Funded Research and Entrepreneurship

Multi-purpose Solar Agro Bot

Co-Principal Investigator | 2022 to Present

Funding: MANAGE-CIA, RKVY-RAFTAAR | Grant: INR 5,00,000

Role: Technical design, power electronics implementation, Arduino programming, equipment procurement and prototype development.

Team: PI Dr. Dola Sinha; Co-PIs Dr. Chaity Sarkar; Kingsuk Majumdar, Ph.D. (Engg); Ms. Suchismita Dutta

Ankuraan (Agricultural Technology Startup)

Co-Founder and Director | 2022 to Present

Focus: Solar-powered agricultural automation.

Advanced the solar seed sowing bot to near-final production stage with RKVY-RAFTAAR support. Demonstrated the working prototype to stakeholders.

Lab and Institutional Development

Tesla Research Lab

In-Charge | 2020 to Present

Established the Departmental Research Lab of EE, BCREC. INR 1+ lakh equipment procurement, lab operations, safety protocols and 50+ student research activities.

LaTeX Thesis Templates

BCREC (UG/PG) and NIT Durgapur (unofficial)

Institutional thesis templates in use from academic session 2025-26. 100+ students use them. Source on GitHub.

Final Year Projects Guided

16B.Tech projects (2015 to 2026)
69B.Tech students guided
2M.Tech dissertations (2016, 2021)
#YearB.Tech Project TitleStudents
162026Design and Efficiency Analysis of a Solar PV System for Residential Applications3
152026Adaptive Solar Street Lighting System with Motion-Based Dimming3
142025Closed Loop Asynchronous Buck Chopper Using Arduino3
132025Closed Loop Synchronous Buck Chopper Using Arduino3
122024Forest Fire Detection Using LoRa Technology2
112024Voice Controlled Home Automation2
102023Fire Fighting Robot2
92023Modelling and Control of a Flexible Link Rotary Servo (Co-guide: Dr. C. Sarkar; published in IEEE ICCECE 2024)3
82022Solar Powered Dynamic Futuristic Electric Vehicle (EV) and Charging with Wireless Street Light System5
72021Smart Lighting System and Electric Charging Station alongside Highway by using Green Energy Generation6
62020Speed Control of Single Phase Induction Motor Using Arduino6
52019Solar Charge Controller7
42018Temperature Based Motor Controller5
32017Modeling, Analysis and Control of Asynchronous Buck Chopper6
22016LPG Sensor Incorporating Microcontroller and Arduino UNO8
12015Design and Implementation of Smart Water Tank5

Self-Motivated Work (8)

YearWorkAvailable on
2026Headless Alpine Linux on a Raspberry Pi Zero W v1.1 with a 512 MB SD card: a tested, community-ready guide. No keyboard, display or serial cable. WiFi, SSH and a hardened minimal Linux node only.GitHub
2025LaTeX Thesis Template for Dr. B. C. Roy Engineering CollegeGitHub
2025LaTeX Thesis Template (Unofficial) for National Institute of Technology DurgapurGitHub
2023lpr_bothside_NON_duplex_linux: shell script for two-sided printing on a non-duplex printer (e.g. HP LaserJet 1020 Plus) in Arch, Ubuntu and Garuda Linux without manual odd/even page handlingGitHub
2023Light-fan circuit automation at Tesla Project Lab, EE, BCREC using Amazon Alexa; students can build it with their own app and circuitYouTube
2022PSIM-Power-electronics-BTech: Power Electronics lab simulations in PSIM demo version for student studyGitHub
2021MATLAB Grey Wolf Optimization (GWO) code: add your own function and read data from Excel or CSVGitHub, YouTube
2016Fourier Analysis of a Single PWM Signal and a Particular Harmonic MitigationMATLAB File Exchange

Open Source and Educational Resources