Dr. Soumyabrata Das
Brief Bio
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| Dr. Soumyabrata Das obtained his Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Agartala, in 2010. He received his Master’s degree with a specialization in Power and Energy System Engineering and completed his Ph.D. from the National Institute of Technology, Silchar, in 2012 and 2020, respectively. He joined Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur, as an Assistant Professor in June 2022. Before joining Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur, he served as an ad-hoc faculty member at Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad, from November 2020 to June 2022. Dr. Das is a senior member of IEEE and serves as a continuous reviewer for many IEEE Transactions, IET, Elsevier, Taylor & Francis, and other journals. His current research focuses on Electric Vehicle Charging Station and Congestion Management, Active Distributed System and Smart Grid, Power System Operation and Control, and the Application of Optimization Techniques in Power Systems. |
Education
| Sr. No. | Degree | Year | Specialization | University |
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| 1 | B.E. | 2010 | Electrical Engineering | National Institute of Technology Agartala |
| 2 | M.Tech. | 2012 | Power and Energy System Engineering | National Institute of Technology Silchar |
| 3 | Ph.D. | 2020 | Electrical Engineering | National Institute of Technology Silchar |
Contact Details
| Phone: | Email: | Address: |
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| 07122801309(O) | soumyabratadas@eee.vnit.ac.in | Department of Electrical Engineering, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India. Pin-440010 |
| 09366731737 (M) | soumyabratadas1989@gmail.com |
Research Interest
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| Electric Vehicle Charging Station and Congestion Management, |
| Active Distributed System and Smart Grid, |
| Power System Operation and Control, |
| Application of Optimization Techniques in Power System, |
| Application of AI/ML in Electrical Engineering. |
| Sr. No. | Title | Funding Agency | Role | Year | Amount (in Lakhs INR) |
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| 1 | Real Time Water Quality Monitoring Using UAV Technology and Image Processing | NMICPS TiHAN | PI | 2025-2026 | 11.64 |
| Sr. No. | Title | Funding Agency | Role | Year | Amount (in Lakhs INR) |
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| Description | Author(s) | Publisher | ISBN | Year |
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| Soumyabrata Das, Tanmoy Malakar, “Assessment of single and two stage optimization processes on optimal capacitor placement in power distribution systems”, Smart and Intelligent Systems, Chapter 18, Page 195-205, 2021, Springer. (https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2109-3_18). | Soumyabrata Das, Tanmoy Malakar | Springer | 978-981-16-2109-3_18 | 2021 |
| Soumaybrata Das, Amar Kumar Barik, “Opposition-Based Competitive Swarm Optimizer for Optimal Sizing and Siting of DG Units in Radial System”, Renewable Energy Towards Smart Grid. Page 269–282, 2022, Springer. (https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-16-7472-3_21). | Soumaybrata Das, Amar Kumar Barik | Springer | 978-981-16-7472-3_21 | 2022 |
| Soumyabrata Das, A.K. Singh, “Determination of Optimal size for Battery Energy Storage System in Distribution Networks”, Chapter 14, “Energy Conversion: Methods, Technology and Future Directions” Nova Publications, 2022 | Soumyabrata Das, Ashutosh Kumar Singh | Nova Publications | 979-8-88697-424-9 | 2022 |
