Dr. SUPRAVA CHAKRABORTY

Designation : Assistant Professor (Senior)
School / Centre : School of Electrical Engineering
Department : Department of Energy and Power Electronics

Educational Details

IIT (ISM) Dhanbad

Ph.D
Solar Photovoltaic
Graduated in 2016

Tezpur University

M.Tech
Energy Technology
Graduated in 2013

WBUT

B.Tech
Electrical Engineering
Graduated in 2011

Post Doctoral Experiences

Served as Research Scientist for 3 years at National Institute of Solar Energy (An autonomous institution of Ministry of New and Renewable, Govt. of India), Gurugram, Haryana-122003


Research Details

Areas of Specialization
  • Techno-Economic-Environmental analysis of Different types of Solar PV systems
  • Degradation and reliability of PV Technology
  • Energy Analytics and regulations
  • Agricultural Autonomous Vehicle
  • Circular Economy
  • Net Zero Energy Building

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Ongoing Funded Project Details

Title Funding Agency
Design and development of solar powered unmanned multipurpose vehicle for agricultural applications along with business model to address farmer welfare (File no. SG20210248) VIT SEED Grant

Patent Published Details

Title Application No.
Photovoltaic-Thermoelectric- Photovoltaic (PV-TE-PV) Multilayer Device For Enhancing Solar Electric Power Generation With Reduced Area 682 / KOL / 2015
Solar Induction Heating System using High Frequency Modified Half Bridge Series Resonant Inverter under VSI Mode 201731040782

Books / Book Chapters Published Details

Title Publisher Published Year
Stability Improvement of Captive Generator Sets Utilizing FACTS Device Springer, Singapore 2017

Awards & Recognitions Details

  • National Merit Scholarship
  • Outstanding Reviewer- Renewable Energy (Elsevier)-2017
  • Ranked in top 1%-NPTEL FDP Course on Design of Photovoltaic System, 2018, NPTEL-IISc Bangaluru, Non- Conventional Energy Resources, 2019, NPTEL-IIT Madras
  • Ranked in top 5%- NPTEL FDP Course on Patent Drafting for Beginners, 2019, NPTEL-IIT Madras
  • Reviewer of international journals: Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Environmental Progress, Energy Science & Engineering, Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy, IET Renewable Power Generation, IEEE Access, World Journal of Engineering, etc.

International Collaborations

  • Research collaboration with City University of Hong Kong
  • Research collaboration with Aswan University, Egypt
  • Research collaboration with Tongji University, Shanghai, China

Industry Collaborations

  • Vadini Infocenter, Pune
  • Waaree Technologies
  • Blaer Motor Pvt. Ltd.
  • Ignitho Technologies
  • NUVENTO SYSTEMS Private Limited, Frontier

Other Information

Editorial Experience : Research Topic Coordinator: Frontier in Energy Research.