Amitava Biswas

Full Name: AMITAVA BISWAS 

Designation: Associate Professor

Date of Joining the University: January 18, 2016 

Contact information:  

Electrical Engineering Section, Department of Applied Physics, University of Calcutta, 92, APC Road, Kolkata-700009, West Bengal, India 

E-mail: absaphy@caluniv.ac.in, amitavabiswas123@gmail.com 

Current research interests:

Control system analysis and identification using different orthogonal functions. 

Earlier Positions held: 

• Associate Professor, Dept. of Applied Physics, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, 2017 to till date.

• Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Physics, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, 2016-2017 

• Associate Professor, Academy of Technology, Hooghly, 2015-2016 

• Assistant Professor, Academy of Technology, Hooghly, 2007-2015 Senior Lecturer, 

• Academy of Technology, Hooghly, 2005-2007 Lecturer, JIS College of Engineering, Kalyani, Nadia, 2002-2005 

Teaching assignments

(a) B.Tech. level :

1. Signal and System

2. Electrical Machines

3. Advance Electrical Machines

4. Design of Electrical Machines

5. Control Theory

6. Power System

(b) M.Tech. Level

1. Dynamics of Linear Systems

2. Nonlinear and Optimal Control

3. Advanced Electrical Machines

4. Power System Stability and Protection

Research Guidance: 

PhD Registered candidates: 

1. Sudeep Samanta, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, MCKV, Howrah, India, Topic of research: Fault Detection of Electrical Machines. Detection of Three Phase Induction Motor Stator Fault Using Sample Shifting Technique. 

2. Rumrum Benerjee: Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Dr. Sudhir Chandra Sur Degree Engineering College, Kolkata, West Bengal. Topic of research: An orthogonal hybrid function approach to reduced order modelling in Continuous time domain. 

Publications:

(A) Journal Publications 

1. Ujjal Sura, Amitava Biswasb, Jitendra Nath Berab, Gautam Sarkarr, “A modified holomorphic embedding method based hybrid AC-DC microgrid load flow” Electric Power Systems Research, vol. 182, May 2020. Published by ELSEVIER.

2. Amitava Biswas, Rumrum Benerjee, “An orthogonal hybrid function approach to reduced order modeling in Continuous time domain” International Journal of Technology and Science, vol. 5, issue 1, pp. 13-14, 2018., ISSN 2350 - 1103.

3. Amitava Biswas, Gargee Chakraborty, “Full Order Observer Controller Design for Two Interacting Tank System Based on State Space Approach” International Journal of Application or Innovation in Engineering & Management, vol. 6, issue 7, pp. 134-141, July, 2017, ISSN 2319 – 4847.

4. Deb, Anish, Sarkar, Gautam, Mandal, Priyaranjan, Biswas, Amitava and Sengupta, Anindita, A new approach to block pulse function (BPF) based analysis and identification of SISO control system, Journal of Automatic & System Engineering, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 24-58, 2013, SSN 1112-8542.

5. Deb, Anish, Sarkar, Gautam, Mandal, Priyaranjan, Biswas, Amitava, Ganguly, Anindita and Biswas, Debasish, Transfer function identification from impulse response via a new set of orthogonal hybrid functions (HF), Applied Mathematics and Computation, Vol. 218, Issue 9, pp. 4760-4787, 2012, Published by ELSEVIER.

6. Deb, Anish, Sarkar, Gautam, Ganguly, Anindita and Biswas, Amitava, Approximation, integration and differentiation of time functions using a set of orthogonal hybrid functions (HF) and their application to solution of first order differential equations, Applied Mathematics and Computation, vol. 218, Issue 9, pp. 4731-4759, 2012, Published by ELSEVIER.

7. Deb, Anish, Sarkar, Gautam, Ganguly, Anindita and Biswas, Amitava, Numerical solution of third order linear differential equations using generalized one-shot operational matrices in orthogonal hybrid function domain, Applied Mathematics and Computation, vol. 219, pp.1485-1514, 2012, Published by ELSEVIER.

8. Deb, Anish, Sarkar, Gautam, Biswas, Amiitava, and Mandal, Priyaranjan, Numerical instability of deconvolution operation via block pulse functions, J. Franklin Instt., vol. 345, pp. 319-327, 2008, Published by ELSEVIER.

