Research & Development


Following Expert/Invited Lectures Organized:

1. Mr. M. M. Goswami, Additional General Manager Power Grid Corporation of INDIA delivered series expert lectures on “Challenges in Power Transformer design and maintenance” and “On-line monitoring of Bushing and OLTC” on March 14-15, 2009 in EED NIT Hamirpur(Organized by R. N. Sharma).

2. Prof. S. V. Kulkarni Electrical Engineering Department IIT Bombay delivered series of expert lectures on “Insulation design & Processing”, “Short circuit forces and withstand”, “Detection of Winding dislocation”, “Stray loss evaluation & control” and “Fundamentals of Electromagnetics” on 14-15 March, 2009 in EED NIT Hamirpur(Organized by R. N. Sharma).

3. Prof. V. Jaishankar IIT Madras delivered expert lecture on “Detection of Winding dislocation” on March 14, 2009 in EED NIT Hamirpur(Organized by R. N. Sharma).

4. Mr S. Rengarajan from BHEL R&D Corporation Hyderabad delivered expert lecture on “On Site Detection of PD in Transformer” on March 14, 2009 in EED NIT Hamirpur(Organized by R. N. Sharma).

5. Mr.VShrinet from ERDA Vadoa delivered expert lecture on “Significance of Oil properties & DGA” on March 15, 2009 in EED NIT Hamirpur(Organized by R. N. Sharma).

6. Prof.Sivaji Chakaravorti of Jadhavpur University Kolkata delivered series of expert lectures on “Cellulose ageing” and “Moisture determination” on March 15, 2009 in EED NIT Hamirpur(Organized by R. N. Sharma).

7. Dr. M. G. Sharma of Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board delivered expert lecture on “Modern trends in power transformer design requirements” on February 27-2009 in EED NIT Hamirpur(Organized by R. N. Sharma).

8. Expert lecture by Mr. V. Srinet (Sr Manager ERDA, Vadodra) ‘Dissolved gas Analysis of Transformer oil’, June 19, 06, (Organized by Sushil Chauhan).

9. Expert lecture by Mr. V. Srinet (Sr Manager ERDA, Vadodra) ‘Life Assessment of Transformer’ June 19, 06, (Organized by  Sushil Chauhan).

10. Expert lecture by Mr. N. J. Buch, (Dy Director ERDA, Vadoa), ’Electrical Tests for condition Monitoring of Power Apparatus’, June 20, 06, (Organized by Sushil Chauhan).

11. Expert lecture by Sh. David on “INNOVATIONS in Technology”, 2008, (Organized by by Y.R. Sood and R. K. Jarial as part of Continuing Education Centre in IE (India) Electrical Student Chapter).

12. Expert lecture by Mr. R. Jha on “Nonlinear Controls”, 2008, (Organized by Y.R. Sood and R. K. Jarial as part of Continuing Education Centre in IE (India) Electrical Student Chapter).

13. Expert Lectures by experts Er. Arvind, Er. Y. Chetan & Er. Vinod from industry(Organized by R. Nath and R. K. Jarial as part of Industry Institute Interaction under TEQIP).


Invited Lectures Delivered (National /International):

Sr. No.

Title

Coordinator

Place

Dates

1.

Earthing of High Voltage Laboratory-A Case Study

 Y. R. Sood

NIT Hamirpur

Feb 20, 2008

2.

Application of Matlab or CAD/Spice Simulation Tools in Engineering (MOS-2008)

 R.K. Jarial

NIT Hamirpur

June 30 - July 11,2008

3.

Condition Monitoring of Power Transformers

 Y. R. Sood

Haryana College of Technology & Management Haryana

Sept. 21 ,2009

4.

GA MATLAB Optimization Tool Box

O.P.Rahi

NIT Hamirpur.

Dec. 20, 2009

5.

Fundamentals of Power Transformer-I

 O. P. Rahi

NIT Hamirpur

Feb. 06-08 , 2009

6.

