Good day, Bibhudatta Mishra. I'm Arjun. I've had a look through your background and your professional record. I'm interested in hearing more about your work and how you see yourself fitting in here with our faculty. Ready to start?

Please start by introducing your professional journey in academia.

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Please start by introducing your professional journey in academia.

So I'm Divudata Mishra. So I completed my B.Tech from BPUT Odisha. Then I urging to my masters from VSSUT Borla, where I got an opportunity to teach the people means B.Tech students some kind of subjects and laboratory hands on with them. And after that I was into, uh, I was into working as an assistant professor in the department of electrical engineering in silicon Institute of Technology that's recruited engineering.

One for pursuing my higher study there at National Institute of Technology, Rahulkala and there I got ample of opportunities to work with different colleagues, different literature surveys and where I picked a trending topic like decentralized control strategy in parallel operating universe system. There basically they drove best virtual impedance control strategy has been developed for having the precise power sharing among different parallel operating inverter system.

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MATLAB environment, then validation of the same model SM control strategy in Opal act that is OP4510 real time simulation simulator and the last one being the prototype development for a single inverter system and has the same voltage as well as the frequency restoration purpose has already been validated. After that I I submitted my thesis over there in native Rourkela and then I currently working as a power system engineer in Open Access technology.

With speech stability analysis and the frequency restorations in the PCC side, demand side, it has also been studied. Basically, initial part of these studies goes for the modeling and the development of the model in Simulink environment.

Which is under transgender international and I am working last 1.2 years as a power system engineer where my sole responsibility is being for the analysis of the power system studies like this or circuit and like the steady state analysis which goes for the load flow analysis, contingency analysis and the transmission expansion planning of generation modeling, load modeling all these things last 1.2 years. I am being engaged in all this analysis where I got an.

Implementation of the skills and expertise that I have already been there in the PhD program, in my research program. Yeah, that's all about regarding my.

Current status in academic agility industry.

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So basically, yeah, for the basics from the starting part of when I went for the simulation part, basically I got some kind of, uh, in the new model, like it was, I think, uh, MATLAB new version. I found some kind of difficulty finding it and the blocks that needs to be, uh, used there in the particular implementation part. So basically it's taking help of the laboratory. Assistance and the senior senior people obviously guide I have come across all these things, but the real.

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Uh, our friend, uh, real problem catch by me when the implementation purpose to for the implementation purpose, you know, as it is very much difficult in simulation part I did for the PV system, but in implementation going for the 650 Volt PV input that was quite impossible for a laboratory setup for maintaining so high voltage for distilling voltage that uh again, two different parallel operation. It was 2 most difficult to pursue that how basically the Opal at the real time simulation was.

Here to follow the same to validate the SM. But for the practical implementation prototype development part going through all these, all these power circuit development and the sensor development requirement of a huge amount of sensors like for three phase as you know for valence system. So we have two number of current sensors and voltage sensors are required. So more number of sensors. So it comes for the financial. Burden and all all these things I have come across, but the important thing is that.

Finally, I just maintained with all this prototype has been developed for a single inverter system where I want didn't want go for the parallel power sharing purpose only the thing that PCC voltage maintenance technology frequency maintenance for the single inverter system has been already tested in the prototype.

Understood. You highlighted critical challenges with both simulation and practical implementation, particularly in dealing with the voltage levels, sensor requirements, and financial constraints. It's commendable that you adapted by narrowing the scope to a single inverter system for prototype testing while still achieving your frequency and voltage objectives. Now, let me ask: How do you assess the effectiveness of teaching complex theoretical concepts, such as control strategies, to engineering students?

