Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra
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Dr. Nidhi Mishra

Joined Institute on : 9-Dec-2021

  • Assistant Professor
  • Electrical and Electronics Engg
  • Ph.D. (IIT Delhi), Post Doc. (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
Contact Address

EEE Department, BIT Mesra, Patna Campus

Plot No. 874, Boring Road, Patna-800001 (Bihar)

  • Phone Office - 9971986676
  • Phone Residence - 9971986676
  • Email - nidhimishra@bitmesra.ac.in
Work Experience

Teaching : 4 Years

Research : 8 Years

Individual: 2 Years
Professional Background
  1. Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, BIT Mesra-Patna Campus, Bihar, Dec 2021 – till date
  2. Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Electrical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong May 2021-Nov 2021
  3. Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, VJTI Mumbai, Maharashtra 28/1/21 to 30/4/21
  4. Lecturer, Department of Electrical Engineering, NIT Hamirpur, H.P. during 2013-14
  5. Assistant Warden, BIT Mesra,Patna Campus, 22/8/22 to 10/7/25

 
Research Areas

Areas of interest includes power electronics, multilevel converters, grid interaction of renewable energy systems, power quality improvement in grid-tied systems, conductive magnetics and wireless power transfer.
Award and Honours

Honors, Awards, and Professional Recognition

  1. Selected by the Department of Science & Technology (DST) and Ministry of Science and Technology Government of India for participation in the 10th BRICS Young Scientist Forum (BYSF) and the 8th BRICS Young Innovator Prize (BYIP), Brasília, Brazil, 15–17 September 2025.(link)
  2. Top 5 Finalist, Shri Pralhad P. Chhabria Awards 2025 under the Best Woman Professional (Early Career) category, conferred by the IEEE India Council Women in Engineering (WiE) Affinity Group and IEEE Pune Section.
  3. Global Distinguished Young Scientist Award, IEEE Global Conference for Humanity (GlobConHT) 2023.
  4. IEEE Women in Engineering (WiE) Travel Grant Awardee, IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE) 2024, Arizona, USA.

Invited Lectures, Resource Person Assignments, and Paper Presentations

  1. WIE Speaker and Panelist in the “Transforming the Future: Women’s Leadership in Engineering and Research” session at the “2025 IEEE 2nd International Conference on Green Industrial Electronics and Sustainable Technologies (GIEST-2025)” being organized by the Electrical Engineering Department, NIT Jamshedpur from 11th to 13th October 2025.
  2. Expert Speaker, “Science Diplomacy in a Changing World”, delivered at the 10th BRICS Young Scientist Forum, Brasília, Brazil, 15–17 September 2025.Selected  as an Indian delegate nominated by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India. (link)
  3. Special Session Speaker, Chair and Organiser, “Advancements in Multilevel Converters for Electric Vehicles and Grid-Tied Applications”, presented at IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE) Oct 20-24, 2024, Arizona, USA.(link).
  4. Tutorial Speaker and Competition Chair and Committee Member, “Electric Mobility Challenges, Power Quality Issues and Future Scope”, delivered at IEEE International Power Electronics and Systems Applications Conference 2024, hosted by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, 5–7 June 2024.
  5. Track Chair for international conferences including IEEE ITEC-India 2023 and IEEE Global Conference on Intelligent Energy Systems and Technologies (GIEST) 2025.
  6. Delivered a Keynote Talk on “Power Quality Issues and Mitigation in Grid-Tied Networks” at the International Conference on Power and Energy Engineering, held in Dubai, 6–7 November 2023.
  7. WIE Speaker, Session Chair and Publication Chair for international conferences including IEEE GIEST 2025 from Oct 11-13,2025 and IEEE ICIDEA 2023 from 29-30 Sep 2023.
  8. Session Chair, IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Data Engineering and Applications (ICIDEA 2023), National Institute of Technology Manipur, India.
  9. Track Chair, IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference (ITEC-India 2023), Chennai, India.
  10. Special Session Organizer, IECON 2020, Singapore, 2020.
  11. Special Session Organizer, IEEE ECCE Asia 2021, 2021.
  12. Education Committee Member, IEEE PESA 2022, hosted by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, 20–22 September 2022.

