Team Member
Researchers and scholars contributing to CMET's mission and impact.
Research Scholars & Team Members
Microgrid Planning
Operational planning frameworks for active and reactive power management for grid-connected microgrids.
Research area: Power system management, grid-connected microgrid, operational planning, distributed energy resources integration, BESS and solar
Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT), Bhopal
Email: naureen239@gmail.com
Transmission Planning
Determination of headroom in transmission network.
Research area: Power system management, grid-connected microgrid, operational planning, distributed energy resources integration, BESS and solar
Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT), Bhopal
Email: swapnilkumarsahu11@gmail.com
Transmission Planning
M.Tech, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal (2020)
Research area: Power system networking using PSSE, EV converter design, Electric drives, microgrid control algorithm
Email: rahulsoni.vn06@gmail.com
Distribution system planning
M.Tech, RGPV (2024)
Research area: Distribution system planning (loss estimation) and renewable energy integration, power system modelling, data-driven decision-making
Email: reehachouhan17@gmail.com
Distribution System Planning
B.Tech, RGPV (2023)
M.Tech (Integrated Power Systems), Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal (Ongoing, expected June 2026)
Research area: Microgrid operation, smart-grid analysis, hosting capacity assessment, distribution grid controlling from inverter, demand response and cyber security
Email: mantashaalam2@gmail.com
Power System restoration
PhD (Optimal Service Restoration in Radial Distribution Systems employing Renewable Distributed Generators)
Research area: Power System restoration, Renewable Distributed Generators, Microgrid, Planning and optimization of power systems
Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT), Bhopal
Email: shwetamehroliya12@gmail.com
Microgrid Protection
Ph.D. (Design and analysis of protection technique for microgrid)
Research area: Power system protection, renewable integration, microgrid planning
Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT), Bhopal
Email: gautamyadav542@gmail.com
Advisory Board
The Centre for Mission on Energy Transition (CMET) is envisioned as a high-impact institutional platform combining policy, modelling, and implementation expertise. The Advisory Board of CMET brings together leading experts from academia, industry, utilities, and regulatory institutions to ensure that CMET's work remains technically robust, policy-relevant, and aligned with emerging sectoral needs.
Shri Upendra Tripathy
Advisory Member
First and founding Director General of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) and former Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Government of India.
Shri S. Vijay Iyer
Advisory Member, International Clean Energy Transition
Former Vice President, Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), World Bank Group. Former Global Director, Energy Policy and Practice, World Bank.
Shri Manu Srivastava
Advisory Member (Technical & Strategy)
A nationally recognized renewable energy leader with a proven record of designing and implementing large-scale RE projects, and prior involvement in Madhya Pradesh.
Dr. Karunesh Kumar Shukla
Institutional Member
Director, MANIT Bhopal — Ex-officio Member
Dr. Amit Kumar Singh Parihar
Advisory Member (Policy and Planning)
Lead, Strategic Insight Units, Energiva Ventures
Shri Sushil Kumar Soonee
Advisory Member (System Operations & Market Design)
Former and founding CEO of POSOCO (now Grid-India) with four decades of experience in power system operations, commercial and regulatory affairs, and market development.
Dr. Tripta Thakur
Advisory Member (Capacity Building & Institutional Strengthening)
Vice Chancellor, Uttarakhand Technical University
Dr. Amol Phadke
Advisory Member (IRP, RE Planning and Procurement strategies)
Adjunct Associate Professor, University of California, Berkeley. Faculty Director India Energy and Climate Center
Dr. Nikit Abhyankar
Advisory Member (IRP, RE Planning and Procurement strategies)
Co-Faculty Director, India Energy & Climate Centre Associate Adjunct Professor, Goldman School of Public Policy (GSPP), UC Berkeley
Dr. Ranjit Deshmukh
Advisory Member (IRP, Energy Systems, Economics, and Policies)
Associate Professor, Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California, Santa Barbara
Prof. Zakir Hussain Rather
Advisory Member (System operation and planning, Demand response, grid storage)
Department of Energy Science and Engineering, IIT Bombay Powai