Dr. Mohammad Junaid Akhtar

Joined Institute on : 17-Aug-2021

Assistant Professor
Electrical and Electronics Engg
Ph.D., M.E., B.Tech.

Contact Address

Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering Birla Institute of Technology Mesra, Ranchi, Jharkhand 835215

9, Bastin Bazar Road Asansol West Bengal

Phone Office -
Phone Residence -
Email - junaid@bitmesra.ac.in

Work Experience

Teaching : 5.3 Years

Research : 5.3 Years

Individual: 10.6 Years

Professional Background

PhD Supervision:

Year	Name of the PhD Student	Registration Date	Roll No.	Guide / Co-guide / Joint guide	Ongoing / Submitted / Awarded	Fellowship (IRS/ Self-financed / Sponsored / Project-funded / Self-project funded)
2023	Aman Shankar	02-Jan-23	PHD/EE/10051/2022	Guide	Ongoing	IRS
2024	Brij Mohan Prasad	02-Feb-24	PHD/EE/10051/2023	Co-Guide	Ongoing	Self-financed
2026	Aaisha Tasneem	21-Jan-2026	PHD/EE/10051/25	Joint Guide	Ongoing	Self financed

Institute-Level Administrative Activities, Student Activities

Assessment Year	Name of the Assignment	Institute / Department	Duties Performed
2023	M.Tech(EVT) coordinator	EEE Department	Cordinator for TATA Motors doing M.Tech
2024	M.Tech(EVT) coordinator	EEE Department	Cordinator for TATA Motors doing M.Tech
2024	Course Coordinator	EEE Department	Computer Aided Electrical Machines Design Lab
2024	Course Coordinator	EEE Department	Coordinator for Electrical Machine Design
2025	Course Coordinator	EEE Department	Coordinator for Electrical Machine Design
2025	M.Tech(EVT) coordinator	EEE Department	Cordinator for TATA Motors doing M.Tech
2025	Member IQAC	IQAC	Collection of data for different metric for NBA/NAAC

UG/PG course revision and Lab development

Subject	Item	Year
Advance Power Electronics	Course revision	2023
Electrical Machine Design	Course revision	2024
Industrial Drives and Control	Course revision	2025
Electric Vehicle Simulation Laboratory	Course revision	2023
Computer-Aided Electrical Machines Design Lab	Experiment revision	2024
Computer Aided Electrical Machines Design Lab	Experiment revision	2025

MoU signed and Possible Outcomes / Deliverables of a signed MoU or other agreements:

