Resume

Dr. Asim Datta Associate Professor

Dept. of Electrical Engineering Tezpur University ( A Central University)

Napaam, Tezpur, District- Sonitpur, Assam-784028, India

Academic Qualifications:

Sl. No.

Examination/

Degree Board/University / Institution Subject Year

1

Secondary

(Madhyamik)

Tripura Board of Secondary

Education

N/A 1993

2

Higher Secondary

(10 +2) Science Stream 1995

1 B. E.

Tripura Engineering college

(Presently, National Institute of

Technology-Agartala) Electrical Engineering 1999

2 M. Tech. University of Calcutta Electrical Engineering 2001

3 Ph.D.

Indian Institute of Engineering

Science

and Technology (IIEST),

Shibpur Engineering 2015

Total Experience (Industry and Teaching): 18 years +

Sl.

No.

Organization

/ Institution Position held

Nature of duties /

work

Date of

joining

Date of

leaving

1

Tezpur

University Associate Professor

Teaching and

research 01.12.2021 till date

2

Mizoram

University

Associate

Professor/Professor

Teaching and

research 01/03/2016 30/11/2021

3

National Institute

of Technology-

Meghalaya Assistant Professor

Teaching and

research 16/07/2012 29/02/2016

4

Sikkim Manipal

Institute of

Reader / Associate

Professor Teaching and

research 28/08/2006 14/07/2012

Mobile: +91 8131880802 Email: asimdatta2012@gmail.com

Tezpur University (A Central University Established by an Act Parliament

(NAAC Accredited Grade ‘A’ University)

Technology

(SMIT)

5

Sikkim Manipal

Institute of

Technology

(SMIT)

Lecturer/ Assistant

Professor Teaching and

research 29.08.2001 27.08.2006

Area of Research Interest

Energy Engineering, Renewable Energy Sources

Research Publication

A. Recent Journal Publications

i. Sarker, Rishiraj, Asim Datta, and Sudipta Debnath, “An Improved Multicarrier PWM

(MCPWM) Technique with a New Harmonic Mitigation Strategy for Cascaded H-Bridge

Multilevel Inverter Applications,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol.18,

no.3, pp.1500-1510, 2021, DoI:10.1109/TII.2021.3087458.

ii. Asim Datta, Alejandro C. Atoche, Indrajit Koley, Rishiraj Sarker, Javier V. Castillo,

Kamalika Datta, and Debasree Saha. "Coordinated AC frequency vs DC voltage control in

a photovoltaic‐wind‐battery‐based hybrid AC/DC microgrid," International Transactions

on Electrical Energy Systems-Wiley (2021): e13041.

iii. Debaparna Sengupta and Asim Datta. "Renewable Energy Supported Bi-directional

Electric-Vehicle Charging Station Allocation in Distribution Network using INBPSO

Technique," International Journal of Renewable Energy Research (IJRER), vol. 11, no.

2, pp.750-761, 2021.

iv. Sengupta D., Datta A., “Validation of optimal electric vehicle charging station allotment

on IEEE 15-bus system,” Electrical Engineering & Electromechanics, 2021, no. 3, pp.

68-73, 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.20998/2074-272X.2021.3.11

v. Asim Datta, Indrajit Koley, Goutam K. Panda, Alejandro C. Atoche, and Javier V.

Castillo. "Dynamic Power–Frequency Control in a Hybrid Wind-PV Plant Interlinked

with AC Power System." Journal of Electrical Engineering & Technology (Springer),

vol.16, no.3, pp.1469-1479, 2021.

vi. Debaparna Sengupta and Asim Datta, “Voltage Profile Improvement in Power

Distribution Network: Effective Deployment of Solar Powered Electric Vehicle

Charging Stations,” International Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology

(IJEET), vol. 12, no.3, pp.6-16, 2021.

vii. Becerra-Nuñez, Guillermo, Alejandro Castillo-Atoche, Javier Vazquez-Castillo, Asim

