Dr. SUPRAVA CHAKRABORTY

Designation : Associate Professor Grade 2
School / Centre : Technology Information Forecasting and assessment Council
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 and Agrivoltaic
  • Circular Economy
  • Net Zero Energy Building

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Completed Funded Project Details

Title Funding Agency
Design and development of solar powered unmanned multi-purpose vehicle for agricultural applications along with business model to address farmer welfare VIT SEED Grant

Patent Published Details

Title Application No.
An autonomous multipurpose agricultural rover powered by flexible solar photovoltaic sheet 202441003805
SMART ADD-ON DEVICE FOR ELECTRICAL VEHICLE CHARGER 202341042425

Patent Granted Details

Title Application No.
Photovoltaic-Thermoelectric- Photovoltaic (PV-TE-PV) Multilayer Device For Enhancing Solar Electric Power Generation With Reduced Area 395435
Solar Induction Heating System using High Frequency Modified Half Bridge Series Resonant Inverter under VSI Mode 476712
Solar powered six wheeled Agri-rover 399183
Portable solar powered medical incinerator 389014
Portable solar PV kettle 402492

Books / Book Chapters Published Details

Title Publisher Published Year
Stability Improvement of Captive Generator Sets Utilizing FACTS Device Springer, Singapore 2017
Harris-Hawks Optimization Algorithm for Sizing and Allocation of Renewable Energy Based Distributed Generators River Publishers 2023
Designing of Efficient Lighting System for Smart Homes Springer International Publishing 2023
Energy planning for a sustainable transition to a decarbonized generation scenario Elsevier 2023

Awards & Recognitions Details

  • Editorial Board Member: Scientific Report, Springer- Nature
  • Three of my research work were featured in PV Magazine, USA (Widely followed by PV Industry)
  • 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

  • Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Russia
  • Aswan University, Egypt
  • City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  • University of Patras, Greece
  • Russian University of Transport, Moscow

Industry Collaborations

  • First Solar, Chennai
  • Waaree Technologies
  • Vadini Infocenter, Pune
  • Ignitho Technologies
  • NUVENTO SYSTEMS Private Limited

Other Information

Editorial Experience : Editorial Board Member: Scientific Report, Springer Nature