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.
1) "Harmonic
Inclusion and Accurate Modeling
and Performance Analysis of the
IPT Topologies under Varying
Operating Conditions" IEEE
Trans. Ind. Electronics
2)
"Threshold Voltage Instability
Measurement Circuit for Power
GaN HEMTs Devices" IEEE
Trans. Power Electron.
24 July 2023
Papers
accepted in IECON 2023: 1)
Contactless Magnetic Plug for
Convenient EV Charging with
Closed-Loop Control 2) Modeling
and Optimal Control of Modified
Pulse Width Modulation on Series
Resonant-based Dual Active
Bridge
16 May 2023
Paper accepted in IEEE ECCE
2023: A Smart
Three-Port Converter for
Interconnecting Grid, EV, and
Solar-PV for Enhancing System
Performance
17 July 2022:
Approved
RITES Project: "Artificial
Intelligent Based Cost
Optimization Indian Railways
& Minimizing Overall Carbon
Emission" Role: Co-PI
27 Mar. 2023
Approved
two projects by TMEIC
Industrial Systems India Pvt
Ltd: 1) New
Gen Uninterruptible Power
Supply (UPS) for Indian
Market (Role: PI)
2) New Gen Photo Voltaic
Inverter for Indian Market
(Role: Co-PI)
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
