Resume of Mr.

Parag Nijhawan

1. Name and Designation: Parag Nijhawan, Assistant Professor

2. Personal Details:
 Date of Birth: 4th November, 1977
 Residential Address: H. No. 77, Street-1, Ekta Vihar,
Anand Nagar-B, Patiala
 Contact details: Phone: 0175-2393390 (O), e-mail: parag@thapar.edu,
parag.nijhawan@rediffmail.com

3. Academic Qualification: M.E. Electrical

5. Professional Experience: Teaching – 14 Years

6. Specialization: Power Systems

7. Membership of Societies: IE(I), IEEE

8. Academic Details:

Courses taught:

UG level – Electrical Science, Electromagnetic Field Theory, Circuit Theory, Transmission &
Distribution of Power, FACTS, Power System Analysis & Stability, Switchgear & Protection,
Magnetic Circuits & Transformers

PG level – Power Quality & FACTS, CAPSA, Power System Transients, Static Protective
Relaying, EHVAC & HVDC Transmission Systems

9. Research details

Research Area: Custom Power, FACTS, Grounding and Power System Operation & Control

Reviewer/Member of Prestigious Committee: Reviewer of IEEE Power Electronics

Conferences/Seminars/Workshops/Tutorials – Organized

S. No. Name of the course Organized/participated Duration & Organizer(s)

1. Six weeks summer Organized June-July, 2004

training in Electrical
Engineering Sh. Parag Nijhawan

2. Six weeks summer Organized June-July, 2005

training in Electrical
Engineering Sh. Parag Nijhawan

3. 3 One day short term Organized 21st April, 2005-22nd April,

 CEEP Course on ‘High 2005 and 25th April, 2005
Voltage Test Techniques’
(Sh. Parag Nijhawan & Sh.
Deepak Goel)

4. Software applications in Organized 15th May, 2008 – 16th May,

Electrical Engg. 2008

(Dr. S. Ghosh,

Dr. Yaduvir Singh,

Dr. S.K. Jain,

Sh. Yogesh K. Chauhan &

Sh. Parag Nijhawan)

5. Six Weeks CEEP course Organized 07th June – 16th July, 2010
on ‘C, C++, MATLAB (Thapar University, Patiala)
and LABView’
Dr. S. Ghosh

Mr. Sunil K. Singla

Mr. Parag Nijhawan

S. No. Name of the Conference Organized/participated Duration & Organizer(s)

1. Power Engineering Organized being co- 28th Jan., 2005 – 29th Jan.,
Practices and Energy convener & also 2005, Thapar University,
Management (PEPEM’05) participated by presenting a Patiala
– a National Conference paper.
(Ms. Manbir Kaur,
Also, worked as the Editor
of the proceeding of IEE Dr. S.K. Jain,
sponsored national Sh. Yogesh K. Chauhan &
conference on ‘Power Sh. Parag Nijhawan)
Engineering Practices and
Energy Management’
 2. National Conference on Organized Jan. 18-19, 2014, Thapar
Integrated Computational University, Patiala
Techniques in Electrical Also, worked as the
Engineering (ICTEE-2014) Convener and Editor of the (Dr. S. Ghosh, Sh. Parag
proceeding of TEQIP Nijhawan, Dr. Prasenjit
sponsored National Basak, Dr. Amrita Sinha,
Conference on Integrated Dr. Jainy Sachdeva & Sh.
Computational Techniques Souvik Ganguli)
in Electrical Engineering

11.ME Dissertation Guided

S.No. Name of the student (Title Date of Supervisor/ Co- Date of

of Thesis) Registration supervisor Completion

1. Ankush Malhar 1st Jan. 2013 Parag Nijhawan 15th July, 2013
(Investigations on the
effectiveness of UPQC in
distribution networks with
DTC drive as load)

2. Rajan Sharma 1st Jan. 2013 Parag Nijhawan 6th July, 2013
(Investigations on the
effectiveness of
DSTATCOM in distribution
networks)

3. Ramanpreet Kaur 1st Jan. 2013 Parag Nijhawan 24th June, 2013
(Comparative analysis of the
PI, fuzzy and hybrid PI-
fuzzy controllers based
DVR)

4. Paljinder Singh (Energy 1st Jan., 2012 Parag Nijhawan 1st Jan., 2013
Auditing of Thermal Power
Plant) Suman Bhullar

5. Tanvir Kaur (Multi- 1st Jan., 2012 Parag Nijhawan 13th October,
objective optimal power 2012
flow solution using genetic
algorithm)

