Dr. Sumit Pramanick
Associate Professor
Department of Electrical Engineering, School of Interdisciplinary Research
IIT Delhi
Office: Block III, Room 335, Deptartment of Electrical Engineering, IIT Delhi
Email: spramanick[at]ee[.]iitd[.]ac[.]in
Phone: +91 11 2659 1073
Education
- PhD - Department of Electronic Systems Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, INDIA - 2017
- MTech - Department of Electronic Systems Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, INDIA - 2013
- BE - Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, INDIA - 2011
Professional Experience
- Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, 2018 - 2024
- Post Doctoral Fellow - PEMSES,Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA - 2016-2018
- Adjunct Lecturer - Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA - 2017-2018
Research Interests
- High frequency switched power converters
- Wide bandgap device based converter design
- Wireless power transfer
- Multilevel converters for machine drives
- Grid connected converters
Awards and Grants
- SERB International Travel Support grant, 2023
- Young Engineer Award 2020, Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
- Teaching Excellence Award 2018, IIT Delhi
Currently Teaching:
- ELL856. Advanced Topics in Power Electronics - Design of power converters with wide bandgap power devices (Sem I 2024-25)
- ELP851. Power Electronics Laboratory (Sem II 2024-25)
Previously Taught:
- ELL856. Advanced Topics in Power Electronics - Design of power converters with wide bandgap power devices (Sem I 2023-24)
- ELP302. Power Electronics laboratory (Sem II 2022-23)
- ELL332. Electric Drives (Sem I 2022-23)
- ELL760+ELL437. Switched Mode Power Conversion (Sem II 2021-22)
- ELL203. Electromechanics (Sem I 2020-21)
- ELL302. Power Electronics (Sem I 2022-23)
- ELP203. Electromechanics Laboratory (Sem II 2021-22, Sem II 2020-21, Sem II 2018-19)
- ELL850. Digital Control of Power Electronics and Drive Systems (Sem II 2023-24, Sem II 2019-20, Sem II 2018-19)
- ELL750. Modelling of Electrical Machines (Sem I 2019-20)
- ELL101. Introduction to Electrical Engineering (Sem I 2021-20)
- ELP853. DSP Based Control of Power Electronic Converters Laboratory (Sem II 2023-24, Sem II 2022-23, Sem II 2021-22, Sem II 2019-20)
- ELP332. Electrical Drives Laboratory (Sem I 2023-24, Sem I 2022-23, Sem I 2018-19)
- ELL101. Introduction to Electrical Engineering Laboratory (Sem I 2021-22, Sem I 2019-20, Sem I 2018-19)
- ELN111. Introduction to Electrical Engineering Department (Power) (Sem I 2019-20)
- ELQ301. Seminar Course I (Sem I 2018-19)
Recent Publications

IET Digital Library
Chapter 10 - Wireless Power Transfer for Electric Vehicle - Sumit Pramanick and Anandarup Das
Google Scholar
Journal
- R. K. Yakala, D. Nayak and S. Pramanick, "Input Reactive Power Control of Bidirectional WPT to Improve System Efficiency," in IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications , doi: 10.1109/TIA.2024.3397957.
- R. Sankarrao, D. P. Nayak and S. Pramanick, "Evaluation of Reduced Torque Ripple in Dodecagonal Voltage Space Vector PWM fed Open-end Winding Induction Motor Drive," in IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion , doi: 10.1109/TEC.2024.3359292.
- M. Kumar, S. Pramanick and B. K. Panigrahi, "Sinusoidal Phase Shift Modulation for V2H Operational Mode in Current-Fed Bidirectional Onboard Charger," in IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification , doi: 10.1109/TTE.2023.3298819.
- D. Nayak, and S. Pramanick, "Implementation of an Electro-Thermal Model for Junction Temperature Estimation in SiC MOSFET based DC/DC Converter", in CPSS Transactions on Power Electronics and Applications, vol. 8, issue 1, pp. 42-53, March 2023
- Y. R. Kumar, D. Nayak, M. Kumar and S. Pramanick, "The Effect of Cross-Coupling on the Dynamic Performance of a Dual Phase-Shift Controlled BiWPT System," in IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification ,vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 4583-4593, Sept. 2023, doi: 10.1109/TTE.2023.3247071.
- A. Rafiq and S. Pramanick, "Ultrafast Protection of Discrete SiC MOSFETs With PCB Coil-Based Current Sensors," in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 1860-1870, Feb. 2023, doi: 10.1109/TPEL.2022.3207594.
