Research Guidance

Research Degree 1999 – till date
Ph.D. Awarded                  13
Under Progress       5
M.Sc. (Engg.) Awarded                  11

Ph.D. Current Students

1. Sukesh P, 
“Lightning strike to transmission lines”, (2013) (submitted)

2. Raghavaiah,
“Electrical charging of spacecraft”, (ERP from ISRO, joined in 2018)

3. Surekha J,
“Lightning threat to Aircrafts”, (joined in 2019)

4. Soumyadeep Choudhury,
“Interaction of lightning with the Aircraft”, (joined in 2021)

5. D Dathathreya Naik
transferred to me as a chair

Ph.D. Alumni

  1. Archana Sharma, External registrant from BARC 

“Developmental Studies on Insulation and Magnetic aspects of High Voltage Pulse Power System”, 2002.

  1. Vishwanatha Hegde

“Lightning Protection System to Indian Satellite Launch Pads: Stroke Classification and Evaluation of Current in the Intercepted Strokes”, 2006.

  1. Subba Reddy B. – (Staff Registrant)

“A Novel Technique for Enhancing the Pollution Flashover Strength of Ceramic disc Insulators”,  2011.

  1. Rosy B.R.

“A Macroscopic Physical Model for Lightning Return Stroke ” , 2011.

  1. GovindaRao K ,

“ Lightning Threat to Cables on Tall Towers and the Question of Electrical Isolation”, 2014.

  1. Manoj Kisan Mandlik (ERP)

“ Moisture Aided Degradation of Oil Impregnated Paper Insulation in Power Transformers ”, 2015

  1.  Jyothi NS (QIP)

“ Thermal and Electrical Degradation of Resin Impregnated Paper Insulation for High Voltage Transformer Bushings ”, 2015

  1. Sethupathy S,

“Magentic flow measurements”, 2017

  1. J. Santosh,

“Upper Frequency Bound on Circuit-Based Models for Transformer Windings”, 2018

  1. Debasish Nath,

“Total Electric Field due to an Electron Avalanche and it’s coupling to Transmission Line Conductors”,  (2018).

  1. Rupam Pal,

“Influence of Soil’s Electrical Parameters On Lightning Stroke-current Evolution and Fields in the Close Range”, (2022)

  1. Ashiq M ,

“Improved Understanding of Standing Waves in Single Layer Coil and Elegant Methods to Estimate Transformer Winding Parameters”, (Co-guide, 2022)

  1. Saynatan Das,

“Modelling of Lightning Attachment to Aircraft and Methodology to Estimate the Strike Rate “, (2023)

M.Sc. (Engg.)

1. Nelson T Joseph,
“Analysis of the Protective Action of a Closely Distributed  Lightning Protection System for a Satellite Launch Pad”, 2001

2. Vasu Mogaveera,
“Voltage Distribution Studies on ZnO Arrester Stack”, 2001

3. R. Gangi Reddy,
“Rogowski Coils for the Measurement of Impulse Currents Through Large Conductors”, 2002

4. Jaganath Padhi,
“A Novel Method for the Evaluation of Upward Leader Launching Efficacy of Lightning Protection Schemes”, 2003

5. Paresh Kumar Nayak
“Experimental Investigations on the Lightning Surge Response of Some Lightning Protection Schemes”, 2003

6. Prasanth Kumar B.,
“A General Inception Criteria for the Positive Upward Leaders in Cloud-to-Ground Lightning”, 2004

7. S. Srinivasa Rao,
” Investigation on the Performance of Rogowski Coil Current Transducers Near their Higher Frequency Limit”, 2005

8. Jyothirmayi R.,
“Studies on response of typical down conductors for a lightning strike”, 2006

9. Dileep Kumar K.P.,
“Time domain simulation of Lightning Return Stroke”, 2008

10. Sreenita Chatterjee,
“Dimensioning of Corona Control Rings for EHV/UHV Line Hardware and Substations “, 2012

11. Anirban Chatterjee
“The lightning induced stability issues in the southern grid during cyclones“ Completed (June 2024)