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Yeah, so basically as I have already told, I have 5 plus years of teaching experience. So in my classroom, first of all for complex engineering controlled things and all things to be made understood by all these fellow peoples and fellow students, I try to go through the simple things, simple examples. You know for simple thing I can say when I was teaching the network theory or basic electrical engineering, as you know these are the subjects that to be taught to the first year students and. After students are fully unknown about all these things, complex laws and theorem, what this theorem means and how does it work? What is this network is and how is that network be solved? Like Thieving's theorem, Notam's theorem, how practically we handle, how practically we explain to these new peoples newcomers, so that they can easily be understood and they can never forget the things, never to remember the laws, never to memorize the laws better to understand what exactly the laws means that theorem means and how practical implementation of that partic. Uh, place. And that's what I always try to make them understand. Even if a problem is being solved in front of them, it's practical implementation. How practically the a complex network be simplified to the some extent, like if for calculation of the, uh, equivalent resistance, how far and how complex that network might be, but how easily it is simplified to a smaller network. And the equivalent resistance can be calculated starting from the calculation of the equivalent resistance going through the. Let's network solving like how how much current is flowing through the particular path, particular branch and what is the particular voltage, revenue voltage across any kind of any terminals. Those things can match easily be explained in my teaching process as far as I have already come across through various community of students. Then in first year also coming from the second year, third year the depth of the level of teaching and the.

How do you assess whether your teaching of complex theoretical concepts, like control strategies, is effective for engineering students?

Standard of explanation goes on a little deeper so that these people can also catch up with things as per their standards. As for their growth, that's what I just follow.

Thank you, Professor Mishra, for elaborating on your teaching methodology. It's evident that you emphasize conceptual clarity and practical relevance to engage students at different stages of their academic growth. Simplifying complex topics using real-world examples is a strong approach. Building on this, how do you guide students working on multidisciplinary projects or research topics that require both theoretical knowledge and practical skills?

Yeah, already I have worked on all these things interdisciplinary like as I belong to electrical engineering, still some kind of knowledge is being required for my project implementation purpose like semiconductor design and all all these things little needs the knowledge of the electronics and the ground also. So I took help of some of the colleagues that in NIT Rahulkala for the initial part for understanding the things in a better way, hurting the concept from them and going.

Through the theoretical knowledge on the way so that it can be helpful for me for to implement the in my in particularly helpful for this project to implementation and all. So also some kind of you know the sub means sub computing all these algorithms and all these things which was for optimization purpose. All these topics are also being required which is belongs to basically for the computer science students still who I wanted to learn all these things so that it can easily be.

Implemented in my projects like in my project. Sorry basically for optimizing the.

Virtual impedance for getting the optimized value of virtual impedance value, how far the soft computing technology works and it meets the depth deeper and depth knowledge of application purpose of this whether any kind of genetic algorithm or GA or any kind of optimization techniques and I have come across two or three.

Optimization techniques, uh, how basically how it is implemented to optimize some kind of parameter there in uh, in, in any required project and all. And I have come across all this in interdisciplinary like CS Hampton science, electronic departmental courses, theoretically application purpose.

Thank you for sharing your experience, Professor Mishra. It’s clear that you actively sought out interdisciplinary collaboration and self-learning to enhance both the theoretical and practical aspects of your work. This reflects a commendable trait of adaptability and initiative in guiding multi-disciplinary projects. Could you now describe your experience in publishing research papers in reputed journals? Specifically, how do you ensure their quality and relevance to high-impact audiences?

Show my for my first paper which is published in high impact journal that is ISA translate here it is having six point something impact factor. So for that initial phase of the submission, I was so much nervous whether it can be published or not. But after going through the relevance in such papers how these papers are being published in the particular. Journal. So going through its practical implementation and the result oriented and the purely.

X-Men novelty any kind of the novel can clear and visionary novelty should be there in this particular journal. So I went through particular perspective of going through any kind of novelty in the work, as well as some kind of which result that reflects the true true difference from the previous work, any kind of.

