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Dr. Sujit Kumar Biswas

Professor & Dean (Academic)

Academic Administration, Electrical Engineering | EE

[email protected]

Academic Information

 

Ph.D. (Engg.): Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, in 1986

M.E.: Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore in 1980

B.E.: Jadavpur University, 1978

Area of Specialization

 

Power Electronics (static power conversion,electrical drives, power semiconductor applications, magnetics, EMI/EMC and applied electronics)

Experience

Research

08 Years

Teaching

36 Years

Industry

Date of Joining

01-07-2017

Date of Assign as Prof. / A.P

 

Electrical Machines – IV

Electrical Machines Design-I

Power Electronics & Drives

Electrical Utilization

PhD GUIDANCE: Awarded: 17; Under Guidance: 04

Journal Publications

a. Journals Outside India

i. IEEE & IET (old IEE)

1. “Modified current source inverter fed induction motor drive with reduced torque pulsations”, K. Gopakumar, S. Sathiakumar, S. K. Biswas and J. Vithayathil, Proceedings of IEE, pt B, vol.131, no.4, pp 159 – 164, Jul. 1984.
2. “Microprocessor-based field-oriented control of a CSI-fed induction motor drive”, S. Sathiakumar, S. K. Biswas and J. Vithayathil, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol.IE-33, no.1, pp 39 – 43, Feb. 1986.
3. “Simple new PWM patterns for thyristor three-phase AC/DC converters”, S. K. Biswas, M. S. Mahesh and B. S. Ramakrishna Iyengar, Proceedings of IEE, pt B, vol.133, no.6, pp 354 – 358, Nov. 1986.
4. “A new PWM control method for three-phase auto sequentially commuted current source inverter”, S. K. Biswas, B. S. Ramakrishna Iyengar and J. Vithayathil, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol.IA-23, no.3, pp 554 – 560, May/Jun. 1987.
5. “A new three-phase current source inverter with flexible PWM capability”, S. K. Biswas, B. Basak, S. Sathiakumar and J. Vithayathil, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol.IA-23, no.5, pp 921 – 926, Sep./Oct. 1987.
6. “A current source inverter fed induction motor drive with power factor angle control using microprocessors”, S. K. Biswas, S. Sathiakumar and J. Vithayathil, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol.IE-34, no.4, pp 441 – 446, Nov. 1987.
7. “An auto protecting gate drive circuit for GTO thyristors”, S. K. Biswas, B. Basak and J. Vithayathil, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol.IA-24, no.1, pp 121 – 125, Jan./Feb. 1988.
8. “Some aspects in the design of discrete MOS-Bipolar darlington power switches”, S. K. Biswas and B. Basak, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol.IA-27, no.2, pp 340 – 345, Mar./Apr. 1991.
9. “A three-phase half-controlled rectifier with pulse width modulation”, S. K. Biswas, B. Basak and M. M. Swamy, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol.IE-38, no.2, pp 121 – 125, Apr. 1991.
10. “Performance analysis of an asymmetrical phase-converter-fed induction motor”, S. K. Biswas, C. Chakraborty, B. Basak and D. P. Sengupta, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol.34, no.5, pp 1049 –1058, Sep./Oct. 1998.
11. “Improved active power factor correction circuit using a fully soft-switched boost converter”, S. S. Saha, B. Majumdar and S. K. Biswas, IET Journals, Power Electronics, vol.4, no.7, pp 835-841, Aug 2011.
12. “Performance evaluation of a simple and general SVPWM based M-level inverter including over-modulation operation”, K. C. Jana, S. KarChowdhury and S. K. Biswas, IET Journals, Power Electronics, vol.6, no.4, pp 809-817, Apr 2013.
13. “The X-connected inverter: a topology with higher fundamental and reduced low-order harmonic voltages”, D. Maiti and S. K. Biswas, IET Journals, Power Electronics, vol.6, no.9, pp 1851-1861, Nov 2013.
14. “Generalized switching scheme for a SVPWM based N-level inverter with reduced switching frequency and harmonics”, K. C. Jana and S. K. Biswas, IET Journals, Power Electronics, vol.8, no.12, pp 2377-2385, Dec 2015.
15. “Enhancing quality of power to sensitive loads with microgrid”, A. Banerji, S. K. Biswas, and B. Singh, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol.IA-52, no.1, pp 360 – 367, Jan./Feb. 2016.
16. “Dual reference phase shifted PWM technique for a N-level inverter based grid connected solar photo voltaic system”, K. C. Jana, S. K. Biswas and S. KarChowdhury, IET Journals, Renewable Power Generation, vol.10, no.7, pp 928-935, Aug 2016.
17. “A new harmonic reduced 3-phase thyristor-controlled reactor for static VAR compensators”, S. Mukhopadhyay, D. Maiti, A. Banerji, S. K. Biswas and N. K. Deb, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol.IE-64, no.9, pp 6898 – 6907, Sept. 2017.
18. “Harmonic cancellation in a three-phase thyristor-controlled reactor using dual banks”, D. Maiti, S. Mukhopadhyay, A. Banerji, S. K. Biswas and N. K. Deb, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol.IE-64, no.12, pp 9201 – 9209, Dec. 2017.
19. “Efficiency and cost optimized design of an induction motor using Genetic Algorithm”, S. Mallik, K. Mallik, A. Barman, D. Maiti, S. K. Biswas, N. K. Deb and S. Basu, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol.IE-64, no.12, pp 9854 – 9863, Dec. 2017.
20. “Dual delta bank TCR for harmonic reduction in 3-phase static VAR controllers”, S. Mukhopadhyay, D. Maiti, A. Banerji, S. K. Biswas and N. K. Deb, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol.IA-53, no.6, pp 5164 – 5172, Nov/Dec. 2017.
21. “A Wide Range TCR with Low Current THD by Optimized Combination of Coupled Reactors and Thyristor Switching & Control”, S. Mukhopadhyay, D. Maiti, A. Banerji, S. K.
Biswas and N. K. Deb, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol.IE-65, no.5, pp 3657 – 3665, May. 2018.
22. “Seventeen-Level Inverter with Low Component Count for Open-End IM Drives”, A. Kshirsagar, R. Sudharshan Kaarthik, A. Rahul, K. Gopakumar, L. Umanand, S. K. Biswas and C. Cecati, IET Journals, Power Electronics, vol.11, no.5, pp 922-929, May 2018.
23. “Three-phase Thyristor Controlled Reactor using Two Sets of Delta Connected Switches with Low Current Harmonics”, D. Maiti, S. Mukhopadhyay, and S. K. Biswas, IET Journals, Power Electronics, vol.12, no.15, pp 4016-4022, Dec 2019.
24. “Winding open-circuit fault-tolerant operation of single DC link dual inverter fed 3-phase open-end induction motor drive”, A. Chakrabarti, A. Saha and S. K. Biswas, IET Journals, Power Electronics, vol.14, no.7, pp 1256-1270, May 2021.
25. “Coordination of D-STATCOM & SVC for dynamic VAR compensation and voltage stabilization of an AC grid interconnected to a DC microgrid”, S. Chakraborty, S. Mukhopadhyay and S. K. Biswas, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol.IA-58, no.1, pp 634 – 644, Jan/Feb. 2022.
26. “A hybrid compensator for unbalanced AC distribution system with renewable power”, S. Chakraborty, S. Mukhopadhyay and S. K. Biswas, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. IA-59, no.1, pp 544 – 553, Jan/Feb. 2023.
27. “A CB-PWM technique for eliminating CMV in multilevel multiphase VSI”, A. Chakrabarti, K. Sarkar, P. R. Kasari, B. Das and S. K. Biswas, Accepted for the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. IE-70, no.9, pp 8666 – 8675, Sept 2023.
28. “Phase controlled multi-bank resistive heating with optimized current harmonics”, S. Mukhopadhyay, D. Maiti, S. Chakraborty and S. K. Biswas, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. IE-70, no.10, pp 9777 – 9785, Oct 2023.
29. “Performance improved multi-level OEIM drive with voltage boost through unequal levels”, K. Sarkar, A. Chakrabarti, P. R. Kasari, B. Das and S. K. Biswas, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. IA-59, no.5, pp 6336 – 6347, Sep/Oct. 2023.
30. “Optimal placement of PV-DSTATCOM based EV charging stations with dynamic pricing”, S. Chakraborty, S. Mukhopadhyay and S. K. Biswas, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. IA-59, no. 6, pp 7092 – 7102, Nov/Dec. 2023.
31. “Three phase open end induction motor drive interfaced to higher voltage DC bus”, D. Maiti and S. K. Biswas, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. IE-71, no.2, pp 1277 –1285, Feb 2024.
32. “A fault tolerant control scheme of grid connected VSI for balanced power injection”, A. Chakrabarti, N. Sharma, P. R. Kasari, B. Das and S. K. Biswas, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol. IE-20, no. 2, pp 1997 –2006, Feb 2024.
33. “Series connected open-end winding generator for higher voltage DC supply”, D. Maiti and S. K. Biswas, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. IE-71, no. 6, pp 5411 –5419, Jun 2024.
34. “Transformer isolated fault tolerant three phase active front end converter for EV charging”, S. Chakraborty, A. Chakrabarti, D. Maiti and S. K. Biswas, Accepted for the IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification.