Conferences, Workshops, FDPs & Events Organized

  1. Organising Member, Faculty Development Program (FDP) on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, organized by the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, BIT Mesra, Patna Campus, in association with the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and Ministry of Education's Innovation Cell (MIC), held from 24–28 March 2025.
  2. Coordinator, Ansys Academic Tech Day, organized at BIT Mesra, Patna Campus, on 03 May 2024 in physical mode. The workshop focused on advanced engineering simulation and design tools using Ansys software.
  3. Oragnising Secretary, National Conference on Innovation and Prototype Patent: Special Reference to Pollutant Detection/Prevention, Energy Generation and Medical Diagnostics (NCIPP 2022), organized at BIT Mesra, Patna Campus, on 13–14 December 2022 in physical mode.

International Recognition Highlights

  • Represented India at the 10th BRICS Young Scientist Forum (BYSF) 2025 in Brazil.
  • Recipient of international recognition through the IEEE GlobConHT Distinguished Young Scientist Award in 2023 and IEEE ECCE 2024 WIE Travel Grant.in 2024
  • Served in key leadership roles including Track Chair, Session Chair, Publication Chair, Tutorial Speaker, and Competition Chair for several prestigious IEEE international conferences.
  • Institutional Collaborator: Birla Institute of Technology Mesra served as a collaborating institution for the IEEE PESA 2024 Conference at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.
Publications

Journal Publications: 22  (SCI-16 and ESCI& Scopus-6), including 10 First Author Publications 

Total Journal and Conferences: 42

First Author Publications (10)

  1. N. Mishra, B. Singh, S. K. Yadav and M. Tariq, "Power Quality Improvement in Fifteen Level PUC Converter for Solar PV Grid-Tied Applications," in IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 59, no. 4, pp. 4264-4273, July-Aug. 2023,doi: 10.1109/TIA.2023.3260067.(Impact Factor: 4.7,SCI,Q1).
  2. N. Mishra, B. Singh and K. W. E. Cheng, "Power Quality Assessment of CPUC Based Solar Photovoltaic System With NLMS for Grid-Tied Applications," in IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 655-665, Feb. 2023, doi: 10.1109/TPWRD.2022.3200012. (Impact Factor: 4.1,SCI, Q1).
  3. N. Mishra, P. Kant, and B. Singh, "Proportional-Resonant and Unipolar Switching Control of Single-Stage Solar Photovoltaic Grid Interfaced System," IETE Journal of Research, vol. 69, no. 3, pp. 1317–1327, 2023, doi: 10.1080/03772063.2020.1864234. (Impact Factor: 1.24, SCI, Q3)
  4. N. Mishra, S. K. Yadav, B. Singh, M. Tariq, S. Padmanaban, and F. Blaabjerg, "Performance Assessment of Eight Switch Eleven Level Packed U Cell Converter Under Dynamic Solar Photovoltaic Environment," IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 3851–3860, Aug. 2022, doi: 10.1109/JESTPE.2021.3098828. (Impact Factor: 5.5, SCI, Q1)
  5. N. Mishra, S. K. Yadav, B. Singh, S. Padmanaban, and F. Blaabjerg, "Binary-Quintuple Progression Based 12-Switch 25-Level Converter With Nearest Level Modulation Technique for Grid-Tied and Standalone Applications," IEEE Trans. on Industry Applications, vol. 57, no. 3, pp. 3214–3223, May–Jun. 2021, doi: 10.1109/TIA.2021.3067227. (Impact Factor: 4.7, SCI, Q1).
  6. N. Mishra, S. K. Yadav, B. Singh, S. Padmanaban, and F. Blaabjerg, "Flying Capacitor Voltage Balance and Neutral Point Voltage Regulation of PV Array Fed Active Neutral Point Clamped Converter in Real-Time HIL," IET Power Electronics, vol. 13, no. 13, pp. 2816–2823, Oct. 2020, doi: 10.1049/iet-pel.2019.1144. (Most Downloaded Paper in IET Power Electronics; Impact Factor: 2, SCI, Q2).
  7. N.Mishra and B.Singh, “Linearized Quadratic Integral Control for Single Phase Single Stage Symmetric SLCHBC for Residential Solar PV Grid-Tied Applications,” Journal of Institution of Engineers (India), vol.101, no.1, pp. 35-42, February 2020. online(Impact Factor:0.88, Scopus).
  8. N. Mishra and B. Singh, "Fifteen Level Reduced Switched Converter for SPV Grid-Tied Systems," International Journal of Power and Energy Systems, vol. 40, no. 1, pp. 36–45, Jan. 2020, DOI: 10.2316/J.2020.203-0184. (Impact Factor: 0.6, ESCI, Scopus,Q4)
  9. N.Mishra and B.Singh, “Less Computational Based Model Predictive Control for Seven Level Converter for Grid Interfaced Systems,” International Journal of Power and Energy Systems, vol.39, no.1, pp. 24-33, July 2019.DOI: 10.2316/J.2019.203-0114(Impact Factor:0.5,ESCI,Scopus, Q4).
  10. N.Mishra and B.Singh, “Solar PV Grid Interfaced System with Neutral Point Clamped Converter for Power Quality Improvement,” Journal of Institution of Engineers (India), vol. 99, no.6, pp. 605-612, December 2018https://doi.org/10.1007/s40031-018-0357-1.(Impact Factor:0.88,Scopus).

