Jadavpur University, Kolkata:

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Engineering  (2019-2022)

Thesis Title: “Studies on Some Condition Monitoring Methodologies for Surge Arrester”

Jadavpur University, Kolkata:

Master of Engineering (M.E.), Electrical Engineering, (2017 – 2019)

CGPA:  9.06/10 (First class First, Gold medalist)

Thesis Title: “Dielectric response analysis for condition assessment of XLPE power cable”

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, West Bengal, Kolkata:

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Electrical Engineering, (2011 – 2015)

DGPA:  8.26/10

Assistant Professor: Electrical Department, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Uttar Pradesh, India

(Dec 2024-Present)

Responsibilities: Teaching, Research, and mentoring

Assistant Professor: Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE) Department, Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritanagar, Ettimadai, Tamil Nadu, India 

(August 2024-Dec 2024)

Responsibilities: Teaching, Research, and mentoring

Postdoctoral Research scholar: Center for Advanced Power Systems (CAPS), Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, United States

(January 2023-July 2024)

Responsibilities: Research, Industrial collaborative work, laboratory setup and mentoring

Industrial collaboration with ASG Superconductors SpA

Involved Projects: Dr. Cheetham’s startup grant (FAMU-FSU College of Engineering), Insulation design of HTS cable for power grid application (ASG Superconductors SpA), Office of Naval Research grant (US NAVY), NASA University Leadership Initiative (NASA), Department of Energy Grant (DOE), Integrated Zero-Emission Aviation (IZEA) (NASA)

Assistant Professor: University of Engineering and Management, Kolkata, India

(August 2022-January 2023)

Responsibilities: Teaching, Research, and mentoring

Subjects Taken:

UG: Basic Electrical Engineering, Programming for Problem Solving

UG: Basic Electrical Laboratory and Programming for Problem Solving Laboratory

National Doctoral Senior Research Fellow: High Voltage Laboratory, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India

(August 2021-July 2022)

Responsibilities: Research, laboratory setup and teaching assistantship

Project: Studies on Some Condition Monitoring Methodologies for Surge Arrester

Funded by: All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)

National Doctoral Junior Research Fellow: High Voltage Laboratory, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India

(August 2019-July 2021)

Responsibilities: Research, laboratory setup and teaching assistantship

Project: Studies on Some Condition Monitoring Methodologies for Surge Arrester

Funded by: All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)

Accepted/ Published (27)

IEEE Transactions/Journals/Letters (23)

1. A. K. Das*, S. Chatterjee, S. K. Ojha, J.C. Pandey and S. Chakravorti, " Estimation of Moisture Content in Metal Oxide Surge Arrester Based on Frequency Distribution Analysis of Dielectric Relaxation Current," IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, (Accepted for publication), Publisher: IEEE

2. A. K. Das*, N. Guvvala, P. Cheetham and S. Pamidi, "Measurement and Modelling of Time Domain Dielectric Response of Insulating Materials at Cryogenic Temperature," IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, (Accepted for publication), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/TDEI.2025.3574654  Publisher: IEEE

3. E. Manzo, W. A. Touza, G. Bednarz, N. Guvvala, A. K. Das, P. Cheetham*, and S. V. Pamidi "Evaluation of Polyethylene as Lapped Tape Electrical Insulation for Helium Gas Cooled HTS Power Cables," IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, vol. 35, no. 5, pp. 1-5, Aug. 2025, Impact factor: 1.8, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/TASC.2025.3544617  Publisher: IEEE

4. S. S. Roy, A. Paramane, B. Ganguly*, A. K. Das, S. Paul and S. Chatterjee, "Condition Monitoring of Polymeric Insulators: A Remote Diagnostic Framework With Improved Intermediate Hydrophobicity Grade Detection," IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 61, no. 3, pp. 5251-5260, 2025, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/TIA.2025.3542723  Publisher: IEEE

5. M.T. Nazir, N. Guvvala, A. K. Das, C. H. Kim, S. V. Pamidi and P. Cheetham, “Evaluation of Lapped Tape Electrical Insulation for Gaseous Helium Cooled High Temperature Superconducting Power Cables”, IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 2024, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/TTE.2024.3409777 (Accepted for publication), Publisher: IEEE

6. T. Nazir^*, A. Khalid, T. Phung, A. K. Das, P. Cheetham and A. Paramane, “Electrical Tracking, Erosion and Fire Retardancy Performance of Silicone Rubber Insulation Containing Aluminum Trihydrate, Graphene and Glass Fibre Additives”, CSEE Journal of Power and Energy Systems, vol. 9, no. 5, pp. 1918-1925, 2023, DOI: https://doi.org/10.17775/CSEEJPES.2022.08120, Publisher: IEEE

