Power System Instrumentation (Automation)

1. Academia at :

• VSSUT, Burla as an Associate Professor from Dec. 2016 to till now.
• Thapar University, Patiala as an Assistant Professor from Dec. 2013 to Dec. 2016.
• Shiv Nadar University, HCL, Noida as an Assistant Professor from Jun. 2012 to Dec. 2013.
• BIT Durg as a Sr. Assistant Professor from Apr. 2003 to Jul. 2007.
• Govt. Poly. Durg as a Lecturer from Jan. 2000 to Apr. 2003.

• Bhilai Steel Plant (SAIL), Bhilai as masters' trainee for one year and four months.

• Power System Automation: Power Generations and Sub-station Automation (IEC 61850); Hydrogen Fuel Cell backed Hybrid Energy Systems
• Smart Monitoring: Smart Sensors, Intelligent Control, Internet of Things (IoT) and Cyber Physical System (CPS) in Microgrid

1. Best Faculty Award for Academic session 2021-22 under the Professor and Associate Professor category by VSSUT, Burla declared on dt. 10.02.2023, awarded on dt. 28.02.2023.
2. Certificate of Appreciation for contributing as a reviewer of the translation of the book "Basic Electrical Engineering (with Lab Manuals)" in Odia under AICTE Technical Book Writing Scheme as per the National Education Policy (NEP)-2020awarded on dt. 12.11.2022.
3. Gyan Ranjan Biswal, R. P. Maheshwari, and M. L. Dewal, “An Integrated Cooling System and Hydrogen Processing for Power Generation Plants”, Indian Patent No. 348978; Awarded on 09.10.2020 for Twenty years from 2012-2032.
4. Certificates of Outstanding Contributions in Reviewing by ITEES, Wiley for the year 2020.
5. Recipient of Centre for International Cooperation in Science (CICS) award to attend 2016 IEEE PES General Meeting at Boston, MA, USA in July 2016. The award is jointly promoted by INSA-CSIR-DAE/BRNS-CICS.
6. Certificates of Outstanding Contributions in Reviewing by ISA Transactions and Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, Elsevier for the year 2017.
7. Invited as a Panel Expert of Renewable Energy & Power Generation session of the 2016 IEEE PES General Meeting, Boston (USA), and also as a Session Chair at ‘IEEE India Conference on Power Electronics 2016 ’, Patiala, ‘World Congress of Sustainable Technologies 2012’, London (U.K.) and at IEEE India International Conference (INDICON) 2015, JMI, New Delhi (India); Delivered lectures at National Power Training Institute, Nangal, Punjab (India), G.B. Pant Engineering College, Pauri, Uttarakhand and Indus University, Bhtthu, H. P. (India).
8. Recipient of MHRD fellowship for Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at IIT Roorkee from year 2010 – 2012 by the Govt. of India.
9. M. Tech (I & C) - Honors from C.S.V.T.U., Bhilai.
10. Letter of Appreciation for development of project “Developing Application software using PLC for Augmentation of Argon System in Bhilai Steel Plant (SAIL)” certified by Human Resource Department (HRD), BSP (SAIL) during training period of M. Tech. program from dated 06/08/2007 to 15/10/2008.
11. Recipient of Shri Gopabandhu Das Scholarship for the state level meritorious position from 1988-1993.

• Fellow, the Institutions of Engineers (FIE), India.
• Senior Member of IEEE, USA.
• Life Member of Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), India.
• Member of IEEE-SA (Standards Association) Working Groups;
• IEEE P1451.5 WG (IEEE 1451.5, Standard for a Smart Transducer Interface for Sensors and Actuator -- Wireless Communication Protocols and Transducer Electronic Data Sheet (TEDS) Formats) from 2018 - till now;
• IPSC-AAEIWG (IPSC Asian and Australasian Electricity Infrastructure WG) by "IEEE Delhi Section Consultants Network Affinity Group from 2017 - continue;
• IEEE PES PSRCC HTF-46 WG (Recommended Practice for Human Machine Interfaces (HMI) used in Electric Utility Automation Systems (PC37.1.3)) from Jan. 2018 - Jan. 2020;
• IEEE P1876 WG (Standard for Networked Smart Learning Objects for Online Laboratories) from 2012 - 2017;
• IEEE P21451-001 WG (Recommended Practice for Signal Treatment Applied to Smart Transducers) from 2012 - 2015
• IEEE P1415 WG (Induction Machinery Maintenance Testing and Failure Analysis) from 2012 - 2017.
• Member of IEEE Technical Community: Young Professionals, Power & Energy Society, Smart Grid, Sensors Council, and Green ICT Community.

