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Electrical Engineering Faculty

Dr. Sivaji Chakravorti
Professor

Designation

Professor, Electrical Engineering Department , Jadavpur University

Residential Address

Flat#4, 2/20 Netaji Nagar, Kolkata 700 092, India 

Residential Tel No.: +91 33 2411 5027 

Email ID: s_chakravorti@vsnl.com 

URL: http://www.geocities.com/s_chakrav/

Office Address

Electrical Engineering Department Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700 032, India 

Tel No.: +91 33 2414 6948 

Fax: +91 33 2414 6266 

Email ID: sivaji@jdvu.ac.in / s_chakravorti@ieee.org

Date of Birth

18th September 1962

Academic Career

Name of the Examination

Board / University

Year  of Passing

Divn / Class

% Marks

Bachelor of Electrical Engg.

Jadavpur University,  Kolkata, India

1983

1st Class 1st

88.6

Master of Electrical Engg.

Jadavpur University,  Kolkata, India

1985

1st Class 1st

88.2

Ph.D. (Engg)

Jadavpur University,  Kolkata, India

1993

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Specialization in Electrical Engineering:     High   Voltage  Technique

Teaching Experience

Employer

Designation

From

To

Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India

Lecturer

28 June 1985

May 1992

Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India

Sr. Lecturer

28 June 1992

April 1995

Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India

Reader

28 April 1995

March 2002

Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India

Professor

30 March 2002

Till date

 

Subjects Taught/Teaching

BEE Courses:  High Voltage Technique, High Voltage Engineering, Computer Programming, Field Theory, Electrical Engineering Materials, Principles of Electrical Engineering, Principles of Alternating current, Basic Electrical Technology.

MEE Courses: High Voltage Fields.

 

Industrial Experience

Period   

Place of Employment   

Designation   

15.07.1983 to 11.09.1983

Calcutta Electric Supply Corp. (India) Ltd

Trainee Engineer

05.02.1985 to 27.06.1985

West Bengal State Electricity Board

Graduate Engineer Trainee

22.06.1998 to 30.09.1998

Siemens AG, Berlin, Germany

Development Engineer

 

Book Published/Edited

i) Book on "Electrical Machines" by P.K.Mukherjee & S.Chakravorti published by M/s Dhanpat Rai & Sons, New Delhi, 1993, 2nd Ed.

 ii) Proceedings of "EPIC-IEEE ACE 2002" Edited by N.Chatterjee, D.K.Basu, S.K.Choudhury & S.Chakravorti published by IEEE Calcutta Section, 2002.

 iii) Proceedings of "Northeastern Himalayan Biodiversity" Edited by S.Chakravorti published by Humboldt Club Calcutta, 2003.

 

Courses Developed

Following on-line courses have been web hosted by DLNET-NSDL that is sponsored by US-National Science Foundation. Available at the DLNET website www.dlnet.vt.edu


a) "Electric Field Calculation by Charge Simulation Method" by S.Chakravorti - (search using the keyword 'Charge Simulation Method').
b) "Electric Field Calculation by Finite Difference Method" by S.Chakravorti - (search using the keyword 'Finite Difference Method').
c) "Electric Field Computation by Indirect Boundary Element Method" by A.Lahiri and S.Chakravorti (search using the keyword 'Indirect Boundary Element Method').

 

Papers Published/Presented

79

Short List of Publications

Journal Publications:

 

1) S.Chakravorti and P.K.Mukherjee, “Efficient field calculation in three core belted cable by charge simulation using complex charges”, IEEE Trans. on Electrical Insulation, Vol.27, No.6, Dec, pp 1208-1212, 1992.

 

2) S.Chakravorti and P.K.Mukherjee, “Power frequency and impulse field calculation around a HV insulator with uniform or non-uniform surface pollution”, IEEE Trans. on Electrical Insulation, Vol. 28, No.1, Feb, pp 43-53, 1993.

 

3) S.Chakravorti and P.K.Mukherjee, “An application of artificial neural network for optimization of electrode contour”, IEEE Trans. on Dielectrics & Electrical Insulation, Vol.1, No.2, April, pp 254-264, 1994.

 

4) P.S.Ghosh, S.Chakravorti and N.Chatterjee, “Estimation of time to flashover characteristics of contaminated electrolytic surfaces using artificial neural network”, IEEE Trans. on Dielectrics & Electrical Insulation, Vol.2, No.6, Dec, pp 1064-1074, 1995.

