Paresh G Kale

Associate Professor

Electrical Engineering

 (+91) 661 246 2447 , 3447

 pareshkale[at]nitrkl.ac.in

 Biosketch

33

Publications       

6

Sponsored Projects

0

Consultancy Projects

5

Doctoral Students

0

Continuing Education

13

PG Dissertation

 Personal Information

Prof. Paresh G Kale

Associate Professor

Electrical Engineering

Joined in May 2014

 Room Number: EE-413

 Department of Electrical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Sundargarh, Odisha, India - 769008

 Education Qualification

  1. Ph.D.
    Fabrication and characterization of Silicon Quantum Dot Solar Cell
    IIT Bombay
  2. M.Tech
    Energy Systems
    IIT Bombay

 Experience

Teaching Experience
  • Dept. of Electrical Engineering,  NIT Rourkela,  02 May 2014 - Present
Laboratory Development
  • Semiconductor processing Laboratory,  DST,  Semiconductor fabrication and processing
  • Wet Electrochemistry Laboratory,  DST and NITR,  For the synthesis of Porous silicon and other derived materials for Silicon

 Expertise Information

Research Group
Power Systems
Areas of Interest
Solar Photovoltaic - Third generation solar Cell, Quantum Dots, Nanowires, Fabrication and Characterisarion , Energy storage - Hydrogen storage, Electrodes for Li-ion batteries , Renewable Energy - Energy utilization, Energy policy, Forecasting , Porous Silicon - For energy conversion, energy storage and sensing application , Soft Computing techniques for Energy Systems - ANN, SVM, PCA , Image Processing - Pattern Recognition, Process automation , Sensors - Bio sensor, Gas sensor, Conditioning systems

 Projects

Light weight metal composite with Silicon for Portable Hydrogen Storage Reactors LiSi HyStoRe.

 DST

 Principal Investigator

 24 months

 Running

Sponsored

Vertical integration to fabricate 2T and 4T GaAs/Si Tandem PV device (TOPCON).

 Science & Engineering Research Board(SERB)

 Principal Investigator

 36 months

 Running

Sponsored

Synergetic Effect of Silicon Nanostructure-Nickel Composites for Solid-State Hydrogen Energy Storage.

 The Institution of Engineers (India)

 Co-Investigator

 24 months

 Running

Sponsored

DST-IIT Bombay Energy Storage Platform on Hydrogen.

 DST

 Co-Investigator

 60 months

 Running

Sponsored

Electrical characterisation and modelling of Porous Silicon Nanowise based Lithium-Ion battery Electrode.

 The Institution of Engineers (India)

 Principal Investigator

 18 months

 Completed

Sponsored

Design & Development of Porous Silicon based Biosensor for Chromium ddetedtion in & around of Sukinda Mines Valley, Odisha

 DST

 Principal Investigator

 36 months

 Completed

Sponsored

 Continuing Education

No Continuing Educations Found....

 Publications

17

Google Scholar h-index

22

Google Scholar i10-index

16

Scopus h-index

Total Publications: 33
V. K. Hiremath, R. C. Muduli, and P. G. Kale, "Investigation of the Stability and Insulating Properties of Mineral Oil-Based Surface Modified Silicon Nanofluid", IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, IEEE, June 2023, 10.1109/TDEI.2023.3242231 Article
M. K. Sahoo, S. P. Muduli, and P. G. Kale, "Tailoring Electrical Characteristics of Si nanowires and Etched Si by MACE Temperature Variation", Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, Springer, June 2023, 10.1007/s10854-023-10709-y Article
R. C. Muduli and P. G. Kale, "Synergetic Effect of Porous Silicon – Nickel Composite on its Solid-state Hydrogen Energy Storage Properties", International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Elsevier, April 2023, 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2023.05.268 Article
S. Maurya, R. C. Muduli, and P. G. Kale, "Physical Forces Responsible for Agglomeration of Silicon Nanowires Arrays Synthesized by Metal-Assisted Chemical Etching", Russian Journal of Physical Chemistry A, January 2023, 10.1134/S0036024423090224 Article
S. Maurya, S. P. Muduli, S. Naik, and P. G. Kale, "Optimization of controlling parameters of porous silicon synthesis using Taguchi Design for Energy Applications", Russian Journal of Physical Chemistry A 2023 Article