1. Smart Sensors Enabled Optical Wireless Data Acquisition for Smart-Grid Application, Amount: ₹ 9.89-lakhs, Funding agency: Science & Technology Department (S&TD), Bhubaneswar, Govt. of Odisha, Duration: 2 years from Sep. 2022 – Continue, Role: Principal Investigator (PI) (Ongoing). Project code: 2149/ST, Bhubaneswar, ST-SCST-MISC-0045-2021
2. Transformer Oil Testing in MCL facilities, Amount: ₹ 1.19Lakhs, Dealing Agency: Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL), Burla, Duration: 1 year from June 2022 – Mar. 2022, Role: Principal Investigator/ Consultant (Ongoing). Project code: Ref. Nos. MCL/SAMB/Civil-welfare/TA/22-23/183 and MCL/SBP/E&M/2022-23/208
3. Third Party Quality Assessment (TPQA) of the Electrical Works of construction of New Administrative Building (S+8) of AIIMS Sijua, Bhubaneswar, Amount: ₹ 6.9 Lakhs, Dealing Agency: Central Public Works Department (CPWD), Bhubaneswar, Duration: 2 years from May 2022 – Continue, Role: Inspection Officer/ Consultant (Ongoing). Project code: W.O. No. 09/EE & SM(C)-I/AIIMSPD/CPWD/BBSR
4. IEC 61850 Complaint SF6 Monitoring System for Gas Insulated Switchgear, Amount: ₹ 48-lakhs, Funding agency: Central Power Research Institute (CPRI), Bengaluru under Ministry of Power (MOP), Govt. of India, Duration: 2 years from Sep. 2018 – Continue, Role: Principal Investigator (PI), Co-PI – Prof. T. Islam, JMI, New Delhi (Completed). Project code: RSOP/2017/TR/2/1962017.
5. Internet of Things Driven Speed Control of Electrical Equipment(s): A Smart Home, Amount: ₹ 50-thousand, Funding agency: NPIU-MHRD, TEQIP-III under Collaborative Research and Innovation (CRI) Scheme for Duration: 1 year from Jan. 2020 – Dec. 2020, Role: Principal Investigator (PI), (Completed). Vide. No. VSSUT/TEQIP/37/2020, dt. 16/01/2020.
6. IoT based Environment Sensor Tracking WSN for Hydro Power Generation Applications, Amount: ₹ 01-lakh, Funding agency: Advance Tech. Pvt. Ltd., Zirakpur (India), Duration: 4 months from Mar. 2016 to Jun. 2016, Role: PI (sole) (Completed).
7. Process Instrumentation of the State-of-the-art Integrated Cooling System for large generators in Power Plants, Amount: ₹ 4.85 lakhs, Funding agency: Seed Money Grant, Thapar University, Patiala, Duration: 2 years from Jul. 2014 to Jun. 2016, Role: PI (sole) (Completed).

International Publications

1. He has more than 70 research publications in various journals and conferences of international and national repute in his credit. Some of his contributions are:
   