(b) Conference Publications :

1. Ujjal Sur, Amitava Biswas, Jitendra Nath Bera, Gautam Sarkar, “Dynamic Voltage Restorer Modelling for Holomorphic Embedding Distribution Load Flow Michael Faraday IET International Summit MFIIS - 2020, 03-04th October 2020, Kolkata, India.

2. Ujjal Sur, Amitava Biswas, Jitendra Nath Bera, Gautam Sarkar, “Holomorphic Embedding Load Flow Modelling of DSTATCOM for Active Distribution Networks” IEEE Conference CALCON 2020, 28-29th February 2020, Kolkata, India.

3. Ujjal Sur, Amitava Biswas, Jitendra Nath Bera, Gautam Sarkar, “A Modified Holomorphic Embedding Load Flow Method for Active Power Distribution Networks”, The IEEE Region 10 Symposium, TENSYMP 2019, pp. 758-762, 7-9th June, 2019, Kolkata, India. ISBN: 978-1-7281-0296-2. DOI: 10.1109/TENSYMP4621 8.2019.8971227

4. Suparna Pal, Amitava Biswas “A Real Time Nobel Approach of Aggregations of Generators and Loads into Virtual Power Plant”, International Conference on Industry Interactive Innovations in science and Technology, (I3SET2K19), 13-14th December, 2019, Kolyani, India. Link: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3515875 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ ssrn.3515875

5. Suparna Pal, and Biswas, Amitava, Real Time Short Circuit Fault Analysis of a Sub-Station by Soft Computing (November 25, 2019). 2nd International Conference on Non-Conventional Energy: Nanotechnology & Nanomaterials for Energy & Environment (ICNNEE) 2019, 18-19th October, 2019, Kolyani, India. Link: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3493196 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3493196

6. Arka Ray, Shuvadeep Datta, Amitava Biswas, Jitendra Nath Bera, “ Design of a Multilevel Inverter Using SPWM Techniques” IEEE National Conference on Control, Signal, Processing and Energy System (CSPES 2018), 16-18th November, 2018, Kolkata, India. DOI: 10.1109/TENSYMP46218.2019.8971227

7. Amitava Biswas, Rumrum Benerjee, “Model order reduction using orthogonal hybrid function approximation in continuous time domain”, IEEE Conference on Recent trends in computer science and technology (ICRTCST), on 24-25th April, 2018, Jamshedpur, India.

8. Deb, A., Ganguly, A., Sarkar, G. and Biswas, A., Computation of convolution via a new set of orthogonal hybrid functions (HF) for linear control system analysis and identification, IEEE India Conference, INDICON 2012, pp. 682-688, 7-9 Dec. 2012, Kochi, India.

9. Deb, Anish, Ganguly, Anindita, Sarkar, Gautam and Biswas, Amitava, Numerical algorithm for the solution of third order differential equations in orthogonal hybrid function (HF) domain, IEEE India Conference, INDICON 2011, Hyderabad, 16-18th December, 2011.

10. Deb, Anish, Sarkar, Gautam, Ganguly, Anindita, Mandal, Priyaranjan and Biswas, Amitava, Approximation and integration of time functions using a set of orthogonal hybrid functions (HF), Proceedings of the National Seminar in Electrical Power Engineering, Electronics and Computers (Tech Meet 2010), Kolkata, 12-13 February, 2010.

11. Deb, Anish, Sarkar, Gautam, Mandal, Priyaranjan and Biswas, Amitava, Oscillation in block pulse function based identification of first order systems, Proceedings of International Conference ‘Emerging Trends in Electrical engineering’, pp 180-188, Kolkata, 12-14th Jan, 2007.

12. Deb, Anish, Sarkar, Gautam, Biswas, Amitava and Mandal, Priyaranjan, Optimal block pulse function (OBPF) vs. Non-optimal block pulse function (NOBPF), Proceedings of International Conference of IEE (PEITSICON) 2005, pp195-199, Kolkata, 28-29th Jan., 2005.

Professional Activity 

Membership in professional bodies:

1. Committee member, Joint IEEE Control Systems Society -Instrumentation & Measurement Society (CSS-IMS) Chapter Kolkata.

2. Member, IET UK Kolkata Network.