Smart Grid: Basics to Advanced Technologies

Prof. Narayana Prasad Padhy, Director, MNIT Jaipur and Director, IIIT Kota, Chair Professor IIT Palakkad Technology IHub Foundation (IPTIF), is a Professor (HAG) of Electrical Engineering and has served as Dean of Academic Affairs, IIT Roorkee, Founder Head Mehta Family School of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, Professor In-Charge Training and Placement, NEEPCO, and Institute Chair Professor at IIT Roorkee.

He received his graduation degree in Electrical Engineering in 1990, Masters (Power Systems Engineering) with Distinction in 1993, and Ph.D. (College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University, Chennai) in 1997. He worked as an Assistant Professor at BITS Pilani, India, for a year, after which he joined the Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Roorkee, as a Lecturer in 1998. He was promoted to the position of full Professor in 2008.

Prof. Padhy researches in the area of Power Systems Engineering and Smart Grid. He has successfully supervised 25 research scholars and is currently guiding 20 research scholars. He has authored over 300 high quality papers with over 75 IEEE Transactions, with an overall citation of 13989 plus (h-index=50 plus, i-index 168 plus). He has also authored six textbooks and three successfully granted patents.

He is a Fellow of Indian National Academy of Engineers (FNAE), The Institution of Engineering and Technology, UK (FIET), Institution of Engineers, India (FIE), Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers, India (FIETE), The International Society for Energy Environment and Sustainability (ISEES), Chair Sectional Committee – V (Electrical Engineering) – INAE -India. As Senior Member of IEEE and Power and Energy Society, IEEE USA, he has actively contributed to various IEEE professional activities as Chair, PES Network Charging Working Group and Chair, IEEE Roorkee Subsection, Chair, IEEE UP Section, Member, IEEE PES Intelligent Systems Subcommittee. He also served as Vice-Chair, CIGRE National Study Committee on C4: Power System Technical Performance. He is actively involved in the Mission Innovation (MI) 2.0 - Green Powered Future Mission, engaging with about two dozen countries on the international platform.

Prof. Padhy has served as a Visiting Professor/Fellow at Canadian and UK universities. His research engagements supported institutional tie-ups with eminent US universities (MIT, Texas A&M, and WSU), UK universities (Bath, Cardiff, Edinburgh, and Durham), DTU Denmark, and industry partners like TERI, BSES Delhi, Tata Power and ABB. He successfully established the AC-DC Hybrid Microgrid (ADMIRE) Lab at IIT Roorkee and dreams of deploying India's first Smart Academic Campus (SAC). He has successfully executed 13 international/national research projects and is currently leading 6 international research projects, with a funding of over INR 200 million. He serves as a knowledge partner/consultant to various Smart City projects of the central government and state governments.

Prof. Padhy has been conferred various national and international awards and honours. These include IETE-Bimal Bose Award 2025, Thiagaraja College of Engineering (TCE), India - Distinguished Alumni Award 2025, Alexander von Humboldt Experienced Research Fellowship from Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany (2009), Samanta Chandra Sekhar Award (2021), IEEE IAS GlobConHT 2023 Global Lifetime Achievement Award, IEEE Smart City Jury Award 2022, IEEE PES Chapter Outstanding Engineer Award from IEEE Power & Energy Society, USA (2018), Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee felicitation for bringing laurels to the Institute in 2017, and BOYSCAST Research Fellow Award for Young Scientist elected from Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India (2005). His services to the Smart City and Smart Grid Technology development have been recognised by several honorary awards. He has successfully supervised six PhD thesis for being awarded the Grid India Power System Awards (GIPSA), formerly known as POSOCO award.

Premalata Jena (Senior Member, IEEE) received the B.Tech. degree in Electrical Engineering from Utkal University, Odisha, India, in 2001, and the M. Tech. and Ph.D. degrees in power system engineering from the Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India, in 2006 and 2011, respectively. Currently, she is a Professor with the Department of Electrical Engineering and a joint Faculty Member with the Center for Sustainable Energy, the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, India. Her research interests include Smart Grid, Smart grid technology and protection, Optimal Placement of Storage devices, Microgrid(AC Microgrid, DC Microgrid and Hybrid AC-DC Microgrid), Microgrid Protection, Optimal scheduling and operation of Electric Vehicle, Power quality analysis of microgrid system with presence of Renewable sources and Electric vehicle, Signal processing application for power system relaying, micro-PMU and Smart Meter for Microgrid and Smart Grid system, Power system Protection, Protection Issues with series compensation Devices, Protection Scheme Development for a line with series compensation devices, Disturbance localization, Signal processing application for disturbance localization. Dr. Jena is the recipient of the SERB POWER Fellowship from SERB, DST, in 2022, the recipient of the Women Excellence Award 2017 from DST, New Delhi, and the 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.