Datta, Renan Gabriel Quijano-Cetina, Rafael Peña-Alzola, Roberto Carrasco-Alvarez,

and Edith Osorio-De-La-Rosa. "An FPGA Kalman-MPPT implementation adapted in

SST-based dual active bridge converters for DC microgrids systems." IEEE Access 8

(2020): 202946-202957.

viii. Sarker, Rishiraj, Asim Datta, and Sudipta Debnath. "FPGA-based High-Definition

SPWM Generation with Harmonic Mitigation Property for Voltage Source Inverter

Applications." IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol.17, no.2, pp. 1352-

1362, 2020, DOI: 10.1109/TII.2020.2983844.

ix. Asim Datta and Rishiraj Sarker "Improvements to the H5 inverter topology for

transformer-less grid-photovoltaic interface applications," IET Renewable Power

Generation, vol.14, no. 11, pp.1873-1882, 2020.

x. Sarker, Rishiraj, Asim Datta, and Sudipta Debnath. "FPGA-based Variable Modulation-

Indexed-SPWM Generator Architecture for Constant-Output-Voltage Inverter

Applications." Microprocessors and Microsystems (Elsevier) vol. 77; pp.103-123, 2020.

DOI: 10.1016/j.micpro.2020.103123.

xi. Indrajit Koley, Asim Datta, and Goutam Kumar Panda, “Wind Energy Infiltrated Multi-

Area Power System: Optimized 2-DOF-FOPID Controller for LFC” , International

Journal of Renewable Energy Research, vol.10, no.2, pp. 746-753, June, 2020.

xii. Asim Datta, Rishiraj Sarker, and Imraj Hazarika. "An Efficient Technique using

Modified pq Theory for Controlling Power Flow in a Single-Stage Single-Phase Grid-

Connected PV System," IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol. 15, no. 8, pp.

4635 – 4645, 2019.

xiii. Asim Datta, Debasree Saha, Amitava Ray, and Priyanath Das, “Evaluation of anti-

islanding techniques for renewable energy powered distributed generators using analytic

network process (ANP)”, IET Renewable Power Generation, vol. 10, no.9, pp. 1245 –

1254, 2016.

xiv. D. Saha, A. Datta, P. Das, “Optimal coordination of directional overcurrent relays in

power systems using Symbiotic Organism Search (SOS) optimization technique”, IET

Generation, Transmission & Distribution, vol. 10, no. 11, pp. 2681 - 2688, 2016.

xv. Debasree Saha, Asim Datta, Biman Kumar Saha Roy, Priyanath Das, “A comparative

study on the computation of directional overcurrent relay coordination in power systems

using PSO and TLBO based optimization,’ Engineering Computations(Emerald), vol.

33, no. 2, 2016.

xvi. Asim Datta, Debasree Saha, Amitava Ray, and Priyanath Das, "Anti-islanding selection for grid-

connected solar photovoltaic system applications: A MCDM based distance approach", Solar

Energy (Elsevier), vol. 110, pp. 519-532, 2014.

xvii. Asim Datta, Dipankar Mukherjee, and Hiranmay Saha, "A dsPIC based novel digital sinusoidal

pulse width modulation technique for voltage source inverter applications", Microprocessors

and Microsystems (Elsevier), vol. 38, pp. 649–658, 2014.

xviii. A. Datta, G. Bhattacharya, D. Mukherjee, and H. Saha, "An efficient technique for controlling

power flow in a single-stage grid-connected photovoltaic system", Scientia Iranica Transactions

D, vol. 21, no. 3, pp. 885-897, 2014.

xix. A. Datta, G. Bhattacharya, D. Mukherjee, and H. Saha, "Modeling and simulation based

performance study of a single-stage transformerless grid-connected PV system in Indian

ambient conditions", International Journal of Ambient Energy (Taylor & Frances), vol.37, no.2,

pp.172-183, 2016.