| S. Roga, A. Lokesh, S. Jain, A.Vinay, R. Chauhan, C. Karthik, Soumyabrata Das, Y. Kumar, “Assessment of Sessional Solar Energy Using PVsyst and SAM”, Renewable Energy Optimization, Planning and Control, Book Subtitle: Proceedings of ICRTE 2022, ISBN: 978-981-19-8962-9, 2023, Springer | S. Roga, A. Lokesh, S. Jain, A.A.N.Vinay, R. Chauhan, C. Karthik, Soumyabrata Das, Yogesh Kumar | Springer | 978-981-19-8962-9 | 2023 |
| Sr. No. | Patent Title | Application No. | Date | Present Staus |
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| Title | Funding Agency | Host Institute | Dates | No. of Participants |
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| UAV for Aater Quality Monitoring using Machine Learning | TiHAN | VNIT Nagpur | 14-16 November 2025 | 44 |
| GIAN Course on “Electric Power Distribution Systems: Meeting new challenges with sustainable solutions” | Ministry of Education (MoE), Govt. of India | VNIT Nagpur | 10-15 February 2025 | 39 |
| STTP on “Advancement in MATLAB – Using Computation Tools for Accelerating Research” | Self Sponsored | VNIT Nagpur | 06-10 January 2025 | 152 |
| Special Session SS9: “Intelligent and economic operating strategies for sustainable future grid and e-mobility”, IEEE 4th International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Future Electric Transportation (SeFeT 2024) | IEEE | GRIET, Hyderabad | 31 July – 3 August 2024 | 24 |
| National Solar Vehicle Challenge 2023 | Dynamist motorsports pvt Ltd, Delhi, India | VNIT Nagpur | 6-10 October 2023 | 110 |
| Sr. No. | Responsibility | Year |
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| 1 | Departmental 1st year B. Tech Coordinator | 2022-2023 |
| 2 | Lab in-charge in Basic Electrical Engineering Lab | 2022 to Till Now |
| 3 | Lab in-charge in Industrial Automation Lab | 2022-2023 |
| 4 | Lab in-charge in Electrical Workshop | 2025-2026 |
| 5 | P.G. Coordinator (Integrated Power System) | 2023-2024, 2024-2025 |
| 6 | Students activity/ Departmental Functions | 2023-2024, 2024-2025 |
| 7 | Departmental Exam Coordinator | 2025-2026 |
| 8 | Students activity (Institute Level)- Freshers Evening | 2023-2024 |
| 9 | Warden (V.G Bhide Hostel) | 2024-2025, 2025-2026 |
| Year | Awards |
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| S.No. | Paper Citation |
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| 1 | Soumyabrata Das, “Optimal siting and sizing of Distributed Energy Resources in Radial Distribution System using Quasi-opposition based CSO”, 2025 IEEE 4th International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Future Electric Transportation (IEEE SeFeT2025), 9th July- 12th July, Jaipur, India. (DOI: 10.1109/SEFET65155.2025.11255420) |
| 2 | Soumyabrata Das, Sukriti Tiwari, “Optimal Microgrid Hosting and Placement for Enhanced Network Resilience”, 2025 IEEE 4th International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Future Electric Transportation (IEEE SeFeT2025), 9th July- 12th July, Jaipur, India.(DOI: 10.1109/SEFET65155.2025.11255149) |
| 3 | Payal Kishor Jangilwar, Soumyabrata Das, Jawaharlal Bhukya, Sukriti Tiwari, “Hybrid TKNN-PCA-LSTM Model for Hourly Solar Irradiance Forecasting”, 2025 IEEE 4th International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Future Electric Transportation (IEEE SeFeT2025), 9th July- 12th July, Jaipur, India. (DOI: 10.1109/SEFET65155.2025.11255501) |
| 4 | Payal Kishor Jangilwar, Soumyabrata Das, Jawaharlal Bhukya, Arghya Mitra, “Impact of Solar Power Forecasting on Sustainable hydrogen production”, 2025 IEEE 4th International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Future Electric Transportation (IEEE SeFeT2025), 9th July- 12th July, Jaipur, India. (DOI: 10.1109/SEFET65155.2025.11255207) |
| 5 | Sameer P. Meshram, Jawaharlal Bhukya, Soumyabrata Das,“A Critical Review of Stability Assessment by Using Machine Learning Techniques”, 2025 IEEE 4th International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Future Electric Transportation (IEEE SeFeT2025), 9th July- 12th July, Jaipur, India. (DOI: 10.1109/SEFET65155.2025.11255491) |
