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Prof. Mahamad Nabab Alam

PhD (IIT Roorkee)

Assistant Professor Gr-I

Department of Electrical Engineering

Room No: A321 +91-870-2464245
mnalam@nitw.ac.in Edit Profile Bio Sketch

Research Areas

 Networked microgrids

 Power system protection

 Power systems optimization

 Power system state estimation

  • Courses Handled
  • Research IDs
  • Selected Publications
  • Project/Consultancy
  • Current PhD Students
  • Awards and Accolades
  • Additional Responsibilities
  • Summer Internship/Research Experience(EE36091)
  • Electrical Network Analysis(EE151)
  • Electrical Circuits Lab(EE1207)
  • Power Systems Lab(EE404)
  • Electrical Circuits - II(EE1201)
  • Dissertation Part - A(EE36097)
  • Comprehensive Viva-voce(EE36093)
  • Seminar and Technical Writing(EE36089)
  • Comprehensive Viva-voce(EE6347)
  • Dissertation Work Part - A(EE6349)
  • Basic Electrical & Electronics Engg.(EE1161)
  • Power Systems Computation Lab - I(EE26007)
  • Smart grid Protection Lab(EE36006)
  • Network Theory(EE134)
  • Electrical Circuits and Machines(EE181)
  • Smart Grid Protection(EE36002)
  • Network Analysis(EE1163)
  • Basic Electrical & Electronics Engineering(EE132)
  • Power Systems Computation Lab - I(EE5203)
  • Smart Grid Protection Lab(EE5354)
  • Smart Grid Protection(EE5351)
  • Data Science Lab(EE5254)
  • Seminar - I(EE5348)
  • Advanced Computational Methods in Power Systems(EE5201)
  • Power Electronic Simulation Lab(EE5106)
  • ORC ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8322-8304
  • ISI Researcher ID: https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/H-1313-2019
  • SCOPUS ID: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=56729643400
  • Google Scholar ID: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=QcFaEhEAAAAJ&hl=en


  • "Protection of networked microgrids using relays with multiple setting groups", By M. N. Alam, S. Chakrabarti, and A. K. Pradhan , IEEE, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol.18, pp.3713-3723, 2022
  • “A benchmark test system for networked microgrids”, By M. N. Alam, S. Chakrabarti, and X. Liang, IEEE, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol.16, pp.6217-6230, 2020
  • “Networked microgrids: state-of-the-art and future perspectives”, By M. N. Alam, S. Chakrabarti, and A Ghosh, IEEE, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol.15, pp.1238-1250, 2019
  • “Adaptive protection coordination scheme using numerical directional overcurrent relays,” , By M. N. Alam, IEEE, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol.15, pp.64-73, 2019
  • “Protection scheme for reconfigurable radial distribution networks in presence of distributed generation” , By M. N. Alam, B. Das, and V. Pant, Elsevier, Electric Power Systems Research, vol.192, pp.1-14, 2021
  • “Protection coordination scheme for directional overcurrent relays considering change in network topology and OLTC tap position”, By M. N. Alam, B. Das, and V. Pant, Elsevier , Electric Power Systems Research, vol.185, pp.1-10, 2020
  • "Cyber-Resilient Strategy for DC Microgrids Against Concurrent FDI and DoS Attacks", By P. S. Tadepalli, D. Pullaguram and M. N. Alam, IEEE, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol.21, pp.4756-4767, 2025
  • "Resilient Dynamic Average Secondary Control for DC Microgrids Against FDI Attacks", By P. S. Tadepalli, D. Pullaguram and M. N. Alam, IEEE, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol.61, pp.5116-5127, 2025
  • "DC Microgrid Average Voltage Regulation and Current Sharing With Solely Current Communication", By P. S. Tadepalli, D. Pullaguram and M. N. Alam, IEEE, IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Industrial Electronics, vol.6, pp.457-463, 2025
  • "Distance Relaying for the Protection of Modern Power System Networks", By R. Pujari and M. N. Alam, IEEE, IEEE Access, vol.13, pp.28861-28893, 2025

Grid Readiness for EV: Enablers and Technological development (GREET)

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF)
  • Duration 36 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 13314400
  • Status Ongoing

UNIFY (solUtion for clean energy iNtegration in power grids with Improved FlexibilitY)

  • Role Co-Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor DST - India-Russia Joint Project
  • Duration 6 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 9947856
  • Status Completed

Development of Adaptive Protection Scheme

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor RSM Project - NITW
  • Duration 24 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 460000
  • Status Completed


K Rama Krishna

  • Area of Research: State Estimation of Active Distribution Networks

Manoj Bhardwaj

  • Area of Research: Microgrid Protection

Punna Kalpana

  • Area of Research: Voltage Stability in Microgrid

Rahul Pujari

  • Area of Research: Protection of Modern Grid with High Renewable Integration

T Phani Swecha

  • Area of Research: Distributed and Cyber Resilient Control Strategies for Microgrid Systems
  • Best Paper Award
  • Grid India Power System Awards 2024
  • POSOCO Power System Award 2023
  • Top 2% Scientists across the World in 2024
  • Top Scholar by ScholarGPS 2024
  • Warden - Radhakrishnan Hall of Residence (July, 2023 - June, 2024)
  • Faculty Advisor - M.Tech Smart Electric Grid, EED (Continuing from June, 2023)
  • Faculty In-charge - Smart Electric Grid Lab (Continuing from September, 2022)
  • Faculty In-charge - Smart Grid Simulation Lab (Continuing from April, 2022)