xx. A. Datta, A . Ray, D. Mukherjee, and H. Saha, "Selection of islanding detection methods based

on multi-criteria decision analysis for grid-connected photovoltaic system applications",

Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments (Elsevier), vol. 7, pp. 111-122, Sep. 2014. (SCI)

xxi. A. Datta, G. Bhattacharya, D. Mukherjee, and H. Saha, “Towards constant load

voltage in Indian grid connected PV system using dsPIC controlled power

conditioning unit”, Procedia Technology ( Elsevier), vol. 4, pp. 661-665, 2012.

xxii. A. Datta, A. Ray, G. Bhattacharya, and H. Saha, "Green energy selection based on

multi-criteria analysis", International Journal of Energy Sector Management

(Emerald), vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 271-286, Aug. 2011.

xxiii. A. Datta, G. Bhattacharya, and H. Saha, "An efficient method for maintaining

constant AC voltage using dsPIC30F2020 controller", Journal of Electrical &

Electronics Engineering, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 60-64, May 2010.

B. Recent Conference Publications

1. R. Sarker, and A. Datta, “An FPGA-based Dead-time Computation Technique for

Neutral Point Clamped Multilevel Inverter (NPC-MLI),” IEEE India Council

International Conference (INDICON-2020), Netaji Subhas University of Technology,

New Delhi, 11-13th December, 2020.

2. R. Sarker, A. Datta, and S. Debnath, “FPGA Implementation of Phase Disposition

PWM (PD-PWM) Strategy for Cascaded H-Bridge Multilevel Inverter (CHB-MLI),”

in Proc. IEEE Applied Signal Processing Conference (ASPCON-2020), Jadavpur

University, Kolkata, 7-9th October, 2020, pp. 80-84.

3. R. Sarker, A. Datta, and S. Debnath, “A Modified PWM Technique to Reduce

Harmonic Content of Multi-level NPC Topology for Medium Voltage Electric Vehicle

(EV) Applications,” Michael Faraday IET International Summit (MFIIS-2020), IET

Kolkata Network, 3-4th October, 2020.

4. R. Sarker, D. Sengupta, and A. Datta, “PWM Control Technique for Switched

Reluctance Generator in Variable Speed Applications,” Electric Power and Renewable

Energy Conference (EPREC-2020), National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur, 29-

30th May, 2020 .

5. Koley I. Sarkar B., Datta A., Panda G.K. (2020). Load Frequency Control of a Wind

Energy Integrated Multiarea Power System With CSA Tuned PIDD Controller. IEEE

International Conference on Smart Technologies for Power , Energy and Control

(STPEC) 2020. September 2020. VNIT Nagpur.

6. Asim Datta, Kanishka Raj, Rishiraj Sarker, “Implementation of a high accuracy ac

current sensing scheme using hall-sensor” , International Conference on Ubiquitous

Energy management for Green Environment (IEEE UEMGREEN 2019), University of

Engineering & Management, Kolkata, during September 25-27, 2019.

7. Asim Datta, ‘Learning Load Frequency Control in Electric Power System Via

MATLAB/SIMULINK’, 47th ISTE National Convention, during 27th – 29th January

2018, at Saingits College of Engineering, Kottayam (Kerala).

8. Rishiraj Sarker, Debaparna Sengupta, Susanta Kumar Bhattacharya, and Asim Datta ,

“An implicit approach to minimize reactive power of a 765kV interconnected bus

system in India”, Springer International Conference in Communication, Devices and

Networking (ICCDN 2017) , Majhitar, Sikkim, during 3-4th June, 2017.

9. Indrajit Koley, Partha Sarathee Bhowmik, Asim Datta , “Load Frequency Control in a

Hybrid Thermal-Wind-Photovoltaic Power Generation System”, in Proc. 4th IEEE

International Conference On Power, Control and Embedded Systems, ICPCES 2017),

MNNIT, Allahabad, 9-11 March, 2017. ISBN: 978-1-5090-4426-9.

