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Prof.Priyatosh Mahish

Designation: Assistant Professor

Department: Electrical Engineering

Email: priyatosh[at]iitism[dot]ac[dot]in

Contact Number: 7679878425

Office Number: +91-326-223-5316

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About Me: In 2025, Dr. Priyatosh Mahish joined Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad as an Assistant Professor in the department of Electrical Engineering. In 2013, he has received M.E. degree in Electrical Power Systems from BIT Mesra. He has completed Ph.D. degree in 2021 from IIT Kharagpur in the area of wide area control of the large power networks. Following the Ph.D. degree, he had joined the department of Electrical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi as Post Doctoral Fellow. During October 2022 to June 2025, he was working as an Assistant Professor at Indian Institute of Technology Mandi. He has also received the prestigious POSOCO power system award (2022) for his doctoral research work.

Research Interest: Smart grid operation, wide area power system monitoring and control, and grid-integration of renewable energy resources.

Curriculum
Vitae
Publications

Teaching

1. Indian Institute of Technology (ISM) Dhanbad (2025 – Present)

B. Tech (EE):

Power System Engineering (NEEC208)

Utilization of Electrical Energy (NEEE201)

Analog and Digital Electronics Laboratory (NEEC205)

Networks Laboratory (NEEC204)

2. Indian Institute of Technology Mandi (2022 – 2025)

B. Tech (EE):

Electromechanics (EE201)

Power System (EE303)

M. Tech (PED):

HVDC Transmission and Flexible AC Transmission Systems (EE630)

3. National Institute of Science and Technology Berhampur (2013 – 2015)

B. Tech (EEE):

Network Theory, Electrical Machine I, Electrical Machine II, HVDC and FACTS Devices

Academics

  • Ph.D. degree from IIT Kharagpur, India (2015-2021) on the topic of “Synchrophasor data based  control of  power systems” under supervision of Prof. A. K. Pradhan at IIT Kharagpur. (date of award: 23 February, 2021)

Position

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ORGANIZATION

POST HELD

PERIOD OF EMPLOYMENT

IIT(ISM) Dhanbad

Assistant Professor (Grade-I)

02-07-2025-Present

IIT Mandi, India

Assistant Professor (Grade-I)

22.05.2024-30.06.2025

IIT Mandi, India

Assistant Professor (Grade-II)

26.10.2022-21.05.2024

IIT Delhi, India

Post Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Electrical Engineering

22.07.2021-17.10.2022

IIT Delhi, India

Research Associate in the Department of Electrical Engineering

24.02.2021-21.07.2021

National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST), Odisha, India.

Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering

06.07.2013 – 17.06.2015

IIT Kharagpur, India

Project Assistant in the Department of Mining Engineering

01.09.2010 – 28.02.2011

Awards and Honors

  • Received POSOCO Power System Award (PPSA) 2022 in PhD thesis category.
  • Best Paper award in 9th International Conference on Power Systems (ICPS), Kharagpur, India
  • Conference paper selected for best paper session in IEEE PES General Meeting 2019, held at Atlanta, GA, USA during 4th -8th August 2019.
  • Awarded best paper presentation in EEE department at the BIT INTERNATIONAL CONCLAVE 2013 held at BIT Patna campus during 22nd-23rd February 2013.

Publications

Books Published

  1. P. Mahish and S. Mishra, “Wide area control design indifferent aspects of oscillations,” Synchrophasor technology: Real-time operation of power networks, Institution of Engineering Technology, 2023, pp. 49-77.
  2. P. Mahish, M. R. Mishra, S. Mishra, “Distributed generation system integration: Operation and control,” Microgrid Cyberphysical Systems, Elsevier, 2022, pp. 29-66.

List Of Research Publications (only in Peer-reviewed Journals)

