Dr. Santosh Sonar
Dr. Santosh Sonaris an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Instrumentation Engineering. He received his Bachelor and Masters degree in Electrical Engineering from National Institute of Technology Durgapur, West Bengal. He has completed his PhD at Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, Jharkhand in the year 2014.He has joined TU in August 2013. He has nine years of teaching and one year of Industrial experience till June 2019. His main research interests are in the areas of Power Electronics (z-source inverters, ac-ac converters, SMPS Design, PWM Techniques).
Degree | Examination Passed | Year of Passing | Institute | Subject/ Discipline/ Specialization | Class/ Division |
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UG Degree |
B.E |
2004 |
NIT Durgapur,W.B,India |
Electrical Engineering |
1st |
PG Degree |
M.Tech |
2009 |
NIT Durgapur,W.B,India |
Electrical Engineering/Power Electronics |
1st |
Doctoral |
Ph.D |
2014 |
IIT(ISM) Dhanbad,India |
Thesis Title |
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“Z-Source Inverter used for wind power conversion” |
Teaching |
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13/03/2014 |
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Assistant professor |
Thapar University, Patiala, Punjab ,India |
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12/08/2013 |
12/03/2014 |
Lecturer |
Thapar University, Patiala, Punjab, India |
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12/08/2010 |
30/11/2010 |
Lecturer |
Asansol Engineering College, W.B, India |
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11/09/2008 |
11/08/2010 |
Lecturer |
Bengal college of Engineering and Technology, W.B, India |
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5. |
01/09/2005 |
31/08/2006 |
Lecturer |
Govt Polytechnic Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India |
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Industry |
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21/07/2004 |
20/08/2005 |
Site Engineer |
Test Metal Engineering Pvt Ltd |
Dismantling,Errection,Commisioning of boiler and associated equipments. |
Specialization: Power Electronics
Academic Details:
Courses taught:
S.No | UG Level | PG Level |
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1. |
Power Electronics |
Advanced Power Electronics |
2. |
Electrical Engineering |
HVAC and HVDC Transmission Systems |
3. |
Electrical and Electronics Measurements |
High Power Converters |
4. |
Flexible AC Transmission Systems |
Electrical Drives and Control |
5. |
Digital and Analog Circuits |
Digital Control Systems |
6. |
Electric Drives |
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Research Area: Multilevel Inverters, SMPS Design, Z-Source Inverters, PWM Techniques
Reviewer: IET Power Electronics, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, IEEE journals of Emerging and Selected Topics of Power Electronics
Member of Prestigious Committee: IEEE Member, N0- 93340410
Title of the Project | Funding Amount(Rs) | Funding Agency | Status | Co-PI |
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Experimental Studies on the performance of Z-Source inverter |
470,000.00 |
TIET Patiala (Punjab),India |
Completed |
Nil |
Design and Development of an AC-AC Converter and BLDC Motor Controller |
1200,000.00 |
Industry |
Ongoing |
Nil |
Design and development of an isolated converter based 120- Watt battery Charging Card |
600,000.00 |
Industry |
Ongoing |
Nil |
Papers Published/Accepted
International Journal
National Conferences
Awarded A grade (Under performance Incentive Scheme Award -2016, TIET)
ME Thesis Supervised- 07 ,02 Undergoing
Name of the Student | Roll No | Thesis Title | Supervisor | Completed/Ongoing |
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Punit Kumar |
801341016 |
Three Phase AC-AC Z-Source Converter |
Sole |
June2015 |
Nitish Kumar |
801341011 |
Study and analysis of a series parallel Hybrid Electrical Vehicle |
Sole |
June 2015 |
Kanwarjeet Singh |
801341007 |
Study and analysis of Z-Source connected to fuel cell |
Sole |
June2015 |
Jasandeep Singh |
801441012 |
Analysis Of Series-Parallel Hybrid Electric Vehicle With Suitable Dc-Dc Converter For A Given Drive Cycle |
Sole |
June2016 |
Snehansu Panda |
801542018 |
Analysis and Simulation of Three Phase Modified Hybrid Cascaded Multilevel Inverter for Induction Motor |
Sole |
June2017 |
Julakanti Santhosh Reddy |
801543003 |
Performance Analysis Of A Dc-Dc Multilevel Boost Converter |
Sole |
July2017 |
Siddharth Pandit |
801543005 |
Analysis And Modelling Of Matrix Converter As A Frequency Changer |
Sole |
July2017 |
PhD Thesis | Supervisor | Completed/Ongoing |
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01 |
Sole | Ongoing |