- M. Kumar, S. Pramanick and B. K. Panigrahi, "Reduction in Circulating Current with Improved Secondary Side Modulation in Isolated Current-Fed Half Bridge AC-DC Converter," in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, doi: 10.1109/TPEL.2021.3131354
- D. Nayak, R. K. Yakala, M. Kumar and S. Pramanick, "Temperature Dependent Reverse Recovery Characterization of SiC MOSFETs Body Diode for Switching Loss Estimation In a Half-Bridge," in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, doi: 10.1109/TPEL.2021.3128947.
- Yakala, R.K., Pramanick, S., Nayak, D.P., Kumar, M., "Optimization of Circular Coil Design for Wireless Power Transfer System in Electric Vehicle Battery Charging Applications", in Transations of Indian National Academy of Engineering (Springer), 6, 765 - 774 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41403-021-00224-z
- A. Rafiq, S. K. Pramanick and R. Maheshwari, "Design of PCB Coil Based High Bandwidth Current Sensor With Power-Loop Stray Inductance Characterization," in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics , vol. 68, no. 12, pp. 12791-12801, Dec. 2021, doi: 10.1109/TIE.2020.3045956.
- S. Jiao, K. R. Ramachandran Potti, K. Rajashekara and S. K. Pramanick, "A Novel DROGI-Based Detection Scheme for Power Quality Improvement Using Four-Leg Converter Under Unbalanced Loads," in IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 56, no. 1, pp. 815-825, Jan.-Feb. 2020, doi: 10.1109/TIA.2019.2942798.
- A. Ray, K. Rajashekara, S. N. Banavath and S. K. Pramanick, "Coupled Inductor-Based Zero Current Switching Hybrid DC Circuit Breaker Topologies," in IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 55, no. 5, pp. 5360-5370, Sept.-Oct. 2019, doi: 10.1109/TIA.2019.2926467.
- P. Nayak, K. Rajashekara and S. K. Pramanick, "Soft-Switched Modulation Technique for a Single-Stage Matrix-Type Isolated DC-AC Converter," in IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 55, no. 6, pp. 7642-7656, Nov.-Dec. 2019, doi: 10.1109/TIA.2018.2889977.
- V. Lakshminarayanan, V. G. S. Chemudupati, S. K. Pramanick and K. Rajashekara, "Real-Time Optimal Energy Management Controller for Electric Vehicle Integration in Workplace Microgrid," in IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 174-185, March 2019, doi: 10.1109/TTE.2018.2869469.
- P. Nayak, S. K. Pramanick and K. Rajashekara, "A High-Temperature Gate Driver for Silicon Carbide mosfet," in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 65, no. 3, pp. 1955-1964, March 2018, doi: 10.1109/TIE.2017.2745465.
- A. K. Yadav, M. Boby, S. K. Pramanick, K. Gopakumar, L. Umanand and L. G. Franquelo, "Generation of High-Resolution 12-Sided Voltage Space Vector Structure Using Low-Voltage Stacked and Cascaded Basic Inverter Cells," in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 33, no. 9, pp. 7349-7358, Sept. 2018, doi: 10.1109/TPEL.2017.2764541.
- A. R. S, S. Pramanick, R. S. Kaarthik, K. Gopakumar and F. Blaabjerg, "Extending the Linear Modulation Range to the Full Base Speed Using a Single DC-Link Multilevel Inverter With Capacitor-Fed H-Bridges for IM Drives," in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 32, no. 7, pp. 5450-5458, July 2017.
- V. N. R, A. R. S, S. Pramanick, K. Gopakumar and L. G. Franquelo, "Novel Symmetric Six-Phase Induction Motor Drive Using Stacked Multilevel Inverters With a Single DC Link and Neutral Point Voltage Balancing," in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 64, no. 4, pp. 2663-2670, April 2017.
- S. Pramanick, R. S. Karthik, N. A. Azeez, K. Gopakumar, S. S. Williamson and K. S. Rajashekara, "A Harmonic Suppression Scheme for Full Speed Range of a Two-Level Inverter Fed Induction Motor Drive Using Switched Capacitive Filter," in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 2064-2071, March 2017.
- M. Boby, S. Pramanick, R. S. Kaarthik, A. R. S, K. Gopakumar and L. Umanand, "Fifth- and Seventh-Order Harmonic Elimination With Multilevel Dodecagonal Voltage Space Vector Structure for IM Drive Using a Single DC Source for the Full Speed Range," in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 60-68, Jan. 2017.