6. Deepanshu Nimal (Optimal 1st Jan., 2012 Parag Nijhawan 13th July, 2012
power flow using hybrid
genetic algorithm)

7. Menika Sharma (Control of 1st Jan., 2012 Parag Nijhawan 11th July, 2012
 photovoltaic grid connected
system using incremental
Suman Bhullar
conductance method)

8. Amanjyoti Sethi (Power 1st Jan., 2012 Parag Nijhawan 3rd July, 2012
quality improvement in
distribution networks using
open UPQC)

9. Simarjeet kaur 1st Jan., 2012 Parag Nijhawan 3rd July, 2012
(Investigations on the role of
UPQC for power quality
improvement of distribution
network with FOC induction
motor)

10. Varinder Singh 1st Jan., 2011 Parag Nijhawan 15th July, 2011
(Investigations on the role of
DSTATCOM for power
quality improvement in
distribution networks)

11. Gurpinder Singh (Power 1st Jan., 2011 Parag Nijhawan 15th July, 2011
quality improvement of
distribution networks using
DSTATCOM)

12. Amandeep Bangar (Power 1st Jan., 2011 Parag Nijhawan 5th July, 2011
quality improvement of
distribution networks using
dynamic voltage restorer)

13. Anmol (Investigations on 1st Jan., 2011 Parag Nijhawan 28th June, 2011
the role of dynamic voltage
restorer for power quality
improvement of distribution
networks)

14. Gurkirat Kaur (Case study 1st Jan., 2010 Parag Nijhawan 20th Dec., 2010
on the renovation of the ESP
unit at GNDTP, Bathinda)

15. Gagan Wadhwa (Design of 1st Jan., 2010 Parag Nijhawan 6th July, 2010
energy efficient building) Shakti Singh
16. Prince Jindal (Minimization 1st Jan., 2009 Parag Nijhawan 15th July, 2009
of hamming distance in FIR
filters by using steepest
descent method &
evolutionary programming)

17. Ankush Dutta (Multi- 1st Jan., 2009 Parag Nijhawan 15th July, 2009
objective Optimal Power
Flow solution using PSO)

18. Supriya (Hybrid GA based 1st Jan., 2009 Parag Nijhawan 07th July, 2009
optimal power flow
solutions)

19 Sameer Kumar (Designing 1st Jan., 2008 Parag Nijhawan 11th Sept., 2008
& fabrication of micro-
controller based 120Hz earth
tester)

20. Rajdeep Kaur (Optimal 1st Jan., 2008 Parag Nijhawan 05th July, 2008
short term thermal unit
commitment using neural
network)

21. Maninder Kaur (Optimal 1st Jan., 2008 Parag Nijhawan 05th July, 2008
short term thermal unit
commitment using fuzzy
logic)

22. Madhu Garg (GA based 1st Jan., 2008 Parag Nijhawan 30th June, 2008
optimal power flow
solutions)

23. Anant Gupta (EP based 1st Jan., 2008 Parag Nijhawan 30th June, 2008
optimal power flow
solutions)

24. Sanju Bala (Optimal 1st Jan., 2008 Parag Nijhawan 30th June, 2008
allocation of series
capacitor)
12. Publications:

Publications in SCI Journal

“Comparative performance analysis of 3-phase cascaded H-bridge multilevel inverters feeding

induction furnace load”, Parag Nijhawan, Ravinder Singh Bhatia and Dinesh Kumar Jain,
Wulfenia Journal, Vol. 21(3), pp. 356-368, March 2014. (IF – 0.467, Wulfenia Austria)
“Improved Performance of Multilevel Inverter Based Dstatcom with Induction Furnace Load”,
Parag Nijhawan, Ravinder Singh Bhatia and Dinesh Kumar Jain, IET Power Electronics, Vol.
6(9), pp.1939-1947, Nov. 2013. (IF – 1.61, IET UK)

Publications in International Conference

“Role of DSTATCOM in a power system network with induction furnace load”, Parag
Nijhawan, R.S. Bhatia, D.K. Jain, IEEE 5th Power India Conference, Dec. 19-22, 2012, DCRUST
Muruthal.

“A review on the role of converter-based facts devices in distribution system”, International

Conference on Deregulated Environment and Energy Markets (DEEM 2011), July 22 - 23, 2011,
Chitkara Institute of Engg. & Tech. Rajpura.

“Limits on geometrical parmeters used in formulae of IEEE Standard 80-1986 and variants
thereof”, H.R.Seedher, J.K.Arora, Parag Nijhawan, 5 th Interrnational R&D conference, 15th – 18th
Feb., 2005, Central Board of Irrigation & Power Bangalore.