 

5) S.Chakravorti and H.Steinbigler, “Capacitive-resistive field calculation in and around HV bushings by boundary element method “, IEEE Trans. on Dielectrics & Electrical Insulation, Vol.5, No.2, April, pp 237-244, 1998.

 

6) S.Chakravorti and H.Steinbigler, “Boundary Element studies on insulator shape and electric field around HV insulators with or without pollution”, IEEE Trans. on Dielectrics & Electrical Insulation, Vol.7, No.2, April, pp 169-176, 2000.

 

7) K.Bhattacharya, S.Chakravorti and P.K.Mukherjee, “Insulator contour optimization by artificial neural network”, IEEE Trans. on Dielectrics & Electrical Insulation, Vol. 8, No. 2, April, pp 157-161, 2001.

 

8) P.Purkait and S.Chakravorti, “Time and frequency domain analyses based expert system for impulse fault diagnosis in transformers”, IEEE Trans. on Dielectr. and Electr. Insul., Vol. 9, No. 3, June, pp 433-445, 2002.

 

9) P.Purkait and S.Chakravorti, “Pattern Classification of Impulse Faults in Transformers by Wavelet Analysis”, IEEE Trans. on Dielectr. and Electr. Insul. Vol. 9, No. 4, August, pp 555-561, 2002.

 

10) P.Purkait, A.Chatterjee, S.Chakravorti and K.Bhattacharya, “Translationally Adaptive Fuzzy Classifier for Transformer Impulse Fault Diagnosis”, IEE Proceedings - Generation, Transmission and Distribution, Vol. 150, No.1, January, pp 33-40, 2003.

 

11) P.Purkait and S.Chakravorti, “Impulse Fault Classification in Transformers by Fractal Analysis”, IEEE Trans. on Dielectr. and Electr. Insul, Vol. 10, No.1, February, pp 109-116, 2003.

 

12) P.Purkait and S.Chakravorti, “Investigations on the usefulness of an expert system for impulse fault analysis in distribution transformers”, Electric Power System Research (Elsevier Publication), Vol. 65, No.2, pp 149-157, 2003.

 

13) P.Purkait and S.Chakravorti, “Wavelet Transform Based Impulse Fault Pattern Recognition in Distribution Transformers”, IEEE Trans. on Power Delivery, Vol. 18, No.4, October, pp 1588-1589, 2003.

 

14) P.Purkait and S.Chakravorti, “Can fractal techniques be used for impulse fault pattern discrimination in distribution transformers”, Electric Power System Research (Elsevier Publication), Vol. 68, pp 258-267, 2004.

 

15) A.Lahiri and S.Chakravorti, “Simulation of complex electrode-spacer configurations used in HV systems for accurate electric field calculation”, Scientific Computing in Electrical Engineering, Mathematics in Industry-4 (Springer-Verlag Publication), pp 289-296, 2004.

 

16) A.Lahiri and S.Chakravorti, “Electrode-Spacer Contour Optimization by ANN aided Genetic Algorithm”, IEEE Trans. on Dielectr. and Electr. Insul., Vo.11, No.6, December, pp 964-975, 2004.

 

17) A.Lahiri and S.Chakravorti, “A novel approach based on simulated annealing coupled to artificial neural network for 3D electric field optimization”, IEEE Trans. on Power Delivery, Accepted for publication, 2005.

Seminar/Conference Publications:

 

 1) P.S.Ghosh, S.Chakravorti and N.Chatterjee, “ANN with RPROP learning algorithm applied to modelling of flashover voltage characteristics of polluted insulators”, 9th Int. Symp. on HV Engg, Graz, Austria, 1995.

 

 2) K.Bhattacharya, S.Chakravorti and P.K.Mukherjee, “Optimization of HV support insulator by artificial neural network”, 9th Int. Symp. on HV Engg, Graz, Austria, 1995.

 

 3) S.Chakravorti and M.C.Siddagangappa, “Effect of charge accumulation on the electric field distribution along spacer surface”, 9th Int. Symp. on HV Engg, Graz, Austria, 1995.

 

 4) S.Chakravorti and H.Steinbigler, “Capacitive-Resistive field calculation around a HV insulator using boundary element method”, 10th Int. Symp. on HV Engg, Montreal, 1997.