7. R. Das, A. K. Das, B. Chakraborty^*, S. Chatterjee, S. Dalai, B. Chatterjee, and K. Bhattacharyya "Mathematical Morphology-Aided Bidirectional Long Short-Term Memory Network-Based Partial Discharge Pulse Sequence Classification," IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, vol. 51, no. 12, pp. 3454-3461, 2023, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/TPS.2023.3330891, Publisher: IEEE

8. R. Das, A. K. Das, S. Chatterjee, A. K. Pradhan, S. Biswas, S. Dalai^*, B. Chatterjee and K. Bhattacharyya, “A Novel Deep Learning Framework to Identify and Locate Single and Multiple Partial Discharge Events”, IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, vol. 30, no. 6, pp. 2633-2641, 2023, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/TDEI.2023.3289482, Publisher: IEEE

9. S. S. Roy, A. Paramane^*, J. Singh, A. K. Das, S. Chatterjee and X. Chen, “Automated Space Charge Classification Inside ±500 kV HVDC Cable Insulation Using Fusion of Super pixel and Deep Features For Remote Condition Assessment,” IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation & Measurement, vol. 72, pp. 1-8, 2023, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/TIM.2023.3266523, Publisher: IEEE

10. A. K. Das^*, S. Das, A. K. Pradhan, B. Chatterjee and S. Dalai, "RPCNNet: A Deep Learning Approach to Sense Minor Stator Winding Inter-Turn Fault Severity in Induction Motor under Variable Load Condition," IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 23, no. 4, pp. 3965-3972, 2023, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2023.3234467, Publisher: IEEE

11. S. S. Roy, A. Paramane^*, J. Singh, S. Chatterjee and A. K. Das, "Accurate Sensing of Insulator Surface Contamination Using Customized Convolutional Neural Network," IEEE Sensors Letters, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 1-4, 2023, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/LSENS.2022.3232506, Publisher: IEEE

12. S. S. Roy, A. Paramane^*, J. Singh, F. Meng, C. Dai, A. K. Das, S. Chatterjee, X. Chen and Y. Tanaka, “Remote Condition Monitoring of HVDC Cable Insulation Using Deep Learning-Aided Space Charge Classification,” IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 377-384, 2023, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/TDEI.2022.321417, Publisher: IEEE

13. A. K. Das^*, S. Deb, D. Dey, B. Chatterjee and S. Dalai “Multisynchrosqueezing Transform based improved Time-frequency representation to Sense Contamination Severity of Overhead Line Insulator,” IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 22, no. 12, pp. 12098-12106, 2022, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2022.3174217, Publisher: IEEE

14. A. K. Das^*, S. Chatterjee, A. K. Pradhan, B. Chatterjee and S. Dalai, “Estimation of Moisture Content in XLPE Cable Insulation using Electric Modulus,” IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 1030-1037, 2022, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/TDEI.2022.3173485, Publisher: IEEE

15. A. K. Das^*, S. Chatterjee, B. Chatterjee and S. Dalai, “Cross Spectrum Aided Surface Condition Assessment of Metal Oxide Surge Arrester Employing Convolutional Neural Network,” IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, vol. 28, no. 6, pp. 2134-2143, 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/TDEI.2021.009747, Publisher: IEEE

16. A. K. Das^*, B. Chatterjee and S. Dalai, “A Novel Approach to Estimate the Quantity of Ingressed Moisture Content inside Metal Oxide Surge Arrester using Dielectric Modulus Technique,” IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, vol. 28, no. 6, pp. 2178-2185, 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/TDEI.2021.009796, Publisher: IEEE

17. A. K. Das^*, D. Dey, S. Dalai and B. Chatterjee, "Fusion of Deep Features With Superpixel Based Local Handcrafted Features for Surface Condition Assessment of Metal Oxide Surge Arrester Using Infrared Thermal Images," IEEE Sensors Letters, vol. 5, no. 11, pp. 1-4, 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/LSENS.2021.3123097, Publisher: IEEE

18. A. K. Das^*, D. Dey, B. Chatterjee and S. Dalai, “A Transfer Learning Approach to Sense the Degree of Surface Pollution for Metal Oxide Surge Arrester Employing Infrared Thermal Imaging,” IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 21, no. 15, pp. 16961-16968, 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2021.3079570, Publisher: IEEE

19. A. K. Das^* and S. Dalai, “Recent Development in Condition Monitoring Methodologies of MOSA Employing Leakage Current Signal: A Review,” IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 21, no. 13, pp. 14559-14568, 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2021.3073536, Publisher: IEEE

20. K. Nandi, A. K. Das^*, R. Ghosh, S. Dalai and B. Chatterjee, “Hyperbolic Window S-Transform Aided Deep Neural Network Model-Based Power Quality Monitoring Framework in Electrical Power System,” IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 21, no. 12, pp. 13695-13703, 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2021.3071935, Publisher: IEEE