 

ii. Other International Journals

1. “A linear ramp control circuit using two LM556 timers”, S. K. Biswas, International Journal of Electronics, vol.49, no.5, pp 407 – 413, May 1980.
2. “A simple firing delay control circuit for bridge converters”, S. K. Biswas, International Journal of Electronics, vol.52, no.6, pp 597 – 603, June 1982.
3. “High-speed, high-CMR isolator”, S. K. Biswas, Wireless world, p 45, Dec. 1983.
4. “Very-high-Q inductor simulation for active tuned filters”, S. K. Biswas, International Journal of Electronics, vol.58, no.6, pp 1019 – 1023, Jun. 1985.
5. “A fast acting detector for abnormal output voltages of an UPS system”, S. K. Biswas, B. Basak and J. Vithayathil, International Journal of Electronics, vol.62, no.6, pp 949 – 952, Jun. 1987.
6. “Optimised design of a fully soft-switched boost-converter suitable for power factor correction”, S. S. Saha, B. Majumdar, T. Haldar and S. K. Biswas, International Journal of Electronics, vol.93, no.11, pp 755 – 768, Nov 2006.
7. “A simple and generalized SVPWM control of cascaded H-bridge multilevel inverters”, K. C. Jana and S. K. Biswas, Journal of Electrical Engineering, vol. 8, no. 1, pp 1-6, 2008.
8. “A novel solid state controller for improving power quality of critical remote loads”, A. Banerji, S. K. Biswas and A. Banerji, International Journal of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, vol 3, no. 1, pp 43 – 51, 2010.
9. “A comprehensive study of modulation strategies for three phase low cost PWM converters”, S. Bhattacharyya, P. Deb, S. K. Biswas and S. KarChowdhury, International Journal of Engineering Science and Technology, vol 3, no. 7, pp 5475-5480, July 2011.
10. “Fuzzy Logic Based WINDOW Operation of DSTATCOM for an Autonomous Asynchronous Generation”, A. Banerjee, S. K. Biswas and B. Singh, International Journal of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, vol.3, No.4, pp 401-414, 2011.
11. “Review of static compensation of autonomous systems”, A. Banerjee, S. K. Biswas and B. Singh, International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive Systems (IJPEDS), vol 2, no. 1, pp 51-66, March 2012.
12. “DSTATCOM application for mitigation of voltage sag caused by dynamic loads in autonomous systems”, A. Banerjee, S. K. Biswas and B. Singh, International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive Systems (IJPEDS), vol 2, no. 2, pp 232-240, June 2012.
13. “DSTATCOM control algorithms : a review”, A. Banerjee, S. K. Biswas and B. Singh, International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive Systems (IJPEDS), vol 2, no. 3, pp 285-296, Sept 2012.
14. “A simple sector independent Space Vector modulation using DSP processor”, S. Mukhopadhyay, S. K. Biswas and N. K. Deb, International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive Systems (IJPEDS), vol 2, no. 3, pp 297-304, Sept 2012.
15. “Three-Phase Shunt Active Filter for Power Electronic converters”, P. Deb, S. Bhattacharya, S. K. Biswas and S. Kar Choudhury, International Journal of Innovative Research in Science Engineering and Technology, vol 2, Issue 12, pp 7715- 723, Dec 2013.
16. “Voltage and Frequency Controller for an autonomous asynchronous generator”, A. Banerji, S. K. Biswas and B. Singh, International Journal on Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Vol 6, No 2, pp250-263, June 2014.
17. “Open-Delta VSC based voltage controller in isolated power systems”, S Bhattacharya, P Deb, S. K. Biswas and A Banerjee, International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive Systems (IJPEDS), vol 6, no 2, pp 376-386, June 2015.
18. “Performance and design of an open-delta connected grid tied bidirectional PWM converter”, S. Bhattacharya, P. Deb, S. K. Biswas and S. KarChowdhury, International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems (Elsevier), vol 78, pp 183-193, June 2016.
19. “A simple input current wave-shaping technique for 3-phase diode & SCR converters”, P. Deb, S. Bhattacharya, D. Maiti, S. K. Biswas and S. KarChowdhury, International Journal of Electronics, vol.104, no.11, pp 1892 – 1905, Nov 2017.
20. “Comparative Account of Robust H∞ Techniques for Missile Autopilot Design”, P. S. R. Srinivasa Sastry, S. K. Ray, G. Mallikarjuna Rao and S. K. Biswas, International Journal of Image, Graphics and Signal Processing, vol.11, no.4, pp 26-41, April 2019.
21. “A Robust Microgrid using an Inverter with CCS-MPC Control and Resilient Operation”, E. Das, A. Banerji and S. K. Biswas, International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive Systems (IJPEDS), vol 14, no 4, pp 2217-2229, Dec 2023.
22. “Adaptive Droop Control for Voltage and Frequency Regulation in Virtual Power Plant Scenario under Power System Contingencies”, S. Gupta, S. Mukhopadhyay, A. Banerji, P. Sanki and S. K. Biswas, Jordan Journal of Electrical Engineering, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 618-649, Dec 2023.
23. “Placement and size of DGs optimally to minimise power loss and expenses of microgrid in distribution Substation,” N. Chakraborty, A. Banerji, S. K. Biswas, International Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews (IJRAR), vol. 11, pp. 298 – 304, January 2024.
24. “Single phase sine-wave inverter with high DC bus utilization using natural compensation”, S. Dasgupta, D. Maiti and S. K. Biswas, Accepted for the Jordan Journal of Electrical Engineering.
25. “Cloud assisted IOT operated small residential microgrid with collusive model approach for energy trading”, E. Das, A. Banerji and S. K. Biswas, Accepted for the Jordan Journal of Electrical Engineering.
26. “Priority-based mutual power sharing between microgrids in a community microgrid,” N. Chakraborty, S. Chandra, A. Banerji, S. K. Biswas, Accepted for the Jordan Journal of Electrical Engineering.

