Work Experience

• Visiting Faculty, School of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering, Loughborough University, United Kingdom, from October 2023 to April 2024.

• Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Jammu, India from October 2017 to till date.

• Post-doctoral Researcher at the Howard University, Washington DC, United State of America University from January 2017 to August 2017.

• Senior Project Engineer,  Electrical Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India from June 2016 to December 2016.

• Lab Tutor,  Electrical Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India from July 2011 to May 2016.

• Subject Tutor ,  Electrical Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India from July 2011 to May 2016.

• Assistant Professor, Babu Banarasi Das National Institute of Technology and Management (BBDNITM), Lucknow, India  from August 2009 to June 2011.

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Electrical Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Indore, India, 2019.

Thesis Title: Evolutionary Techniques Based Solution to the Unit Commitment Problem Including Renewable Energy Sources 

Supervisor: Prof. S.N.Singh 

• Master of Technology (M.TECH), Power System, PEC University of Technology Chandigarh, India 

• Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech), Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture,Technology and Sciences, Allahabad, India 

Honours & Awards

• Merit Certificate for Third rank in College of Engineering and Technology in Bachelor’s Degree Program (B.TECH). 

• MHRD scholarship for Postgraduate and PhD program at IIT Kanpur, India. 

• Received "Dr. P. S. Nigam Power Sector Award”  in 93th Annual General Meeting at Institution of Engineers, Lucknow, India.

• Received “POSOCO Power System Award (PPSA) 2017” in Top 10 Doctoral Thesis category, New Delhi, India. 

• Best Paper: Akshita Sharma, Anup Shukla, “SSB-CPSO Based Multi-Objective Security Constrained Unit Commitment Solution Using NBI”, 8th International Conference on Power Systems (ICPS),MNIT,Jaipur, India, Dec. 2019. 

• Serb International Research Experience (SIRE) 2023-2024.

• Best E&M Services Completed (First Prize) awarded to AIIMS Jammu (Phase-I), July 2024.

• Several awards and certificate of excellence in academic and sports at school and college level .

PROJECT EXPERIENCE

A Multi-Dimentional Smart Energy Grids Analysis for Indian Scenario

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

June 2016 to Dec 2016

     Sponsoring Agency:Department of Science and Technology With: Prof. S.N.Singh

• Involved in the development of a shared and cross-disciplinary understanding of smart grid systems and distributed storage facilities for urban and rural areas in India.

• Implementation of Optimization techniques to solve the problem of smart energy grid with the integration renewable energy resources.

Engineering Design and Implementation of Arieal Protection Scheme For Lightning Strike on ICC Box

Howard University, Washington DC

 Jan 2017 to Aug 2017

Sponsoring Agency:Federal Aviation Administration With: Prof. James.A.Momoh

• Development Implementation of design of micro-based control of protecting the ICC box directly. This is referred to as design of Advanced Transient  Protection box called the Howard University box.

• Develop Technical Instruction Book (TIB) for the Howard University Transient Protection box of 2000V/400V

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

• Assistant Center Superintendent (ACS) for Uttar Pradesh Technical University Examination in Babu Banarasi Das       National Institute of Technology and Management (BBDNITM) in year 2010.

• Training and placement coordinator for EE & EEE Department.

• In charge of AICTE team from BBDNITM in year 2010,2011.

• Hostel Warden, Indian Institute of Technology Jammu from October 2017 to August 2018.

• Coordinator Electrical Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Jammu from October 2017 to August 2018.

• IWD Power Incharge, Indian Institute of Technology Jammu from October 2017 to September 2020.

• Associate Dean of Student Welfare, Indian Institute of Technology Jammu from September 2018 to July 2019.

• Associate Dean of Hostel Affairs, Indian Institute of Technology Jammu from July 2019 to March 2021.

• Associate Dean of IPM (Electrical), Indian Institute of Technology Jammu from September 2020 to March 2023.

• Coordinator Grievance Cell, Indian Institute of Technology Jammu from April 2023 to Till Date.

PRPFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Membership of Professional Bodies

• IEEE Student Member

• IEEE Power and Energy Society

• IEEE Industry Applications Society

• IEEE Young Professionals

Reviewer’ of following international journals and conferences

• Reviewer of the IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy.

• Reviewer of the IEEE Transactions on Power System.

• Reviewer of the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Applications.

• Reviewer of the IET Generation, Transmission and Distribution.

• Reviewer of the Applied Energy.

• Reviewer of the Solar Energy.

• Reviewer of the Energy Conversion and Management.

• Reviewer of the International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems.

• Reviewer of the Journal of Engineering and Technological Sciences.

• Reviewer of the IEEE Industry Applications Annual Meeting.

• Reviewer of the National Power Systems Conference.

EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

• Silver medal in national level volley ball tournament.

• Active member in inter IIT sports meet from 2011 to 2022.

• Event management with full dedication and sincerity, have been fortunate enough to be part of many.