Commentable all these things I have already taken care of that's why I just thanks for that. It has also been published with a good citation also till that it has got the citation of 21 or 22 and the second paper also going through all these procedure and all I also got this paper also got published there in IJCT that Willi publication because also good number of citations that has been carried out till that I believe if you have your work is having some. Kind of novelty and some kind of proposed theories which can be explained and new beginner can also get to know the paper. How does the paperwork and what is the speciality of the paper. And it has some kind of resource that reflects the uniqueness from the previous work and from the some kind of newness that has already been not already been published earlier and it it can surely be published there in a good and impactful.

Novel or proposed work that should be emphasized, that should be so much.

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You are so basically what time is the laboratory setup is there. I believe whenever there should be a good collaboration of these labs and some kind of courses, industry oriented programs that will truly be inspiring and that should truly be beneficial for the students. As I believe I was into academic for four to five years still I just switched to right now, I have switched to this industry only to know the 33 practical implementation, how these people and how these industrialist industry professionals are getting so much. So means so much of recommendations from all these things. So I believe they are practically using the softwares which are fully needed there in our academia like the PSSC PS card. All the software should be used. We are using MATLAB, Simulink, all of these academics, academics using all these PSSE, not actually PS that is they're using metal of Simulink, but I believe some advanced softwares like PSSEC PS card. Digital and all these industry oriented. Should be implemented, at least one lab should be there conducted in any of the power system or power electronics like the wind solar PV design and or wind energy system, WCS design. All these things. Actually one software should be there used in any of the laboratory so that people can get proficiency in that. So that if they're opting for the industry after their completion or being hired by any kind of industries that uses all these new and trending softwares, they will be compatible. Enough to get through it that I believe so I I can recommend all these laboratory should have equipped with all any kind of one of the softwares that is trending and that is user friendly there in industry that should be much more beneficial for our students for our. Usual As for our faculty members also they can be acquainted with all these industrial Internet and can we can conduct the programs near future with the industry people so that they can come and they can share their experiences, they can share their all these newly trending softwares and also that.

Thank you, Professor Mishra. Your process of ensuring novelty, practical relevance, and clarity in your publications demonstrates a solid understanding of what contributes to impactful research. It's impressive that your work has been recognized through citations and accepted in high-impact journals. Let’s now discuss your expertise in guiding laboratory courses. Can you share your approach to teaching practical laboratory sessions effectively, especially for courses like power electronics or control systems?

Our students can also be acquainted with all these things can be updated themselves with the industry progresses and all.

Thank you, Professor Mishra. Your emphasis on integrating industry-oriented software and practices into laboratory sessions is commendable. It demonstrates a forward-thinking approach, ensuring that students develop skills relevant to their academic and professional growth. Next, could you share an experience where you guided a student project or research, and how you ensured they met their academic and technical objectives?

So when when I was working as assistant professor then in silicon, I just had eight peoples they're taking the project like automatic generation control. So for 3/2 systems. So we have two power system. So for that particularly they worked on development of, I mean they, they took, they just worked on for using the traditional signal Nicholas Best. Jiggle Nicholas best PID controller so they are the tuning of. PID controller using Ziggler traditional jiggler Nicholas waste controller which demonstrated their frequency restoration of the total system has been effectively.

Restored as well as the tile and power was made, some tile and power transaction was made zero. So for this particular work these people have already published 1 conference paper also so that has been published there in a national conference. So this I have guided this.

Eight peoples in a group for this particular work that Ziggler, Nicholas. Paste PID control design for a multi agency system.

It's great to hear about your hands-on experience in guiding student projects, especially on a technically complex topic like multi-area systems with controller design. It's impressive that your students achieved tangible outcomes, including a conference paper, under your mentorship. Your guidance clearly led to both technical learning and professional development for the students. Could you elaborate on how you evaluate and provide feedback on student performance in projects like this to ensure continuous improvement?

