About

I currently hold the position of an Assistant Professor at the School of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Washinton State University.

Experience

Postdoctoral researcher, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Tech, USA (supervisor: Prof. Daniel Molzahn).
Postdoctoral researcher, DESL, EPFL, Switzerland (supervisor: Prof. Mario Paolone).

Education

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology – EPFL, Switzerland (Jan 2023) Thesis link (Supervisors: Prof. Mario Paolone, Prof. Fabrizio Sossan)
M.Sc., Electrical Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology – EPFL, Switzerland (July 2018)
B.Tech., Electrical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India (July 2014)

My research revolves around the domain of “Control and Optimization of Active Distribution Networks in the Presence of Uncertainties.” My primary objective is to devise methodologies that enable distribution grids to operate safely in the face of stochastic renewable energy sources. The key research themes can be found here

Current Openings

My group has opening of two Ph.D. students starting this Fall (August, 2025). If you are interested in joining my group, please send me your CV, Transcript and a short pargraph stating your motivation.

News

July 2025: Paper titled “Improving Fairness in Photovoltaic Curtailment via Feedback-Driven Daily Topology Reconfiguration in Power Distribution Networks” accepted for publication in Applied Energy.
May 2025: Paper titled “A Bayesian Hierarchical Model for Generating Synthetic Unbalanced Power Distribution Grids” accepted for presentation at the 16th IEEE PowerTech 2025, Kiel, Germany.
May 2025: Paper titled “Analysis of Fairness-promoting Optimization Schemes of Photovoltaic Curtailments for Voltage Regulation in Power Distribution Networks” accepted for presentation at the 16th IEEE PowerTech 2025, Kiel, Germany.
May 2025: Paper titled “AC-OPF-based Joint Optimal Sizing and Siting of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations and Photovoltaic Plants in Coupled Traffic-Power Networks” accepted for presentation at the 16th IEEE PowerTech 2025, Kiel, Germany.
April 2025: Paper titled “Optimizing Battery and Line Undergrounding Investments for Transmission Systems under Wildfire Risk Scenarios: A Benders Decomposition Approach” accepted at 12th Bulk Power System Dynamics and Control Symposium IREP’2025, Sorrento, Italy.
April 2025: Paper titled “Forecast-Aided State Estimation in Unbalanced Distribution Networks Using Smart Meter Data under Limited Communication Bandwidth” accepted at 12th Bulk Power System Dynamics and Control Symposium IREP’2025, Sorrento, Italy.
March 2025: Paper titled “Optimizing Phase Allocation in Unbalanced Power Distribution Networks using a Linearized DistFlow Formulation” accepted at the 2025 IEEE PES General Meeting, Austin, TX, USA.
Febuary 2025: Article titled “Learning Power Flow Models and Constraints From Time-Synchronized Measurements: A Review” published in the Proceedings of the IEEE.
January 2025: Gave a talk on Dispatching Active Distribution Networks by Using Distributed Energy Resources at AGI SP25 Power Seminar Series Recording.
January 2025: Began teaching EE-485: Electric Energy Distribution Systems at Washington State University (WSU).
January 2025: Joined the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) department at WSU as a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor.
December 2024: Published the paper “Grid-aware Scheduling and Control of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations for Dispatching Active Distribution Networks: Theory and Experimental Validation” in IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid.
October 2024: Delivered an invited seminar at INFORMS 2024, Seattle.
May 2024: Participated in an invited panel session at the SGSMA Conference 2024, Washington.

Honors and Awards