b. Journals in India

1. “A microprocessor based fast speed sensing system”, B. Basak, S. Banerjee and S. K. Biswas, Proceedings of The Institution of Instrumentation Scientists and Technologists (I), vol.6, pp 16 – 23, 1984.
2. “Pulse width, transformer and filter co-ordination for improved performance uninterruptible power supply systems”, S. K. Biswas, B. Basak, S. K. Ghosal and J. Vithayathil, Journal of the Institution of Engineers (I), pt EL-5, vol.65, pp 174 – 179, Apr. 1985.
3. “A new self-oscillating inverter for switch mode power supplies”, S. K. Biswas and B. Basak, Journal of the Institution of Electronics & Telecommunication Engineers (I), vol.31, no.5, pp 187 – 189, Sep./Oct. 1985.
4. “Simple and versatile base drive circuit for power transistors”, S. Dasgupta, B. Basak, S. K. Biswas and J. Vithayathil, Journal of the Institution of Engineers (I), pt EL-6, vol.66, pp 203 – 207, Jun. 1986.
5. “A CSI fed induction motor control system based on analog torque calculator”, S. K. Biswas, S. Sathiakumar and J. Vithayathil, the Institution of Electronics & Telecommunications Engineers (I), Technical Review, vol.3, no.7, pp 307 – 310, Jul. 1986.
6. “Performance of improved dual current source inverter for induction motor drives”, S. K. Biswas, S. Sathiakumar, K. Gopakumar and J. Vithayathil, Journal of the Institution of Engineers (I), pt EL-5, vol.67, pp 183 – 188, Apr. 1987.
7. “Improved PWM three-phase AC to DC SCR converter with low input current harmonics and good power factor”, S. K. Biswas and M. S. Mahesh, Journal of the Institution of Engineers (I), pt EL-2, vol.68, pp 46 – 50, Oct. 1987.
8. “Vector decoupled control of a current fed induction motor”, S. K. Biswas, Journal of the Institution of Engineers (I), pt. EL- , vol.72, pp 48 – 53, Jun. 1991.
9. “A new slip compensated tacho-less control scheme for CSI-fed induction motors”, S. K. Biswas, Journal of the Institution of Engineers (I), pt. EL-5, vol.72, pp 147 – 151, Dec. 1991.
10. “Analysis and computer simulation of three-phase induction motor connected to a phase converter”, C. Chakraborty and S. K. Biswas, Journal of the Institution of Engineers (I), Pt. EL-3, vol.73, pp 178 – 183, Aug. 1992.
11. “Digital computation of harmonic torques in an induction motor fed from a static 1-phase to 3-phase converter”, C. Chakraborty, S. N. Bhadra, A. K. Chattopadhyay and S. K. Biswas, Journal of the Institution of Engineers (I), pt. EL , vol.74, pp 126 – 131, Nov. 1993.
12. “A new gate drive circuit for safe switching of MOS Controlled Thyristor (MCT)”, B. Majumdar, P. Mukherjee, S. K. Biswas and B. Basak, Journal of Indian Institute of Science, vol.77, pp 505 – 515, Nov./Dec. 1997.
13. “A new sine wave inverter suitable for UPS applications”, P. Mukherjee, B. Majumdar, S. K. Biswas and B. Basak, Journal of Indian Institute of Science, vol.77, pp 555 – 564, Nov./Dec. 1997.
14. “Analysis and design of an asymmetrical half bridge converter for switched reluctance motor”, S. Chowdhuri, S. K. Biswas, F. A. Talukdar and N. K. Deb, Journal of the Institution of Engineers (I), pt. EL, vol.83, pp 78 – 80, Sep. 2002
15. “The differential induction machine: theory & performance”, S. Sinha, N. K. Deb, N. Mondal and S. K. Biswas, SADHANA: Academy Proceedings in Engineering Sciences, Indian Academy of Sciences & Springer, vol 33, no. 5, pp 663 – 670, Oct 2008.
16. “The design and its verification of the double rotor double cage induction motor”, S. Sinha, N. K. Deb and S. K. Biswas, Journal of the Institution of Engineers (I), pt. EL, vol.98, issue 1, pp 107 – 113, Feb. 2017

Conference Publications

a. Conferences Outside India

i. IEEE or IET Conferences

1. “A high frequency AC link PWM inverter”, S. K. Biswas, B. Basak and J. Vithayathil, Proceedings of IEEE TENCON Conference, Singapore, Apr. 1984, pp 26 – 28.
2. “Microcomputer based control for VSI fed IM drive using flux park vector”, S. Sathiakumar, S. K. Biswas and J. Vithayathil, Proceedings of IEEE Industry Applications Society Conference, Toronto, Oct. 1985, pp 554 – 557.
3. “A new 3-phase current source inverter with flexible PWM capability”, S. K. Biswas, B. Basak, S. Sathiakumar and J. Vithayathil, Proceedings of IEEE Industry Applications Society, Conference, Toronto, Oct. 1985, pp 1069 – 1074.
4. “A direct torque angle controlled CSI fed induction motor drive with constant slip frequency operation”, S. K. Biswas, S. Sathiakumar and J. Vithayathil, Proceedings of IEEE Industry Applications Society Conference, Denver, Oct. 1986, pp 210 – 215.
5. “High efficiency direct torque control scheme for a CSI fed induction motor drive”, S. K. Biswas, S. Sathiakumar and J. Vithayathil, Proceedings of IEEE Industry Applications Society Conference, Denver, Oct. 1986, pp 216 – 221.
6. “An auto-protecting gate drive circuit for GTO thyristors”, S. K. Biswas, B. Basak and J. Vithayathil, Proceedings of IEEE Industry Applications Society Conference, Denver, Oct. 1986, pp 464 – 469.
7. “A series CSI fed induction motor drive with new current modulation waveforms”, S. K. Biswas, B. Basak and J. Vithayathil, Proceedings of IEEE Industry Applications Society Conference, Denver, Oct. 1986, pp 569 -–574.
8. “A new PWM control method for 3-phase auto sequentially commuted current source inverters”, S. K. Biswas, B. S. Ramakrishna Iyengar and J. Vithayathil, Proceedings of IEEE Industry Applications Society Conference, Denver, Oct. 1986, pp 605 – 610.
9. “A new static converter for the operation of three phase motors on a single phase supply”, S. K. Biswas, Proceedings of IEEE Industry Applications Society Conference, Denver, Oct. 1986, pp 1550 – 1554.
10. “A microprocessor based current source inverter fed induction motor drive with power factor control”, S. K. Biswas, S. Sathiakumar and J. Vithayathil, Proceedings of IEEE Industrial Electronics Society Conference, Milwaukee, Oct. 1986.
11. “A three phase GTO AC to DC converter with input displacement factor and output voltage control”, S. K. Biswas, M. S. Mahesh and B. S. Ramakrishna Iyengar, Proceedings of IEEE Industry Applications Society Conference, Atlanta, Oct. 1987, pp 685 – 690.
12. “Some aspects in the design of discrete MOS-Bipolar darlington power switches”, S. K. Biswas and B. Basak, Proceedings of IEEE Industry Applications Society Conference, San Diego, Oct. 1989, pp 1211 – 1216.
13. “A three phase pulse width controlled semi-converter”, S. K. Biswas, B. Basak and M. M. Swamy, Proceedings of IEEE Industrial Electronics Society Conference, Philadelphia, Nov. 1989, pp 112 – 117.
14. “Analysis of an induction motor fed from asymmetrical phase converter”, S. K. Biswas, C. Chakraborty, B. Basak and D. P. Sengupta, Proceedings of IEEE Industry Applications Society Conference, Seattle, Oct. 1990, pp 93 – 98.
15. “IGBT-Bipolar discrete darlington power switches : performance and design”, S. K. Biswas, B. Basak and K.S. Rajashekara, Proceedings of IEEE Industry Applications Society Conference, Dearborn, Oct. 1991, pp 1983 – 1989.
16. “A modular gate drive circuit for insulated gate bipolar transistors”, S. K. Biswas, B. Basak and K. S. Rajashekara, Proceedings of IEEE Industry Applications Society Conference, Dearborn, Oct. 1991, pp 1490 – 1496.
17. “Reliability of electronic ballasts in industrial fluorescent lighting applications”, S. K. Biswas and R. P. Dhanuka, Proceedings of IEEE Industry Applications Society Conference, Houston, Oct. 1992, pp 1915 – 1919.
18. “A novel two phase self excited induction generator-series connected converter system as DC power supply”, S. K. Biswas, C. Chakraborty, S. N. Bhadra and A. K. Chattopadhyay, Proceedings of IEEE Industry Applications Society Conference, Toronto, Oct. 1993, pp 374 – 379.
19. “Gate drive methods for IGBTs in bridge configurations”, S. K. Biswas, B. Basak and K. S. Rajashekara, Proceedings of IEEE Industry Applications Society Conference, Denver, Oct. 1994, pp 1310 – 1316.
20. “Safe operation of IGBTs in switching converters”, S. K. Biswas, B. Basak and K. S. Rajashekara, Proceedings of IEEE PEDS’95 Conference, Singapore, Feb. 1995, pp 65 – 70.
21. “A low distortion inverter without low-frequency magnetics for UPS applications”, S. K. Biswas, B. Basak and T. K. Basu, Proceedings of IEEE PEDS’95 Conference, Singapore, Feb. 1995, pp 347 – 352.
22. “Design considerations for economical electronic ballasts”, S. K. Biswas and R. P. Dhanuka, Proceedings of IEEE PEDS’95 Conference, Singapore, Feb. 1995, pp 411 – 416.
23. “A single switch high power factor battery charger”, P. Mukherjee, B. Majumdar and S. K. Biswas, Proceedings of International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems for Industrial Growth, Perth, Dec. 1998, pp 111 – 116.
24. “A new grooved gate lateral power MOSFET structure for synchronous rectification in DC to DC converters”, B. Majumdar, P. Mukherjee and S. K. Biswas, Proceedings of International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives & Energy Systems for Industrial Growth, Perth, Dec. 1998, pp 318 – 323.
25. “Design and implementation of a PWM rectifier using MCT for DC motor load”, B. Majumdar, P. Mukherjee and S. K. Biswas, Proceedings of International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives & Energy Systems for Industrial Growth, Perth, Dec. 1998, pp 610 – 615.
26. “A transformer less single switch ballast for operating compact fluorescent lamps from batteries”, B. Majumdar, P. Mukherjee and S. K. Biswas, Proceedings of International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives & Energy Systems for Industrial Growth, Perth, Dec. 1998, pp 689 – 693.
27. “Accurate prediction of backup time in an UPS and its display on user computer monitor screen”, P. Mukherjee, B. Majumdar, F. A. Talukdar, S. K. Biswas and A. Ganguly, Proceedings of IEEE PEDS’99 Hong Kong, Jul. 1999, pp 399 – 404.
28. “A clamped forward converter power supply with inherent active power factor correction”, F. A. Talukdar, B. Majumdar, P. Mukherjee and S. K. Biswas, Proceedings of IEEE PEDS’99, Hong Kong, Jul. 1999, pp 479 – 484.
29. “An instantaneous three-phase four-wire shunt active filter strategy”, F. A. Talukdar, S. Choudhuri and S. K. Biswas, Proceedings of IEEE PEDS’01, Bali, Indonesia, Oct 2001, pp 835 – 840.
30. “New fully soft switched boost-converter with reduced conduction losses”, S. S. Saha, B. Majumdar, T. Halder and S. K. Biswas, Proceedings of IEEE PEDS’05, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Nov 2005, pp 107 – 112.
31. “A new control circuit extends the effective duty cycle range of flyback converters”, T. Halder, S. K. Biswas, S. S. Saha and B. Majumdar, Proceedings of IEEE PEDS’05, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Nov 2005, pp 413 – 417.
32. “Design consideration of an integrated induction motor drive to replace auxiliary DC motors in locomotives”, P. S. Biswas, N. Das and S. K. Biswas, Proceedings of IEEE PEDS’05, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Nov 2005, pp 872 – 875.
33. “Performance studies of fuzzy logic based PI-like controller designed for speed control of switched reluctance motor”, S. Chowdhuri, S. K. Biswas and A. Mukherjee, Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Industrial Electronics & Applications : ICIEA ’06, Singapore, May 2006, pp1-5.
34. “Design and performance of a single stator, dual rotor induction motor”, S. Sinha, N. K. Deb, N. Mondal and S. K. Biswas, Proceedings of IEEE PEDS’07, Bangkok, Thailand, Nov 2007, pp 1163 – 1166.
35. “Selection of the filter capacitor for power supplies using 1-Phase diode rectifier”, N. Mondal, S. K. Biswas, S. Sinha and N. K. Deb, Proceedings of IEEE PEDS’07, Bangkok, Thailand, Nov 2007, pp 1446 – 1450.
36. “Reduced Switch Count Seventeen Level Inverter Topology for Open-end Induction Motor Drives”, A. Kshirsagar, R. S. Kaarthik, K. Gopakumar, L Umanand, Sujit Biswas, and Carlo Cecati, Proceedings of IEEE Industrial Electronics Society Conference, IECON 2016, Florence, Italy, Oct 2016, pp. 3582-3587.

