Dr. Ankur Singh Rana

Designation: Assistant Professor
Office Address: Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, National Institute of technology, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India
Telephone (Direct) (Optional): Telephone : Extn (Optional): Mobile (Optional): Telephone: 0431-250-3276, Mobile: 9910478111
Email (Primary): ankur@nitt.edu Email (Secondary) : ankurranag@gmail.com
Field(s) of Specialization: Power System Applications in Microgrid Microgrid Protection Wide Area Measurement System, PMUs Power System Reliability Power System Protection, Smart Grid Communication Technologies

Employment Profile

Job Title Employer From To
Post Doctoral Fellow National Institute of Technology- Tiruchirappalli Dec 2019 Feb 2020
Assistant Professor National Institute of Technology- Tiruchirappalli Mar 2020 Till date

Academic Qualifications (From Highest Degree to High School)

Examination Board / University Year Division/ Grade Subjects
Ph.D. Jamia Millia Islamia University (Central University), New Delhi 2018    
Master of Technology Jamia Millia Islamia University (Central University), New Delhi 2013 9.67/10 Electrical Power Systems Management
Bachelor of Technology Maharaja Surajmal Institute of Technology, New Delhi 2010 72.5% Electrical and Electronics Engineering,

Awards, Associateships etc.

Year of Award Name of the Award Awarding Organization
2015 Best paper award IEEE Conference INDICON

Details of Academic Work

  • Curriculum Development
  • Courses taught at Postgraduate and Undergraduate levels –

Subjects: Microprocessor and Microcontroller; Power Generation System; Integrated Circuits and Applied Instrumentation; Distribution System Automation; Alternate Sources of Energy; Power System Automation; Dynamics of Electrical Machines

Laboratory handled: Power Systems Lab; Network Theory Lab; Advanced Power Systems Lab; SCADA Lab; DC Machines and transformer Lab; Synchronous and Induction Machines Lab; Electronics and Circuits Lab; Microcomputing and VLSI Design Lab; Simulation Tools for Electrical Engineering Lab; Power System Automation Lab; Seminar/Colloquium

  • Projects guided at Postgraduate level – 04
  • Other contribution(s)

Participation in Workshops/ Symposia/ Conferences/ Colloquia /Seminars/ Schools etc. (mentioning the role)

Date (s) Title of Activity Level of Event (International/ National/ Local) Role (Participant/ Speaker/ Chairperson, Paper presenter, Any other) Event Organized by Venue
30th Nov to 4th Dec 2020 MHRD sponsored TEQIP assisted course on Energy audit for smart grid network National Participant IIT Roorkee Online
26th to 30th Oct 2020 ATAL FDP on Power System Reliability National Participant NIT Delhi Online
12th to 16th April 2021 5 Day STC on Modelling and Simulation Tools in Electrical Engineering Level 1 National Speaker NIT Tiruchirappalli Online

Workshops/ Symposia/ Conferences/ Colloquia/Seminars Organized (as Chairman/ Organizing Secretary/ Convenor / Co-Convenor)

Title of Activity Level of Event (International/ National/ Local) Date (s) Role Venue
“Modelling and Simulation Tools in Electrical Engineering (Level-1) National 12th to 16th April 2021 Coordinator Online
Modern Power System Optimization: Techniques, Tools, and Applications (MPSOTTA) National 3rd -7th May 2021 Coordinator Online
“Workshop on Gateway to PMRF2014” NIT Trichy National 11th Dec 2020 Coordinator Online

Invited Talks delivered

Topic Date Inviting Organization
PSO based application in Electrical Engineering 28th  March 2023 Guru Gobind Singh College of Engineering & Research Centre Nashik
DC Microgrid Protection 26th July 2022 to 31th July 2022 NIT Delhi
Communication Infrastructure Requirement for Electric Vehicle Enabled Microgrids 3rd May 2021 to 8th May 2021  
Microgrid: Challenges & Solutions 18th Sep 2021 REC Banda
Power Electronic Applications for Smart Grid, Electric Vehicles and Renewable Energy 29th Nov 2020 & 20th Dec 2020 JSS Academy of Technical Education, Noida
Communication Infrastructure as a Bottleneck in Smart Grid Technology 23rd Nov, 14th & 30th Dec 2020  

Membership of Learned Societies

Type of Membership (Ordinary Member/ Honorary Member / Life Member) Organization Membership No. with date
IEEE Member IEEE 93392834

Publications

(A) Refereed Research Journals:

Author(s) Title of Paper Journal Volume (No.) Page numbers Year Impact Factor of the Journal (Optional)
Kolli Jnaneswar, Ankur Singh Rana, Mini Shaji Thomas Unreliant effect of mother wavelets in localization of power system faults for non-homogeneous AC microgrid Electrical Engineering, Springer     2023 SCI (1.630 )
Hiramani Shukla, Srete Nikolovski, More Raju , Ankur Singh Rana and Pawan Kumar SMES-GCSC Coordination for Frequency and Voltage Regulation in a Multi-Area and Multi-Source Power System with Penetration of Electric Vehicles and Renewable Energy Sources Energies, MDPI     2022 SCI (3.252)
Hiramani Shukla, Srete Nikolovski, More Raju , Ankur Singh Rana and Pawan Kumar A Particle Swarm Optimization Technique Tuned TID Controller for Frequency and Voltage Regulation with Penetration of Electric Vehicles and Distributed Generations Energies, MDPI     2022 SCI (3.252)
Jnaneswar K, Ankur Singh Rana, Mini S Thomas DCVD-VMD Enabled Traveling Wave-Based Fault Location in Non-Homogenous AC Microgrids IEEE Systems Journal     2022  SCI(4.802)
Sreenu Sreekuma, N. U. Khan, Ankur Singh Rana, M. Sajjadi and D. P. Kothari Multi Aggregated Netload Forecasting using Markov-Chain Monte-Carlo Regression and C-Vine Copula Applied Energy 328 120171 2022 SCI (11.466)
Sreenu Sreekumar, Sumanth Yamujala, Kailash Chand Sharma, Rohit bhakar, Sishaj P Simon, Ankur Singh Rana Multi Interval Zero Carbon Flexible Ramp Product Electric Power Systems Research 212   2022 SCI (3.818)
Ankur Singh Rana, Jnaneswar K, Mouna Krishna, Neeraj Kumar, Shufali Ashraf Wani, Mini S Thomas Design and Implementation of Low-Cost PMU for Off-Nominal Frequency and DDC in Compliance with IEEE C37.118 Standard Distributed Generation & Alternative Energy Journal     2022 SCOPUS
Ankur Singh Rana, B Bhavani Bhagyasree, Harini T.M, Sreenu Sreekumar, More Raju Optimisation of Economic and Environmental Dispatch of Power System with and without Renewable Energy Sources Distributed Generation & Alternative Energy Journal     2022 SCOPUS
Sreenu Sreekumar, Sumanth Yamujala, Kailash Chand Sharma, Rohit bhakar, Sishaj P Simon, Ankur Singh Rana Flexible Ramp Product; Net Load Forecasting; Net Load Uncertainty; Power system flexibility; Renewable integration; Wind and Solar generation Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (Accepted). 162 112429 2022 SCI (16.799)
Shufali Ashraf Wani, Ankur Singh Rana, Shiraz Sohail, Obaidur Rahman, Shaheen Parveen, and Shakeb A. Khan Advances in DGA based condition monitoring of transformers: A review Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 149 111347 2021 SCI (16.799)
Ankur Singh Rana, Fahad Iqbal, A S Siddique, Mini S. Thomas A Hybrid Methodology to Analyse Reliability and Techno-Economic Evaluation of Microgrid Configurations IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution 13 4778-4787 2019 SCI (2.503)
Ankur Singh Rana, Mini S. Thomas, Nilanjan Senroy Reliability Evaluation of WAMS using Markov Based Graph Theory Approach IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution 11 2930-2937 2017 SCI (2.503)
Ankur Singh Rana, Mini S. Thomas, Nilanjan Senroy Communication Latency Reduction In Wide Area Measurement Control And Protection Australian Journal of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Taylor and Francis 13 220-228 2016 SCOPUS
Fahad Iqbal, Anwar Shahzad Siddiqui, Tanmoy Deb, Mohd Tauseef Khan, Ankur Singh Rana Power Systems Reliability- A Bibliographical Survey Smart Science; Taylor and Francis 6 80-93 2018 SCOPUS
Mohammad Usman, Mohd Tauseef Khan, Ankur Singh Rana, Sarwar Ali Techno-Economic Analysis of Hybrid Solar- Diesel- Grid Connected Power Generation System Journal of Electrical Systems and Information Technology, Elsevier Publishers 5 653-6623 2018 SCOPUS
Shahzad Ahsan, Kashif Javed, Ankur Singh Rana, Mohammad Zeeshan Design and Cost Analysis of 1 kW Photovoltaic System Based on Actual Performance in Indian Scenario Perspectives in Science (Elsevier Publishers) 8 642-644 2016 SCOPUS
Mohit Bajaj, Ankur Singh Rana Harmonics and Reactive Power Compensation of Three Phase Induction Motor Drive by Photovoltaic based DSTATCOM Smart Science; Taylor and Francis 6 319-3293 2018 SCOPUS