  Co-Author Publications (12)

  1. Z. Firdous, S. Mekhilef, N. Mishra, A. Mustafa, M. Seyedmahmoudian, and A. Stojcevski, "A Nine-Level T-Type Inverter (9L-TTI) With Voltage Boost Capability," IET Power Electronics, vol. 19, Art. no. e12526, 2026, doi: 10.1049/pel2.12526. (Impact Factor: 2, SCI, Q2).
  2. S. K. Yadav, B. Singh, N. Mishra, S. Padmanaban, and F. Blaabjerg, "A Day and Night Operational Cross-Clamped Symmetric Thirteen-Level High Power Converter for Renewable Grid Integration," IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution, vol. 19, e70071, 2025, doi: 10.1049/gtd2.70071. (Impact Factor: 2.5, SCI,Q2)
  3. A.Srivastava, H.Priyadarshi, S.A.Khan, S.K. Parida, N.Mishra," A Low Cost Solar Tracking System Using Operational Amplifier with Additional Cleaning System for Rooftop PV Application ", Sadhana Journal, Springer, Nov 2025. (Accepted) (Impact Factor: 1.4,SCI,Q2)
  4. S. K. Yadav, N. Mishra, and B. Singh, "An Improved Multicarrier PWM Technique for Harmonic Reduction in Cascaded H-Bridge Based Solar Photovoltaic System," IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol. 20, no. 7, pp. 9205–9214, Jul. 2024, doi: 10.1109/TII.2024.3381796. (Impact Factor: 10.7, SCI,Q1)
  5. S. K. Yadav, B. Singh, and N. Mishra, "Real-Time Harmonics Optimization of Seven-Level Converter for Megawatt-Scale Solar PV Utility Integration," e-Prime – Advances in Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Energy, vol. 9, Art. no. 100705, 2024, doi: 10.1016/j.prime.2024.100705. (Impact Factor: 2.8, Q2)
  6. S. K. Yadav, N. Mishra, B. Singh, P. Sanjeevikumar, F. Blaabjerg, and M. Mitolo, "A Minimal Drift MPPT Technique for Solar Grid-Tied Multilevel Converter by Multi-Objective Swarm," IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 2641–2649, Jun. 2023, doi: 10.1109/JESTPE.2022.3232848. (Impact Factor: 5.5,SCI, Q1).
  7. S. K. Yadav, N. Mishra, and B. Singh, "Multilevel Converter With Nearest Level Control for Integrating Solar Photovoltaic System," IEEE Trans. on Industry Applications, vol. 58, no. 4, pp. 5117–5126, Jul.–Aug. 2022, doi: 10.1109/TIA.2022.3177399. (Impact Factor: 4.7, SCI, Q1)
  8. S. K. Yadav, N. Mishra, B. Singh, S. Padmanaban, and F. Blaabjerg, "Scott-Tied Magnetically Linked Solar Multilevel Converter in Varying Environmental Conditions," IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Industrial Electronics, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 559–571, Jul. 2022, doi: 10.1109/JESTIE.2022.3154714. (Impact Factor: 4, SCI,Q2)
  9. S. K. Yadav, N. Mishra, and B. Singh, "Optimal Third Harmonic Injection Based Nearest Level Control of Large-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Multilevel Converter," IET Energy Conversion and Economics, 2022, doi: 10.1049/enc2.12053. (Scopus, Q2)
  10. S. Karmakar, N. Mishra, S. K. Yadav, and B. Singh, "Fundamental Switched MW-Size Multilevel Converter for Large-Scale Solar PV Plant," IET Renewable Power Generation, vol. 14, no. 18, pp. 3853–3863, Dec. 2020, https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-rpg.2020.0538. (Impact Factor: 2.9, SCI, Q2)
  11. S. K. Yadav, N. Mishra, B. Singh, P. Sanjeevikumar, and F. Blaabjerg, "Modified SPWM Technique for Improved Harmonic Performance of Single PV Array Fed Grid-Tied Five-Level Converter," IET Power Electronics, vol. 13, no. 19, pp. 4498–4506, Dec. 2020, doi: 10.1049/iet-pel.2020.0524. (Impact Factor: 2, SCI, Q2).
  12. S. Karmakar, N. Mishra, and B. Singh, "FFS Modulated VSC With Different Phase-Shifted 12-Pulse Configured Transformers for Grid Integrated Large-Scale Solar PV Plant," IET Renewable Power Generation, vol. 14, no. 10, pp. 1746–1754, Jul. 2020, doi: 10.1049/iet-rpg.2019.1205. (Impact Factor: 2.9, SCI,Q2)