ii. Other Conferences Abroad

1. “Series connected converters for controlled VAR generation”, C. Chakraborty, S. N. Bhadra, A. K. Chattopadhyay and S. K. Biswas, Proceedings of International Power Electronics Conference, Yokohama, Apr. 1995, pp 148 – 153.
2. “Design and implementation of digital controller for switched reluctance motor”, S. Choudhuri, S. K. Biswas, S. Basu and F. A. Talukder, Proceedings of International Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (ICECE 2002), Dhaka, Bangladesh, Dec 2002, pp 12-15.
3. “Design, analysis and simulation of a three-phase, four-wire active power filter and var compensator using MATLAB”, F. A. Talukdar, S. Choudhuri and S. K. Biswas, Proceedings of International Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (ICECE 2002), Dhaka, Bangladesh, Dec 2002, pp 316-319.

b. Conferences in India

i. IEEE or IET Conferences

1. “New trends and advancements in variable speed AC drives”, S. K. Biswas, IEEE All India Symposium, Tiruchirapalli, Sep. 1984.
2. “Bipolar – bipolar and MOS – bipolar power darlington switches : performance and design”, S. K. Biswas, S. Dasgupta and B. Basak, Proceeding of IEEE International Conference on Computers, Systems & Signal Processing, Bangalore, Dec. 1984, pp 631 – 635.
3. “Field-oriented control of auto sequentially commuted CSI fed induction motor drive using a microprocessor”, S. Sathiakumar, S. K. Biswas and J. Vithayathil, Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Computers, Systems & Signal Processing, Bangalore, Dec. 1984, pp 986 – 990.
4. “Torque analysis of a six phase induction motor fed from a current source inverter”, K. Gopakumar, S. K. Biswas, S. Sathiakumar, S. K. Sinha and J. Vithayathil, Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Computers, Systems & Signal Processing, Bangalore, Dec. 1984, pp 996 – 1000.
5. “A super fast transfer scheme for UPS with computer loads”, S. K. Biswas, B. Basak, S. Dasgupta and J. Vithayathil, Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Computers, Systems & Signal Processing, Bangalore, Dec. 1984, pp 1602 – 1605.
6. “Stepped wave synthesis form pre-programmed PWM inverters with common DC to DC converter supply”, S. K. Biswas and B. Basak, Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives & Energy Systems for Industrial Growth, New Delhi, Jan. 1996, pp 161 – 167.
7. “Commutation diagnosis in converter fed commutator motors from study of brush surface”, N. K. Deb, A. Rouf, S. Basu and S. K. Biswas, Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives & Energy Systems for Industrial Growth, New Delhi, Jan. 1996, pp 535 – 541.
8. “IGBT gate drive circuit with in-built protection and immunity to transient fault”, B. Majumdar, P. Mukherjee, F. A. Talukdar and S. K. Biswas, Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology 2000, Goa, India, Jan. 2000, pp 615 – 620.
9. “A relay based high speed transfer scheme for UPS system”, P. Mukherjee, B. Majumdar, F. A. Talukdar and S. K. Biswas, Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology 2000, Goa, India, Jan. 2000, pp 677 – 681.
10. “A comparison between MOSFET and IGBT used in ZVS / ZCS Phase-Shift PWM Converter”, S. S. Saha, B. Majumdar, T. Halder and S. K. Biswas, Proceedings of IEE PEITSICON-2005, Kolkata, India, Jan. 2005, paper no. 47, pp 203 – 206.
11. “A simple and generalized space vector PWM control of cascaded H-bridge multilevel inverters”, K. C. Jana, S. K. Biswas and P. Thakura, Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology (ICIT-2006), Mumbai, India, Dec. 2006, pp 1281 – 1286.
12. “Optimization of a bi-directional hybrid current-fed-voltage-fed converter link”, D. Maiti, N. Mondal and S. K. Biswas, Proceedings of the IEEE PEDES 2010, New Delhi, India, Dec 2010, Paper ID 297.
13. “Enhancing quality of power to sensitive loads with Microgrid”, A. Banerji, S. K. Biswas and B. Singh, Proceedings of the IEEE PEDES 2010, New Delhi, India, Dec 2010, Paper ID 254.
14. “A soft-switched flyback converter with recovery of stored energy in leakage inductance”, S. Dutta, D. Maiti, A. K. Sil and S. K. Biswas, Proceedings of India International Conference on Power Electronics 2012, N. Delhi, India, Dec. 2012, paper no. 16.
15. “A simple and generalized design procedure for inductors in power electronics”, D. Maiti and S. K. Biswas, Proceedings of the IEEE PEDES 2012, Bangalore, India, Dec 2012, Paper ID 254.
16. “Microgrid: a review”, A. Banerji, D. Sen, A. K. Bera, D. Ray, D. Paul, A. Bhakat and S. K. Biswas, IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference: South Asia Satellite (GHTC-SAS), 2013, pp 27-35.
17. “A single phase SPWM boost inverter with high step-up ratio for photovoltaic energy applications”, B. Majumdar and S. K. Biswas, IEEE International Conference on Control, Instrumentation, Energy and Communication (CIEC ‘14), Kolkata, India, Paper ID 252, Jan 2014, pp 384-386.
18. “Enhancement of stability of autonomous rural grid”, A. Banerji, S. K. Biswas and B. Singh, IEEE International Conference on Control, Instrumentation, Energy and Communication (CIEC ‘14), Kolkata, India, Paper ID 350, Jan 2014, pp 462-466.
19. “Studies on boost topologies for high boost ratio”, V. Das, D. Maiti, N. Mondal and S. K. Biswas, IEEE International Conference on Control, Instrumentation, Energy and Communication (CIEC ‘14), Kolkata, Paper ID 300, India, Jan 2014, pp 762-766.
20. “Control of an Alternating Wave Generator for Voltage Wave-shape and Frequency”, A. Mondal, D. Maiti, A. K. Sil and S. K. Biswas, Proceedings of the IEEE PEDES 2014, Mumbai, India, Dec 2014.
21. “Enhancement of Voltage Stability of Autonomous Wind Power Generation System using DSTATCOM”, P. Chakraborty, S. Dutta, S. Ghosh, S. Chattopadhyay, S. Khan, V. K. Yadav, A. Banerji and S. K. Biswas, Proceedings of the IEEE PEDES 2014, Mumbai, India, Dec 2014.
22. “Survey on Major Blackouts Analysis and Prevention Methodologies“, N. C. Chakraborty, A. Banerji and S. K. Biswas, Proceedings of Michael Faraday IET International Summit 2015, Kolkata, India, Sept. 2015.
23. “Simple Soft-Switched (ZCS) Boost Converter Suitable for Power Factor Correction”, B. Majumdar, S. S. Saha, D. Maiti and S. K. Biswas, IEEE International Conference on Control, Instrumentation, Energy and Communication (CIEC ‘16), Kolkata, India, Paper ID 111, Jan 2016, pp. 334-338,
24. “A Single-Phase Isolated Z-Source Inverter”, S. Ghosh, K. Sarkar, D. Maiti and S. K. Biswas, IEEE International Conference on Control, Instrumentation, Energy and Communication (CIEC ‘16), Kolkata, India, Paper ID 112, Jan 2016, pp. 339-342.
25. “Performance of Reduced Switch Topology based Harmonic Current Compensator”, P Deb, S. Bhattacharyya Deb, S. K. Biswas, S. KarChowdhury, IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Control Power and Instrumentation (ICICPI), Kolkata, India, pp. 199-203, Oct 2016.
26. “A Rural Autonomous Grid Delivering Quality Power to its Loads”, A Banerji, E. Das Chakrabarty, T. Biswas, D. Bhattacharya, A. Chaudhury, M. Bhattacharyya, D. Saha, S. K. Biswas, A Banerji, and A Banerji, IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Control Power and Instrumentation (ICICPI), Kolkata, India, pp. 204-209, Oct 2016.