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S. P. Muduli and P. G. Kale, "Free-standing Nanowire Layer-Transfer Parametric Optimization of Multi-Response Process by Grey Taguchi Design", Materials Science and Technology, Taylor and Francis, October 2022 Article
R. C. Muduli and P. G. Kale, "Silicon and Silicon Nanostructures for Solid-State Hydrogen Storage: A Review", International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Elsevier, October 2022 Article
R. C. Muduli and P. G. Kale, "Chemically Modified Surface of Silicon Nanostructures to Enhance Hydrogen Uptake Capabilities", International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Elsevier, July 2022 Article
R. C. Muduli, M. K. Sahoo, and P. G. Kale, "Wetting behavior of silicon nanowires array fabricated by Metal-assisted chemical etching", in Materials Today: Proceedings, vol.62, no.10, pp.5917-5922, Elsevier 2022, 10.1016/j.matpr.2022.04.635 Inproceedings
P. G. Kale and M. K. Sahoo, "Removal of Ag remanence and improvement in structural attributes of silicon nanowires array via sintering", Scientific Reports, vol.11, no.24189, pp.1-14, Nature, December 2021, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-03654-5 Article
M. K. Sahoo and P. G. Kale, "Role of secondary etching of Silicon nanowires towards quantum confinement effect", Superlattices and Microstructures, vol.156, pp.106949, Elsevier, June 2021, 10.1016/j.spmi.2021.106949 Article
T. Sahoo and P. G. Kale, "Work function-based MOS hydrogen sensor and its functionality: a review", Advance Materials Interfaces, vol.8, no.23, pp.2100649, Wiley 2021, 10.1002/admi.202100649 Article
R. R. Fopase, S. P, P. G. Kale, and B. P, "Strategies, challenges and opportunities of enzyme immobilization on porous silicon for biosensing applications", Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, vol.8, no.5, pp.104266, Elsevier, October 2020, 10.1016/j.jece.2020.104266 Article
N. Anand and P. G. Kale, "Optimization of TOPCon structured solar cell using AFORS-HET", Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials, Springer, June 2020, https://doi.org/10.1007/s42341-020-00220-0 Article
S. Nayak, P. G. Kale, and B. P, "Inhibition assays of horseradish peroxidase by hexavalent chromium and other heavy metals", International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, vol.22, no.8, Taylor & Francis, May 2020, 10.1080/03067319.2020.1776864 Article
M. K. Sahoo and P. G. Kale, "Control of Silicon Nanowires Crystallinity using Metal Assisted Chemical Etching of Silicon and Porous Silicon Substrate", Materials International, vol.2, pp.0391-401, April 2020, https://doi.org/10.33263/Materials23.391401 Article
M. K. Sahoo and P. G. Kale, "Transfer of vertically aligned silicon nanowires array using sacrificial porous silicon layer", Thin Solid Films, vol.698, pp.137866, Elsevier, February 2020, 10.1016/j.tsf.2020.137866 Article
S. Nayak, R. S, B. P, and P. G. Kale, "A review of chromite mining in Sukinda Valley of India: impact and potential remediation measures", International Journal of Phytoremediation, vol.20, no.8, pp.804-818, Taylor and Francis, January 2020, 10.1080/15226514.2020.1717432 Article
R. R. Fopase, S. Nayak, M. Mohanta, P. G. Kale, and B. P, "Inhibition assays of urease for detecting trivalent chromium in drinking water", Green Buildings and Sustainable Engineering, ch.27, pp.313-323, Springer, springer transactions in civil and environmental engineering, Singapore, December 2019, 10.1007/978-981-13-1202-1_27 Inbook
M. K. Sahoo and P. G. Kale, "Restructured porous silicon for solar photovoltaic: A review", Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, vol.289, pp.109619, Elsevier, November 2019, 10.1016/j.micromeso.2019.109619 Article
M. K. Sahoo and P. G. Kale, "Micro-Raman Study of Growth Parameter Restraint for Silicon Nanowire Synthesis Using MACE", Superlattices and Microstructures, vol.135, pp.106289, Elsevier, October 2019, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spmi.2019.106289 Article
M. K. Sahoo and P. G. Kale, "Integration of silicon nanowires in solar cell structure for efficiency enhancement: A review", Journal of Materiomics, vol.5, no.1, pp.34-48, Elsevier, March 2019, 10.1016/j.jmat.2018.11.007 Article
R. R. Fopase, S. Nayak, M. Mohanta, P. G. Kale, and B. P, "Inhibition assays of free and immobilized urease for detecting hexavalent chromium in water samples", 3 Biotech, vol.9, no.4, Springer 2019, 10.1007/s13205-019-1661-4 Article
N. Singh, M. K. Sahoo, and P. G. Kale, "Effect of MACE parameters on length of porous silicon nanowires (PSiNWs)", Journal of Crystal Growth, vol.496-497, pp.10-14, Elsevier, September 2018, 10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2018.05.019 Article
R. K. Tarai and P. G. Kale, "Solar PV policy framework of Indian states: overview, pitfalls, challenges, and improvements", Renewable Energy Focus, vol.26, pp.46-57, Elsevier, September 2018, 10.1016/j.ref.2018.07.001 Article
P. Biswas, A. K. Karn, B. P, and P. G. Kale, "Biosensor for detection of dissolved chromium in potable water: A review", Biosensors and Bioelectronics, vol.94, pp.589–604, Elsevier, August 2017, 10.1016/j.bios.2017.03.043 Article
P. Biswas, A. K. Karn, B. P, and P. G. Kale, "Biosensor for detection of dissolved chromium in potable water: A review", Biosensors and Bioelectronics, vol.94, pp.589–604, Elsevier, August 2017, 10.1016/j.bios.2017.03.043 Article
N. Aly, R. K. Tarai, P. G. Kale, and B. P, "Modelling The Effect of Photoinhibition on Microalgal Production Potential in Fixed and Trackable Photobioreactors in Odisha, India", Current Science, vol.113, no.2, pp.272-283, Indian Academy of Sciences, July 2017, 10.18520/cs/v113/i02/272-283 Article
R. K. Tarai, V. Chandola, and P. G. Kale, "Development of the simplified predictive model for the estimation of annual PV energy production: a case study for odisha", in 3rd International Conference on Computational Intelligence & Communication Technology (CICT), 2017, pp.1-6, IEEE, Ghaziabad 2017, 10.1109/CIACT.2017.7977337 Inproceedings
R. K. Tarai and P. G. Kale, "Validation of predictive models to estimate annual PV production: A case study of odisha", International Journal of Smart Grid and Clean Energy, vol.5, no.3, pp.160-167, IJSGCE, July 2016 Article
R. K. Tarai and P. G. Kale, "Development of rasterized mapusing PVGIS for assessment of solar PV energy potential of Odisha", International Journal of Renewable Energy Research, vol.6, no.1, pp.61-73, International Journal of Renewable Energy Research, March 2016 Article
R. K. Tarai, M. K. Sahoo, V. Minz, and P. G. Kale, "A study on the PV potential analysis for grid connected PV system in NIT Rourkela", in 2016 IEEE 7th Power India International Conference (PIICON), IEEE, Bikaner, India 2016, 10.1109/POWERI.2016.8077149 Inproceedings
P. G. Kale and C. S. Solanki, "Silicon quantum dot solar cell using top-down approach", International Nano Letters, vol.5, no.2, pp.61-65, Springer, January 2015, 10.1007/s40089-014-0137-0 Article