- A. R. S, S. Pramanick, M. Boby, K. Gopakumar and L. G. Franquelo, "Extended Linear Modulation Operation of a Common-Mode-Voltage-Eliminated Cascaded Multilevel Inverter With a Single DC Supply," in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 63, no. 12, pp. 7372-7380, Dec. 2016.
- S. Pramanick, M. Boby, N. A. Azeez, K. Gopakumar and S. S. Williamson, "A Three-Level Dodecagonal Space Vector-Based Harmonic Suppression Scheme for Open-End Winding IM Drives With Single-DC Supply," in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 63, no. 11, pp. 7226-7233, Nov. 2016.
- M. Boby, S. Pramanick, R. S. Kaarthik, S. A. Rahul, K. Gopakumar and L. Umanand, "Multilevel Dodecagonal Voltage Space Vector Structure Generation for Open-End Winding IM Using a Single DC Source," in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 63, no. 5, pp. 2757-2765, May 2016.
- S. Pramanick, N. A. Azeez, R. Sudharshan Kaarthik, K. Gopakumar and C. Cecati, "Low-Order Harmonic Suppression for Open-End Winding IM With Dodecagonal Space Vector Using a Single DC-Link Supply," in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 62, no. 9, pp. 5340-5347, Sept. 2015.
Conference
- K. Gopikrishnan and S. Pramanick, "A Simple Two-zone Overmodulation Implementation for Three-Phase Two-Level Inverters," 2023 25th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'23 ECCE Europe), Aalborg, Denmark, 2023, pp. 1-8, doi: 10.23919/EPE23ECCEEurope58414.2023.10264246.
- K. Mirdoddi et al., "A High Power Density SiC MOSFET Inverter Design and Thermal Validation for EV Traction Application," 2023 25th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'23 ECCE Europe), Aalborg, Denmark, 2023, pp. 1-9, doi: 10.23919/EPE23ECCEEurope58414.2023.10264661.
- V. K, P. T. Bankupalli, S. Pramanick and A. Verma, "Advanced Battery Management System for Standalone VRFB Applications," 2023 11th International Conference on Power Electronics and ECCE Asia (ICPE 2023 - ECCE Asia), Jeju Island, Korea, Republic of, 2023, pp. 1805-1810, doi: 10.23919/ICPE2023-ECCEAsia54778.2023.10213498.
- P. T. N. Kishore, S. K. Pramanick and S. S. Nag, "Development of a PCB Embedded High Bandwidth Coil Based Current Sensor Suitable for Characterizing GaN Devices," 2023 11th International Conference on Power Electronics and ECCE Asia (ICPE 2023 - ECCE Asia), Jeju Island, Korea, Republic of, 2023, pp. 99-104, doi: 10.23919/ICPE2023-ECCEAsia54778.2023.10213475.
- Y. R. Kumar, D. Nayak, M. Kumar and S. Pramanick, "A Solar Powered Wireless Power Transfer for Electric Vehicle Charging," 2022 IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference (VPPC), Merced, CA, USA, 2022, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/VPPC55846.2022.10003449.
- D. Nayak, Y. Ravi Kumar and S. Pramanick, "A Comparative Study of Loss Measurement Techniques for SiC MOSFET Based PE Converters," IECON 2022 - 48th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society , Brussels, Belgium, 2022, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/IECON49645.2022.9968884.
- K. Gopikrishnan and S. Pramanick, "Modelling and Control of Three Phase Induction Machine Under Open Phase Fault," IECON 2022 - 48th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society , Brussels, Belgium, 2022, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/IECON49645.2022.9968703.
- S. Panigrahi and S. K. Pramanick, "A Comparison Between Screen-Return and Trace-Return PCB Rogowski Coils for SiC Power Modules," 2022 IEEE Global Conference on Computing, Power and Communication Technologies (GlobConPT) , New Delhi, India, 2022, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/GlobConPT57482.2022.9938167.
- A. Rafiq and S. Pramanick, "Design For Enhanced Noise Immunity of PCB Coils used for Sensing Current through Power Devices," 2022 24th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'22 ECCE Europe) , Hanover, Germany, 2022, pp. P.1-P.7.
- M. Kumar, S. Pramanick and B. K. Panigrahi, "A Universal Single Stage Current-fed Bidirectional Converter with both AC and DC Input Power Source Compatibility," 2022 24th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'22 ECCE Europe) , Hanover, Germany, 2022, pp. P.1-P.7.