10. Asim Datta, Sourav Konar, L. Joydeep Singha, Ksh Millaner Singh, Aldrin Lalfakzuala,

“A study on load frequency control for a hybrid power plant”, in Proc. IEEE

Second International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Communication

Technologies (ICECCT), Coimbatore, 22-24 Feb. 2017. ISBN: 978-1-5090-3239-6.

11. Asim Datta, Rishiraj Sarker, Sanjay Debbarma , and Amit Kumar, "Validation of an

Inverter Topology for Transformerless Grid-Connected Photovoltaic System", Springer

International Conference on Emerging Trends and Advances in Electrical Engineering

and Renewable Energy (ETAEERE-2016), Sikkim, 17-18 December, 2016.

12. Sanjoy Debbarma, L.C Saikia, Nidul Sinha and B. Kar, Asim Datta, “Fractional order

two degree of freedom control for AGC of an interconnected multi-source power

system”, in Proc. 2016 IEEE Conference on Industrial Technology (ICIT 2016), Taipei,

Taiwan, March 14-17, 2016, ISBN: 978-1-4673-8075-1.

13. Debasree Saha, Asim Datta, Biman Kumar Saha Roy, Priyanath Das, “Optimal

Coordination of DOCR in interconnected Power Systems,” in Proc. IEEE 2nd

International Conference on Control, Instrumentation, Energy and Communication

2016 (CIEC16), University of Calcutta, Kolkata, January 28-30, 2016. ISBN: 978-1-

5090-0035-7.

14. Asim Datta, Krishanu Bhattacharjee, Sanjoy Debbarma, Biswajit Kar, “Load Frequency

Control of a Renewable Energy Sources based Hybrid System,” in Proc. 2015 IEEE

Conference on System, Process & Control (ICSPC 2015), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,

18-20 December 2015. ISBN: 978-1-4673-7655-6.

15. Sanjoy Debbarma, Manash Bhattacharya, Brijesh Kumar Meena and Asim Datta,

“Frequency control of autonomous hybrid power system using smart controllable load”,

in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Robotics, Automation, Control and

Embedded Systems, RACE2015, Chennai Feb. 18-21, 2015. ISBN:

978−81−925974−3−0.

16. Asim Datta , Indrajit Koley, Arup Das, “Frequency deviation control of a thermal and

hydro area connected system”, in Proc. Michael Faraday IET International Summit

2015, Kolkata, 12-13 Sept. 2015. ISBN: 978-1-78561-186-5.

17. Asim Datta, Sanjoy Debbarma, Dipankar Mukherjee, and Hiranmay Saha, “A dsPIC

based efficient single-stage grid-connected photovoltaic system”, in Proc. TENCON

2014 - 2014 IEEE Region 10 Conference, Bangkok, Oct. 22-25, 2014. [ ISSN : 2159-

3442, ISBN: 978-1-4799-4076-9]

18. A. Datta, G. Bhattacharya, D. Mukherjee, and H. Saha, “Ground leakage current

elimination in a transformerless unipolar modulation based single phase grid-connected

photovoltaic system”, in Proc. 5th IEEE PES Asia-Pacific Power and Energy

Engineering Conference (APPEEC 2013), Hong Kong, Dec. 8-11, 2013. ISBN: 978-1-

4799-2522-3, ISSN: 2157-4839.

19. A. Datta, G. Bhattacharya, D. Mukherjee, and H. Saha, “Towards stable grid voltage

through load sharing in an Indian grid connected PV system”, in Proc. 26th European

Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference (26th EU PVSEC), Hamburg, Germany, Sep. 5-

9, 2011, pp. 4205-4210. [ISBN: 3-936338-27-2]

20. B. Rai and A. Datta, “PIC based high accuracy real time display system”, in the

National Conference on Emerging trends and recent advances in Electrical

Engineering and Renewable Energy, NCEEERE 2008, Sikkim, Dec. 22-24, 2008.