Sl. No.	Year	Name of the MoU partner Organization	Academic Institute / Research Institute / Industry	MoU Signing date	Outcomes / Deliverables
1.	2023	Eastern Regional Load Despatch Centre (ERLDC), Grid-Controller of India Limited	Industry	04-Dec-23	Collaborative project Title: Test bench development for investigating the performance of Battery energy storage as ancillary services
2.	2023	Windsor University	Academic Institute	20-Nov-23	Collaborative project written and submitted to SPARC (not accepted)
3.	2023	Khalifa University (Academic Collaboration without MoU ) (Dr. O Al Zaabi)	Academic Institute	N.A.	U. R. Muduli, B. Chikondra, M. J. Akhtar, O. Al Zaabi, K. Al Hosani and R. K. Behera, “Comparison of SVPWM Techniques Under Switching Loss Control for Induction Motor Drive With LC Filters,” IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 59, no. 2, pp. 1849–1862, March–April 2023, doi: 10.1109/TIA.2022.3231841.
4.	2023	Khalifa University (Academic Collaboration without MoU) (Dr. K. Al Hosani )	Academic Institute	N.A.	M. J. Akhtar, R. K. Behera, K. Al Hosani and U. R. Muduli, “H-Bridge Inverter with Optimum Phase- Angle Shift for Electric Vehicle Propulsion Motor Drive,” in 2023 IEEE IAS Global Conference on Renewable Energy and Hydrogen Technologies (GlobConHT), IEEE, 2023, pp. 1–6, doi: 10.1109/Glob-ConHT56829.2023.10087533.
5.	2023	IIT Patna (Academic Collaboration) (Dr. R. K. Behera)	Academic Institute	N.A.	M. J. Akhtar, R. K. Behera, K. Al Hosani and U. R. Muduli, “H-Bridge Inverter with Optimum Phase- Angle Shift for Electric Vehicle Propulsion Motor Drive,” in 2023 IEEE IAS Global Conference on Renewable Energy and Hydrogen Technologies (GlobConHT), IEEE, 2023, pp. 1–6, doi: 10.1109/Glob-ConHT56829.2023.10087533.
6.	2024	Khalifa University (Academic Collaboration without MoU) (Dr. K. Al Hosani)	Academic Institute	N.A.	M. J. Akhtar, R. K. Behera, K. Al Hosani and U. R. Muduli, "Enhanced Electric Vehicle Powertrain Efficiency with Optimized Loss-Minimizing Control," 2024 IEEE 4th International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Future Electric Transportation (SEFET), Hyderabad, India, 2024, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/SEFET61574.2024.10718113.
7.	2024	Khalifa University (Academic Collaboration without MoU) (Dr. U. R. Muduli)	Academic Institute	N.A.	M. J. Akhtar, R. K. Behera, K. Al Hosani and U. R. Muduli, "Enhanced Electric Vehicle Powertrain Efficiency with Optimized Loss-Minimizing Control," 2024 IEEE 4th International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Future Electric Transportation (SEFET), Hyderabad, India, 2024, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/SEFET61574.2024.10718113.
8.	2024	IIT Patna (Academic Collaboration without MoU) (Dr. R. K. Behera)	Academic Institute	N.A.	M. J. Akhtar, R. K. Behera, K. Al Hosani and U. R. Muduli, "Enhanced Electric Vehicle Powertrain Efficiency with Optimized Loss-Minimizing Control," 2024 IEEE 4th International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Future Electric Transportation (SEFET), Hyderabad, India, 2024, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/SEFET61574.2024.10718113.
9.	2025	IIT Patna (Academic Collaboration without MoU) (Dr. Ashwani Kumar)	Academic Institute	N.A.	Design of Halbach Permanent Magnet Motor

Research Areas

Power Electronics & Drives,
Electrical Machine Design.
Electric vehicle drivetrain.

Award and Honours

A. Fellowship:

1. GATE , Electrical Engineering, 2007, AIR: 1307

2. GATE , Electrical Engineering, 2011, AIR:7699

3. MHRD Fellowship for 5 years at IIT Patna form July 2015 to July 2020 as PhD Scholar.

B. Appreciation for a top cited journal:

Top five highest-cited papers from 2019.

M. J. Akhtar and R. K. Behera, “Optimal design of stator and rotor slot of induction motor for electric vehicle applications,” IET Electr. Syst. Transp., vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 35–43, Mar. 2019.

C. Appreciation as reviewer:

Reviewer of various renowned journals.

D. Session Chair

Session Chair in the 7th Students’ Conference on Engineering & Systems 2022 (SCES-2022) during July 1-3, 2022, organized by the Department of Electrical Engineering, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Prayagraj, India.
Session Chair in IEEE International Conference on AI Engineering and Innovation (AIEI2026) during 26-28 Mar 2026, organized by the Department of Electrical Engineering, NIT Jamshedpur.