27. “Wireless Transfer of Power: Status and Challenges”, A Banerji, T. Datta, G. Bandyopadhyay, S. K. Biswas, A Banerji, and A Banerji, IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Control Power and Instrumentation (ICICPI), Kolkata, India, pp. 251-257, Oct 2016.
28. “Optimal Placement of DG using Swarm Intelligence Approach in Distributed Network: Status & Chalelnges”, N. Chakraborty, S. Chandra, A. Banerji and S. K. Biswas, Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on 21st Century Energy Needs- Materials, Systems and Applications (ICTFCEN), Kharagpur, India, Nov 2016.
29. “Study on Dual Delta Bank for Harmonic Reduction in 3-ph TCR”, S. Mukhopadhyay, D. Maiti, A. Banerji, S. K. Biswas and N. K. Deb, Proceedings of the IEEE PEDES 2016, Trivandrum, India, Dec 2016.
30. “State of Art techniques for DSTATCOM”, E. Das, A. Banerji and S. K. Biswas, Proceedings of IEEE CALCON 2017, Kolkata, India, pp 268-273, Dec 2017.
31. “Non-radiative Wireless Power Transfer using inductive Resonance Coupling”, T. Biswas, B. Manna, P. Ghosh, A. Banerji and S. K. Biswas, Proceedings of IEEE CALCON 2017, Kolkata, India, pp 479-483, Dec 2017.
32. “Efficient Power Extraction from SPV system in Partially Shaded Condition: A Comparative Study between Classical and Fuzzy Logic Control,” D. K. Mandal, S. Chowdhuri, S. Saha, B. Majumdar, D. Maiti and S. K. Biswas, IEEE 5th International Conference on Emerging Applications of Information Technology (EAIT), Kolkata, 2018, pp. 1-4, Sept 2018.
33. “A Technique for Eliminating Common Mode Currents in Open end Induction Motor Drives”, A. Chakrabarti, A. Saha and S. K. Biswas, Proceedings of IEEE PEDES 2018, Chennai, India, Dec 2017.
34. “A 1-Phase Static VAr Compensator with Low Current THD and Wide Control Range”, D. Maiti, S. Mukhopadhyay and S. K. Biswas, Proceedings of IEEE PEDES 2018, Chennai, India, Dec 2017.
35. “Field Oriented Control Strategy for a Differential Induction Motor”, S. Mukhopadhyay, D. Maiti, S. Sinha, S. K. Biswas, N. K. Deb and G. poddar, Proceedings of IEEE PEDES 2018, Chennai, India, Dec 2017.
36. “Multi-Party Energy Management of Microgrid with Heat and Electricity Coupled Demand Response”, N. Chakraborty, A. Naskar, A. Ghosh, S. Chandra, A. Banerji and S. K. Biswas., Proceedings of the IEEE PEDES 2018, Chennai, India, Dec 2018.
37. “Fault Management in Isolated Microgrid”, S. Gupta, S. Mukhopadhyay, A. Banerji and S. K. Biswas, Proceedings of the IEEE PEDES 2018, Chennai, India, Dec 2018.
38. “The differential induction motor as a proposed direct drive for electric vehicles”, S. Sinha, S. Mukhopadhyay, D. Maiti, N. K. Deb and S. K. Biswas, Proceedings of the IEEE ICSETS 2019, Bhubaneswar, India, Feb 2019.
39. “A supervised hybrid algorithm based DSTATCOM to cater to dynamic load changes,” E. Das, A. Bhattacharjee, S. Roy, B. Ganguly, A. Banerji and S. K. Biswas, 2019 IEEE International Conference on Energy Management for Green Environment (UEMGREEN), Kolkata, India, pp. 1-6, Sept 2019. 40. “Combined operation of D-STATCOM and low THD SVC in a distribution grid for dynamic VAr compensation and voltage stabilization”, S. Chakraborty, S. Mukhopadhyay and S. K. Biswas, 2020 IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Smart Grid and Renewable Energy (PESGRE2020), Cochin, India, Jan 2020. 41. “Performance estimation of an inverter fed three phase induction motor at reduced flux condition”, D. Bhowmick, D. Maiti, S. KarChowdhury and S. K. Biswas, 2020 IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Smart Grid and Renewable Energy (PESGRE2020), Cochin, India, Jan 2020. 42. “A Renewable Energy based Hybrid Autonomous Grid,” A. Banerji, R. Bhadra, A. Banerji, A. Banerji and S. K. Biswas, 2020 IEEE Calcutta Conference (CALCON), Kolkata, India, pp. 457-461, 2020. 43. “Dynamic and Transient State Analysis of Islanded Microgrid,” S. Gupta, S. Mukhopadhyay, A. Banerji and S. K. Biswas, 2020 IEEE Calcutta Conference (CALCON), Kolkata, India, pp. 506-510, 2020. 44. “Three-phase Sine Wave Inverter using Natural Harmonic Compensation,” S. Dasgupta and S. K. Biswas, 2020 IEEE Calcutta Conference (CALCON), Kolkata, India, pp. 521-525, Feb 2020. 45. “Fuzzy PID controlled DSTATCOM for delivering quality power”, E. Das, S. Basak, S. Sarkar, B. Ganguly, A. Banerji, S. K. Biswas, 2020 IEEE VLSI Device Circuit and System (VLSI DCS), Kolkata, India, pp 234-239, July 2020. 46. “A soft-switching DC-DC boost converter for extracting maximum power from SPV array”, D. K. Mandal, S. Chowdhuri, S. K Biswas and S. S. Saha, 2020 IEEE 5th International Conference on Computing Communication and Automation (ICCCA), Greater Noida, India, pp. 363-368, Oct 2020.
47. “Generalized carrier based technique for eliminating CMV in 3-Phase n-level NPC inverter,” A. Chakrabarti, K. Sarkar and S. K. Biswas, 2020 IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), 2020, Jaipur, India, pp. 1-6, Dec 2020.
48. “Three-phase SCR phase-controlled resistive heating system with low line current THD,” S. Mukhopadhyay, D. Maiti and S. K. Biswas, 2020 IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), 2020, Jaipur, India, pp. 1-4, Dec 2020.
49. “A five-level boost NPC inverter for electric vehicle,” K. Sarkar, A. Chakrabarti and S. K. Biswas, 2020 IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), Jaipur, India, pp. 1-6, Dec 2020.
50. “PSO optimized decentralized secondary control for frequency and voltage restoration in islanded AC microgrid,” S. Gupta, S. Mukhopadhyay, A. Banerji, S. K. Biswas and P. Sanki, 2021 IEEE 18th India Council International Conference (INDICON), Guwahati, India, pp. 1-6, Dec 2021
51. “Hybrid islanding protection scheme for V2G connected system with local load”, K. Patro, J. Nain, A. Chakrabarti, R. Roy, B. Das, P. R. Kasari and S. K. Biswas, IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference (ITEC-India), N. Delhi, India, pp.1-5, Dec 2021.
52. “Super capacitor based regenerative braking in EV”, J. Nain, K. Patro, A. Chakrabarti, R. Roy, B. Das, P. R. Kasari and S. K. Biswas, 2021 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference (ITEC-India), New Delhi, India, pp. 1-6, Dec 2021.
53. “Optimal placement of a PV-DSTATCOM in a radial distribution system,” S. Chakraborty, S. Mukhopadhyay and S. K. Biswas, 2022 IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Smart Grid, and Renewable Energy (PESGRE), Trivandrum, India, pp. 1-6, Jan 2022.
54. “A hybrid compensator for mitigation of power quality issues in distribution systems,” S. Chakraborty, S. Mukhopadhyay and S. K. Biswas, 2022 IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Smart Grid, and Renewable Energy (PESGRE), Trivandrum, India, pp. 1-6, Jan 2022. 55. “Analysis for the players participating in a hybrid solar virtual power plant”, E. Das, A. Banerji, K. Biswas, R. Chakrabarti and S. K. Biswas, IEEE VLSI DCS 2022: 3rd IEEE Conference on VLSI Device, Circuit and System, Kolkata, India, Feb 2022.