 Courses Taught

  • EE100 : Basic Electrical Engineering {Theory}
  • EE1000 : Basic Electrical Engineering {Theory}
  • EE307 : Electrical Machines {Theory}
  • EE402 : Power System Operation and Control {Theory}
  • EE4102 : Renewable Energy Systems {Theory}
  • EE613 : Silicon Solar Cell Technology {Theory}
  • EE6245 : Silicon Solar Cell Technology {Theory}
  • EE6268 : Energy Storage Systems {Theory}
  • EE681 : Special Topic in Electrical Engineering – I {Theory}
  • EE270 : Electrical Engineering Laboratory {Practical}
  • EE270 : Electrical Engineering Laboratory – I {Practical}
  • EE2700 : Basic Electrical Engineering Laboratory {Practical}
  • EE2701 : Electrical Network Simulation Laboratory {Practical}
  • EE2708 : Electrical Engineering Laboratory {Practical}
  • EE273 : Electrical Network Simulation Laboratory {Practical}
  • EE274 : Electronic Circuits and Devices Simulation Laboratory {Practical}
  • EE372 : Power Systems Design Laboratory {Practical}
  • EE472 : Power Systems Design Laboratory {Practical}
  • EE477 : Electronic Circuits and Devices Simulation Laboratory {Practical}

 Research Scholars

Ph.D. Students [4]
Transfer of Vertically Aligned Silicon Nanowires Array Fabricated using Metal-Assisted Chemical Etching

 Mihir Kumar Sahoo

Enrolled: Jul 2017

 Graduated : Mar 2022

 Supervisor

Hydrogen Storage Materials

 Rama Chandra Muduli

Enrolled: Oct 2020

 Continuing

 Supervisor

Energy Storage and Conversion, Nanotechnology

 Sakti Prasanna Muduli

Enrolled: Aug 2021

 Continuing

 Supervisor

Vertical integration to Fabricate 2T and 4T GaAs/Si Tandem PV device (TOPCON)