| 6 | N. Gaikwad, P. Jangilwar, B.K. Dora, A. Mitra, Soumyabrata Das, “Deep Learning-Based Solar and Wind Energy Forecasting for Grid-Independent Systems”, 2025 IEEE 4th International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Future Electric Transportation (IEEE SeFeT2025), 9th July- 12th July, Jaipur, India. (DOI: 10.1109/SEFET65155.2025.11255404) |
| 7 | N. Gaikwad, B.K. Dora, P. Jangilwar, Mriduwani Verma, Palasha Rathod, A. Mitra, Soumyabrata Das, Sunil Bhat, Ashwin Dabhale, “Machine Learning-Based Load Forecasting and Battery Energy Management for Efficient Renewable Integration”, 2025 IEEE 4th International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Future Electric Transportation (IEEE SeFeT2025), 9th July- 12th July, Jaipur, India. (DOI: 10.1109/SEFET65155.2025.11255010) |
| 8 | Sukriti Tiwari, Soumyabrata Das, “Enhanced State Estimation for Reconfigured Distribution Networks Using Micro-PMU Data”, 2025 IEEE 4th International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Future Electric Transportation (IEEE SeFeT2025), 9th July- 12th July, Jaipur, India. (DOI: 10.1109/SEFET65155.2025.11255447) |
| 9 | Amit Kumar, Soumya P S, Sukriti Tiwari, Soumyabrata Das, “Comparison of Different MPPT Techniques in Wind Energy Based Power Systems”, 2025 IEEE 4th International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Future Electric Transportation (IEEE SeFeT2025), 9th July- 12th July, Jaipur, India. (DOI: 10.1109/SEFET65155.2025.11255324) |
| 10 | N. Gaikwad, P. Jangilwar, A. Mitra, Soumyabrata Das, R. Keshri, “Impact of Data Prepossessing on Wind Forecasting using Machine Learning Techniques”, 4th International Conference on Power, Control and Computing Technologies (ICPC2T2025), 20 – 22 January 2025, NIT Raipur, Raipur, India. (DOI: 10.1109/ICPC2T63847.2025.10958701) |
| 11 | J. Payal, Soumyabrata Das, J. Bhukya “Impact of Hyperparameter Tunning in Hourly Solar Irradiance Forecasting by Using Machine Learning Techniques”, 2024 IEEE 4th International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Future Electric Transportation (IEEE SeFeT2024), 31st July- 3rd August 2024, Hyderabad, India. (DOI: 10.1109/SEFET61574.2024.10717914) |
| 12 | N.K. Yadav, P.K. Jangilwar, Soumyabrata Das “Forecasting of Wind Power using Modified Exponential Gaussian Process Regression”, 2024 IEEE 4th International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Future Electric Transportation (IEEE SeFeT2024), 31st July- 3rd August 2024, Hyderabad, India. (DOI: 10.1109/SEFET61574.2024.10718112) |
| 13 | N.K. Yadav, Soumyabrata Das, “Optimal V2G and G2V Scheduling for Cost- Effective Power Management in Distribution System”, 2024 IEEE 4th International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Future Electric Transportation (IEEE SeFeT2024), 31st July- 3rd August 2024, Hyderabad, India. (DOI: 10.1109/SEFET61574.2024.10718089) |
| 14 | N.K. Yadav, Soumyabrata Das, “Optimal Installation of DG’s in Distribution System Using Competitive Swarm Optimizer Considering different Non-Linear Load Models”, ICPC2T-2024, 18-20th January, 2024, NIT Raipur, Raipur, India. (DOI: 10.1109/ICPC2T60072.2024.10475033) |
| 15 | S. Roga, S. Bardhan, Soumyabrata Das, A. Uppara, S. Manikanta “Solar Irradiance Forecasting Using MATLAB Platform” International Conference on Green Energy and Sustainable Technology (ICGEST 2024), 5-7th January 2024, NIT Kurukshetra, Kurukshetra, India. (https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-1012-9_11) |