So I found out of eight, four people are not quite interested because they have already got placed. Still I don't just motivated them what exactly the research is, how this project can play an important role for their future career and all. So initially they had no so much interested for this. But in phase by phase, day by day, I just keep on them insisting the things how a small thing works for this project, adding on to the things literally they have got all these interest there in the project.

Finally, they also are able to publish 1 conference paper there in the same topic which which I was just adding. That is the thing. I believe that they were much more interested after the thing has already been published there. There was so much happy for this.

Thank you, Professor Mishra. Your proactive motivation and personalized guidance clearly made a difference in engaging students who initially lacked interest. Providing them with a deeper understanding of the value of their work and helping them achieve a tangible output like a conference paper is a testament to your dedication as a mentor. Let’s now proceed to verify additional skill areas. Could you explain how you have incorporated industrial experience into your teaching methodologies to provide students with a realistic perspective?

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Show people in B.Tech and Amtech also they are fully ignorant about the things what contingency analysis is they're not practically they're just they're faring like low flow analysis and the practical implementation of this load flow analysis and all, but when they're coming to the software only what exactly load flow analysis, what is a PNOT analysis, What is AP1 analysis, what is P1 to P7 contingencies? All these contingencies whenever there is not a line loss or however there is a not a transparent loss or a. Mission loss. So they believe that there is no contingency. So for that particular case, how it is how the total system is being impacted when there is a P1 contingency like what whether a generator is being out of service or a transmission line is out of service, how exactly how severity there in the loading increases whether it is a flow constraint or whether it is a world constraint there occurred by the system that has already been noticed in practically while using that PSSE software, but theoretically when it is.

Yes, Professor Mishra. Could you explain how your industrial experience has influenced your teaching methodologies to provide students with a practical and realistic perspective?

Yeah, actually.

Being studied people or the students might not getting into their deeper sense. I believe whenever the particular theoretical thing being implemented means P not let P not analysis isn't taught there in theoretical and when exactly it comes for the implementation using PSSC, how it becomes how the line is being impacted, the generator is being impacted or the transmission line is being impacted. All these things can easily be understood be compared with the theoretical aspects.

Thank you, Professor Mishra. Your detailed explanation highlights the value of blending theoretical knowledge with industry-relevant software tools like PSS/E to help students grasp practical applications. This integrated approach undoubtedly strengthens their understanding and better equips them for real-world challenges. Lastly, could you elaborate on any experience you have in contributing to curriculum development or accreditation activities? How did you ensure that the curriculum aligned with both academic standards and industry needs?

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The Silicon Institute technology conductor, two or three FDA faculty development programs collaborated with IIT Kharagpur. So they are different academic journalists. The industry professional was also invited for that technical talks engaging all these final year students and with free placement days it will accept free placement deal for them. So these people are engaged there. It was truly a good environment for the all these acad.

Recent trends in the academic as well as the industry perspectives also many kind of coming to the co-curricular activities that I have already been involved myself. So I was the faculty in charge for the for the HTTP that is the technical events like the robotics and all technical first that has been conducted there in I was 3 in charge of that.

The industrial professionals to engage themselves with a fruitful discussion on the recent trends in.

So making the people, the the students, nearby colleges invest in a competitive environment for different competition, engaging all the tech facts and quiz competition, all these things I was in charge of and it was truly conducted in a better way. So that people are the students have already gotten much more things and in a competitive environment as because most number of nearby colleges beat colleges.

Were also being engaged there, yeah.

Thank you, Professor Mishra. It’s evident that you’ve actively contributed to both curriculum enrichment and fostering industry-academic collaboration. Your efforts to organize faculty development programs and technical events demonstrate your commitment to bridging academic learning with practical, real-world applications, and building a collaborative learning environment. Your responses provide valuable insights, and I believe we’ve covered the required areas. Is there anything you’d like to add or discuss further before we conclude?

Adjust now I'm OK for this.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Yeah, you can end it.

Thank you, Professor Mishra. Just to confirm, would you like me to officially end the interview now?