Prabhat Ranjan'02


 

Career Profile

Phones

 

Office :
91-79-30510-553

Email Address

 

prabhat_ranjan@daiict
.ac.in

Year Of Joining

 

06/28/02

 

 

 

 

Experience

 

Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley (1983-86)

 

Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Calcutta ( 1986-95)

 

Institute for Plasma Research, Gandhinagar (1995-2002)

 

 

 

Highest Academic qualification

 

Ph. D.
Institute
University of California, Berkeley
Year
1986

 

 

 

Other qualification/s (MTech, BTech etc)

 

M.Sc.(Physics) - Delhi University (1981)

 

B.Sc.(Physics) - IIT Kharagpur (1979)

 

Schooling - Netarhat School, Netarhat (Near Ranchi)
(1970-76)

 

 

 

 Research Areas

 

  • Sensor Networks and its application

  • Robotics and Embedded Systems

  • Nuclear Fusion

  • Linux and Open Source Software


 

 

 

 Recent Publications

 

See more recent information here

 

1.A. Sengupta and P. Ranjan , Modified neural networks for rapid recovery of tokamak plasma parameters for real time control, Review of Scientific Instruments, 73, (2002) 2566

 

2.A. Sengupta and P. Ranjan, "Forecasting Disruptions in the ADITYA tokamak using neural networks", Nuclear Fusion, 40 (2000) 1993

 

3.A. Sengupta and P. Ranjan, " Prediction of Density Limit Disruption Boundaries from Diagnostic Signals using neural networks", Nuclear Fusion, 41 (2001) 487

 

4.P. Ranjan, S.K. Dhurandhar, K. Mahajan, H. Gulati, A. Sengupta, I. Bandyopadhyay, S. Deshpande and SST-1 Team, "Central Control System for SST-1 Tokamak", - Proceedings of 2nd IAEA Technical Committee Meeting on Steady-State Operation of Magnetic Fusion Devices, Vol. III, Oct. 25-29, 1999, Fukuoka, Japan, P. 723

 

5.A. Sengupta and P. Ranjan, "Identification of plasma parameters and optimization of magnetic sensors in the SST-1 tokamak using neural networks", Fusion Technology, 39 (2001) 1

 

 

 Current Research Projects & Consultancies

 

Sensor Network application to wildlife research. See more details here



 

 

 

Any other relevant information


  • He has been responsible for bringing both the currently running Tokamaks(Fusion Reactors) in India to international operating standards

  • Awarded National Science Talent Award in 1976

  • Topped Netarhat School Admission Test in 1970 in statewide competition