The paper titled “A Modified RoCoF-Based Frequency Control Strategy for Grid-Forming Wind Turbine Power Plants in 100% Renewable Energy Systems” has received the Best Paper Award at the IEEE Electrical Power and Energy Conference (EPEC) 2025, held in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

Prof. Zakir Rather has been awarded with Outstanding Editor Award for IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, one of the leading journals of the IEEE Power & Energy Society. Heartly Congratulations to Prof. Zakir

Dr. Pijush Kanti Dhara has been awarded with GRID-INDIA Power System Award (GIPSA) 2025 for his PhD thesis “Estimation of Inertia and Required Fast Frequency Support in Large-Scale Renewable Energy Integrated Power Systems “

Pijush Kanti Dhara successfully defended his PhD thesis “ Estimation of Inertia and Required Fast Frequency Support in Large-Scale Renewable Energy Integrated Power Systems”, Congratulations to Dr. Pijush Kanti Dhara

A journal paper titled L1 Distance-Based Optimization Approach for Recommendation & Effective Intervention Selection for EV Policy Implementation has been published in IEEE Transactions on Energy Markets, Policy and Regulation authored by Ms. Payal Vyankat Dahiwale and Prof. Zakir Hussain Rather

A journal paper titled Machine Learning based EV Charging Management System for Vehicle-to-Home and Vehicle-to-Building has been published in IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification authored by Mr. Pratosh Patankar, Prof. Zakir Hussain Rather, Prof. Ariel Liebman, and Prof. Suryanarayana Doolla.

A journal paper titled An Improved Method to Estimate Maximum Available Power for Frequency Support from Solar PV Plants under Varying Weather Conditions has been published in IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement authored by Mr. Soudipan Maity, Prof. Zakir Hussain Rather and Prof. Suryanarayana Doolla.

Angshu Plvan Nath, Ph.D Scholar from the Grid Integration Laboratory, was awarded Best Presentation Award under Power Systems and Grid Integration vertical at Energy Day 2025, the coveted event of the Department of Energy Science & Engineering, IIT Bombay

A journal paper titled ‘A New Approach to Determine feasible Operating region of Unbalanced Distribution Networks with distributed Photovoltaics’ has been published in Transactions on Power Delivery authored by Mr. Manorath Prasad, Prof. Zakir Hussain Rather, Prof. Reza Razzaghi, and Prof. Suryanarayana Doolla.

A journal paper titled ‘Estimation of Minimum Inertia and Fast Frequency Support for Renewable Energy Dominated Power Systems’ has been published in IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement authored by Mr. Pijush Kanti Dhara, Prof. Zakir Hussain Rather and Dr. Chitaranjan Phurailatpam.

Rashmi Keche has been awarded with GRID-INDIA Power System Award (GIPSA) 2025 for her M.Tech thesis “Black start capabilities of large-scale solar PV plants integrated with BESS using Virtual Synchronous Machine (VSM) control in Grid-Forming Inverters “ We congratulate Rashmi on this achievement and extend our best wishes for her future endeavours.

A journal paper titled ‘Vehicle-to-Home and Vehicle-to-Building: A Techno-Economic Analysis Under Varying Charging Methods and Tariff’ has been published in IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification authored by Mr. Pratosh Patankar, Prof. Zakir Hussain Rather, Mr. Angshu Nath, Prof. Ariel Liebman, and Prof. Suryanarayana Doolla.

A journal paper titled ‘A comprehensive review of grid support services from solar photovoltaic power plants’ has been published in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews authored by Mr. Soudipan Maity, Prof. Zakir Hussain Rather and Prof. Suryanarayana Doolla.

A journal paper titled ‘A Noval Approach to Determine and Maintain Area-wise Minimum Inertia in Renewable Energy Dominated Power Systems’ has been published in IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy authored by Mr. Pijush Kanti Dhara and Prof. Zakir Hussain Rather.

Grid Integration Lab, IIT Bombay is pleased to be part of a first-of-its-kind study in India on Security Constraint Economic Dispatch (SCED) implementation at the State level. A detailed report titled, ”Optimizing Power Dispatch: An Initiative Towards SCED Implementation in Maharashtra" was released

A journal paper titled ‘A Distance Metric Based Approach for Analyzing, Assessing, and Strengthening EV Policy’ has been published in IEEE Transactions on Energy Markets, Policy and Regulation authored by Ms. Payal Dahiwale, Prof. Zakir Hussain Rather and Mr. Indradip Mitra.

A journal paper titled ‘An Online Approach for Dimensioning Fast Frequency Response Reserve in a Low Inertia Power System’ has been published in IEEE Transactions on Power Systems authored by Mr. Akhilesh Panwar, Prof. Zakir Hussain Rather, Prof. Ariel Liebman, Prof. Roger Dargaville and Prof. Suryanarayana Doolla.

Deepika Chhetija successfully defended her PhD thesis “ Fault Detection, Classification, and Location Identification in Islanded Active Distribution Networks”, Congratulations to Dr. Deepika Chhetija

Sai Keerthi, M.Tech student from the Grid Integration Laboratory, was awarded first prize for Best Research & Presenter in the student presentation on Energy Day 2024, the coveted event of the Department of Energy Science & Engineering, IIT Bombay, held on 06 April 2024.

Grid Integration Lab, IIT Bombay extends its heartfelt congratulations to Prof. Zakir Hussain Rather for receiving the "C1973 Research Excellence Award" generously instituted by the Class of 1973 on the occasion of their golden jubilee celebration.

Shubham Singh Rao has been awarded with GRID-INDIA Power System Award (GIPSA) 2024 for his M.Tech thesis “Impact of Electric Vehicle Integration on Protection system of Distribution Network “

Shubham Singh Rao, a recently graduated M.Tech student from the Grid Integration Laboratory, won the “Best Paper Presentation Award” at Energy Day 2023, the coveted event of the Department of Energy Science & Engineering, IIT Bombay, held on 29 April 2023.

Shubham Singh Rao successfully defended his masters thesis on “Impact of EV Integration on Protection System of Distribution Network”, Congratulations to Shubham

G R Uday Kumar Reddy successfully defended his masters thesis on “Solar Power Forecasting Using Machine Learning”, Congratulations to Uday

Chitaranjan Sharma successfully defended his PhD thesis “Estimation of Synchronous and non-synchronous inertia in microgrid system”, Congratulations to Dr. Sharma

Hazem Karbouj has been awarded with best PhD thesis award by IIT Bombay during the  convocation

Hazem Karbouj has been awarded with POSOCO thesis award for his PhD thesis “Mitigation of Voltage and Frequency Stability Issues in Wind Integrated Power System“

Santanu Paul successfully defended his PhD thesis “Optimal and Reliable Planning of Large Scale Wind Farm“, Congratulations to Dr. Paul

Hazem Karbouj successfully defended his PhD thesis “Mitigation of Voltage and Frequency Stability Issues in Wind Integrated Power System“, congratulations to Dr. Hazem

Rakesh Reddy was awarded with POSOCO thesis award for his M.Tech. thesis “Grid support from Hybrid Solar PV-Wind Power Plant”