 

 5) S.Chakravorti, “Modified E-field analysis around spacers in SF6 GIS under DC voltages”, 11th Int. Symp. on HV Engg, London, 1999.

 

 6) P.Purkait, S.Chakravorti and K.Bhattacharya, “TIFDES-An Expert System tool for transformer impulse fault diagnosis”, 11th Int. Symp. on HV Engg, London, 1999.

 

 7) P.Purkait and S.Chakravorti, “An expert system for fault diagnosis in transformer during impulse tests”, IEEE-PES Winter Meeting, Singapore, 2000, Paper 7803-5938.

 

 8) A.Lahiri, S.Chakravorti and R.K.Dutta, “Studies on field distribution around a conical insulator in GIL”, 12th Int. Symp. on HV Engg., Bangalore, Vol.1, pp 17-20, 2001.

 

 9) P.Purkait and S.Chakravorti, “Frequency domain analysis based impulse fault diagnosis in power and distribution transformers”, 12th Int. Symp. on HV Engg., Bangalore, Vol. 5,  pp 1207-1210, 2001.

 

10) S.Chatterjee, S.Chakravorti and C.K.Roy, “Wavelet based denoising for accurate identification of B-H loop of transformer core”, 3rd Int. Conf. on Electrical & Computer Engg, Dhaka, pp 11-14, 2004.

 

Sponsored Project Work done

Name of the Project

Sponsor

Worked as

Project Status

Advanced Techniques for Condition Monitoring and Life Prediction of Power Transformers

CMCC, JU

Principal Investigator

On-going

 

Advanced Techniques for Condition Monitoring and Life Prediction of Power Transformers

AICTE

Principal Investigator

On-going

 

FIST Program of Electrical Engineering Department, Jadavpur University

DST, GOI

 

Dy. Co-ordinator

 

On-going

 

US-India Cooperative Research:  Digital Library Network

NSF, USA

Principal Investigator

Completed

An Integrated Method for 3D Insulation System Optimization using Parametric CAD Module

AICTE

Principal Investigator

Completed

Impulse Fault Diagnosis by Pattern Recognition Technique in High Voltage Transformers

AICTE

Principal Investigator

Completed

Modeling of Pollution Flashover of Insulators

MHRD, GOI

Co-Investigator

Completed

Reliability Modeling for Electric Power Systems

MHRD, GOI

Co-Investigator

Completed

 

Ph.D. (Engg) Thesis Guided

 1) 'Studies on the growth of pollution discharge and modelling of flashover characteristics' by Mr.P.S.Ghosh in 1995. Guided jointly with Prof. N.Chatterjee.

 

 2) 'Electrostatic field computation and artificial neural network applied to optimization of insulating systems' by Mr.K.Bhattacharya in 2000. Guided jointly with Prof. P.K.Mukherjee.

 

 3) "Artificial intelligence technique based impulse fault diagnosis in transformers" by Mr.P.Purkait in 2002.

 

 4) "Studies on 3-dimensional field distribution in high voltage system" by Mr.A.Lahiri in 2004.

 

Currently guiding  4 PhD theses.

 

 1) "Studies on turbulent flow regimes through an air intake duct using artificial intelligence" by Mr. A.N. Mullick. Guiding jointly with Dr. B. Majumder.

 

 2) “Studies on Fibre-Optic Interferometric Sensors for Non-Contact Measurement” by Mr. T.K.Gangopadhyay. Guiding jointly with Dr. K.Bhattacharya.

 

 3)  “Studies on High Voltage Switching Transients Developed from Abrupt Changes in On-Line Power Circuit Topography”, by Mr. S.Chatterjee. Guiding jointly with Prof. C.K.Roy.

 

 4) “Advanced Techniques for Identification of Faults in Transformersdue to Impulse Stresses”, by Mr. C.Koley. Guiding jointly with Dr. P.Purkait

 

M.E.E.  Thesis Guided

 1)      ‘Field analysis of corona shield by charge simulation method’  by K.Basu in 1987 at JU. Guided jointly with Prof. C.K.Roy.

 

 2)      ‘Flashover of contaminated electrolytic surfaces under power frequency voltages’  by  P.S.Ghosh   in 1990 at JU. Guided jointly with Prof. N.Chatterjee.

 

 3)      ‘Electric field calculation in three core belted cable by charge simulation method employing      least square error technique’ by B.Mukhopadhyay in 1992 at JU.