ii. Other Conferences in India

1. “A versatile solid state power monitor system”, S. K. Biswas and B. Basak, paper no.44, 2nd International Symposium on Instrumentation, Calcutta, Dec. 1983.
2. “Current source inverter systems for AC or DC traction Applications”, S. K. Biswas, B. Basak and J. Vithayathil, Seminar on Electric Ground Transportation, Calcutta, Mar. 1984.
3. “The GTO thyristor : a potential power semiconductor for traction drive applications”, S. K. Biswas and B. Basak, Seminar on Modern Electric Traction, Calcutta, Jun. 1985.
4. “A method of modeling and analysis of induction motors under steady and dynamic conditions”, S. K. Biswas, Proceedings of IISc Conference on Systems & Signal Processing, Bangalore, Dec. 1986, pp 345 – 349.
5. “A new static phase converter for traction application”, S. K. Biswas, C. Chakraborty and B. Basak, Proceedings of All India Seminar on Hi-Tech in Electric Traction Rolling Stock, Signaling & Telecommunication Equipment on Indian Railways, Calcutta, Nov. 1989, pp S-2/1 – S-2/9.
6. “A comparative assessment of passive and active power factor correction techniques for electronic ballast”, S. Dalapati, C. Chakraborty and S. K. Biswas, Proceedings of India International Conference on Power Electronics 2004, Mumbai, India, Dec. 2004, paper no. 16.
7. “An empirical method to predict currents in a 1-phase diode rectifier with capacitor filter and static converter load”, T. Halder, S. S. Saha, B. Majumdar and S. K. Biswas, Proceedings of National Power Electronics Conference (NPEC-2005), Kharagpur, India, Dec 2005, pp 261 – 264.
8. “A MOSFET-IGBT hybrid converter with improved efficiency using ZV-ZCS”, S. S. Saha, B. Majumdar, T. Halder and S. K. Biswas, Proceedings of National Power Electronics Conference (NPEC-2005), Kharagpur, India, Dec 2005, pp 370 – 373.
9. “Simulation and design of an active power filter for SCR converter”, P. Deb, S. Bhattacharya and S. K. Biswas, Proceedings of International Conference on Modeling and Simulation (MS’07), Kolkata, India, Dec 2007, pp 89 – 93.
10. “Simulation of an adjustable speed synchronous motor fed from sinusoidal currents”, S. Ray, K. Mukherjee, N. Mondal and S. K. Biswas, Proceedings of International Conference on Modeling and Simulation (MS’07), Kolkata, India, Dec 2007, pp 736 – 740.
11. “The changing face of power electronics”, S. K. Biswas, Proceedings of International Conference on Modeling and Simulation (MS’07), Kolkata, India, Dec 2007, pp 851 – 854.
12. “The differential induction machine : theory & performance”, S. Sinha, N. K. Deb, N. Mondal and S. K. Biswas, Proceedings of National Power Electronics Conference (NPEC-2007), Bangalore, India, Dec 2007, paper no.196.
13. “Design procedure of a push pull current-fed dc-dc converter”, D. Maiti, N. Mondal, S. K. Biswas, Proceedings of National Power Electronics Conference (NPEC-2010), Roorkee, India, June 2010, paper no. DCC003.
14. “Power electronics: past, present & future”, S. K. Biswas, Proceedings of the National Conference on Energy System Planning, Implementation and Operation (ESPIO-11), Kolkata, Aug 2011, pp 13-16.