21. A. Datta, and S. Sengupta, “Protection from buffer overflow with external hardware in

an embedded system”, in Proc. AMSE International Conference, MS’07, Sikkim

Manipal Institute of Technology, Kolkata, Dec. 03-05 , 2007, pp.689-694.

22. A. Datta, and S. Sengupta, “Digital signal processing (DSP) algorithms in a renewable

energy system for efficient utility interaction”, in Proc. International Conference on

Communication & Power Systems, ICCPS’06, Velammal Engineering College and

EEE Madras Section, Chennai, Dec. 14-16, 2006, pp.421-426.

23. A. Datta, and S. Sengupta, “An advanced approach to substation automation and

integration with distributed digital signal processing”, in Proc. International

Conference on Communication & Power Systems, ICCPS’06, Velammal Engineering

College and EEE Madras Section, Chennai, Dec. 14-16, 2006, pp.345-349.

24. Asim Datta, and S. Sengupta, “A DSP based system approach for enhanced efficiency

in substation SCADA, automation and integration”, in Proc. IEE International

Conference on Energy System and Power Electronics, ‘PEITSICON- 2005’, Kolkata

during Jan. 28-29, 2005 .

25. A. Datta, and S. Sengupta, “Digital signal processing (DSP) in relaying and related

information in a power system: A review”, in Proc. International Conference on

Computers, Controls and Communications, “INCON - CCC-2004”, Sri Sai Ram

Engineering College, Chennai, during Aug. 20-22, 2004.

C. Book Chapters

1. Sarker R., Sengupta D., Datta A. (2021) PWM Control Technique for Switched Reluctance

Generator in Variable Speed Applications. In: Kumar J., Jena P. (eds) Recent Advances in

Power Electronics and Drives. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 707. Springer,

Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8586-9_31 [Print ISBN: 978-981-15-

8585-2, Online ISBN: 978-981-15-8586-9]

2. Datta, Subir, Subhasish Deb, Asim Datta, Shuma Adhikari, and Bappa Roy. "Grid

Connected PMSG Based Wind Energy Conversion System Using Back-to-Back

Converter." In book: Intelligent Techniques and Applications in Science and Technology,

pp. 373-382 2020, Springer, Cham. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-42363-6_60, Print ISBN

978-3-030-42362-9

3. Koley, Indrajit, Asim Datta, and Goutam Kumar Panda. "Load Frequency Control of a

Thermal-Wind Integrated Power Generating System with IDD Controller." In book:

Intelligent Techniques and Applications in Science and Technology, 2020, Springer, Cham

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-42363-6_44, Print ISBN 978-3-030-42362-9

4. Sarker, Rishiraj, Debaparna Sengupta, Susanta Kumar Bhattacharya, and Asim Datta. “An

Implicit Approach to Minimize the Reactive Power of a 765 kV Interconnected Bus

System in India “, In book: Advances in Communication, Devices and Networking; 2018,

Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. Print ISBN 978-981-10-7900-9

5. Asim Datta, Rishiraj Sarker, Sanjay Debbarma, and Amit Kumar. “Validation of an Inverter

Topology for Transformerless Grid-Connected Photovoltaic System”, In Book: Advances

in Smart Grid and Renewable Energy, 2018, pp.495-503, Print ISBN 978-981-10-4285-0

D. Details of Patents

i. Asim Datta and Nungleppam Gopil Singh, “Surge Detection and Protection Tripping

Enable Circuit”, Intellectual Property India, Application Number: 202031055143

(Filed on 18/12/2020)

Research projects

i. Title: Development of Improved Unipolar Modulation based Inverter for

Transformerless Grid-Connected Photovoltaic Systems, Amount: Rs. 19.56 Lakh,

Agency: DeitY, New Delhi, Role: Principal Investigator, Duration March 2016 to

March 2018 [Project No.25(5)/2015-ESDA] (Completed).

ii. Title: Development of a dsPIC based efficient algorithm for simultaneous active power

sharing and reactive power compensation in a grid-connected photovoltaic system,

Amount: Rs. 7.1 Lakh, Agency: CPRI, Bangalore, Role: Principal Investigator .