(B) Conferences/Workshops/Symposia Proceedings/Book Chapter

Author(s) Title of Abstract/ Paper Title of the Proceedings/Book Chapter Page numbers Conference Theme Venue Year
Ankur Singh Rana, Shufali Ashraf Wani, Nisha Parveen, and Mini Shaji Thomas Estimation of Fault Location Using Cyber-Physical System in WAMCP Internet of Energy Handbook (Book Chapter) 139-157     2021
Ankur Singh Rana, Mohit Bajaj, Shrija Gairola Optimal power flow solution in smart grid environment using SVC and TCSC Advanced Communication and Control Methods for Future Smartgrids (Book Chapter)       2019
Fahad Iqbal, Ankur Singh Rana, Shufali Ashraf Wani Design and Analysis of a Cost Effective Standalone Solar – Diesel Hybrid Power System Handbook of Research on Power and Energy System Optimization (Book Chapter) 552-570     2018
Ankur Singh Rana, Nisha Parveen, S. Afroz Ali and Mini S. Thomas Power system protection enhancement using synchronized measurements Emerging Trends in Electrical and Electronics Engineering 53-61   New Delhi 2015
Syed Afroz Ali, Ankur Singh Rana, Nisha Parveen and Mini S. Thomas Practical implementation of IEC 61850 based substation Emerging Trends in Electrical and Electronics Engineering 329-338   New Delhi 2015
Prakhar Srivastava, Mohit Bajaj and Ankur Singh Rana Overview of ESP8266 Wi-Fi module based Smart Irrigation System using IOT Fourth International Conference on Advances in Electrical, Electronics, Information, Communication and Bio-Informatics (AEEICB) 1-5   Chennai 2018
Prakhar Srivastava, Mohit Bajaj and Ankur Singh Rana IOT based controlling of hybrid energy system using ESP8266 IEEMA Engineer Infinite Conference (eTechNxT) 1-5   New Delhi 2018
Mohit Bajaj, Ankur Singh Rana An Improved SRF based Control Algorithm for D-STATCOM under Abnormal Source Voltage 3rd IEEE Nanotechnology for Instrumentation and Measurement 1-6   New Delhi 2016
Nisha Parveen, Ankur Singh Rana, and Mini S. Thomas A Practical approach for locating faults for overhead transmission lines using synchronized measurements from PMUs 1st IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Intelligent Control and Energy Systems (ICPEICES 2016) 1-5   Delhi 2016
Ankur Singh Rana, Mini S. Thomas, Nilanjan Senroy Wide Area Measurement system performance based on latency and link utilization 12th IEEE India International Conference (INDICON-2015) 1-5   Delhi 2015
Ankur Singh Rana, Nisha Parveen, Shaziya Rasheed, and Mini S. Thomas, Exploring IEEE standard for synchrophasor C37.118 with practical implementation 12th IEEE India International Conference (INDICON-2015) 1-6   New Delhi 2015
Syed Afroz Ali, Mini S Thomas, Ankur Singh Rana Improving the performance and reliability of IEC 61850 based substation using backup IED concept 12th IEEE India International Conference (INDICON-2015) 1-6   New Delhi 2015
Mohit Bajaj, Mukesh Pushkarna, Ankur Singh Rana, Mohd Tauseef Khan An Improved SRF based Control Algorithm for D-STATCOM under Abnormal Source Voltage 12th IEEE India International Conference (INDICON-2015) 1-6   New Delhi 2015
Mohit Bajaj, Mukesh Pushkarna, Ankur Singh Rana, Mohd Tauseef Khan A Modified Algorithm for Time Varying Reactive Power Control and Harmonics Compensation by D-STATCOM 12th IEEE India International Conference (INDICON-2015) 1-6   New Delhi 2015
Mini S. Thomas, Nilanjan Senroy, Ankur Singh Rana Analysis of Time Delay in a Wide-Area Communication Network IEEE International conference (PIICon) 1-6   New Delhi 2014

Dr. Ankur Singh Rana

Assistant Professor,

Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering,

National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India

E-mail: ankur@nitt.edu, ankurranag@gmail.com,

Phone: 0431-250-3276; +91-9910478111