The School of Electrical Engineering, KIIT Deemed to be University organized a webinar on “Protection of Smart Grid” at 6th September 2020 from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm in Google Meet platform https://electrical.kiit.ac.in//meet.google.com/zdp-ycfn-qid. The topic covered important areas like protection of the smart grid, a brief introduction of Microgrid and nano-grid

Speaking at the webinar, Dr. (Mrs.) Premalata Jena, Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee. was the invited speaker. she spoke about the importance of smart grid, a different aspect of grid protection also discussed present and future seniors for smart grid protection in India.

Dr. (Mrs.) Premalata Jena stated the importance of smart grid technology for power distribution, integration of renewable and non-renewable energy sources with the smart grid. She explained how smart grid helps for effective electrical load distribution and to overcome load encroachment issues. Dr.B.K.Panigrahi, Professor IIT Delhi also gives his valuable time for a panel discussion and makes the webinar grand with his presence.

Subhendu Bikash santra (faculty SOEE), Monilisha Mohanty(PhD. Scholler), Anup Kumar Nanda, Babatunde Tolu Ogungbe (international student), RABI MISHRA(Ph.D. Scholler) asked few questions related to smart grid. All the questions were answered very well by the speaker. Dr. CK Panigrahi, Dr. MK Maharana, Dr. S.C. Swain were among the prominent participants. Dr. CK Panigrahi, Director SOEE Discussed about Lab development and how KIIT student, faculties can collaborate with different IITs in terms of research Lastly, Dr. Srikanta Mohapatra proposed the vote of thanks on behalf of the Honorable Founder, Dr. Achyuta Samanta, Director-SOEE, Dr. CK Panigrahi, the participants.