E. INVITED TALKS

Delivered a lecture on “Electric Vehicles: Fundamental and Components” in Training of Trainers Program held at IIT Patna in partnership with DST Government of Bihar, during 22^nd July 2022 to 26^th July 2022.
Delivered a lecture on “Power Transfer line and motor configuration of Electric vehicles” at Workshop on “Technological Advancements in Electric Vehicles: Future prospective, challenges and solutions” in Government Engg. College, Palamu, 08-10Jan-2026.
Resource person on five days workshop on “Emerging Technologies of Industry 4.0: AI, Robotics and IoT” held at BIT Mesra from 23-27 Feb 2026

F. EXTERNAL EXAMINER

1. External examiner for University Polytechnic, BIT Mesra, Ranchi on 11^th May 2026,

2. External examiner for project evaluation at ECE Department, BIT Mesra, on 12^th May 2026.

3. External examiner for University Polytechnic, BIT Mesra, Ranchi on 09^th May 2025,

G. Workshop/Conference Organised

Sl,no.	Your Role	Workshop/ Conference	Title	Dates	Venue	National/ International
1.	Technical Program Committee Member	Conference	6th International Conference on Power, Control & Embedded Systems (ICPCES-2026)	27-29 Nov 2026	MNNIT Allahabad,	International
2.	Stage Committee	Workshop	Emerging Technologies of Industry 4.0: AI, Robotics and IoT	23-27 Feb 2026	BIT Mesra,	National
3.	Organising Committee	Workshop	Current Trends in Control Engineering	11-15 Dec 2025	BIT Mesra,	National
4.	Organizing Committee	Workshop	Preparedness for Industry 4.0: Demands and Prospects	14-19 July 2025	BIT Mesra,	National
5.	Technical Program Committee Member	Conference	Recent Innovations and Trends in Electrical & Electronics Engineering and Computing	22-23 May 2025	NIT Patna,	International
6.	Technical Program Committee Member	Workshop	Power System Resilience Re-assessment: Situational Awareness based Operational Augmentation and Renewable Integration	10-14 April, 2023	BIT Mesra,	National

H. Paper Presented at Conference

Sl. No.	Conference Title and Location	Paper title/ Talk Title	Role: Keynote/invited talk/ oral presentation	Duration of Conference	Organizers
1.	2025 Ieee International Conference on Electrical, Electronics And Computer Science With Advance Power Technologies - A Future Trend	Comparative analysis of Three-Phase Induction Motor Without core and With Core Loss Model	Oral Presentation	29-31 Oct. 2025	NIT Jamshedpur
2.	2023 IEEE IAS Global Conference on Renewable Energy and Hydrogen Technologies (GlobConHT), Maldives	H-Bridge Inverter with Optimum Phase-Angle Shift for Electric Vehicle Propulsion Motor Drive	Oral Presentation	11-12 March , 2023	The Maldives National University,Male City, Maldives.
3.	2022 IEEE 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Future Electric Transportation (SeFeT 2022).	Sawtooth Carrier-Based Modulation Technique for Harmonic Reduction in CHB Inverter	Oral Presentation	04-06 Aug 2022	Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and Technology
4.	2018 IEEE 12th International Conference on Compatibility, Power Electronics and Power Engineering (CPE-POWERENG 2018), Doha , Qatar	An analytical design of an induction motor for electric vehicle application	Oral Presentation	10-12 April, 2018	Qatar University
5.	2014 IEEE 6th India International Conference on Power Electronics (IICPE), NIT Kurukshetra	Optimized rotor slot shape for squirrel cage induction motor in electric propulsion application	Oral Presentation	08-10 December, 2014	NIT Kurukshetra
6.	3rd International Conference on Advances in Control and Optimization of Dynamical Systems (2014), IIT Kanpur	Design of a Three Phase Squirrel Cage Induction Motor for Electric Propulsion System	Oral Presentation	13–15 March, 2014	IIT Kanpur

