Research Intrest

The major areas of interest and expertise are Lightning, Electromagnetics, High Voltage Engineering. 

The subtopics of interest of these major areas are given below:

Lightning modelling, lightning stroke attachment/interception, lightning surge response, lightning electromagnetic fields, lightning current measurement, lightning protection of space ports and aircraft, grounding, transient response of grounding system.

Electromagnetic theory, RC coupled transients, field distribution under dc excitation and space charge, field due to a moving and growing charge – like electron avalanche, Numerical methods for electromagnetic field computation, charge simulation method, surface charge simulation method, finite volume method, finite element method, thin-wire time-domain solution of wave equation, electromagnetic fields due to avalanche and breakdown process.

High voltage engineering, air insulation, avalanche and breakdown process in air, corona, surge response of transformer windings, general insulation, pollution performance of outdoor insulation, industrial application of high voltage engineering, electrostatic precipitators, electromagnetic propulsion/gun, modelling of high voltage systems.