Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra
Dr. Sonal
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Electronics Engg
Ph.D, M.E. , B.Tech
Contact Address
Permanent Address
Local Address Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology,Mesra Off Campus Deoghar
Phone (Office)
Phone Residence
Email Id sonal@bitmesra.ac.in
Joined Institute on : 25-Jun-2024

  Work Experience
 
Teaching : 1 Years

Research : 4 Years

Individual: 3 Years

  Professional Background

She has substantial work experience, including a role as a Systems Engineer at TATA Consultancy Services Ltd., where she worked on the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce project. She was an Assistant Professor in the EEE department at Sarala Birla University, Ranchi. Her technical skills include manual and automation testing, programming in C, and proficiency with tools such as Selenium IDE, HP UFT, and Parasoft SOA.

  Research Areas
 
  1. Power System  Reliability 
  2. Power System Resilience
  3. Situational awareness
  4. Active distribution network.
  Award and Honours
 
  1. Best paper award: "Resilience Trapezoid based Operational Reliability of Distribution System”, International Conference on Emerging Trends for Smart-grid Automation and Industry 4.0., Dec. 5-7, 2019,Springer.
  2. Oral Presentation: 1st Prize: Sonal, Debomita Ghosh, "Hybrid data-driven resilience assessment and enhancement of distribution system for cyclone susceptible zones", 3rd Research Scholar Colloquium, BIT Mesra, 2022.
  3. Offered position of “Project Research Engineer” in IIT Bombay on May2019.
  4. Qualified in GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test) in the year2014.
  5. Awarded Certificate of Merit from CBSE for outstanding academic performance and is among the top 0.1% of successful candidates in All Indiaa Senior School Certificate Examination(AISSCE) 2010 in English Core.
  6. Awarded the Coal India Scholarship on the foundation day of CMPDIL, Ranchi in 2008.
  7. On the Spot award in appreciation for outstanding contribution in TATA Consultancy Services Ltd.,Bhubaneshwar.

 

  Publications
 

Journals:

  1. Sonal, Debomita Ghosh, “Novel Trends in Resilience Assessment of a Distribution System using Synchrophasor Application: A Literature Review,” International Transaction on Electrical Energy Systems, Wiley, vol. 31, no. 8; June 2021. (Impact factor: 3.41)
  2. Sonal, Debomita Ghosh, “Hybrid Data-driven Resilience Assessment and Enhancement of Distribution System for Cyclone Susceptible Zones”, Scientific Reports, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 1-18, Nature, June 2022. (Impact factor: 4.996)
  3. Sonal,Debomita Ghosh, "Impact of Situational Awareness Attributes for Resilience Assessment of Active Distribution Networks Using Hybrid Dynamic Bayesian Multi Criteria Decision-making Approach." Reliability Engineering & System Safety (2022): 108772. (Impact factor: 7.274)

Book Chapters:

  1. Sonal, Debomita Ghosh, “Effect of uncertain weather conditions on the planning and operation of a resilient microgrid”, Applications of Fuzzy Logic in Planning and Operation of Smart Grids, Editor: Rahmani-Andebili, Springer, 2021.
  2. Sonal, Debomita Ghosh, Dusmanta Kumar Mohanta, “Resilience Trapezoid based Operational Reliability of Distribution System”, International Conference on Emerging Trends for Smart-grid Automation and Industry 4.0., Dec. 5-7, 2019, Ranchi, India, Springer.  LNEE.
  3. Shruti Prajapati, Sonal, Sourav Kumar Sahu, Debomita Ghosh, “Network Reconfiguration based Outage Management for Reliability Enhancement of Microgrid: A Hardware in Loop Approach”, Internet of Energy – A Pragmatic Approach Towards Sustainable Development, February 2024, ISBN: 9781003399827, AAP.

Conferences:

National:

  1. Sonal, Rajesh Kumar, Nishant Rishav, Sustainable Open-Cast Mining: Leveraging AI to Reduce Environmental Impact, National Conference on Green Mining Initiatives-Indian Mineral Industry Perspective (GMI-IMP 2024), Nagpur, India, Jan 13-14, 2024. 