   Sagarika Rout and Gyan Ranjan Biswal, “Integration of Distributed Generations by coordinating Electric Vehicle Charging Station in Medium Voltage Network by Swarm Intelligence,” World Journal of Engineering, Emerald, Vol. xx, No. xx, pp. 01 – 20, May 2022. DOI: 10.1108/WJE-03-2022-0105 (CS: 2.4)
2. Sagarika Rout and Gyan Ranjan Biswal, “Bidirectional EV Integration in Home Load Energy Management Using Swarm Intelligence,” Int. Journal of Ambient Energy, Taylor & Francis, Vol. 43, No. xx, pp. 01 – 20, Mar. 2022. DOI: 10.1080/01430750.2022.2059780 (IF: 2.326)
3. S. Panda, J. K. Pradhan, Gyan Ranjan Biswal, B. Subudhi, and A. Mallick, “Development of Prototype Fractional Order Controller for A Grid-Tied Photovoltaic System,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems: Express Briefs, Vol. XX, No. Y, pp. 1-5, Nov. 2021. DOI: 10.1109/TCSII.2021.3129268 (IF: 3.292)
4. Z. H. Zargar, K. J. Akram, Gyan Ranjan Biswal, and T. Islam, “A Linear Capacitive Sensor for PPM Moisture Measurement in SF6 Gas Insulated Switchgear,” IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation & Measurement, Vol. 70, Art. No. 9001608, pp. 1-8, Jan. 2021. DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2020.3040880 (IF: 3.658)
5. Amit Kumar. Roy, Gyan Ranjan Biswal, and Prasenjit Basak, “An integrated rule-based power management and dynamic feed-forward low voltage ride through scheme for a grid-connected hybrid energy system”, J. Renewable Sustainable Energy, AIP, Vol. 12, pp. 01 – 18, Sep. 2020. doi: 10.1063/5.0019254 (IF: 1.57)
6. Gyan Ranjan Biswal, P. Mohanty, K. J. Akram, N. P. Padhy, and T. Islam, “Design and Fabrication of an Inexpensive Capacitive Humidity Sensor for Smart Sub-station Automation,” IEEE Sensors Journal, Vol. 20, No. 12, pp. 6215 – 6223, Jun. 2020. DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2020.2974522 (IF: 3.073) {A Featured Article}
7. Nagender Kumar Suryadevara and Gyan Ranjan Biswal, “Smart Plugs: Paradigms and Applications in the Smart City-and-Smart Grid,” Energies, MDPI, Vol. 12, No. 10, Art. No. 1957, pp. 01 – 20, May 2019. (IF: 2.702) {Invited Paper}
8. Amit Kumar Roy, Prasenjit Basak, and Gyan Ranjan Biswal, “Low voltage ride through capability enhancement in a grid-connected wind/fuel cell hybrid system via combined feed-forward and fuzzy logic control,” IET Generation Transmission and Distribution, Vol. xx, No. x, pp. 01 – 11, Apr. 2019. DOI: 10.1049/iet-gtd.2019.0021 (IF: 2.618)
9. Yashdeep, Gyan Ranjan Biswal, T. Choudhury, T. Islam, S. Mukhopadhyay, and V. Vashisht, “Design and Modeling of MEMS based Trace-level Moisture Measurement System for GIS Applications in Smart Grid Environment,” IEEE Sensors Journal, Vol. 17, No. 23, pp. 7758 – 7766, Dec. 2017. (IF: 3.073)
10. Gyan Ranjan Biswal, “System reliability optimisation of Cooling-cum-Condensate-Extraction system,” Maintenance and Reliability, Polish Acad. Sci., Elsevier, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 117 – 122, Jan. 2016. (IF: 1.525)
11. G. R. Biswal, R. P. Maheshwari, and M. L. Dewal, “System Reliability and Fault Tree Analysis of Hydrogen Cooling Systems,” IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 30 - 40, Mar. 2013. (IF: 13.593)
12. Gyan Ranjan Biswal, R. P. Maheshwari, and M. L. Dewal, “Dynamic Process Control and Monitoring of Novel S3RS based Hydrogen Cooling System,” Int. J. Electrical Power and Energy Systems, Elsevier, Vol. 43, No. 1, pp. 162-172, Dec. 2012. (IF: 3.588)
13. Gyan Ranjan Biswal, R. P. Maheshwari, and M. L. Dewal, “System Reliability and Fault Tree Analysis of SeSHRS based Augmentation of Hydrogen: Dedicated for Combined Cycle Power Plants,” IEEE Systems Journal, Vol. 6, No. 4, pp. 647-656, Dec. 2012. (IF: 3.987)
14. G. R. Biswal, R. P. Maheshwari, and M. L. Dewal, “Modeling, Control and Monitoring of S3RS based Hydrogen Cooling System in Thermal Power Plant,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Vol. 59, No. 1, pp. 562-570, Jan. 2012. (IF: 7.515)