- S. Ruttala, S. Pramanick and D. Nayak, "Analytical Estimation of Torque Ripple and its Minimization in Open-end Winding Induction Motor Drive using Dodecagonal Voltage Space Vector," 2021 National Power Electronics Conference (NPEC), Bhubaneswar, India, 2021, pp. 01-05, doi: 10.1109/NPEC52100.2021.9672534.
- M. Kumar, S. Pramanick and B. K. Panigrahi, "A Detailed Loss Model of Current-Fed Half-Bridge AC-DC Converter Considering Swinging Boost Inductor," IECON 2021 47th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, 2021, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/IECON48115.2021.9589291.
- C. S. Matwankar, S. Pramanick and B. Singh, "Position Sensorless Torque Ripple Control of Switched Reluctance Motor Drive using B-Spline Neural Network," IECON 2021 47th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, 2021, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/IECON48115.2021.9589644.
- M. Kumar, R. K. Yakala, S. Pramanick and B. K. Panigrahi, "Improved Interconnect Layout of DC Link Capacitor Bank to Minimize Parasitic Inductance and its Effect on Performance of SiC MOSFET," 2020 IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Smart Grid and Renewable Energy (PESGRE2020), 2020, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/PESGRE45664.2020.9070369.
- D. Nayak, M. Kumar and S. Pramanick, "Analysis of Switching Loss Reduction of SiC MOSFET in Presence of Antiparallel SiC Schottky Diode," 2020 IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Smart Grid and Renewable Energy (PESGRE2020), 2020, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/PESGRE45664.2020.9070591.
Patents
- US11218145B2 - High temperature gate driver for silicon carbide metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor. K. Rajashekara, P. Nayak and S. K. Pramanick
- US11323038B2 - Single phase single stage bidirectional Level 1 electric vehicle charger. K. Rajashekara, P. Nayak and S. K. Pramanick
Projects
- Ongoing
- A smart, robust, energy efficient and cost competitive wireless charging solution for Indian context, TATA Power Pvt. Ltd. Role - PI
- Development of simulation model and optimization of coil design for resonant bidirectional wireless power transfer system, Delta Electronics India Pvt. Ltd. Role - PI
- Development of scalable power module for high power EV charging stations, Drone Power Pvt. Ltd. Role - PI
- Single stage bidirectional current fed converters for high power density EV battery chargers, Funded by SERB, Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India. Role - PI
- High Performance Magnetic Field Sensors based on WBG Materials and High Bandwidth Current Sensors for WBG based Power Converters, Funded by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Govt. of India. Role - PI
- Ultra Compact Traction Inverter for EV application, Funded by AT & S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik AG Austria. Role - Co-PI
- Completed
- Vanadium Redox Flow Battery for Sustainable Rural Electrification, Funded by Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India. Role - Co-PI
- Smart infrastructure for electric vehicle ecosystem (SIEVE), Funded by Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India and IIT Delhi. Role - Co-PI
- Software Development for Traction Motor Control Module, Funded by Autometers Alliance Ltd. Role - Co-PI
- Delvelopment of DC Circuit Breaker, Funded by IRD, IIT Delhi. Role - PI
Current Students
- PhD Research Scholars
Yakala Ravi Kumar
Yakala Ravi Kumar received B.Tech. degree in Electrical Electronics Engineering from the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, India, in 2013,
M. Tech degree in Power Electronics and Drives from the National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, India, 2017. Now currently working toward the Ph.D. degree in Electrical E
ngineering Department with Indian Institute of technology, Delhi, India. Current research interests include the wireless power transfer, power electronics and drives.
Debiprasad Nayak
Debiprasad Nayak received the B.E degree in electrical and electronics engineering from the Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science, Chennai, India, in 2012, and the M. Tech degree
in electrical engineering from Institute of Technical Education and Research - SOA University, Bhubaneswar, India, in 2015. He is currently pursuing a PhD degree in the Department of
Electrical Engineering with the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India. His research interest includes modelling, design and control of power electronics systems based on
wide band-gap devices for harsh environmental conditions. Currently, he is working on modelling SiC power MOSFETs for high-temperature applications.
Manish Kumar(co-supervisor Prof. B. K. Panigrahi)
Manish Kumar is a PhD candidate in Power Electronics, Electrical Machines and Drives research group, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. He has completed M.Tech in
Power Electronics and Electrical Drives from Indian Institute of Technology, Dhanbad. His research interest includes AC-DC and DC-AC bidirectional power electronics converters.