Publications

Journals

S. No.	Publication Details: authors, title, journal name, year, vol, page:	Role*	SCI/Scopus	IF
1.	A. Shankar and M. J. Akhtar, “Indirect Field Oriented Control of Induction Motor for Electric Vehicle Application,” Engineering Research Express, accepted manuscript, Jun. 2026, doi: 10.1088/2631-8695/ae77a2.	CA	Scopus	1.6
1.	U. R. Muduli, B. Chikondra, M. J. Akhtar, O. Al Zaabi, K. Al Hosani and R. K. Behera, “Comparison of SVPWM Techniques Under Switching Loss Control for Induction Motor Drive With LC Filters,” IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 59, no. 2, pp. 1849–1862, March–April 2023, doi: 10.1109/TIA.2022.3231841.	CoA	SCI	4.5
2.	M. J. Akhtar and R. K. Behera, “Space vector modulation for distributed inverter fed induction motor drive for electric vehicle application,” IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 379–389, Feb. 2021, doi: 10.1109/JESTPE.2020.2968942.	FA and CA	SCI	4.9
3.	M. J. Akhtar and R. K. Behera, “Optimal design of stator and rotor slot of induction motor for electric vehicle applications,” IET Electrical Systems in Transportation, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 35–43, 3 2019, doi:10.1049/iet-est.2018.5050.	FA and CA	SCI	2.2

International Conferences

.	S. Tripathy and M. J. Akhtar, "Model Predictive Torque Control of Induction Motor for Electric Vehicle Application," 2025 International Conference on Electrical, Electronics, and Computer Science with Advance Power Technologies - A Future Trends (ICE2CPT), Jamshedpur, India, 2025, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/ICE2CPT66440.2025.11340431.	CoA	Scopus (Conference Proceedings)	-
.	P. Kumari, A. Shankar and M. J. Akhtar, "Comparative Analysis of Three-Phase Induction Motor without Core and with Core Loss Model," 2025 International Conference on Electrical, Electronics, and Computer Science with Advance Power Technologies - A Future Trends (ICE2CPT), Jamshedpur, India, 2025, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/ICE2CPT66440.2025.11340036.	CoA	Scopus (Conference Proceedings)	-
	M. J. Akhtar, R. K. Behera, K. Al Hosani and U. R. Muduli, "Enhanced Electric Vehicle Powertrain Efficiency with Optimized Loss-Minimizing Control," 2024 IEEE 4th International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Future Electric Transportation (SEFET), Hyderabad, India, 2024, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/SEFET61574.2024.10718113.	FA	Scopus (Conference Proceedings)	-
	M. J. Akhtar, R. K. Behera, K. Al Hosani and U. R. Muduli, “H-Bridge Inverter with Optimum Phase- Angle Shift for Electric Vehicle Propulsion Motor Drive,” in 2023 IEEE IAS Global Conference onRenewable Energy and Hydrogen Technologies (GlobConHT), IEEE, 2023, pp. 1–6, doi: 10.1109/Glob-ConHT56829.2023.10087533.	FA	Scopus (Conference Proceedings)
	V. Raghuvanshi, N. Mishra and M. J. Akhtar “Sawtooth Carrier-Based Modulation Technique for Harmonic Reduction in CHB Inverter,” in IEEE 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Future Electric Transportation (SeFeT), IEEE, 2022, pp. 1–6, doi: 10.1109/SeFeT55524.2022.9908944.	CoA	Scopus (Conference Proceedings)
	M. J. Akhtar and R. K. Behera, “An analytical design of an induction motor for electric vehicle application,” in 12th International Conference on Compatibility, Power Electronics and Power Engineering (CPE-POWERENG 2018) , IEEE, 2018, pp. 1–6, doi: 10.1109/CPE.2018.8372529.	FA and CA	Scopus (Conference Proceedings)
	M. J. Akhtar, R. K. Behera, and S. K. Parida, “Propulsion system design of electric vehicle,” in 6^th International Conference on Power Electronics Systems and Applications (PESA), IEEE, 2015, pp. 1–5, doi: 10.1109/PESA.2015.7398900.	FA and CA	Scopus (Conference Proceedings)
	A. Kumar, M. A. Hasan, M. J. Akhtar S. K. Parida and R. K. Behera, “Design optimization of linear induction motor,” in 6th International Conference on Power Electronics Systems and Applications (PESA), IEEE, 2015, pp. 1–5, doi: 10.1109/PESA.2015.7398889.	CoA	Scopus (Conference Proceedings)
	M. J. Akhtar, R. K. Behera, and S. K. Parida, “Optimized rotor slot shape for squirrel cage induction motor in electric propulsion application,” in 6th India International Conference on Power Electronics (IICPE), IEEE, 2014, pp. 1–5, doi: 10.1109/IICPE.2014.7115846.	FA and CA	Scopus (Conference Proceedings)
	R. Prakash, M. J. Akhtar, R. K. Behera, and S. K. Parida, “Design of a three phase squirrel cage induction motor for electric propulsion system,” in IFAC Proceedings Volumes, vol. 47, no. 1, pp. 801–806, 2014, doi: 10.3182/20140313-3-IN-3024.00242	CoA	Scopus (Conference Proceedings)