Popular Electronics Articles

a. Circuit Designs & Design Aids

1. ‘A Highly Versatile DC Power Supply’, S. K. Biswas, Electronics For You, pp 27-29, June 1980.
2. ‘An Automatic Indicator with Alarm for Manual Voltage Regulators’, S. K. Biswas, The Electronic Engineer, pp 30-32, Oct-Dec 1980.
3. ‘Simplified Design of Power Supply Transformers’, S. K. Biswas, Electronics For You, pp 77-79, Dec 1980.
4. ‘A Complete IC Power Supply’, S. K. Biswas, Electronics For You, pp 51-53, Feb 1981.
5. ‘A Solid State Voltage Indicator with Alarm’, S. K. Biswas, Electronics For You, pp 63-64, Oct 1981.
6. ‘Simplified Design of Auto-transformers’, S. K. Biswas, Electronics For You, pp 25-27, Feb 1982.
7. ‘A Digital Clock using Ordinary Colponents’, S. K. Biswas, Electronics For You, pp 36-39, Mar 1982.
8. ‘Simplified Design of Special Transformers’, S. K. Biswas, Electronics For You, pp 24-26, June 1982.
9. ‘Simplified Design of Chokes’, S. K. Biswas, Electronics For You, pp 25-27, Sept 1982.
10. ‘Simple Square Wave Oscillators using 555 Timer IC’, S. K. Biswas, Electronics For You, pp 64-65, Sept 1983.
11. ‘Extend Your Digital Clock Capabilities’, S. K. Biswas, Electronics For You, pp 37-47, Oct 1983.
12. ‘A Day Indicator with Alphabetical Display’, S. K. Biswas, Electronics For You, pp 33-39, Nov 1983.
13. ‘Simplified Design of Coils’, S. K. Biswas, Electronics For You, pp 19-21, Jan 1984.
14. ‘Multipurpose Tone and Sound Synthesiser’, S. K. Biswas, Electronics For You, pp 69-72, May 1984.
15. ‘Simplified Design of Ferrite Core Transformers’, S. K. Biswas, Electronics For You, pp 41-45, Dec 1984.
16. ‘An Electronic Dice’, S. K. Biswas, Electronics For You, pp 64-65, Jan 1985.
17. ‘Fully Protected Power Supply for Digital Electronics’, S. K. Biswas, Electronics For You, pp 103-106, Nov 1988.
18. ‘Electronic Tug of War’, S. K. Biswas, Electronics For You, pp 111-118, July 1989.
19. ‘An Electronic Roulette’, S. K. Biswas, Electronics For You, pp 111-116, Sept 1989.

b. Technical Articles

1. ‘Opto-isolators and Their Performance’, S. K. Biswas, Electronics For You, pp 47-49, Sept 1981.
2. ‘Uninterruptible Power Supply Systems’, S. K. Biswas, Electronics For You, pp 45-49, Apr 1982.
3. ‘Variable Capacitors in Tuned Circuits’, S. K. Biswas, Electronics For You, pp 33-36, Apr 1983.
4. ‘CMOS Logic ICs: Part I – Basic Characteristics’, S. K. Biswas, Electronics For You, pp 29-33, Aug 1984.
5. ‘CMOS Logic ICs: Part II – Application Guide’, S. K. Biswas, Electronics For You, pp 27-30, Sept 1984.
6. ‘CMOS Logic ICs: Part III – Circuit Ideas’, S. K. Biswas, Electronics For You, pp 39-42, Oct 1984.
7. ‘CMOS Logic ICs: Part IV – Special Families’, S. K. Biswas, Electronics For You, pp 62-66, Nov 1984.
8. ‘Optimising IC Op-Amp Circuit Design: Part I – Fundamentals of Op-Amp and Offset Compensation’, S. K. Biswas, Electronics For You, pp 46-50, Sept 1986.
9. ‘Optimising IC Op-Amp Circuit Design: Part II – Selecting the Correct Frequency Compensation Network’, S. K. Biswas, Electronics For You, pp 36-40, Oct 1986.
10. ‘Optimising IC Op-Amp Circuit Design: Part III – Choosing the Right Op-Amp and Reducing Circuit Oscillations’, S. K. Biswas, Electronics For You, pp 45-48, Nov 1986.
11. ‘Optimising IC Op-Amp Circuit Design: Part IV – Selected Application Tips’, S. K. Biswas, Electronics For You, pp 26-30, Dec 1986.
12. ‘Cooling of Semiconductor Components: Part I – Fundamental Principles and Processes’, S. K. Biswas, Electronics For You, pp 39-42, May 1989.
13. ‘Cooling of Semiconductor Components: Part II – Integrated Circuits’, S. K. Biswas, Electronics For You, pp 47-52, June 1989.
14. ‘Cooling of Semiconductor Components: Part III – Discrete Semiconductors’, S. K. Biswas, Electronics For You, pp 67-71, July 1989.

c. Circuit Ideas

1. ‘A Single Transistor AM and IF Oscillator’, S. K. Biswas, Electronics For You, pp 77, Jan 1981.
2. ‘A Single IC Versatile Pulse Generator’, S. K. Biswas, Electronics For You, pp 57, July 1981.
3. ‘Mains Hum Filter for Audio Circuits’, S. K. Biswas, Electronics For You, pp 75, Aug 1981.
4. ‘A Simple Function Generator using 555 Timer’, S. K. Biswas, Electronics For You, pp 71 & 73, Aug 1981.
5. ‘A 4-bit Digital to Analog Converter’, S. K. Biswas, Electronics For You, pp 50-51, Aug 1982.
6. ‘Negative Voltage Supply from Single Positive Voltage’, S. K. Biswas, Electronics For You, pp 69-70, July 1983.
7. ‘An Electronic IN/OUT Indicator’, S. K. Biswas, Electronics For You, pp 100, Dec 1983.
8. ‘4-bit Binary to BCD Converter’, S. K. Biswas, Electronics For You, pp 96, Jan 1986.

Book Chapters

Authored the chapter on ‘Single Phase to Three Phase Conversion’ in the text book “Power Electronics and Drives”, published by Tata Mc-Graw Hill Co. Ltd., New Delhi, 1993.

Patents

a. Held

1) Indian Patent No.172923 of 26-12-1990: “An Improved Three Phase Pulse Width Controlled Semi-converter”.
2) Indian Patent No.173583 of 26-12-1990: “Static Phase Converter for Energising and Operating a Three Phase Load from a Single Phase Supply”.
3) US Patent No. US8,593,030 B2 dated 26-Nov-2013: “Rotating Electric Machine for Generating a Constant Frequency AC Power Supply from A Variable Speed Prime Mover”.

b. Applied

1) Indian Patent Application No.753/KOL/2010 of 07-09-2010: “An Improved Rotating Electric Machine for Generating AC Power Supply from A Variable Speed Prime Mover”.
2) Indian Patent Application No.1157/KOL/2013 of 08-10-2013: “Three-Phase Thyristor Controlled Reactor with Reduced Harmonic Currents”.

 

 

Fellow: Institution of Engineers (India).

Fellow: Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (India).

Senior Member: Industry Applications Society,

Senior Member: Industrial Electronics Society,

Senior Member: Power Electronics Society

Senior Member: Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), USA.

Past Chairman: IEEE IAS Kolkata Chapter

Member: IEEE Region 10 Conference and Technical Seminar Committee

Past Vice Chair Technical Activities: IEEE India Council

Past Chairman: IEEE Kolkata Section, India

 

Research Projects Undertaken

  1. Principal Investigator to “Development of Pulsed Nd-YAG Laser (300W)”, from AICTE, Govt. of India, 2000.
  2. Principal Investigator to “Development of Switch Mode Battery Charger for Telecommunication System”, from S S Electra Power Systems Pvt Ltd, Kolkata, 1995.
  3. Principal Investigator to “Development of SMART Grid-Interactive SVP Systems”, from DST, Govt. of India, 2016.

