About Guwahati
Guwahati known as Pragjyotispura (Astrology City of
East) in ancient times, derives its name from Assamese
words “Guwa”, the areca nut, and “Haat”, the market.
According to an ancient legend, the demon king “Narakasura” is said to have built this city. The city has
unique scenic beauty due to its hilly and plain terrains,
wide range of flora and fauna, and the mighty Brahmaputra bisecting the city into two halves. Guwahati is
one of the fastest growing metropolises of India. The
city enjoys the cultural diversity with people from
various religions and cultures living in peace and
harmony. Some of the key attractions of Guwahati
and its neighborhood are the Kamakhya Temple
located on the top of Nilachal hill, the Shiv Temple of
Umananda located on Peacock island in the middle of
the river Brahmaputra, the Basistha Ashram at the
confluence of three streams, the Navagraha Templethe “temple of nine planets”, the Pabitora wild-life
sanctuary for the rhinos, the weaving village of
Soalkuchi and Hajo, a pilgrimage spot for Hindus,
Buddhists and Muslims. Several tourist hot spots like
Manas and the Kaziranga National Parks, Shillong hill
station and Cherrapunji, the second wettest place on
Earth, are located a few hours away from Guwahati.
The city is well connected by air, rail and road to the
rest of the country, and enjoys a very pleasant
weather in the month of December, with an average
temperature between 10-22 C.
Contact us:
Convener NPSC-2014
Depatment of Electronics & Electrical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
Guwahati - 781039
Email: npsc2014@iitg.ernet.in
Phone: +91-361-258-2528
Fax: +91-361-258-0762
http://www.iitg.ernet.in/npsc2014
Patron
G Biswas, Director, IIT Guwahati
G Barua, Ex-Director, IIT Guwahati
Chairman
18th
National Power Systems Conference
Ratnajit Bhattacharjee , Head Department of EEE, IIT Guwahati
Convener
Praveen Tripathy
Treasurer
Sisir Kumar Nayak
Technical committee:
A K Pradhan, IIT Kharagpur
A M Kulkarni, IIT Bombay
Biswarup Das, IIT Roorkee
G B Shrestha, IIT Guwahati
Joy Thomas M, IISc Bangalore
K S Swarup, IIT Madras
Krishna Vasudevan, IIT Madras
Mahesh Kumar, IIT Madras
N P Padhy, IIT Roorkee
P K Bora, IIT Guwahati
R K Panday, IIT BHU
Sivaji Chakravorti, Jadavpur University
S N Singh, IIT Kanpur
Sukumar Mishra, IIT Delhi
Somanath Majhi, IIT Guwahati
NPSC - 2014
18th - 20th December
Advisory committee:
A K Sinha, IIT Kharagpur
Anjan Bose, Washington State University, USA
Arindam Ghosh, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Bhim Singh, IIT Delhi
Chanan Singh, DLCE, Texas A&M University, USA
D Thukaram, IISc Banglore
G S Raju, Former Director, IT BHU
K R Padiyar, Emeritus Professor, IISc Banglore
Kankar Bhattacharya, University of Waterloo, Canada
M Ramamoorty, Former Director General, CPRI
Nagaraja Ramappa, Managing Director, PRDC Pvt. Ltd.
P R Bijwe, IIT Delhi
Pradeep Kumar Singha, NEEPCO, Executive Director
R N Nayak, Chairman & Managing Director, PGCIL
R P Singh, Former Chairman & Managing Director, PGCIL
S C Srivastava, IIT Kanpur
S K Soonee, Executive Director, PGCIL
S P Singh, IIT BHU
Shri Mata Prasad, Advisor, Powergrid and EMCO, India
S A Khaparde, IIT Bombay
S S (Mani) Venkata, Alstom and University of Washington, USA
Venkataramana Ajjarapu, Iowa Sate University, USA
Organized
by
Department of Electronics and Electrical
Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
Guwahati- 781039, Assam
India
About the Conference
The National Power System Conference (NPSC) is India’s
premier conference in the area of Power Systems. It is a
biennial conference providing a platform for researchers and
engineers from Academia, Industry and Utility to exchange
their knowledge, expertise and experience and deliberate on
the challenges of current and future electric power systems.
The main theme of the conference is “Towards greener,
smarter and reliable electricity systems” and will include
presentations from Industries, Utilities and R&D
organizations. The conference will feature various plenary
talks, panel discussions on Power Systems and presentations
from Industrial/Utilities/R&D organizations.
The 18th National Power System Conference, NPSC-2014 is
being hosted by the Department of Electronics and Electrical
Engineering, IIT Guwahati during December 18-20, 2014.
Conference Topics
Conference welcomes papers on the following themes.
However, papers related to other areas of electrical power not
specified in the under mentioned categories are also invited:
Smart grid
Wide area monitoring and network control
Network communication & control
Signal Processing applications in power systems
Design, development and placement of smart sensors in
power system
Next generation control centre: EMS/SCADA, state
estimation and cyber security
Storage systems for grid with uncertain resources
Grid optimization
Static and dynamic component modeling
Power system stability and control
Impact of distributed generation on security and
reliability of power systems
Challenges with integration of renewable energy
sources
Grid challenges: Planning, interconnection, operation
and control
Transmission planning under market and regulatory
uncertainty
Flexible grid planning under uncertainty
Protection, special schemes and control integration
Design of power components and systems
Intelligent monitoring of high voltage power equipment
Black-out prevention and restoration
Power system restructuring
Power system economics
Distribution system restructuring
Power electronics and drives
FACTS controllers
Power quality monitoring and mitigation
Technical Program
About IIT Guwahati
Paper presentations
Panel sessions/ plenary talks
Industries/ Utilities/R&D presentations
Tutorials
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, the sixth member
of the IIT fraternity, was established in 1994 and its
academic programs were launched in1995.
Important Dates
Paper submission opens
Last date for paper submission
Last date for notification of acceptance
Last date for final submission of paper
Start online registration
Last date for online registration
: January 15, 2014
: May 15, 2014
: September 30, 2014
: October 31, 2014
: October 15, 2014
: November 15,2014
Registration Fee
Delegates from
industries/utilities/R&D organization
: Rs 8000
Delegates from academic institutions
: Rs 5000
Student delegates
: Rs 2500
Delegates from abroad
: US $ 300
Note:
At least one author has to register online before the last date
for the final submission of a paper.
A discount of 20% will be available for online
registration of IEEE members.
Information for Authors
The authors have to submit the full paper in the IEEE double
column format, restricted to a length of six (6) pages. Last date
for paper submission: 15th May, 2014. Detailed instructions and
guidelines regarding paper submission will be made available at
the following URL: http://www.iitg.ernet.in/npsc2014
Please note that only paper electronically submitted through
the above portal will be considered for review.
Sponsorship
Financial sponsorship to the 18th NPSC-2014 are welcomed
under the following categories. Prospective sponsors are
requested
to
visit
the
conference
website
“www.iitg.ernet.in/npsc2014” to get more details about the type
of sponsorship and the associated benefits. They are also
Platinum Sponsors
Gold Sponsors
Silver Sponsors
Bronze Sponsors
: Rs 5 Lakhs
: Rs 3 Lakhs
: Rs 2 Lakhs
: Rs 1 Lakh
At present the Institute has eleven departments and three
inter-disciplinary academic centers covering all the major
disciplines in engineering, science and humanities. Within a
short period of time, IIT Guwahati has been able to build up
world class infrastructure for carrying out advanced research
and is equipped with state-of-the-art scientific and
engineering instruments. It is situated on the bank of the
majestic river Brahmaputra, spread over 700 acres, and it is
interspersed with hillocks, lakes and vast open spaces. The
Institute has a friendly and pleasant environment, which
facilitates multi-dimensional growth of the individuals in the
campus.
About EEE Department
The Department was established right at the inception of the
Institute in 1995, as the Department of Electronics and
Communication Engineering (ECE). In 2011, the department
was renamed as the Department of Electronics and Electrical
Engineering (EEE).
Currently,
the Department offers two undergraduate
programs:-`Electronics and Communication Engineering’
and ‘ Electronics and Electrical Engineering’.
The Department offers a vibrant environment for undergraduate, postgraduate education and research in Electrical and
Electronics Engineering. Faculty members along with the
research scholars are involved in various advanced
research activities. The major areas of faculty expertise
includes Power Systems, High Voltage Engineering, Electrical Machines and Drives, Power Electronics, Control
Systems, Instrumentation, Signal Processing, Speech
Signal Processing, Digital Signal Processing, Image
Processing & Computer Vision,
Communication
Systems, Computer Networks, Multimedia Security,
Radar Signal Processing, RF and Microwaves, VLSI
Systems and MEMS.
The Department is well equipped with modern laboratory facilities, which expose the students to practical
aspects of engineering problems. With a balanced
emphasis on theory and experimental work, the Department trains motivated engineers and scientists of
international caliber.