Prashant Gawande

Dedicated and efficient Electrical Engineer offering in-depth academic knowledge, practical project exposure, and an effective analytical ability augmenting a highly creative and expressive mind with focus on power system and skilled in power system modeling and simulation. Strong knowledge of fundamental concepts in electrical engineering, scientific methods, and computer-based analysis tools. Adept in developing technical studies and investigations to expedite research and development. Possess strong organizational skills, ability to multi- task & thrive in a challenging environment.

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• Successfully organized Indian Smart Grid Forum Bootcamp 2014.
• Conducted all India Research Scholar Conclave 2017.
• Core committee member for two prestigious conferences - International Conference on Power Systems 2017, National Conference on Power Electronics 2017.
• Reviewer for IEEE TPWRD, IJEPES, IET GTD, IET RPG, Springer Electrical Engineering, IETE Journal of Research, and Elsevier Ain Shams Engineering Journal.
• Top peer reviewer: Awarded by Publons for being in the top 1% reviewer in the field of Electrical Engineering.

International Journals
1. Gawande, Prashant; Dambhare, Sanjay “New predictive analytic-aided response-based system integrity protection scheme”, IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution, 2019, 13, (8), p. 1204-1211 (Special Issue: Emerging Trends in System Integrity Protection Schemes (SIPS) for Improving the Performance of Smart Grid)
2. S. V. Unde, P. N. Gawande and S. S. Dambhare, “New Algorithm for Protection of Double Circuit Transmission Lines using Modal Currents,” in IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, vol. 34, no. 5, pp. 1967-1977, Oct. 2019.

International Conferences
1. P. Gawande and S. Dambhare, “Protection and fault identification in presence of power swing blocking/unblocking function”, IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, 21-25 July 2013 at Vancouver, BC, Canada.
2. Prashant Gawande, Pallavi Bedekar, Milind Bagewadi, Sanjay Dambhare, “An Adaptive Distance Relay Protection Scheme for Enhanced Protection Security”, 6th IEEE International Conference on Power Systems, 4-6 March 2016 at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India.
3. Prashant Gawande, Sanjay Dambhare, “Enhancing Security of Distance Relays during Power Swing Unblocking Function for Double Circuit Transmission Lines: A Differential Power Approach”, The 13th IET International Conference on Developments in Power System Protection during 7-10 March 2016 at Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom.
4. Prashant Gawande, Sanjay Dambhare,”A Novel Algorithm to Detect Symmetrical Faults during Power Swing for a Double Circuit Multi-Terminal Transmission Line”, IEEE Power and Energy Society Transmission & Distribution Conference & Exposition, 2-5 May 2016 at Dallas, TX, USA.
5. Prashant Gawande, Sanjay Dambhare, “A Novel Unblocking Function for Distance Relay to Detect Symmetrical Faults during Power Swing”, IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, 17-21 July 2016 at Boston, MA, USA.
6. Prashant Gawande, Sanjay Dambhare, Pallavi Bedekar, Vidyulata Joshi, “An Algorithm to Secure the Zone 3 Operation of Distance Relay”, IEEE TENCON 2016, 22 “ 25 November 2016 at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore.
7. Prashant Gawande, Trupti Hinge, Sanjay Dambhare, “Enhancing Distance Relay Security during Power System Stresses: An Apparent Power Approach”, IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, 16-20 July 2017 at Chicago, IL, USA.
8. Prashant Gawande and Sanjay Dambhare, "Pilot Scheme for System Integrity Protection during Stressed Conditions", 2019 IEEE 8th International Conference on Power Systems (ICPS), 20-22 December 2019 at Jaipur, India.
National Conference
1. Prashant Gawande, Sanjay Dambhare, “Secure Third Zone Operation of Distance Relay using Impedance Prediction Approach”, IEEE 19th National Power Systems Conference, 19-21 December 2016 at IIT Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
2. Pratik Dhopte, Snehal Unde, Prashant Gawande, Sanjay Dambhare, “A New Protection Scheme for Three-Terminal Mutually Coupled Transmission Line”, 20th National Power Systems Conference (NPSC 2018) at NIT Tiruchirappalli, 14-16 December 2018 at NIT Tiruchirappalli.

Sanjay S. Dambhare
Professor and Head of Electrical Engineering Department, College of Engineering Pune
ssd.elec@coep.ac.in / +91-9420697868