21. K. Sit, A. K. Das^*, D. Mukherjee, N. Haque, S. Deb, A. K. Pradhan, S. Dalai and B. Chatterjee, “Condition Monitoring of Overhead Polymeric Insulators Employing Hyperbolic Window Stockwell Transform of Surface Leakage Current Signals,” IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 21, no. 9, pp. 10957-10964, 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2021.3061797, Publisher: IEEE

22. A. K. Das^*, N. Haque, A. K. Pradhan, S. Dalai, B. Chatterjee and A. Mukherjee, “Estimation of Moisture Content in XLPE Insulation in Medium Voltage Cable by Frequency Domain Spectroscopy,” IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, vol. 27, no. 6, pp. 1811-1819, 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/TDEI.2020.008789, Publisher: IEEE

23. A. K. Das^*, B. Ghosh, S. Dalai and B. Chatterjee, “Sensing Surface Contamination of Metal Oxide Surge Arrester Through Resistive Leakage Current Signal Analysis by Mathematical Morphology,” IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 20, no. 16, pp. 9460-9468, 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2020.2986677, Publisher: IEEE

Other Journals (4)

24. A. Mullings, P. Meansah, A. K. Das, N. Guvvala, C. H. Kim, S. V. Pamidi and P. Cheetham^*, “Performance Enhancements of HTS Power Cables by Minimizing the Electric Field Enhancements for Electric Transport Applications”, Superconductor Science and Technology, 2024, vol. 37, no. 10, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6668/ad6d9a, Impact factor: 3.7,  Publisher: IOP Science

25. P. Ghosh^*, A. K. Das, S. Dalai and S. Chatterjee, “The Effects of Non-Standard Lightning Impulse on Electrical Insulation: A Review,” Electrical Engineering (Spinger), vol. 104, pp. 4239-4254, 2022, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00202-022-01616-2, Impact factor: 1.6, Publisher: Spinger

26. A. K. Das, S. Deb, S. Chatterjee^*, B. Chatterjee and S. Dalai, “Convolutional neural network and Bi-directional long short memory hybrid deep network aided infrared image classification framework for non-contact monitoring of overhead insulators,” IET signal Processing, vol. 16, no. 6, pp. 722-732, 2022, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1049/sil2.12130, Impact factor: 1.1, Publisher: IET

27. A. K. Das^*, S. Dalai and B. Chatterjee, “Deep learning-based surface contamination severity prediction of metal oxide surge arrester in power system,” IET Science, Measurement & Technology, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 376-384, 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1049/smt2.12039, Impact factor: 1.4, Publisher: IET

1. S. Chatterjee, S. Das and A. K. Das, "Investigations on the Dielectric Properties of Mineral Oil and Natural Ester Mixed Liquid Insulation for Power Transformers," 2024 IEEE 7th International Conference on Condition Assessment Techniques in Electrical Systems (CATCON), Kolkata, India, 2024, pp. 102-105, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/CATCON60527.2024.10831312   (Presented, Presenting author)

2. H. Hussain, M. T. Nazir and A. K. Das, "Electric field modeling of 11KV XLPE cable with rectangular voids at multiple locations," 2024 IEEE 34th Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference (AUPEC), Sydney, Australia, 2024, pp. 1-6, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/AUPEC62273.2024.10807550

3. A. K. Das, N. Guvvala, S. Pamidi and P. Cheetham, "Electrical Conductivity Measurement of Dielectric Materials at Cryogenic Temperatures," 2024 IEEE Electrical Insulation Conference (EIC), Minneapolis, MN, USA, 2024, pp. 456-459, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/EIC58847.2024.10579428 (Presented, Presenting author)

4. C. Hall, J. Francois, S. Bernadin, A. K. Das, N. Guvvala, S. V. Pamidi and P. Cheetham, "Evaluation of Additively Manufactured Electrostatic Discharge Materials," 2024 IEEE Electrical Insulation Conference (EIC), Minneapolis, MN, USA, 2024, pp. 405-408, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/EIC58847.2024.10579452 (Presented, Presenting author)

5. S. S. Roy, A. Paramane, B. Ganguly, A. K. Das, S. Paul and S. Chatterjee, “Image Visibility Patch Aided Hydrophobic Class Detection of Silicone Rubber Insulators Employing Bi-LSTM Network,” 2023 IEEE 3rd International Conference on Smart Technologies for Power, Energy and Control (STPEC), Bhubaneswar, India, 2023, pp. 1-6, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/STPEC59253.2023.10430514

6. M. Tariq Nazir, A. Khalid, A. K. Das, K. L. Wong and B. Toan Phung, "Electrical tracking and combustibility performance of RTV silicone rubber composite insulation," 23rd International Symposium on High Voltage Engineering (ISH 2023), Glasgow, UK, 2023, pp. 507-511, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1049/icp.2024.0569

