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Dr. Saurav Pramanik, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Department of Electrical Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur

West Bengal, India – 721302

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Publications

Publication Summary

9
IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery
1
IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation & Measurement
1
IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications
2
IET Electric Power Applications
2
Electric Power Systems Research
10
International Conferences
5
Reports (International + ABB)
2
Indian Patents Filed
34
Total Publications

Journal Publications

  1. Saravanan Venkatesh, Amit Kumar, Saurav Pramanik , Sanjay Vijayaraghavan, Krishnendu Saha, Anandaroop Bhattacharya, "Cooling Enhancement Through DC Ionic Wind Under Natural Convection Sensitivity To Electrode Spacing And Orientation” Heat Transfer Research, Vol. 56, Issue. 16, May, 2025, pp. 1-14.
  2. Tirlingi Madhava Rao, Saurav Pramanik, S. Mitra, "On Analytical Estimation of Inductances in Equivalent Ladder Network Model of a Homogeneous Transformer Winding Using FRA Data" , IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, Vol. 40, No. 1, Feb. 2025, pp. 472-483.
  3. Sourav Mitra and Saurav Pramanik, “Parametric Evaluation for Comprehensive Fault Analysis in an Isolated HV-LV Winding Assembly Using Composite Frequency Response” IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, Vol. 40, No. 1, Feb. 2025, pp. 353-364.
  4. Tirlingi Madhava Rao, Sourav Mitra, and Saurav Pramanik, “A novel estimation methodology for multi-resonance equivalent inductance of transformer winding for inter-turn short-circuit fault detection” Electric Power Systems Research, Volume 231, June 2024, 110359.
  5. Sourav Mitra and Saurav Pramanik, “Parametric Evaluation to Determine Type and Severity of Mechanical Fault in Transformer Winding Using Frequency Response Measurement” IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol. 73, March 2024, pp. 1-13, Art no. 3518913
  6. Saurav Pramanik, Aravind Ganesh, and V. S. B. Chaitanya Duvvury, “Double-End Excitation of a Single Isolated Transformer Winding: An Improved Frequency Response Analysis for Fault Detection” IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, Vol. 37, No. 1, Feb. 2022, pp. 619-626.
  7. V. S. B. Chaitanya Duvvury and Saurav Pramanik, “An Attempt to Identify the Faulty Phase in Three-Phase Transformer Windings Using an Advanced FRA Measurement Technique” IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, Vol. 36, No. 5, Oct. 2021, pp. 3162-3171.
  8. Saravanan Venkatesh, Amit Kumar, Anandaroop Bhattacharya, Saurav Pramanik, “Ionic wind review-2020: advancement and application in thermal management”, Sādhanā, Vol. 46, Article No. 165, Aug. 2021, pp. 1-27
  9. Saurav Pramanik, V. S. B. Chaitanya Duvvury, and Subrat Sahoo, “Tank Current Measurement of Three-Phase Transformer: Its Resonance Behavior and Sensitivity to Detect Mechanical Faults”, IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, Vol. 34, No. 6, Dec. 2019, pp. 2211-2218.
  10. Paul R., Guttapalli N., Mandal S., Kishore N. K., Saurav Pramanik, “An Experimental study of the Electrohydrody namic characteristics of Sedimenting Drops under Uniform Alternating Electric Fields”, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, Vol. 53, No. 6, Nov-Dec. 2017, pp. 5838-5844.
  11. Saurav Pramanik, "Resonance Behavior and Sensitivity to Detect Mechanical Change in Transformer Winding: Shunt Current versus Neutral Current", IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, Vol. 30, No. 5, Oct. 2015, pp. 2276-2283.
  12. Saurav Pramanik and L. Satish, "A Critical Review of the Definition of FRA Resonance Frequency of Transformers as per IEEE Std C57.149-2012", Electric Power Systems Research, Vol. 121, 2015, pp. 52-57.
  13. Saurav Pramanik and L. Satish, "Time-Domain Approach to estimate series capacitance of an Isolated Phase Winding of a Transformer", IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, Vol. 29, No. 4, Aug. 2014, pp. 1939-1945.
  14. Saurav Pramanik and L. Satish, "Estimation of Series Capacitance for a Three-Phase Transformer Winding From Its Measured Frequency Response", IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, Vol. 28, No. 4, Oct. 2013, pp. 2437-2444.
  15. Saurav Pramanik, Sana Anees and L. Satish, "Interleaved Winding and Suppression of Natural Frequencies", IET Electric Power Applications, Vol. 7, Issue 4, April 2013, pp. 237-244.
  16. Saurav Pramanik and L. Satish, "Estimation of Series Capacitance of a Transformer Winding Based on Frequency-Response Data: An Indirect Measurement Approach", IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, Vol. 26, No. 4, Oct 2011, pp. 2870-2878.
  17. Saurav Pramanik and L. Satish, "Localization of Discrete Change in a Transformer Winding: A Network-Function-Loci Approach", IET Electric Power Applications, Vol. 5, Issue 6, 2011, pp. 540-548.

