and
Performance Analysis of the
Basic IPT Topologies under
Varying Operating Conditions,"2021 IEEE 2nd International
Conference on Smart
Technologies for Power,
Energy and Control (STPEC),
2021.
15 Oct. 2021:
Paper
accepted: M. Singh, S.
Samanta and S. P. Das, "A
Generalized Method of
Determining Coil and
Compensation Circuit Parameters
of Basic WPT Topologies," 2021
National Power Electronics
Conference (NPEC),
2021,
19 Sep 2021:
Paper
accepted: M. P. Korukonda,
R. Prakash, S. Samanta and L.
Behera, "Model Free Adaptive
Neural Controller for Standalone
Photovoltaic Distributed
Generation Systems With
Disturbances," in IEEE
Transactions on Sustainable
Energy