Papers in National Conferences

“Performance Analysis of Multipulse Converters in a Distribution Network”, Parag Nijhawan,

Aayushee Shokhand, Integrated Computational Techniques in Electrical Engineering (ICTEE-
2014), 18-19 Jan., 2014, Thapar University, Patiala.

“Performance Analysis of Different Control Methods of Z-Source Inverter Feeding Static

Loads”, Parag Nijhawan, Preeti, Integrated Computational Techniques in Electrical Engineering
(ICTEE-2014), 18-19 Jan., 2014, Thapar University, Patiala.
“ANN based Hydro-Thermal scheduling”, Parag Nijhawan, Rajdeep Kaur, APSEM, 1 st – 2nd
March, 2008, Chitkara Institute of Engg. & Tech. Rajpura.

“Fuzzy logic based Hydro-Thermal scheduling”, Parag Nijhawan, Maninder Kaur, APSEM, 1 st –
2nd March, 2008, Chitkara Institute of Engg. & Tech. Rajpura.

“LP based optimal power flow”, Parag Nijhawan, Sanju Bala, APSEM, 1 st – 2nd March, 2008,
Chitkara Institute of Engg. & Tech. Rajpura.

“GA based optimal power flow”, Parag Nijhawan, Madhu Garg, APSEM, 1 st – 2nd March, 2008,
Chitkara Institute of Engg. & Tech. Rajpura.

“EP based optimal power flow”, Parag Nijhawan, Anant Gupta, APSEM, 1 st – 2nd March, 2008,
Chitkara Institute of Engg. & Tech. Rajpura.
“Data reduction techniques in power quality instrumentation”, Parag Nijhawan, Prikshit Bhanot,
PEPEM’05, 28th – 29th Jan., 2005, Thapar Institute of Engg. & Tech. Patiala.

“Design & simulation of active filter”, Lalit Kumar, Anil Batta, Yogesh K. Chauhan, Parag
Nijhawan, PEPEM’05, 28th – 29th Jan., 2005, Thapar Institute of Engg. & Tech. Patiala.

“Power quality scenario: An overview for semiconductor industry”, Surbhi Gupta, Mahima
Aggarwal, Sanjay K. Jain, Parag Nijhawan, PEPEM’05, 28 th – 29th Jan., 2005, Thapar Institute of
Engg. & Tech. Patiala.

“Trends in testing and maintenance of substation equipments”, Gujinder Singh, Padam Sharma,
Parag Nijhawan, PEPEM’05, 28th – 29th Jan., 2005, Thapar Institute of Engg. & Tech. Patiala.

“Power Flow control using FACTS”, Parag Nijhawan, Sanjay K. Jain, PEPEM’05, 28 th – 29th
Jan., 2005, Thapar Institute of Engg. & Tech. Patiala.

13. Extra Responsibilities/Administrative Experience

Post held Organization Period

From To

Co-ordinator of Sri Sukhmani Institute of June, 2001 10th Sept., 2001

Electrical Engg. Deptt. Engg. & Tech., Derabassi

Transport Incharge Sri Sukhmani Institute of April, 2001 10th Sept., 2001
Engg. & Tech., Derabassi

IAP co-ordinator - EE Thapar University, Patiala July, 2002 Nov., 2007

Time-table incharge Thapar University, Patiala May, 2006 May, 2008

Time-Table Incharge Thapar University, Patiala May, 2006 May, 2009

Academic Co-ordinator Thapar University, Patiala May, 2006 Till date

Lab Incharge – HV Lab Thapar University, Patiala July, 2002 May, 2008

Lab Incharge – EMC2 Thapar University, Patiala May, 2008 May, 2011
Lab

Lab Incharge – PSS Lab Thapar University, Patiala May, 2011 Till date

Departmental Library Thapar University, Patiala Aug., 2008 May 2011

Incharge

NSS Programme Officer Thapar University, Patiala Aug., 2002 Aug., 2005

Summer Training Co- Thapar University, Patiala July, 2002 March, 2005
ordinator –EE

Member of CILP Thapar University, Patiala July, 2006 June 2010

 Member of Placement Thapar University, Patiala July, 2006 June 2012
Council

NSS Programme Officer Thapar University, Patiala Aug., 2010 May 2013

NSS Programme Co- Thapar University, Patiala May, 2013 Till date
ordinator

Project Co-ordinator for Thapar University, Patiala Nov., 2010 June 2012
B.Tech. EE Distance
Education students

Co-Chairman, Time- Thapar University, Patiala May, 2011 Till date

Table Committee

Media Co-ordinator Thapar University, Patiala Dec. 2013 Till date

14. Hobbies:

Music, Watching Movies, Playing Cricket

(Parag Nijhawan)