| 16 | P. Savita, Soumyabrata Das, A.K. Singh, and S.N. Singh, “Impact of Electric Vehicles Charging/dispatching on Power Distribution System” International Conference on Green Energy and Sustainable Technology (ICGEST 2024), 5-7th January 2024, NIT Kurukshetra, Kurukshetra, India. (https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-1012-9_24) |
| 17 | M. Datta, D. Sarkar, Soumyabrata Das, “Comparative study of Strategic Bidding on IEEE-30 Bus system using Genetic Algorithm and Opposition based Genetic Algorithm”, 6th International Conference on Energy Systems, Drives and Automations (ESDA2023), 30-31st 2023, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. (Accepted and presented) |
| 18 | S. Roga, S. Sinha, S. Bairisetti, P. Bhavsar, Soumyabrata Das, S. Datta, V. Kisku, S. Bardhan, “Energy Converters for Wind Turbines: Implementation of Control Methods”, 2022 IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), 14-17 December 2022, Jaipur, India. (DOI: 10.1109/PEDES56012.2022.10080589) |
| 19 | Soumyabrata Das, S. Roga, P. Das, “Economic Emission Dispatch with wind Farms using Opposition based Competitive Swarm Optimizer”, 2022 IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), 14-17 December 2022, Jaipur, India. (DOI: 10.1109/PEDES56012.2022.10080573) |
| 20 | Soumyabrata Das, “Priority Based Vehicle to Grid Charging Scheduling to Modify the Load Profile”, 2022 IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), 14-17 December 2022, Jaipur, India. (DOI: 10.1109/PEDES56012.2022.10080267) |
| 21 | S. Ghosh, Soumyabrata Das, A.K. Singh, S.N. Singh, “Optimal Scheduling of Electric Vehicles in a Solar Rooftop Parking Lot with V2V Power Transfer”, 2022 IEEE 9th Uttar Pradesh Section International Conference on Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering (UPCON), 02-04 December 2022, Prayagraj, India. (DOI: 10.1109/UPCON56432.2022.9986474) |
| 22 | S. Roga, N.K. Wanmali, V. Kisku, Soumyabrata Das, S. Datta, “Development of Pitch Angle Control Algorithm for PMSG Based Wind Energy Conversion System”, 2022 1st International Conference on Sustainable Technology for Power and Energy Systems (STPES), 04-06 July 2022, Srinagar, India. (DOI: 10.1109/STPES54845.2022.10006440) |
| 23 | A. Kumar, S. Ghosh, Soumyabrata Das, A. K. Singh, N. K. Singh, “ANFIS-Based Control for Low-Voltage Ride-Through Enhancement of PMSG Tidal Turbine”, 2022 IEEE Students Conference on Engineering and Systems (SCES), 01-03 July 2022, Prayagraj, India. (DOI: 10.1109/SCES55490.2022.9887770) |
| 24 | Soumyabrata Das, A.K. Barik, D. Tripathy, “Optimal Citing and Sizing of DER in Radial Distribution System”, National Conference on Recent Advances in Technology (NCRAT-2021), 29th May 2021, Bhubaneswar, India. |
| 25 | A. Kumar, R. Singhi, Soumyabrata Das, T. Malakar, O. Prakash, P. Das, “Economic Load Dispatch using Salp Swarm Algorithm”, 2020 IEEE 9th Power India International Conference (PIICON), 28 Feb.-1 March 2020, Sonepat, India. (DOI: 10.1109/PIICON49524.2020.9112882) |
| 26 | A. Garg, R. Kumar, Soumyabrata Das, P. Das, R.K. Bohra, R. Prajapati, T. Malakar, “Neural Network Algorithm for solving Economic Load Dispatch”, 2019 IEEE Region 10 Symposium (TENSYMP), 7-9 June 2019, Kolkata, India. (DOI: 10.1109/TENSYMP46218.2019.8971107) |
| 27 | Soumyabrata Das, Tanmoy Malakar, “A Probabilistic Load Flow with Uncertain Load Using Point Estimate Method”, 2018 15th IEEE India Council International Conference (INDICON), 16-18 Dec. 2018, Coimbatore, India. (DOI: 10.1109/INDICON45594.2018.8987005) |
| S.No. | Paper Citation |
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| 1 | Soumyabrata Das, Nil Kamal Yadav, Payal Kishor Jangilwar, “A multi-objective-based coordinated electric vehicle charging and discharging scheduling for grid support and cost efficiency”, Journal of Energy Storage, Vol. 139 (Part A), pp. 118789, 2025. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2025.118789) |