1. Gyan Ranjan Biswal, R. P. Maheshwari, and M. L. Dewal, "An Integrated Cooling System and Hydrogen Processing for Power Generation Plants", Indian Patent No.: 348978, Publication Date: Aug. 21, 2015, Journal No. 34/2015; Awarded on 09.10.2020 for Twenty years from 2012-2032.
2. Gyan Ranjan Biswal, Tarikul Islam, Soumya Debashis Das, and Kazi Jabed Akram, "Ultrasonic Sensor Based Gas Density Monitoring of SF6 Gas Insulated Switchgear," Indian Patent Application No.: 202111011524 A, Filing Date: Mar. 18, 2021; Publication Date: Apr. 16, 2021.
3. Gyan Ranjan Biswal and Soumya Debasis Das, "IoT Driven Smart Plug for Speed Control of High Current-rated Household Appliances," Indian Patent Application No.: 202111011525 A, Filing Date: Mar. 18, 2021; Publication Date: Apr. 09, 2021.

1. Naveenkumar Marati, Shariq Ahammed, Gyan Ranjan Biswal, Phaneendra Babu Bobba, Sanjeevikumar Padmanaban, Sharmeela C, "Recent advancements in power electronics for modern power systems-Comprehensive Review on DC Link Capacitors Concerning Power Density Maximization in Power Converters," Artificial Intelligence-based Smart Power Systems, Wiley-IEEE Press, vol. xx, pp. 12-21, Mar. 2022. ISBN No. XXXXXX
2. Digital Fundamentals, Pearson India, Edited by Gyan Ranjan Biswal for Regional Edition (India and SAARC countries), 2017 of the original edition; Digital Fundamentals, Thomas L. Floyd, Pearson Int., USA.
3. Shuvendu Kumar Mishra and Gyan Ranjan Biswal, “Application of Fractional Order Controller in Grid Connected PV System,” Dept. of Computer Applications, BIT Durg: Innovative Digitization Techniques Towards Mission Digital India – (IDT-MDI 2018), vol. 2, pp. 1-11, Jan. 2018. ISBN No. 978-93-5258-574-8.
4. Sweta Panda, Bibhuti Prasad Sahoo, and Gyan Ranjan Biswal, “Control of Surface Condenser using GA,” Dept. of Computer Applications, BIT Durg: Innovative Digitization Techniques Towards Mission Digital India – (IDT-MDI 2018), vol. 2, pp. 12-21, Jan. 2018. ISBN No. 978-93-5258-574-8.

• National Conference on "Computer Application and Applied Mathematics", funding agency: CGCOST, Raipur; Duration: One day (10.01.2009). {Co-coordinator}
• AICTE QIP Sponsored Short Term Course on "Intelligent Control and Sensing of Smart Grid and Smart Cities", at Dept. of EE & EEE, VSSUT, Burla; Duration: One Week (30.04.2018 to 05.05.2018). {Coordinator}
• TEQIP-III Sponsored Faculty Development Program on "Advances in Micro-Grid Operation and Control", at Dept. of EEE, VSSUT, Burla; Duration: Five Days (08.09.2020 to 12. 09.2020). {Convenor and Coordinator}
• AICTE AQIS Sponsored Short Term Training Program on "Engineering Ethics", at Dept. of EEE, VSSUT, Burla; Duration: One Week (21.11.2020 to 26.11.2020). {Convenor and Coordinator}
• 2nd Int. Conference on "Future of engineering Systems and Technologies (FEST)", funding agency: FIST, New Delhi, IOP Science, Horizon Research, and Taylor & Francis; Duration: 18-19 Dec., 2020. {Organizing Secretary}

Responsibilities in the university and/or department level activities:

1. Founding Coordinator of the Center of Excellence in Electric Vehicle (CoE-EV) in the university from 21st Mar. 2023 to till now.
2. Head, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE) from 28thJan. 2020 to 21stFeb. 2023. The department is independently functioning from dt. 28.01.2020, and becomes a part of the School of Electrical Sciences (SoES) from AY session 2022-23.
3. Prof. I/C - Electrical Maintenance of the university from 1st May 2019 to 31st Aug. 2022.
4. GATE Coordinator of the university from Feb. 2018 to till now.
5. Faculty I/C of Automation & Sensors Lab (CPRI, Bangalore and NPIU, MHRD, New Delhi sponsored research lab), and PhD Research Lab of the EEE department from Jan. 2018 to till now.
6. Faculty I/C of Instrumentation and Control Lab., EE & EEE from Jan. 2018 to Jan. 2020.
7. Vice President of Student's Technical Society, VSSUT, Burla from Sep. 2017 to Sep. 2018.
8. Past assignments:
   A) At Thapar University, Patiala:
   (1) Coordinator of one of the Centre-of-Excellence is to be established in the department;
   (2) Coordinator of the Overall Lab development activities of the department from May 2014 to Jun. 2016;
   (3) Coordinator of the departmental advertising activities, UG and PG Brochures of the department, EIED, and
   (4) Faculty I/C of the "Instrumentation and Control Lab", EIED from Jun. 2014 to Sep. 2016 and Faculty I/C of the "Virtual Instrumentation Lab" at EIED from Jun. 2016 to Dec. 2016;
   B) At Shiv Nadar University, HCL, Noida:
   (1) Coordinator of program for introducing two specializations, viz., "Power and Energy" and "Industrial Automation" from Jun. 2012 to Nov. 2013, and
   (2) Establishment and Faculty I/C of the "Measurement and Control Systems Lab", and At BIT Durg: Faculty I/C of the "Communication Engineering lab".

1. Any other Distinction

• A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is signed between Tata Power Western Odisha Distribution Limited, Burla (herein after named as TPWODL) and Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology, Burla (herein after named as VSSUT) in the academic year Jun. 02, 2022 for establishing a Centre of Excellence in E-Vehicle (CEEV) under industry-academia collaborative work, and sharing intellectual property rights (IPR) as the outcome of the project. {signed as the PI from EEE Department, VSSUT}
• A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is signed between SolarHub Energy India Pvt Limited, Hyderabad (herein after named as SolarHub) and Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology, Burla (herein after named as VSSUT) in the academic year Feb. 2021-22 to initiate the consultancy and testing and joint collaborative works with EEE department of VSSUT, and sharing intellectual property rights (IPR) as the outcome of the project. {signed as the PI from EEE Department, VSSUT}
• Advisor, Karmaa Lab, Bangalore from Jun. 2017 till now.
• A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed among Central Power Research Institute, Bengaluru (herein after named as CPRI), Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology, Burla (herein after named as VSSUT), and Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi (herein after named as JMI), CPRI-VSSUT-JMI for the execution of a sponsored research project for the project duration Oct. 2018 to Mar. 2021, and sharing intellectual property rights (IPR) as the outcome of the project. {signed as the PI of the project}
• Prepared You Tube Lecture series of two undergraduate courses, viz., (i) Network Theory and (ii) Measurement and Instrumentation that suits the objectives of all the students related to any branches of Electrical Sciences through the link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0ISZ4dMZcIBeIzjZVRZhJw/videos
• Associate Editor of Complex Engineering Systems, OAE, USA.
• Editorial board member of Journal of Power Systems and Process Control from Jun. 2017 to till now.
• Reviewer of one of the Global edition books published by Pearson Int.
• Reviewer of the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, IEEE Transactions on Education, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation & Measurement, IEEE Sensor Journals, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine, IEEE Systems Journal, IEEE Canadian Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and IET Generation, Transmission and Distribution.
• Reviewer of the International Journal of Automation and Computing, IFAC; the ISA Transactions, Elsevier, Hydrogen Energy, Elsevier and Control Engineering Practices, Elsevier.
• Home page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gyan-ranjan-biswal-0a845814/ ;
  Web of Science Researcher ID: D-4465-2011 ;
  SCOPUS ID: 34879425500
  ORCID ID: 0000-0001-7730-1985 ;
  Vidwan ID: 289626
  Google scholar:Z3YI7PoAAAAJ
  Profile URL: https://vidwan.inflibnet.ac.in/profile/28962

3. Technology Transfer

• EOI for commercialization of Indian Patent Application No.: 202111011524 with vide no. 101/2021, dt. 16.03.2021 with HYTECH Solution, Panchkula, Haryana under Make in India initiatives.