Modern Trends in Transformer Cooling

Ashwani Chandel

 NIT Hamirpur.

Feb. 6-8 , 2009

7.

 Transformer Oil Testing and  Diagnostics-I

B. B. Sharma

 NIT Hamirpur

Dec. 13-17, 2010

8.

Transformer Oil Testing and  Diagnostics-II

B. B. Sharma

NIT Hamirpur

Dec. 13-17, 2010

9.

Tests for Power Transformer Diagnostics

B. B. Sharma

 NIT Hamirpur

Feb. 26-28, 2010

10.

Power Transformer Standards for Diagnosis

R.K. Jarial

NIT Hamirpur

Dec. 2, 2011

 

11.

Lecture delivered on “MATLAB and Simulink in Control Systems”, in workshop on MATLAB organized as part of NIMBUS-2012.

B.B.Sharma

NIT Hamirpur

NIMBUS-2012

Conferences / seminars / Winter/Summer schools organized:

Sr. No.

Title

Coordinator

Sponsoring Agency

Place

Dates

Duration

1.

National Conference on Technological Advances and Computational Techniques(TACT-09)

 R.N. Sharma,  SushilChauhan, RavinderNath,  Veena Sharma,  AmitKaul and H. Handa

TIFAC-CORE, TEQIP

NIT Hamirpur

March 16-17, 2009

2 days

2.

National Workshop on Power Transformer Design and Monitoring

 R.N. Sharma, SushilChauhan,  RavinderNath Veena Sharma,  AmitKaul,
H. Handa

TIFAC-CORE, TEQIP

NIT Hamirpur

March 14-15, 2009

  • days

3.

Short term course on Transformer Engineering and Practices

 R.N. Sharma,
SushilChauhan, Veena Sharma

TIFAC-CORE

NIT Hamirpur

Sep.26- 28, 2008

  • days

4.

Short term course on Transformer Engineering and Practices

 R.N. Sharma,
SushilChauhan, Veena Sharma

TIFAC-CORE

NIT Hamirpur

Feb.06-08, 2009

  • days

5.

STTP Awareness training on Electrical Wiring & repair of Electrical appliances

R. K. Jarial

TEQIP

NIT Hamirpur

Jan.7-11,2008

  • week

6.

Workshop on Troubleshooting and Fault  Diagnosis Demonstration of Electrical Gadgets for girls

Veena Sharma

TEQIP

NIT Hamirpur

May 09,2008

  • day

7.

National Conference on Recent trends in Electrical and Electronics Engg.

R. K. Jarial

SJVNL, HPSEB, Mallana Power Ltd.,

NIT Hamirpur

Dec.24-25, 2009

  • days

8.

Transformer Engineering and Practices

R.N.Sharma

TIFAC-CORE

NIT Hamirpur

Oct.23- 25, 2009

3-days

9.

Transformer Engineering and Practices

R.N.Sharma

TIFAC-CORE

NIT Hamirpur

Feb. 26- 28, 2010

3-days

10.

Condition Monitoring of in Service Power Transformers

R.N.Sharma

TIFAC-CORE

NIT Hamirpur

Dec. 13-17 ,2010

One week

11.

STC on Transformer Engineering and Practices

 R.K Jarial

TIFAC-CORE

NIT Hamirpur

Oct 23-25 2009

  • days

12.

STTP on Power Quality Issues & Mitigation Methods (PQM-2010)

 R.K Jarial

MHRD/ AICTE

NIT Hamirpur

June  6- 10, 2010

5 days

 

 

13.

Workshop on, “Automation of Libraries”

 R.K Jarial

Central Library NIT Hamirpur

NIT Hamirpur

Dec.11-12, 2009

2-days

14.

Workshop on, “Motivation and Innovation”

 R.K Jarial

Central Library NIT Hamirpur

NIT Hamirpur

Dec.14, 2009

1-day

15.