Conference Publications

  1. Sourav Mitra and Saurav Pramanik, "Multi-Winding Inductive-Fault Detection in Star-Connected Transformer Windings Using Frequency Response Analysis", 24th International Symposium on High Voltage Engineering 2025, Karuizawa, Japan, Aug. 2025, pp. 1-6.
  2. Tirlingi Madhava Rao and Saurav Pramanik, "A Novel Frequency Response Analysis for Faulty Phase Identification in Star-Connected HV Windings: An Experimental Study", IEEE CATCON 2024, Jadavpur University, India, Nov. 2024, pp. 1-6.
  3. T. M. Rao, S. Mitra and Saurav Pramanik, "An Improved Method for Identification of Mechanical Damage in an Isolated Transformer Winding Using FRA", IEEE CATCON 2022, Durgapur, India, Dec. 2022, pp. 268-272.
  4. Saurav Pramanik, V. S. B. Chaitanya Duvvury, and Subrat Sahoo, "Tank Current Measurement of Three-Phase Transformer: Its Resonance Behavior and Sensitivity to Detect Mechanical Faults", IEEE PES GENERAL MEETING, Montreal, QC, Canada, Aug. 2020 1-1
  5. Saurav Pramanik, Aravind Ganesh, "Double-End Excitation of Transformer Winding Model for Improved Frequency Response Analysis", 21st International Symposium on High Voltage Engineering, ISH 2019,, Budapest, Hungary, Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 598. Springer, Cham. pp. 594-605.
  6. V.S.B.C. Duvvury, Saurav Pramanik, "Terminal Configuration and Sensitivity Analysis of Tank Current Measurement for FRA Diagnostics of Three-Phase Transformer Winding Model", 21st International Symposium on High Voltage Engineering, ISH 2019,, Budapest, Hungary, Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 598. Springer, Cham. pp. 724-737.
  7. Rajorshi Paul, G N Kumar, Shubhadeep Mandal, N K Kishore, Saurav Pramanik, Suman Chakraborty, "Experimental Investigation on the Electrodynamic Motion and Shape Deformation of a Sedimenting Drop under Uniform Alternating Electric Field", Proc. 2016 Electrostatics Joint Conference, Electrostatics Society of America,, June 13-18, 2016, Purdue University.
  8. Saurav Pramanik, and L. Satish, "Enhancing Physical Resolution of Constructed Ladder Network for an Interleaved winding", IEEE 1st International Conference on Condition Assessment Techniques in Electrical Systems, IEEE CATCON 2013,, Kolkata, India, Dec. 2013, pp. 60-65.
  9. Saurav Pramanik, and L. Satish, "Physical Representation of a Transformer Winding by a Coupled Ladder Network Constructed From its Measured Frequency Response", 18th International Symposium on High Voltage Engineering 2013,, Seoul, Korea, Aug. 2013, PF-39, pp. 2130-2135.
  10. Saurav Pramanik, and L. Satish, "Estimating Series Capacitance from Measured FRA- Single Isolated and 3-Ф Transformer Winding results", 18th International Symposium on High Voltage Engineering 2013,, Seoul, Korea, Aug. 2013, OF2-05, pp. 1782-1787.

Patents Filed

  • Tirlingi Madhava Rao, V. S. B. Chaitanya Duvvury, Sourav Mitra, Saurav Pramanik, "Advancing Reference-Free Fault Detection in Three-Phase Transformer using Innovative Line and Tank Current Measurements", Indian patent, application number 202431073909,filed on 26.09.2025
  • Sourav Mitra and Saurav Pramanik, "Advanced Method For Multi-Winding Fault Detection With Disk-Space Variation and Inter-Turn Shorting In YNyn Transformer Using Composite Frequency Response", Indian patent, application number 202531006694 A, filed on 27.01.2025; Early Publication Date: 27.02.2026

Patent under Construction

  • Azim Sohail, Raj Kishore Laguri, Sourav Mitra, Saurav Pramanik, “Development of FRAMAT: A MATLAB-Based Application for Fully Automated Frequency Response Measurement of Transformer Tank Current” (under preparation),

    (Note: Transformer tank current, recently identified as a very sensitive FRA measurement for fault detection, cannot be measured by any commercial FRA instruments.)

International Reports

  • L. Satish and Saurav Pramanik, Technical Advice on "Fundamental understanding of the resonance behaviour of inductively coupled ladder network circuits", submitted to Doble Engineering Company, USA, March 2011, pp. 1-6.
  • L. Satish and Saurav Pramanik, Technical Advice on "An Attempt to Offer Physical Insight to Explain Changes in Frequency Response Corresponding to Changes in Non-tested Winding Interconnections", submitted to Doble Engineering Company, USA, Sept 2012, pp.1-10.
  • L. Satish and Saurav Pramanik, Technical Advice to Prof. Ryszard Malewski (Consultant), Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on "Behavioural aspects of mutually coupled ladder networks with respect to transadmittance modulus and phase frequency characteristic to interpret frequency response measurements taken on a large transformer that failed the test", August 2008, pp. 1-9.