Dr. Sumit Kumar Jha has been serving as Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, since February 2026. He is an active member of IEEE. He earned his Ph.D. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, India, in 2022. He received his M.E. (Power Electronics) from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, in 2016, his B.E. (Electrical & Electronics Engineering) from Sharda University, Greater Noida, in 2014. Following his doctoral studies, he worked as a Research Associate in National Perspective Plan (NPP) project sponsored by CPRI, Bengaluru, under the Ministry of Power, Government of India at IIT Bhubaneswar from June 2023 to October 2025. Earlier, he served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering at Presidency University, Bengaluru from April 2022 to June 2023.
Dr. Sumit Kumar Jha’s research interests lie in modern power system monitoring, protection, and control, with particular emphasis on IEC 61850-based digital substations, communication-assisted protection schemes, and cyber-physical power system automation. His work focuses on microgrid energy management, demand response modeling, conservation voltage reduction, and electric vehicle integration including vehicle-to-grid applications. He is also interested in real-time simulation, intelligent load modeling, distributed energy resource coordination, and smart grid communication architectures for resilient and sustainable power networks.
His research has resulted in publications in reputed international journals and conferences, contributing to advancements in smart grid operation, protection coordination, and demand-side flexibility. He is actively involved in experimental validation using hardware testbeds, merging units, and protection relays, bridging the gap between theoretical research and practical implementation in digital substations. He also gained industry experience through a three-month tenure as Service Engineer – Power System Applications at GE Vernova, Noida, where he worked on practical aspects of power system applications, protection, and automation support.
In addition to research, he is engaged in teaching, student mentoring, and laboratory development in power system protection, substation automation, and smart grid technologies. He also contributes to academic review activities and is committed to outcome-based engineering education, fostering both analytical thinking and industry-relevant technical skills among students.