 

Conference Publications (20)

  1. V. P. Diwakar, A. Mehta, N. Mishra and K. Nikhil, "Optimal Performance Analysis of Grid- to-Vehicle Charging System Using Zeta Converter," 2025 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress & Exposition Asia (ECCE-Asia), Bengaluru, India, 2025, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/ECCE- Asia63110.2025.11112273.
  2. Anushka, A. Srivastava and N. Mishra, "Enhancing Photovoltaic Power Predictions with Limited Timeframe Data Using Neural Network," 2024 IEEE 4th International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Future Electric Transportation (SEFET), Hyderabad, India, 2024, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/SEFET61574.2024.10718160.
  3. V. Raghuvanshi, N. Mishra and M. J. Akhtar, "Sawtooth Carrier-Based Modulation Technique for Harmonic Reduction in CHB Inverter," 2022 IEEE 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Future Electric Transportation (SeFeT), Hyderabad, India, 2022, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/SeFeT55524.2022.9908944
  4. S. K. Yadav, N. Mishra and B. Singh, "Improved Pulse Width Modulation Strategy to Reduce Harmonic Distortion inPV-CHB Converter," 2022 IEEE IAS Global Conference on Emerging   Technologies   (GlobConET), 2022, pp. 521-526, doi: 10.1109/GlobConET53749.2022.9872474.
  5. N.Mishra, B. Singh and M. Tariq, “Power Quality Improvement in Fifteen Level PUC for PV Grid -Tied Applications,”accepted in . IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES 2020), Jaipur, India.
  6. N. Mishra, S. K. Yadav, B. Singh, A. Chandra and K. Al-Haddad, "Power Quality Improvement for PV fed NPC Converter for Grid-Tied Applications," IECON 2020 The 46th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Singapore, Singapore, 2020,pp. 3302-3307, doi: 10.1109/IECON43393.2020.9255010. (Session Chair in IECON 2020)
  7. S.K.Yadav, N.Mishra and B.Singh, “Optimal Proportional Resonant Control of Single PV fed Multilevel Converter Tiedto Weak Grid”, Accepted for presentation in 9th IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy System (PEDES 2020), Jaipur, India, Dec. 16-19, 2020.
  8. S.K.Yadav, N.Mishra, and B. Singh, “Three-Phase Single PV Array fed Scott-Ternary Multilevel Converter with Nearest Level Control”, in Proc. of The 7th IEEE Uttar Pradesh Section International Conference on Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering (UPCON 2020), Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Prayagraj, India on 27th - 29th November 2020.
  9. S. Karmakar, N. Mishra, S. K. Yadav and B. Singh, "Cascaded H-Bridge Multilevel Converter for Large-Scale Solar PV-BES System," 2020 IEEE 5th International Conference on Computing Communication and Automation (ICCCA),Greater Noida, India, 2020, pp. 114- 119, doi: 10.1109/ICCCA49541.2020.9250719.
  10. S. Chaurasiya, N. Mishra and B. Singh, "A 50kW Bidirectional Fast EV Charger with G2V & V2G/V2V Capability andWide Voltage Range," 2020 IEEE 5th International Conference on Computing Communication and Automation (ICCCA), Greater Noida, India, 2020, pp. 652-657, doi: 10.1109/ICCCA49541.2020.9250857.
  11. B. Singh, N. Mishra and P. Kant, “Power Quality Improvement in Single Phase Five Level Cascaded Grid Interfaced Systems,” in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES 2018),Chennai, Tamilnadu, India, 18-21 Dec. 2018, pp. 1-6.
  12. N.Mishra, P. Kant and B.Singh, “An Asymmetric Seven Level Multilevel Converter for Grid Integrated Systems,” in Proc. 8th India International Conference on Power Electronics (IICPE 2018) , Jaipur, 13 – 15 Dec, 2018, pp.1-6.
  13. N. Mishra and B. Singh, “Modified Switched Reduced Converter for Grid Interfaced Systems,” in proc. of 2018 IAS Annual Meeting, Portland, OR,Sept. 23-28, 2018,pp.1-8.
  14. N. Mishra and Bhim Singh, “SPV grid interfaced system with reduced switch converter for power quality improvement,” in Proc. of the 2018 IEEE 1st International Conference on Industrial Electronics for Sustainable Energy Systems (IESES’2018) at Hamilton, North Island of New Zealand on January 31-Feb. 02, 2018, pp.283- 288.
  15. N.Mishra and B.Singh, “Solar PV Based Single Stage Cascaded Seven Level Converter for Grid Interfaced Systems,”in Proc. of 7th Power India International Conference (PIICON 2016), Bikaner, India, Nov 25-27, 2016, pp. 1-6
  16. N.Mishra and B.Singh, “Solar PV Based Single Stage Cascaded Nine Level Converter for Grid Interfaced Systems,”in Proc. of 7th IEEE India International Conference on Power Electronics (IICPE 2016), Patiala, India, Nov 17-19, 2016, pp.1-6.
  17. N.Mishra and B. Singh, "Performance of single stage cascaded H-bridge multilevel converter based grid interfaced PV system," 2016 IEEE 1st International Conference on Power Electronics, Intelligent Control and Energy Systems (ICPEICES), Delhi, 2016, pp. 1-6.
  18. S. K. Yadav, N. Mishra, B. Singh, A. Chandra and K. Al-Haddad, “A Hardware-In-Loop Platform for Three-Phase Grid-Tied PV Array Fed Multilevel Converter,” 2019 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference (ITEC-India), Bengaluru, India, 2019, pp. 1-5.
  19. S. K. Yadav, N. Mishra and B. Singh, “Hardware-In-Loop Implementation of Single DC Source PV Fed Grid Tied Multilevel Converter,” 2020 IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Smart Grid and Renewable Energy(PESGRE2020), Cochin, India, 2020,pp. 1-6.
  20. S. K. Yadav, N. Mishra and B. Singh, “Multilevel Converter with Binary Turns Ratio for Solar PV Grid Tied Applications,” 2018 IEEE 9th Power India International Conference (PIICON),Murthal, India, 2018, pp. 1-6.