Duration: (Jan.,2017-Jan.,2019) [ Project No. RSOP/2016/DG/1/22032016]

(Completed).

iii. Title: Development of Solid State Transformer based Efficient Power Conditioning Unit

for Photovoltaic System for Hybrid AC/DC Microgrid Applications, Agency: Department

Of Science & Technology, India-Mexico Inter-Governmental Programme of Cooperation,

Amount: Rs. 9.782 Lakh , Period: 36 months, Role: Principal Investigator ( Indian Side),

[Project No. INT/Mexico/P-11/2016] (Completed)

Awards/Prizes won:

i. Emerald Literati Network Award for excellence-2012 (2012 Highly Recommended

Award) (Conferred by Emerald Group Publishing, United Kingdom).

ii. ISTE-SAYED SAJID ALI NATIONAL AWARD -2017 - for Outstanding Research

work in the field of Renewable Energy (Conferred by the Indian Society for

Technical Education (ISTE)).

Membership of Professional Bodies

ISTE (Life member), IACSIT (Life member), IET (Member 2013, 2014), IEEE

(Member 2011, 2014, 2017)

Workshops/short term courses attended: More than 25 weeks

Conferences/Workshops/short term courses organized:

i. One-Week AICTE ATAL Online Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on

Energy Engineering in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Mizoram

University (23rd – 27th August, 2021).

ii. National Workshop on “Recent Trends in Power & Energy (RTPE2018)” in the

Department of Electrical Engineering, Mizoram University, during 08th - 12th

October 2018.

iii. Workshop on ‘Social Surfing’ at Mizoram University on 24/08/2017.

iv. Training program on Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Design & Fabrication during Nov.

27-28, 2015.

v. International Conference on Energy, Power and Environment (ICEPE 2015) at

NIT-Meghalaya, Shillong, during 12-13th June 2015.

vi. Workshop ‘Recent Advances on Power, Control & Energy (RAPCE2014)’ during

25-26 April, 2014 at NIT Meghalaya, Shillong.

vii. In-house workshop on ‘Engineering Problem Solving Using MATLAB’ at Sikkim

Manipal Institute of Technology (SMIT), Sikkim in association with IIT-Kharagpur

during 30/09/2007 to 02/10/2007.

viii. Training-Cum-Workshop on, ‘Microcontroller Based Embedded Systems’, in SMIT,

Sikkim in association with ARDENT COLLABRATIONS- Kolkata, June 10 - July

9, 2008.

ix. National Conference on Emerging trends and recent advances in Electrical

Engineering and Renewable Energy (NCEEERE 2008) at Sikkim Manipal Institute

of Technology , Sikkim, during 23-24 Dec. 2008.

Invited talk/Expert Lecturer/Session Chair, etc. in:

RTPE 2018, MPSC 2019, ICEPE 2015, ETAEERE-2016, Refresher

Courses/Workshops at Mizoram University, Workshops/Short Term courses at NIT-

Meghalaya, etc.

i. Webinar on ‘Trends in Energy Market and Policy’ organized by Guru Nanak

Institute of Technology - GNIT, Kolkata, JIS Group on 30th June, 2020

Distinguished Administrative Responsibilities:

Serving as Head of the Department (HOD), Dept. EE, Mizoram University (MZU), from

29.03.2016 to 30.11.2021.

Co-chairman, Ph.D Admission Committee , Dept. of EE, MZU

Chairman, M. Tech. Admission Committee, Dept. of EE, MZU

Nodal Teacher under Ek Bharat, Mizoram University (2017-2020)

M. Tech. students undergone project : 04

Ph.D. Scholars under supervision: 04

Asim Datta