Currently, his research focuses on the development of single-stage isolated bidirectional converters for onboard vehicle charging applications.
Ruttala Sankarrao
Ruttala Sankarrao received B.Tech. in Electrical Electronics Engineering from SVEC under the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, India, in 2016,
and the M. Tech in Power Electronics and Drives from the National Institute of Technology, Agartala, India, 2019. Now currently working towards Ph.D. degree in Department of Electrical Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India. His research interests are in the areas of power converters and drives.
Sahana Deb
Sahana Deb received B.Tech. degree in Electrical Engineering from College of Engineering & Management, Kolaghat under MAKAUT university, West Bengal, India, in 2017. M. Tech degree received in Power Electronics and Drives from the Vellore Institute of Technology, Tamil nadu, India, 2020. Now currently working toward the Ph.D. degree in Electrical E ngineering Department with Indian Institute of technology, Delhi, India. Current research interests include the On board EV battery chargers, Multi-port converters, Power electronic converters.
Vishnu K. (jointly supervised with Prof. Anil Verma )
Vishnu. K received the B.Tech. degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the Mahatma Gandhi University College of Engineering, Kerala, India, in 2016, and the M. Tech degree in Electric Drives from National Institute of Technology Bhopal (MA-NIT Bhopal), India, in 2020. He is currently pursuing a PhD degree in the School of Interdisciplinary Research, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India. His research interest includes modelling, design, and control of power electronics systems for Vanadium Redox Flow Battery.
P. T. Nandh Kishore (jointly supervised with Prof. Soumya Shubhra Nag )
P T Nandh Kishore received the B.E. degree in electrical and electronics engineering from Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Chennai, India in 2020. He is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree with the Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India. He is currently working on the development of high-bandwidth current sensors for GaN HEMTs based on PCB coils, and their applications towards device overcurrent protection and control.
- MTech/MS(Research) Scholar
- Subhajit Maity (jointly supervised with Prof. Sreyam Sinha)
- Ravi Singh
Past Students
- PhD Scholar
- MTech/MS(Research) Scholar
- Raveena Sheoran
- K. Gopikrishnan - Validation/Characterization Engineer, Texas Instruments
- Lt. Cdr. Umashankar Tripathi (Indian Navy)
- Sambeet Panigrahi - Hardware Engineer, Enphase
- Lt. Cdr. Vikas Modi (Indian Navy)
- Mayank Sharma
- Rohit Pant - Assitant Engineer, Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam Ltd.
- Jagruti Bhimsinh Rathva - Engineer, Mercedes-Benz India Pvt. Ltd.
- Shiva Upadhyay - Associate Manager, Ather Energy Pvt. Ltd.
- Lt. Cdr. Deepak Kumar (Indian Navy)
- Lt. Cdr. Ankit Gairola (Indian Navy)
Seminars and Workshops
- High bandwidth current sensing for WBG devices and its applications, INTELEC 2024, Bangalore, August 2024
- 2-Wheeler Powertrain Optimization, Customized Energy Solutions (CES) Pvt. Ltd., May, 2024
- Inductive wireless power transfer system, Advanced Research Workshop Delta Electronics, August, 2022
- Single stage AC-DC converter topologies for EV battery charging, AICTE Sponsored Faculty Development Programme, NIT Silchar, March, 2022
- High bandwidth current sensing in power converters, tutorial session in 10th National Power Electronics Conference, IIT Bhubaneswar, December, 2021
- Advanced Programme in E-vehicle Technology (ongoing)
- Technologies associated with Electric Traction Systems, for Delhi Metro Railway Corporation (DMRC), February, 2020
- Digital Design in FPGA for Power Electronic Applications, NIT Uttarakhand, November, 2019
- Pulse width modulation techniques for grid connected DC-AC converters, NIT Silchar, July, 2019
- Digital Implementation of PWM for Power Electronic Converters, TEQIP-III sponsored short term course, IIT Delhi, July, 2019
Professional Membership and Activities
- Academic Expert - Power Electronic Conversion Technology Platform (PECTA), Technology Collaboration Programme by International Energy Agency (IEA)
- Member, IEEE
- Member of IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
- Member of IEEE Power Electronics Society
- Member of IEEE Vehicular Technology Society
- Young Associate of Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
- Reviewer in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications and IEEE Transactions on Circuits Systems II
- Reviwed papers for conferences - IECON, ECCE, PEDES, NPEC, PESGRE etc.