 

 4)      ‘Power frequency electric field distribution around a porcelain disc insulator with uniform or      non-uniform surface pollution’ by S.C.Das in 1994 at JU. Guided jointly with Dr. K. Bhattacharya.

 

 5)      TIFDES-An expert system tool for transformer impulse fault diagnosis’ by P.Purkait in 1999  at JU. Guided jointly with Dr.K.Bhattacharya.

 

 6)      ‘Field calculation in GIS by boundary element method’ by K.B.V.S.R. Subrahmanyam in 2000  at JU.

 

 7)      ‘ANN based modeling of Electric Field Distribution in Gas Insulated System’ by S.K.Baral in      2001. Thesis guided in collaboration with Dept. of Comp. Sc. & Tech, TTTI, Chandigarh and  submitted to Thapar Institute of Engg & Tech (DU), Patiala.

 

 8)      ‘Electrode Contour Optimisation in Gas Insulated Transmission Line’ by R.K.Dutta  in 2001 at JU.

 

 9)      'Application of Genetic Algorithm for Neutral Grounding Reactor Selection' by P.Das in 2002 at JU. Guided jointly with Prof. A.Mukherjee.

 

 10)  'Artificial Neural Network as a Tool for Modelling Electric Field Distribution' by S.P.Ghosh in 2002 at JU.

 

 11)  'Studies on Web Enabled Examination on High Voltage Engineering' by S.Choudhuri in 2003 at JU.

 

 12)  ‘Design of Wavelet based Denoising Tool for High Voltage Applications’ by R.C.Kisku in 2004 at JU.

 

Collaborative Research Work

Collaborated with the research group of the Institute of High Voltage Engineering and Electric Power Transmission, Technical University Munich, Germany, lead by Prof. W.Boeck and Prof. H.Steinbigler, from 1995 onwards in the area of numerical computation of mixed fields and also on electric field optimization. This collaboration was supported by Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Foundation, Germany. This collaborative research has lead to the design and implementation of the field computation software package TWIN incorporating new simulation techniques. TWIN is currently used extensively both at Technical University Munich and at Jadavpur University. To enhance this international collaboration, AvH Foundation has donated a SGI O2 workstation to Electrical Engineering Department of Jadavpur University in 1999 to extend this collaborative research further.

 

Fellowships Won

i) Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Fellowship in the Institute of High Voltage Engineering  of Technical University, Munich, Germany, during 1995-96 and 1999 and at the ABB Corporate Research, Ladenburg, Germany in 2002.

ii) Indian National Science Academy Fellowship in Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore , India -  1994.

 

Awards/Prizes Won

Awards  Won

 

1) The “Technology Day Award” from All India Council for Technical Education for the best project (2nd Prize) in the Research & Development Category in 2004.

2) Recipient of the “Outstanding Small Chapter Award” from IEEE Power Engineering Society as the Chairman of Kolkata Power Engineering Chapter of IEEE in 2004.

3) The Third Millennium Medal of IEEE Calcutta Section in 2000.

4) The Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya Memorial Medal of the Institution of Engineers (India) in 1995-96.

5) The Union Ministry of Energy : Department of Power Prize of the Institution of Engineers (India) in 1994-95.

6) Certificate of Merit of the Institution of Engineers (India) in 1996-97.

7) Certificate of Merit of the Institution of Engineers (India) in 1992-93.

8) Certificate of Merit of the Institution of Engineers (India) in 1991-92.

9) Certificate of Merit of the Institution of Engineers (India) in 1989-90.  

 

Other  Distinctions Won 

 

1) Jadavpur University Gold Medal for standing 1st in order of merit in the Master of Electrical Engineering (MEE) examination in 1985.

2) Jadavpur University Gold Medal for standing 1st in order of merit in the Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (BEE) examination in 1983.

3) Ashok Memorial Silver Medal of Jadavpur University for standing 1st in order of merit in the Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (BEE) examination in 1983.

4) Arun Kumar Bandyopadhyay Memorial Medal of Jadavpur University for securing the 2nd highest marks in aggregate combining all the courses of Bachelor of Engineering examination in 1983.

5) Ganesh Janani Debi Memorial Silver Medal of Jadavpur University for securing highest marks in Electrical Machines - II & III (combined) in the Bachelor of Ele