Technical festival, “NIMBUS-2010”,

 R.K Jarial

Chairman and Dean     (R &D)

NIT Hamirpur

March 11-14,  2010

-

16.

Technical festival, “NIMBUS-2011”,

 R.K Jarial

 Chairman and Dean     (R &D)

NIT Hamirpur

March 03- 06, 2011

4-days

 

17.

Safe Handling of Electrical and Electronics Gadgets by Rural Citizens

 R.K Jarial

Community Development Programme of TEQIP

NIT Hamirpur

May    17- 21, 2010

5-days

18.

Power Quality Problems and Mitigation Methods (PQM-2010)

 R.K Jarial

MHRD/ AICTE Summer School

NIT Hamirpur

June 5-9, 2010

5-days

19.

Organized short term course on “Transformer Engineering And Practices” 

Rajesh Kumar

TIFAC CORE

NIT Hamirpur

26th -28th Feb 2010

4 days

20.

Organized short term course on “Condition Monitoring of in Service power Transformer”

Rajesh Kumar

TIFAC CORE

NIT Hamirpur

13th  to 17th , Dec, 2010

4 days

21.

Transformer Engineering and Practices

Veena Sharma

TIFAC-CORE

NIT
Hamirpur

September 26- 28, 2008.

2 days

22.

Transformer Engineering and Practices

Veena Sharma

TIFAC-CORE

NIT Hamirpur

Oct 23-25, 2009

3 days

 


Any Financial Assistance for projects received by the department?   Yes


Sr No

Faculty

Title

Funding
Agency

Santioned Ammount
(Rupees)

Project Period

1

Dr M.N. BandyoPadhyay ,
Dr Y.R.Sood,
Dr.R.K.Jarial

 

MODROBS in high voltage lab

 

MHRD,Delhi

 

5 lakhs

 

1998-1999

2

Dr M.N. BandyoPadhyay ,
Dr Y.R.Sood,
Dr.R.K.Jarial

 

MODROBS in high voltage lab

 

MHRD,Delhi

 

5 lakhs

 

1999-2000

3

Dr M.N. BandyoPadhyay ,
Dr Y.R.Sood,
Dr.R.K.Jarial

 

MODROBS in high voltage lab

 

MHRD,Delhi

 

10 lakhs

 

2001-2004

4

Dr Y.R.Sood,
Dr.R.K.Jarial

 

Wheeling Transactions & multi area inter connection in power system

 

MHRD,Delhi

 

10 lakhs

 

2000-2004

5

Dr.R.K.Jarial

 

TIFAC core on power transformer diagnostics

 

DST,TIFAC,
Delhi

 

530 lakhs

 

2001-till date

6

Dr Y.R.Sood,
Dr.R.K.Jarial

 

MODROBS in high voltage lab

 

MHRD,Delhi

 

10 lakhs

 

2004-2006

7

Dr. Ram Naresh Sharma

 

Hydrothermal Scheduling Using Artificial Intelligence Techniques

 

CSIR

 

10 lakhs

 

2004-2008

8

Dr Sushil Chauhan

 

Contingency Screening and Ranking for Voltage Stability

 

Research & Design Scheme

 

6 lakhs

 

2006

9

Dr Ram Naresh Sharma

 

Development of Software Package for Hydro operation scheduling and Optimizations

 

BHEL Bengaluru

 

9.60 lakhs

 

2006-2008

10

Dr Veena Sharma

 

Investigations using neural network optimization for scheduling multi reservoir systems.

 

UGC

 

11 lakhs

 

2006-2008

11

Dr Ashwani K Chandel

 

Identification of Harmonic sources in Power system

 

CSIR

 

10 lakhs

 

2009-2012

12

Dr Veena Sharma

 

Optimal Automatic
Generation Control of Interconnected Power
Systems Using Meta-heuristic approaches

 

CSIR

 

10 lakhs

 

2015-till now