Smart Grid: Basics To Advanced Technologies

Dr. Narayana Prasad Padhy received the Ph.D. degree in power systems engineering from Anna University, Chennai, India, in 1997. He is working as Professor (HAG) with the Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, Roorkee, India. He is currently the Director of the Malaviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT), Jaipur, India and the mentor director of the Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Kota. Earlier he has served as Dean of Academic Affairs, Institute, NEEPCO, 92 Batch and Ravi Mohan Mangal Institute Chair Professors at IIT Roorkee. He is the National lead of many national and international projects such as DSIDES, ID-EDGe, and HEAPD. He is also part of other international projects, namely Indo-US UI-ASSIST and Indo-UK ZED-I. He has published more than 200 research articles in reputed international journals and conference proceedings. His research interests include power system analysis, demand-side management, energy market, network pricing, AC–DC smart grid, and application of machine learning techniques in power systems. Dr. Padhy is also a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineers (INAE), Fellow Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers, India, Fellow Institution of Engineering and Technology, UK, and Fellow of Institution of Engineers, India. He was the recipient of the IEEE smart cities jury award 2022, IEEE PES Outstanding Engineers Award 2018, Boyscast Fellowship and the Humboldt Experienced Research Fellowship in the year 2005 and 2009, respectively.

Dr. Premalata Jena (Senior Member IEEE, Young Associate, INAE) received the M. Tech and Ph. D degree in Power System Engg. from the Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India, in 2006 and 2011 respectively. She is currently working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India since 2012. She has executed various sponsored research projects sanctioned by DST, SERB, CPRI, MHRD and THDC INDIA Ltd. She has published several research articles in reputed international journals and conference proceedings. Dr. Jena is a recipient of SERB POER Fellowship from SERB, DST in 2022. Dr. Jena is a recipient of the Women Excellence Award-2017 from DST, New Delhi. Dr. Jena is a recipient of the Young Engineer Award, Indian National Academy of Engineering, and POSOCO Power System Award, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd., India, in 2013. Her research interest includes power system protection, Electric Vehicle, Grid Integration issues of Electric Vehicle, Optimal sizing and placement of batteries, Cybersecurity issues in Smart Grid, AC, DC, and Hybrid AC-DC microgrid protection issues due to the integration of renewable sources and electric vehicles with the existing power grid.