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Dr. Arup Kumar Das

Assistant Professor
Department of Electrical Engineering IIT (BHU)
Phone No(s): 9734539014, 7586892951
Email: arupdas.eee@itbhu.ac.in
Area of Interest: Power system asset management, Partial discharge measurement and analysis, Electric field simulation and analysis, Insulation design of power devices for electric transport application, Electric Vehicle technology, Cryogenic dielectrics, Application of artificial intelligence in condition monitoring of power equipment, Vision based condition monitoring of electrical equipment
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Jadavpur University, Kolkata:

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Engineering 

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

Date of registration: 11.02.2020

Registration Number: 1022006002 of 2020

Date of Thesis Submission: 08th April 2022

Date of completion: 5th August 2022

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)

Sl No.

Authors

Tittle

Name of Journals

Volume

Page

Year

1

Sayanjit Singha Roy, Ashish Paramane, Biswarup Ganguly, Arup Kumar Das, Subho Paul, and Soumya Chatterjee

Condition Monitoring of Polymetric Insulators: A Remote Diagnostic Framework with Improved Intermediate Hydrophobicity Grade Detection

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Accepted

-

2025

2

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

37

-

2024

3

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 Cable

IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification

In Press

In Press

2024

4

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 Additive

CSEE Journal of Power and Energy Systems,

9

1918-1925

2023

5

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

51

3454-3461

2023

6

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

30

2633-2641

2023

7

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

72

1-8

2023

8

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

23

3965-3972

2023

9

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

7

1-4

2023

10

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

30

377-384

2023

11

A. K. Das, S. Deb, D. Dey, B. Chatterjee and S. Dalai

Multi Synchrosqueezing Transform based improved Time-frequency representation to Sense Contamination Severity of Overhead Line Insulator

IEEE Sensors Journal

22

12098-12106

2022

12

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,

29

1030-1037

2022

13

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)

104

4239-4254

2022

14

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

16

722-732

2022

15

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,

29

1030-1037

2021

16

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

28

2134-2143

2021

17

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

28

2178-2185

2021

18

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

5

1-4

2021

19

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

21

16961-16968

2021

20

A. K. Das and S. Dalai

Recent Development in Condition Monitoring Methodologies of MOSA Employing Leakage Current Signal: A Review

IEEE Sensors Journal

21

14559-14568

2021

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

21

10957-10964

2021

22

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

15

​​376-384

2021

23

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

27

1811-1819

2020

24

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

20

9460-9468

2020
  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”, IEEE CATCON 2024, (Accepted for presentation)

  1. H. Hossain, 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), (Accepted for presentation)

  1. 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)

  1. 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)

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. 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)

  1. 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.

  1. 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)

  1. 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)

  1. 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)

  1. Humboldt Research Fellowship for Postdocs by Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany (Granted, not availed)
  2. Best Research Paper Award at IEEE 3rd International Conference on Smart Technologies for Power, Energy and Control (STPEC) by School of Electrical Engineering, KIIT Deemed to be University.
  3. Outstanding Young Researcher Award 2022 by IEEE Signal Processing Society Chapter, Kolkata in 2023.
  4. University Gold Medal for standing first in the Order of Merit at M.E. degree in 2019.

Lecture:

  1. EE-222: Electromagnetics for Power Apparatus (Even semester)
  2. EO101: Fundamentals of Electrical Circuits

 

 

  1. Technical Program Committee Member of IEEE CATCON 2024

  1. Technical Program Committee Member of IEEE ASPCON 2023

  1. Technical Program Committee Member of IEEE AUPEC 2024

  1. 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)

  1. 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)