  1. A. R, P. Mahish, H. Misra, B. S. T and M. K. P, "Thermal analysis of EHV XLPE cable systems using FEM during pre-qualification assessment," IEEE Trans. Power Del., in early access. doi: 10.1109/TPWRD.2026.3674824.
  2. M.R. Mishra, S. Mishra, and P. Mahish, “Time coordinated control strategy to improve voltage balance and regulation of low voltage PV rich networks,” IEEE Trans. Power Del., vol. 40, no. 4, pp. 2215-2227, Aug. 2025.
  3. P. Mahish, P. Kundu, and S. Mishra, “Wide Area Control of Inverter based Power Grids,” IEEE Trans. Sustain. Energy, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 852-865, Apr. 2025
  4. M. K. Das, P. Mahish, P. Buduma, and S. Mishra, “Systematic approach to improve performance of asymmetrical 21‐level inverter with fewer components,” Int. J. Circ. Theor. Appl., Vol. 53, issue 5, pp. 2521-2540, May 2025. doi:10.1002/cta.4229
  5. P. Mahish, A. K. Pradhan, and S. Mishra, “Mitigating the impact of false data in wide area control of power systems,” Electric Power System Research, vol. 236, pp. 110912, Nov. 2024.
  6. M.R. Mishra, P. Mahish, and S. Mishra, “An irradiance driven adaptive PQV droop for voltage regulation in active distribution system,” IEEE Trans. Power Del., vol. 38, no. 5, pp. 3192-3204, Oct. 2023.
  7. P. Mahish, and S. Mishra, “Synchrophasor data based Q-V droop control of wind farm integrated power systems,” IEEE Trans. Power Syst., 2022, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 358-370, Jan. 2023.
  8. P. Mahish, and A. K. Pradhan, “Mitigating subsynchronous resonance using synchrophasor data based control of wind farms,” IEEE Trans. Power Del., vol. 35, no. 1, pp. 364-376, Feb. 2020.
  9. P. Mahish, and A. K. Pradhan, “Distributed synchronized control in grid integrated wind farms to improve primary frequency regulation,” IEEE Trans. Power Syst., vol. 35, no. 1, pp. 362-373, Jan. 2020.
  10. P. Mahish, A. K. Pradhan, and A. K. Sinha, “Wide area predictive control of power system considering communication delay and data drops,” IEEE Trans. Ind. Informat., vol. 15, no. 6, pp. 3243-3253, Jun. 2019.

Papers in conference abstract volumes / presented

  1. M. R. Mishra, S. Mishra and P. Mahish, "Resilient Voltage Restoration Scheme for AC Microgrids Under Cyber Attack," 2025 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress & Exposition Asia (ECCE-Asia), Bengaluru, India, 2025.
  2. V. Shrivastava, P. Mahish, S. R. Chowdhury, "Detection of Multiple Smells Using Sensor Array," Emerging Technologies with Advanced Devices from Micro to Nano. ETMN 2024. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 1370. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-84331-0_34
  3. B. K. Yadavendu, M. Mishra and P. Mahish, "Sub/super synchronous resonance analysis of grid following inverter at islanded operation," 2024 IEEE 21st India Council International Conference (INDICON), Kharagpur, India, 2024.
  4. P. Mahish, and S. Mishra, “Improving frequency regulation of power system using primary and secondary reserves in grid integrated wind farms,” 9th International Conference on Power Systems (ICPS), Kharagpur, India, 2021.
  5. P. Mahish, and A. K. Pradhan, “A state predictive approach to mitigate communication latency and data loss for wide area control of power system,” in Proc. IEEE Power Energy Soc. General Meeting, Atlanta, GA, USA, Aug. 2019, pp. 1-5.
  6. P. Mahish, and A. K. Pradhan, “Synchrophasor data based distributed droop control in grid integrated wind farms to improve primary frequency response,” 8th International Conference on Power Systems (ICPS), Jaipur, India, 2019.
  7. P. Mahish, and S. Chakraborty, “Frequency tuning properties of Magneto-Optic sensor,” in Proc. ICDCCom, India, Sept, 2014, pp. 1-3.
  8. P Sarkar, P Mahish, M. Chowdhury, and K Sakurai, “Securing sensor networks by moderating frequencies,” Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering book series (LNICST, vol. 153), Springer, 2015, pp. 173-185.

Projects & Activities

Sponsored Research Projects (External Funded)

  • Integration of digital olfaction with a mobile phone and television IIT Mandi iHub & HCI Foundation (Sanction Budget: 1.07 Cr.) Role: Co-PI, Status: Completed
  • Cyber resilient wide area control of inverter-based power networks ANRF Early Career Research Grant (Sanction Budget: 0.68 Cr.) Role: PI, Status: Ongoing (2025-2028)

Membership of Scientific Societies

IEEE Member

Guidance

Ph.D. Guidance: 01 (ongoing)

M.Tech. Guidance: 02 (ongoing)

JRF Project: 01 (ongoing)

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