Specialization

Control Systems

Email

sahaj.saxena@thapar.edu

Biography 

Dr. Sahaj Saxena is currently working as Associate Professor in the Electrical and Instrumentation Engineering Department, Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Patiala, Punjab, India. He received the B. Tech. degree from Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology, Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh in 2010, and the M.Tech and Ph.D. degrees from the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee in 2012 and 2017, respectively. He was the Post-Doctoral Fellow with the Tel-Aviv University for a year in 2019.

Membership of Professional Institutions, Associations, Societies

IEEE, MSI

Service activities (within and outside of the institution)

• Placement Coordinator Biomedical Engineering Program.

Publications and other Research Outputs

Selected publications:  For a complete list, click  here

1. S. Kamboj, S. Saxena, and S. K. Singla, “Surrogate-based tuning of PID controllers,” Actuators, vol. 15, no. 4, Art. no. 189, 2026.
2. S. Saxena and N. Kumar, “Safe glucose regulation in artificial pancreas systems via robust control barrier functions,” Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control, early access, Dec. 2025, doi: 10.1177/01423312251405018.
3. J. Singh, V. K. Singh, D. Mondal, and S. Saxena, “Prescribed finite-time backstepping control for blood glucose regulation in type 1 diabetes,” Computers in Biology and Medicine, vol. 196, pt. B, Art. no. 110737, Sep. 2025.
4. V. Singh, D. Harursampath, S. Dhawan, M. Sahni, S. Saxena, and R. Mallick, “Physics-informed neural network for solving a one-dimensional solid mechanics problem,” Modelling, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 1532–1549, 2024.
5. P. Mehra, S. Saxena, and S. Bhullar, “A comprehensive analysis of supercapacitors and their equivalent circuits—A review,” World Electric Vehicle Journal, vol. 15, no. 8, Art. no. 332, 2024.
6. A. Balayan, R. Mallick, S. Dwivedi, S. Saxena, B. Haorongbam, and A. Sharma, “Optimal design of quadcopter chassis using generative design and lightweight materials to advance precision agriculture,” Machines, vol. 12, no. 3, Art. no. 187, 2024.
7. A. Kumar and S. Saxena, “Parameter estimation in a system of integro-differential equations with time-delay,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs, vol. 70, no. 11, pp. 4158–4160, Nov. 2023.
8. A. Ranjan, U. Mehta, and S. Saxena, “A comprehensive review of modified Internal Model Control (IMC) structures and their filters for unstable processes,” Annual Reviews in Control, vol. 56, Art. no. 100895, 2023.
9. M. Sharma, S. Prakash, and S. Saxena, “Robust load frequency control using fractional-order TID-PD approach via salp swarm algorithm,” IETE Journal of Research, vol. 69, no. 5, pp. 2710–2726, 2023.
10. M. Sharma, S. Saxena, S. Prakash, S. Dhundhara, and Y. Arya, “Frequency stabilization in sustainable energy sources integrated power systems using novel cascade noninteger fuzzy controller,” Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects, vol. 44, no. 3, pp. 6213–6235, 2022.
11. S. Saxena and Y. V. Hote, “Design of robust fractional-order controller using the Bode ideal transfer function approach in IMC paradigm,” Nonlinear Dynamics, vol. 107, pp. 983–1001, 2022.
12. S. Saxena and S. Biradar, “Fractional-order IMC controller for high-order system using reduced-order modelling via Big-Bang, Big-Crunch optimisation,” International Journal of Systems Science, vol. 53, no. 1, pp. 168–181, 2022.
13. S. Jain, Y. V. Hote, and S. Saxena, “Fractional order PID design using Big Bang–Big Crunch algorithm and order reduction: Application to load frequency control,” Electric Power Components and Systems, vol. 49, no. 6–7, pp. 624–636, 2021.
14. S. Saxena, S. Bhatia, and R. Gupta, “Cybersecurity analysis of load frequency control in power systems: A survey,” Designs, vol. 5, no. 3, Art. no. 52, 2021.
15. S. Saxena and Y. V. Hote, “Robustly stabilizing proportional integral controller for uncertain system under computational delay,” Journal of Vibration and Control, vol. 27, no. 19–20, pp. 2268–2278, 2021.
16. S. Saxena and E. Fridman, “Event-triggered load frequency control via switching approach,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 35, no. 6, pp. 4484–4494, Nov. 2020.
17. S. Jain, Y. V. Hote, and S. Saxena, “Model order reduction of commensurate fractional-order systems using Big Bang–Big Crunch algorithm,” IETE Technical Review, vol. 37, no. 5, pp. 453–464, 2020.
18. S. Bhonsle and S. Saxena, “A review on control-relevant glucose–insulin dynamics models and regulation strategies,” Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part I: Journal of Systems and Control Engineering, vol. 234, no. 5, pp. 596–608, 2020.
19. M. Sharma, S. Prakash, S. Saxena, and S. Dhundhara, “Optimal fractional-order tilted-integral-derivative controller for frequency stabilization in hybrid power system using salp swarm algorithm,” Electric Power Components and Systems, vol. 48, no. 18, pp. 1912–1931, 2020.
20. Sakshi Bhonsle and Sahaj Saxena, A review on control-relevant glucose–insulin dynamics models and regulation strategies, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part I: Journal of Systems and Control Engineering, (published online) Aug. 30, 2019.
21. Sahaj Saxena, Load frequency control strategy via fractional-order controller and reduced order modeling, International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, vol. 104, pp. 603-614, Jan. 2019.
22. Manan Mittal, Birinchi Bora, Sahaj Saxena and Anshu Mli Gaur, Performance prediction of PV module using electrical equivalent model and artificial neural network, Solar Energy, vol. 176, pp. 104-117, Oct. 2018.
23. Sandeep D. Hanwate, Yogesh V. Hote and Sahaj Saxena, Adaptive policy for load frequency control, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 33, no. 1, pp. 1142-1144, Jan. 2018.
24. S. M. Biradar, Yogesh V. Hote and Sahaj Saxena, Reduced-order modelling of linear time invariant systems using big bang big crunch optimization and time moment matching method, Applied Mathematical Modelling, vol. 40, no. 15-16, pp. 7225-7244, 2016.
25. Sahaj Saxena and Yogesh V. Hote, Load frequency control in power systems via IMC scheme and model-order reduction, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 2749-2757, Aug., 2013.
26. Sahaj Saxena and Yogesh V. Hote, Advances in internal model control technique: a review and future prospects, IETE Technical Review, vol. 29, issue 6, pp. 461-472, Dec., 2012.

Honors and Awards

1. Recipient of IETE MN Saha Memorial Award for the best application-oriented paper in 2020
2. Merit scholarship (under toppers' list) in B. Tech 1st year
3. College Topper in class 10th and 12th

Description of Research Interests

Mathematical Control Theory, Cybersecurity in Power Sytems, Artificial Pancreas, Model-order reduction

Sponsored Project

1. “Cyber Security Analysis of Artificial Pancreas Control System” " supervised by (PI/CoPI) received a Grant of amount RS 18.30 lacs by SERB for the period of Dec 2021 to Dec 2023.