High Voltage and High Power Microwave Engineering Group
Prof. Sisir Kumar Nayak
Prof. Sisir Kumar Nayak (SM-IEEE) received his PhD degree from Indian Institute of Science Bangalore (IISc). He is currently working as a Professor in the Department of EEE, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati. He joined the institute in 2011. He was a post-doctoral research fellow at School of Electrical Engineering, KTH-Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. His research interests are lightning protection, liquid dielectrics for high voltage applications, wireless power transfer, renewable energy and storage.
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CURRENT POSITION
Professor (Sept 2021 – till date)
Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
North Guwahati – 781 039, Assam
RESEARCH AREAS
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High Voltage Engineering and Lightning Protection
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High Power Microwave and Pulse Power
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Renewable Energy and Storage
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
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Associate Professor (Jan 2017 - Aug 2021)
Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
North Guwahati – 781 039, Assam
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Asst. Professor (Aug 2011 – Jan 2017)
Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
North Guwahati – 781 039, Assam
Visiting Faculty (July 2010 – Aug 2011)
School of Electrical Sciences
Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar
Samantapuri, Bhubaneswar – 751 013, Odisha
Research Associate (May 2010 - July 2010)
Super Computer Education and Research Center
Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore, India
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow (April 2009 - Dec 2009)
Division of Electromagnetic Engineering
School of Electrical Engineering,
KTH-Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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EDUCATION
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PhD (2009)
Electrical Engineering,
Indian Institute of Science,
Bengaluru, India
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M.S (2003)
High Voltage Engineering,
Indian Institute of Science,
Bengaluru, India
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Bachelor of Engineering (1999)
University College of Engineering,
Burla, India
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Courses Handled
IIT Bhubaneswar
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Electrical Machines and Power Systems
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Electrical Machine and Power System Laboratory
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Basic Electrical Engineering
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Basic Electrical Engineering Laboratory
IIT Guwahati
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Electromagnetic Field Theory
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Electrical Power System Analysis
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High Voltage Engineering
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HV Transmission
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Insulation and High Voltage Engineering
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Basic Electronics Laboratory
Actively looking for Research Collaboration
Looking for bright PhD and Postdoctoral Students
Contact Information
Room No. 006, Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
North Guwahati – 781 039, Assam
Phone: +91- 361 258 2530, Fax: +91-361-2582542
E-mail: sknayak@iitg.ac.in