National Conferences

A. Shankar and M. J. Akhtar, "Closed-Loop Control Strategies for Switched Reluctance Motor Drives for Electric Vehicle Application," 2024 IEEE Students Conference on Engineering and Systems (SCES), Prayagraj, India, 2024, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/SCES61914.2024.10652526.

CoA

Scopus

(Conference Proceedings)

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M. J. Akhtar, R. K. Behera, “Stability analysis of induction motor for variable speed application,” in National Symposium on Rotor Dynamics, (NSRD), IIT Patna, 2017

Member of Professional Bodies

Member, IEEE

Current Sponsored Projects

Sl. No.	Title of Project	PI/Co-PI	Sponsoring Agency	Year (From- to)	Fund Value	Status
1.	Development of Fault-Tolerant Open-End Winding Induction Motor Drive for Electric Vehicle Application	PI	Asha & Sajjan Agarwal Foundation	14-July-2025 to 13-July-2027	Rs.7,69,410.17	Ongoing
2.	Design improvement for reliable performance BLDC motor-based ceiling fans.	PI	Orient Electric	01-Jan-2024 to 30-June-2024	Rs. 2,38,064.00	Completed
3.	Test bench development for investigating the performance of Battery energy storage as ancillary services	PI	Eastern Regional Load Despatch Centre (ERLDC), Grid-Controller of lndia Limited	04-Dec-2023 to 03-June-2025	Rs. 43,00,462.80	Completed
4.	Real-Time Loss Minimization for Open-End Winding Induction Motor Sensorless Speed Drive	PI	BIT Mesra	28-Aug-2023 to 27-Aug-2025	Rs. 5 lakhs	Completed

Text and Reference Books

Ahmed, M., Sarkar, S., Modak, S., Ahmad, A., Akhtar M.J., Agarwal, P. (2024). Switched-Boost Modified Z-Source Inverter for Renewable Energy Application. In: Gabbouj, M., Pandey, S.S., Garg, H.K., Hazra, R. (eds) Emerging Electronics and Automation. E2A 2022. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 1088. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-6855-8_29.

Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)

S. No.

Inventors and Title

Number and Date

Published/Granted

1.

R. K. Behera, M.J. Akhtar, S.K.Parida, “An improved squirrel cage induction motor with enhanced efficiency and wide range of operating speed for application in electric vehicle,” Indian Patent, Dec. 18, 2020.

Indian Patent No. 354017

Date: Dec. 18, 2020.

Granted

2.

Muhammad Asif Hasan, Mohammad Junaid Akhtar, Deep Shekhar Acharya, Nilesh Kumar Rajalwal, Madhu Kumari, Vikash Kumar Gupta and Sudhansu Kumar Mishra, “Thermal management system of li-ion battery”, Indian Design Patent No. 460159-001, Sep. 09,2025.

Indian Design Patent No. 460159-001,

Date: Sep. 09,2025