7. K. Nandi, B. Chatterjee, P. Das, S. Dalai and A. K. Das, "Detection of Multiple Power Quality Disturbances using Stockwell Transform and Convolutional Neural Network in Electrical Power System," 2023 IEEE 3rd Applied Signal Processing Conference (ASPCON), India, 2023, pp. 206-210, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ASPCON59071.2023.10396286

8. S. S. Roy, A. Paramane, J. Singh, S. Chatterjee and A. K. Das, "Hydrophobicity Grade Detection of Polymeric Insulator Using Image Visibility Graph," 2022 IEEE 6th International Conference on Condition Assessment Techniques in Electrical Systems (CATCON), Durgapur, India, 2022, pp. 187-191, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/CATCON56237.2022.10077665

9. R. Das, A. K. Das, S. Chatterjee, S. Biswas, S. Dalai, B. Chatterjee and K. Bhattacharyya, "Time frequency Representation Aided Deep Transfer Learning Approach for Localization and Identification of Single and Multiple Partial Discharge Events," 2022 IEEE 6th International Conference on Condition Assessment Techniques in Electrical Systems (CATCON), Durgapur, India, 2022, pp. 161-165, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/CATCON56237.2022.10077662 (Presenting author)

10. N. Mondal, S. Chatterjee, N. Haque, A. K. Das, S. Dalai, B. Chatterjee and S. Chakravorti " Estimation of Epoxy-Mica Insulation Ageing Through Havriliak-Negami Relaxation Model on Dielectric Modulus Spectrum," 2022 IEEE 6th International Conference on Condition Assessment Techniques in Electrical Systems (CATCON), Durgapur, India, 2022, pp. 283-287, DOI: 10.1109/CATCON56237.2022.10077695.

11. A. K. Das, S. Dalai and B. Chatterjee, “An experimental study to investigate the condition of Metal Oxide Surge Arrester (MOA) under polluted environment,” 2020 IEEE International Conference for Convergence in Engineering (ICCE), Kolkata, India, 2020, pp. 175-179, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCE50343.2020.9290743  (Presenting author)

12. A. K. Das, S. Dalai and B. Chatterjee, “Cross Stockwell Transform aided Random Forest based Surface Condition Identification of Metal Oxide Surge Arrester Employing Leakage Current Signal,” 2020 IEEE Region 10 Symposium (TENSYMP), Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2020, pp. 1775-1778, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/TENSYMP50017.2020.9230802 (Presenting author)

13. A. K. Das, A. K. Pradhan, S. Dalai, B. Chatterjee and A. Mukherjee, “Studies on the effects of temperature on XLPE cable insulation through Polarization and Depolarization Current (PDC),” 2019 IEEE Region 10 Symposium (TENSYMP), Kolkata, India, 2019, pp. 831-835. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/TENSYMP46218.2019.8971340 (Presenting author)

Lecture:

1. EE-222: Electromagnetics for Power Apparatus (Even semester)
2. EO101: Fundamentals of Electrical Circuits (Even Semester)
3. EE319: Fundamentals of Electrical Circuits and Systems (Odd Semester)

1. Publication Chair and Technical Program Committee Member of 12th "IEEE Uttar Pradesh Section International Conference on Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering (UPCON-2025)
2. Technical Program Committee Member of IEEE ASPCON 2024
3. Technical Session Chair of IEEE 5th International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Future Electric Transportation (SEFET 2025)
4. Technical Program Committee Member of IEEE CATCON 2024

2. Technical Program Committee Member of IEEE ASPCON 2023

3. Technical Program Committee Member of IEEE AUPEC 2024

4. Reviewer of the following journals:

1. IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility
2. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
3. IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery
4. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
5. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement
6. IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification
7. IEEE Sensors Journal
8. IEEE Access Journal
9. IEEE Sensors Letter
10. ISA Transactions
11. High Voltage (IET)
12. Scientific Reports (Nature)

5. Reviewer of the following conferences:

1. 2021 IEEE 5th International Conference on Condition Assessment Techniques in Electrical Systems (CATCON 2021)
2. 2022 IEEE 6th International Conference on Condition Assessment Techniques in Electrical Systems (CATCON 2022)
3. International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Smart Technologies in Electrical Engineering (CISTEE-2023)
4. 2023 IEEE 3rd Applied Signal Processing Conference (ASPCON 2023)
5. IEEE R10 TENSYMP2024
6. 2024 IEEE 7th International Conference on Condition Assessment Techniques in Electrical Systems (CATCON 2024)

PhD Thesis supervision:

M.Tech Thesis supervision:

B.Tech Projects:

Interns: