Research

Research Focus of the Smart Grid Research and Innovation (SGRI) group at IIT Palakkad: 

1.  Energy management system (EMS) of the Future:  Leverage data for real-time grid operations and asset management

2. Impact of renewable energy integration on power grid control, and protection

Book chapter Publications: 

1. Gayathri K, Arup Anshuman, Manas Kumar Jena, Chapter 7 - RoCoF-based Inertia Estimation and Protection Philosophies, Editor(s): [Farhad Shahnia, Yilu Liu, Paolo, Attilio Pegoraro], Power System Inertia, Strength, and ROCOF Book , Springer-Nature, 2026. 

International Journal Publications:

1.  T. K K and M. Kumar Jena, "Unveiling Transmission Line Vulnerabilities to Power Swing With Higher-Order Dynamic Mode Decomposition," in IEEE Access, vol. 13, pp. 194940-194957, 2025, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3631507.

2.  K, Gayathri and Jena, Manas Kumar. "Data mining based transient stability prediction for power system integrated with varying levels of renewable penetration" International Journal of Emerging Electric Power Systems. https://doi.org/10.1515/ijeeps-2025-0077
   
   

3. K. K. Thoufeer and M. Kumar Jena, "Data Driven Inertia Distribution Index Monitoring Using Dynamic Mode Decomposition," in IEEE Access, vol. 13, pp. 119335-119347, 2025, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3587346.
   
   

4. P. Shaw and M. K. Jena, "A Novel Event Detection and Classification Scheme Using Wide-Area Frequency Measurements," in IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 2320-2330, May 2021, doi: 10.1109/TSG.2020.3039274.

Completed Projects:

Design and Development of a Software Solution for Enhanced Monitoring of Future Power System with High Renewable and Power Electronics Penetration" (Dec 2021-Dec 2023)- Funded by SERB,India

Ongoing Projects:

[1] "Study of inertia distribution and its impact on ROCOF relay using regional grid model of India"—Funded by Toshiba Software Pvt. Ltd., India. (Nov 2025-Mar 2027)

[2] "Design and development of a reliable power swing detection scheme for inverter based resource integrated transmission system"- Funded by ANRF-ARG (March 2026-March 2029)

Sponsored Projects:

Sensor-integrated AI Systems for Optimal Monitoring and Control of Energy Assets - incorporates IoT based sensors, cloud storage and an AI enabled system for effective management, fault detection of not just energy installations but also of an integrated power distribution system. The pilot work is being implemented on use-cases such as combustion systems, electrolyser etc. for research laboratories involved in Energy research