PG Project Guided

  1. ‘A Novel Sine Wave Inverter Using Dual Active Bridge DC-DC Converters’, Thesis submitted by Mr. Subhabrata Basak in 2017.
  2. A Study on Single-Phase Z-Source Inverter Topologies’, Thesis submitted by Mr. Swetadri Ghosh in 2015.
  3. ‘An Alternating Wave Generator with Wave-shape and Frequency Control’, Thesis submitted by Ms. Archana Mondal in 2014.
  4. ‘System Monitoring of Power Supply of Nd:YAG Laser’, Thesis submitted by Ms. Aritra Ghosh in 2013.
  5. ‘Study on DC-DC Converter with High Boost Ratio’, Thesis submitted by Mr. Vishal Das in 2013.
  6. ‘A Soft Switched Flyback Inverter with Recovery of Stored Energy in Leakage Inductance’, Thesis submitted by Mr. Subhendu Dutta in 2012.
  7. ‘Improved Performance Three-phase PWM Rectifier with Minimum Switches’, Thesis submitted by Mr. Subhamoy Ganguly in 2011.
  8. ‘Study of Single-Phase Induction Motor for Replacement of Centrifugal Switch by Solid State Switch’, Thesis submitted by Mr. Asis De in 2010.
  9. ‘Study of Current-fed DC-DC Converter’, Thesis submitted by Mr. Dipten Maiti in 2009.
  10. ‘Study on Coupled Inductor Boost Converter for Power Factor Correction’, Thesis submitted by Mr. S. P. Kotaru in 2006.
  11. ‘Characterisation of Single Phase Permanent Magnet Induction Motor’ Thesis submitted by Ms. Mousumi Jana Bala in 2008.
  12. ‘Study of Power Flow in a Frequency Controlled Doubly fed Induction Generator’, Thesis submitted by Mr. Chiradeep De in 2005.
  13. ‘Controller Design for Solar Photo Voltaic (SPV) Panel Fed Battery and Load’, Thesis submitted by Mr. A. Mallikarjuna in 2002.
  14. ‘Charge Controller of Solar Photo-Voltaic (PV) Panel Fed Battery’, Thesis submitted by Mr. Tapas Halder in 2001.
  15. ‘A New Sinewave Inverter using Bi-Directional Power Converter’, Thesis submitted by Mr. Pradip Dutta in 2000.
  16. ‘Design Trends of Switched Reluctance Motor Drives and Implementation of Current Source Converter’, Thesis submitted by Ms. S. Chowdhuri in 1997.
  17. ‘Independent Regulation Control of a Two-Output DC to DC Converter’, Thesis submitted by Mr. A. Sanyal in 1997.
  18. ‘Commutation Problems of DC Motors with SCR Supply and Suggested Improvements’, Thesis submitted by Mr. Goutam K. Panda in 1992.
  19. ‘Design of a Solid State Starter for a Capacitor Start Induction Motor’ Thesis submitted by Ms. S. Bhattacharjee in 1991.
  20. ‘Induction Motor fed from an asymmetrical phase converter’, M.E. Thesis submitted by Mr. C. Chakraborty in 1989.

 

Doctroal Project Guided

  1. ‘A Flexible Multi-Level Inverter for Open End Induction Motor Drive’, Thesis on which PhD awarded to Mr. A. Chakrabarti in 2022.
  2. ‘Augmented Robust Adaptive Approach for Autopilot and BLDC Motor Control in Aerospace Applications’, Thesis on which PhD awarded to Mr. P. S. R. Srinivasa Sastry in 2020.
  3. ‘An Improved Performance Isolated Power Converter’, Thesis on which PhD awarded to Mr. Tapas Halder in 2017.
  4. ‘A Study on High Efficiency Induction Motor Design and its Optimisation’, Thesis on which PhD awarded to Mr. Srikumar Mallik in 2016.
  5. ‘Modeling, Analysis and Performance Evaluation of Special Type Static VAR Compensators’, Thesis on which PhD awarded to Mr. Susovan Mukhopadhyay in 2015.
  6. ‘Qualitative Assessment of Beverages using Electronic Tongue’, Thesis on which PhD awarded to Mr. Palash Kundu in 2015.
  7. ‘Input Current Waveshape Improvement Technique for Power Electronic Converters’, Thesis on which PhD awarded to Mr. Prabal Deb in 2014.
  8. ‘Static Compensation and it Application to Remote and Autonomous Systems’, Thesis on which PhD awarded to Mr. Ambarnath Banerji in 2013.
  9. ‘ERP-Based Power Plant Management in Deregulated Power Market’, Thesis on which PhD awarded to Mr. Arup Sinha in 2013.
  10. ‘Modulation and Control of Multi-level Inverter for Induction Motor Drives’, Thesis on which PhD awarded to Mr. Kartick Chandra Jana in 2013.
  11. ‘Development of Energy Efficient Drive System for Electric Vehicle’, Thesis on which PhD awarded to Ms. Sumita Sinha in 2012.
  12. ‘Improved Performance Soft-Switching Switch Mode Power Supply’, Thesis on which PhD awarded to Mr. Shib Sankar Saha in 2006.
  13. ‘Improved Performance Switched Reluctance Motor Drive’, Thesis on which PhD awarded to Ms. S. Chowdhuri in 2002.
  14. ‘Active Power Filter and Var Compensator for Power Line Applications’, Thesis on which PhD awarded to Mr. F. A. Talukdar in 2002.
  15. ‘Compact, High Performance UPS System using High Frequency Link’, Thesis on which PhD awarded to Mr. P. Mukherjee in 2000.
  16. ‘Studies on MOS-gated Power Semi-conductor Devices and Their Applications’, Thesis on which PhD awarded to Mr. B. Mazumdar in 1997.

 

 

 

 

Awards

  1. Received the IEEE PES Chapter Outstanding Engineer Award in recognition of the outstanding contribution in Power Engineering Education, in 2016.
  2. Received the Best Paper Award at the 2nd National Power Electronics Conference, IIT Kharagpur, in 2005.
  3. Received the 20th IETE Bimal Bose award for “Outstanding contribution in the field of Power Electronics” from the Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (India), in 2004.
  4. Received the Tata Rao Prize of the Institution of Engineers (India), in 1994.
  5. Received the Pandit M. M. Malaviya Memorial Gold Medal of the Institution of Engineers (India), in 1989.
  6. Received the Certificate of Merit of the Institution of Engineers (India), in 1988.
  7. Awarded the Indian National Science Academy (INSA) Medal for young Scientists, in 1987.
  8. Received the Gold Medal of the Institution of Engineers (India), in 1986.
  9. Certificate of Merit awardee at the 3rd State Level Science Exhibition, Calcutta, 1977.
  10. Second Prize awardee at the Seminar on ‘Energy Resources for the Future’ at the Dept. of Applied Physics, Calcutta University, 1977.
    First Prize winner at the JB-NSTS Science Fair 1975.
  11. Prize winner at the JB-NSTS Science Fair in 1974.
  12. Second in order of merit and awardee of the Jagadis Bose National Science Talent Search (JB-NSTS) Scholarship at the annual competitive examination 1974.

 

Invited Lectures

  1. Delivered three day special lecture at IIT Bombay in Dec 2015.
  2. Delivered one day special lecture at Nirma Institute of Technology in June 2018.
  3. Delivered two day special lecture at IIT Kharagpur in Nov 2018.

 

Special Mentions

  1. Biography is listed in “Reference India” (Biographical Note about men & women of achievement), page 123.
  2. Invited to participate in a meeting of selected young scientist with the Prime Minister in 1989.
  3. One Research Paper on gate drive technique for IGBT (sl. No.16 of papers published in IEEE conferences outside India: “A modular gate drive circuit for insulated gate bipolar transistors”) is referred in the Application Notes for IGBTs by two major manufacturers in the world – International Rectifier of USA and SGS-Thomson of France.
  4. Name is recorded on the panel that finalized the IEEE Standard 519–1992 : “Recommended Practices and Requirements for Harmonic Control in Electrical Power Systems”.
  5. Research papers are referred in at least 17 International patents by major manufacturing companies in Europe, USA and Japan:Example: ABB (Switzerland) (EP0509118A1), ebm-papst St. Georgen GmbH & Co. (Germany) (US7042182B2), General Electric (USA) (EP0881760A3), Honeywell International Inc. (USA) (US7777370B2), Minebea Co. Ltd. (Japan) (EP1440501B1), Mitsubishi (Japan) (EP0740406A3), Philips (US2013/0135031A1), SEMIKRON Electronik GmbH & Co. (Germany) (EP1643646A1), Siemens (Germany) (EP2530817A1, US7415072B2 and EP0840443B1), Soft Switching Technologies Corporation (USA) (US 5969957), Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (US 7804130B1 and US8153492B2), Volterra Semiconductor Corpn. (USA) (US8169081B1) and others (US5272616, US5402053).

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