| 2 | Payal Kishor Jangilwar, Soumyabrata Das, Jawaharlal Bhukya, “A CSO-based VAE-LSTM Model in Hourly Solar and Load Forecasting for Enhancing the PV-BES Performance Considering Battery Degradation Cost”, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications. 2025 (DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2025.3618592) |
| 3 | PS Savita, Soumyabrata Das, P Thakur, AK Singh, “Efficient scheduling of electric vehicle resources in wind-integrated distribution networks”, Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, Vol. 80, pp.104385, 2025. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seta.2025.104385) |
| 4 | M. Datta, D. Sarkar, Soumyabrata Das, “Opposition and Chaos-Based Water Cycle Algorithm on Engineering Benchmark Problems”, International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos. Vol. 19, pp, 2550055, 2025. (https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218127425500555) |
| 5 | N.K. Yadav, Soumyabrata Das, “Multi-Objective Optimization for Distributed Generator and Shunt Capacitor Placement Considering Voltage-Dependent Nonlinear Load Models” Swarm and Evolutionary Computation, Vol. 92, pp.101782, 2025. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.swevo.2024.101782) |
| 6 | M. Datta, D. Sarkar, Soumyabrata Das, “Optimizing the Bidding Data for power industry with elastic demand using hybrid Water Cycle Moth Flame Optimization Algorithm”, ECTI Transactions on Electrical Engineering, Electronics, and Communications, Vol. 22. No. 3 pp. 1-11, 2024. (https://doi.org/10.37936/ecti-eec.2024223.248846) |
| 7 | M. Datta, D. Sarkar, Soumyabrata Das, “A Modified Water Cycle Algorithm: An Opposition Based Meta-Heuristic Optimization to solve real world Engineering Problems”, Gazi University Journal of Science, Vol. 37(3), pp. 1215-1234, 2024. (https://doi.org/10.35378/gujs.1294832) |
| 8 | P.P. Singh, Soumyabrata Das, F. Wen, I. Palu, A.K. Singh, P. Thakur, “Multi-objective planning of electric vehicles charging in distribution system considering priority-based vehicle-to-grid scheduling”, Swarm and Evolutionary Computation, Vol. 77, pp. 101234, 2023, Elsevier. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.swevo.2023.101234) |
| 9 | Soumyabrata Das, P. Thakur, A.K. Singh, S.N. Singh, “Optimal management of vehicle-to-grid and grid-to-vehicle strategies for load profile improvement in distribution system”, Journal of Energy Storage, Vol. 49, pp. 104068, 2022, Elsevier, 2022. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2022.104068) |
| 10 | A. Biswas, A. Majumdar, Soumyabrata Das, K.L. Baishnab, “OCSO-CA: Opposition based Competitive Swarm Optimizer in Energy Efficient IoT Clustering”, Frontiers of Computer Science, Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 161501, 2022, Springer. (https://doi.org/10.1007/s11704-021-0163-9) |
| 11 | Soumyabrata Das, Tanmoy Malakar, “Optimal capacitor placement and sizing in distribution system using competitive swarm optimiser algorithm”, International Journal of Advanced Intelligence Paradigms, Vol. 20, No. 1/2, pp. 89-125, 2021, Inderscience. (https://doi.org/10.1504/IJAIP.2021.117610) |
| 12 | Soumyabrata Das, Tanmoy Malakar, “An emission constraint capacitor placement and sizing problem in radial distribution systems using modified competitive swarm optimiser approach”, International Journal of Ambient Energy, Vol. 42, No. 11, pp. 1228-1251, 2021, Taylor and Francis. (https://doi.org/10.1080/01430750.2019.1587723) |
| 13 | Soumyabrata Das, Tanmoy Malakar, “Estimating the impact of uncertainty on optimum capacitor placement in wind integrated radial distribution system”, International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems, Vol. 30, No. 8, pp. e12451, 2020, Wiley. (https://doi.org/10.1002/2050-7038.12451) |