Specialization

Microgrid Protection

Email

manjeet.singh1@thapar.edu

Biography

Manjeet Singh is currently working as an Assistant Professor – Research in the Department of Electrical and Instrumentation Engineering at Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala, Punjab Campus since 12^th December 2024. Before joining TIET Patiala as a research faculty, he worked with Chandigarh University, Gharuan as an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering from September 2021 to December 2024. He also worked as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering from June 2011 to August 2015 at Sharda University, Gr. Noida. He had presented papers in renowned conference IET-DPSP 2022-24  

Education

1. Ph.D. in Mircogrid Protection from /Institute / in 2021
2. M. Tech in Power System & Electric Drives from /Thapar University/ in 2011
3. B.E. in Electrical Engineering from /GZSCET Bathinda - PTU/ in 2009

Experience

      Academic Experience: 10 years

1. From September 2021 - December 2024: Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering,  Chandigarh University
2. From July 2017 - June 2020: Teaching Associate, Electrical & Instrumentation Engineering Department,  T.I.E.T. Patiala
3. From June 2011 – July 2015: Assistant Professor, Electrical & Electronics Engineering Department, Sharda University Gr. Noida

Teaching Interests:

1. Power System Protection
2. Basic Electrical Engineering
3. Battery Storage Systems

Research Interest:

1. Battery Management Systems
2. Adaptive Protection in Smartgrid

Publications:

Article

1. Singh, Manjeet, and Basak, Prasenjit “Adaptive protection methodology in microgrid for fault location and nature detection using q0 components of fault current”, IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution, 2018, 13, (6), pp. 760-769 , ISSN 1751-8695. (Impact Factor = 2)
2. Singh, Manjeet, and Basak, Prasenjit “Identification and nature detection of series and shunt faults in a type I, III and IV wind turbine and PV integrated hybrid microgrid with fuzzy logic based adaptive protection scheme”, IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution, 2020. 2020, 14, (22), pp. 4989-4999 ISSN 1751-8695. (Impact Factor = 2)
3. Singh, Manjeet, “A q component-based adaptive protection coordination optimisation using overcurrent relays in coordination with fuses for hybrid microgrid”, IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution, 2021, 15(14), 2061-2074, ISSN 1751-8695. (Impact Factor = 2)
4. Singh, Manjeet, & Basak, Prasenjit, “Q and frequency component-based fault and nature detection for hybrid microgrid”. Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks, 2021, 28, 100552. ISSN 2352-4677. (Impact Factor = 4.8)

Conferences (International/National):

1. Singh, Manjeet, and Basak, Prasenjit: ‘Conceptualization of adaptive relaying in protection of hybrid microgrid through analysis of open and short circuit faults based on q0 components of fault current’, IET Conference on Developments in Power System Protection Conference (DPSP), Liverpool, UK, March 2020
2. Singh, Manjeet and Singh Kulbir: ‘Adaptive protection of microgrid through abrupt change analysis and fractional fourier transform’ IET Conference on Developments in Power System Protection Conference (DPSP), New Castle, UK, March 2022

3. Kaushik, P. and Singh, M."Analysis and Evaluation Characteristics for Li-ion battery with impacts of ambient temperature on Pure Electric Vehicle," 2023 International Conference on Future Energy Solutions (FES), Vaasa, Finland, June 2023
4. Kumari, N. and Singh, M."Controlling Grid-Connected PV Array with P&O MPPT," 2024 IEEE 4th International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Future Electric Transportation (SEFET), Hyderabad, India, July 2024.

1. Singh, Manjeet, Kaur, Satripleen and Basak, Prasenjit: ‘An approach to adaptive protection scheme for a PV generator based microgrid’, IEEE, 4th International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Technologies (SpliTech), Split, Croatia, June 2019

Patent

1. Singh, Manjeet, Nijhawan, Parag, Ganguli, Souvik, Karelia, Nirav, Amir, Mohammad, “A new method for adaptive overcurrent protection for detection of series-shunt faults for low X/R distributed generators using d-components”, Australia,  Patent No. 2021101318, Granted, 2021
2. Singh, Manjeet, Ganguli, Souvik; Karelia, Nirav; Nijhawan, Parag; “A method to analyze the fault current behavior in terms of d0 components for different modes of operation for low x/r ratio based microgrid”, Australia, Patent No. 2021101585, Granted, 2021
3. Singh, Manjeet, Ganguli, Souvik; Nijhawan, Parag; Karelia, Nirav; Singh, Arashdeep , “A system and a method for detection and identification of series-shunt faults”, Australia, Patent No. 2021101587, Granted, 2021

Sponsored Project

1. "Voltage imbalance in Battery" Supervised by Kulbir Singh and Manjeet Singh recieved Grant of  INR “75000” By Punjab State Council for Science & Technology, Ref. No. PSCST/3350, for the year “2025-26”.

Achievement, Awards and Recognitions

1. Received Best Teacher Award, 2014 - Sharda University
2. Received Value Ambassador, 2024 – Chandigarh University

Message to Students & Community

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