 
Member of Professional Bodies

Senior Member,IEEE

Member, IETE

Editorial Board Member, Scientific Reports

 
Current Sponsored Projects

N. Mishra, Principal Investigator, "Power Quality Improvement in Multilevel Converters for Solar PV Applications," Seed Money Research Project, Birla Institute of Technology Mesra, India, funded amount: INR 5.0 Lakhs, Aug. 2023–Mar. 2026.
Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)

Patent

1.B.Singh and N.Mishra, “An Improved Arrangement of a Cascaded U-Cell Based Multilevel Converter Device by Using A Modified Fundamental Switching Technique,” Application No. 202011018272,Granted Indian Patent No. 402114, on July 27, 2022.

2.A.Srivastava, S.A.Khan,H.priyadarshi, S.K.Parida and N.Mishra, “SOLAR ENERGY TRACKING SYSTEM WITH WATER BASED CLEANING SYSTEM,” Application  No.202431104657 published on Jan, 10,2025.
Member, Editorial Board

Senior Member, IEEE

Editorial Board Member, Scientific Reports (Nature Portfolio)

Member, IETE

Member, IEEE Transportation and Electrification Council

Reviewer of IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Reviewer of IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics

Reviewer of IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Industrial Electronics

Reviewer of IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Reviewer of IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics

Reviewer of IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Reviewer of IET Power Electronics

Reviewer of IET Generation Transmission and Distribution

Reviewer of IET Renewable Power Generation 

Reviewer of IETE Journal of Research

Reviewer of Sadhana Journal