International:

  1. Sonal, Debomita Ghosh, Dusmanta Kumar Mohanta, “Resilience Trapezoid-Based Operational Reliability of Distribution System”, International Conference on Emerging Trends for Smart-grid Automation and Industry 4.0., pp 639-647, Ranchi, India, Springer, LNEE, 5th -7th December 2019.
  2. Sonal, Debomita Ghosh, "Impact of Distributed Generation on the Reliability Allocation of Distribution System: A Mesh-Grid Approach”, International Conference on Emerging Frontiers in Electrical and Electronic Technologies (ICEFEET), pp. 1-6, National Institute of Technology Patna, 10th -11th July, 2020, doi: 10.1109/ICEFEET49149.2020.9187019.
  3. Sonal, Debomita Ghosh, "Resilience Assessment of Microgrid Using Complex Network Theory”, 1st International Conference on Power Electronics and Energy (ICPEE), pp. 1-6, Jan. 2-3, 2021, Bhubaneswar, India, IEEE, doi: 10.1109/ICPEE50452.2021.9358577. 
  4. Sonal, Sourav Sahu, Debomita Ghosh, Dusmanta Kumar Mohanta, “Reliability Analysis of a Distribution Network in Two State Weather Condition” International Conference on Computer, Electrical & Communication Engineering, Jan. 18-19, 2019, Kolkata, India, IEEE.
  5. Sonal, Debomita Ghosh; "Resilience Analysis of Mesh-Grid Distribution Network using Bayes’ Theorem”, International Conference on Power, Control, and Embedded Systems, Jan. 6-8, 2023, Allahabad, IEEE. [Presented]
  6. Divyangini Gyani, Sonal, Sourav Kumar Sahu, Debomita Ghosh, Pankaj Mishra, and Deep Shekhar Acharya, “Data-Driven Apprehension of Cyber and Physical Anomalies in Distribution System”, 2nd International Symposium on Sustainable Energy, Signal Processing and Cyber Security (IEEE-ISSSC), 15-17, 2022 IEEE.
  7. Pujari, Swarali, Sonal, Sourav Kumar Sahu, Debomita Ghosh, and Debasmita Mondal. "Enabling Network Protection Using Switching-Based Availability Analysis of IEC 61850." In International Symposium on Sustainable Energy and Technological Advancements, pp. 617-629. Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore, 2023.
  8. Sonal, Rajesh Kumar, Nishant Rishav, “Sustainable Open Cast Mining: AI Applications for Environmental Impact Mitigation and Resource Conservation”, 6th International Conference on Opencast Mining Technology & Sustainability (ICOMS-2023), Northern Coalfields Ltd., Singrauli, India, Dec 22-23, 2023.
  9. Divyangini Gyani, D. Ghosh, Sonal, T. Ghose, “IoT-Enabled Monitoring and Forecasting for Adaptive Irrigation System using CatBoost Algorithm”, International Conference on Electrical,Electronics and Computing Technologies (ICEECT-2024), 29-31 Aug, 2024, India, IEEE. (Accepted)
  Member of Professional Bodies
 
  • ISTE (Indian Society for Technical Education)
  • IEEE
  Current Sponsored Projects
 
  Text and Reference Books
 
  Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)
 

International Patent:

  1. D. Ghosh, S.K. Sahu, and Sonal, A system for promoting and managing renewable energy, German Patent, Grant No. H02J  3/24
  2. Sonal, D. Ghosh, System to Analyze Impact of Situational Awareness Attributes for Resilience Assessment of Active Distribution Networks, German Patent, Grant number - 202023105081, 2023.
  3. Sonal, Nitish Kumar, Uttam Kumar, Aman Kumar, Solar Wireless Electric Vehicle Charging System, UK Design Patent, Design Grant Number – 6323437, 2023.
  4. Nitish Kumar, Uttam Kumar, Aman Kumar, Sonal, Priyanka Srivastava, Durgesh Kumar, Smart Charger for Electric Vehicles, UK Design Patent, Design Grant Number – 6329035, 2023.
  5. Sonal, Chandan Kumar, Aman Kumar, Uttam Kumar, Nitish Kumar, Solar Wireless Electric Vehicle Charging System,Australian Design Patent, Design Grant Number – 2024112529, 2024.
  Fellow
 
  1. Institute Research Fellowship from B.I.T Mesra during 2019-2023. 
  Member, Editorial Board
 

Lifecycle Reliability and Safety Engineering