 Sachin Kumar

Enrolled: Jul 2023

 Continuing

 Supervisor

Executive Ph.D. Students [1]
Memristor

 Amit Kumar Panigrahi

 Continuing

 Supervisor

 Dissertations

PG Dissertation
  • Karmila Soren (213EE3315), "Geographical Parameter Based Maximum Power Point Tracking Using Fuzzy Logic for Isolated PV system" - M.Tech.    Co-supervisor     2014-15 Spring
  • Rakesh Kumar Tarai (214EE5495), "Evaluation and Analysis of the Photovoltaic Potential for Odisha" - M.Tech.    Supervisor     2015-16 Spring
  • Abhinav Kumar Karn (215EE3374), "Fabrication of Porous Silicon for Biosensing Application" - M.Tech.    Supervisor     2016-17 Spring
  • Mihir Kumar Sahoo (215EE5384), "Fabrication and Characterization of Silicon Quantum Dots by Sputtering Method" - M.Tech.    Supervisor     2016-17 Spring
  • Nisha Singh (215EE5170), "Fabrication and Characterization of Porous Silicon Nanowires by MACE technique" - M.Tech.    Supervisor     2016-17 Spring
  • Rushikesh Rupchandrao Fopase (216BM2015), "Immobilization of Urease on Porous Silicon for Chromium Detection in Drinking Water" - M.Tech.    Co-supervisor     2017-18 Spring
  • Nikhil Sahu (218EE6374), "Thickness Control of Passivated layer in TOPCOn Solar Cell using Top-Down and Bottom-Up approach" - M.Tech.    Supervisor     2019-20 Spring
  • Abdul Salim (219EE4010), "Restructuring of Silicon Nanowires" - M.Tech.    Supervisor     2020-21 Spring
  • Master Hindustani Sharma (219EE4205), "Hybrid PV/Wind generation for fuel cell electric vehicles" - M.Tech.    Supervisor     2020-21 Spring
  • Md Asif Khan (220EE6333), "Effect of H2O2 on Structural, Electrical, and Optical Properties of Porous Silicon Nanowire" - M.Tech.    Supervisor     2021-22 Spring
  • Shivam Maurya (220EE6336), "Statistical Optimization of Parameters and Chemical Passivation of Silicon Nanostructures" - M.Tech.    Supervisor     2021-22 Spring
  • Vinayaka K Hiremath (220EE6330), "Investigation of the Stability and Insulating Properties of Mineral Oil-Based Surface Modified Silicon Nanofluid" - M.Tech.    Supervisor     2021-22 Spring
  • Neeraj Kumar Nishad (221EE6460), "Thermally Reduced Graphene Oxide and Porous Silicon Composite for Enhanced Hydrogen Storage Near Room Temperature" - M.Tech.    Supervisor     2022-23 Spring
UG Dissertation
  • Mukesh Chand Meena (112EE0243), "Modelling of Silicon Quantum Dot Solar Cell" - B.Tech.    Supervisor     2015-16 Spring
  • Swadhin Kumar (112EE0279), "Detection of Chromium in portable water using Porous Silicon Biosensor" - B.Tech.    Supervisor     2015-16 Spring
  • Anirban Debnath (113EE0249), "Monitoring of Biogas Reactor" - B.Tech.    Supervisor     2016-17 Spring
  • Atul Kumar (113EE0256), "Integrated Solar Charging Station" - B.Tech.    Supervisor     2016-17 Spring
  • Brajesh Kumar (113EE0257), "Integrated Solar Charging Station" - B.Tech.    Supervisor     2016-17 Spring
  • Pradosh Kumar Das (113EE0246), "Monitoring of Biogas Reactor" - B.Tech.    Supervisor     2016-17 Spring
  • Swostik Rout (112EE0289), "Integrated Solar Charging Station" - B.Tech.    Supervisor     2016-17 Spring
  • Chettipally Nikhil (114BM0580), "Microcontroller and DTMF based automated reactor for microalgae cultivation" - B.Tech.    Co-supervisor     2017-18 Spring
  • Mamata Tirkey (114EE0169), "I-V Characteristics of PV Module with Changing Light Intensity and Tilting Angle" - B.Tech.    Supervisor     2017-18 Spring
  • Nallamilli Suryasree (114EE0409), "I-V characteristics of PV module with changing intensity and tilt angle" - B.Tech.    Supervisor     2017-18 Spring
  • Yeturu Abhilash Reddy (114EE0320), "I-V Characteristics of PV Module with Changing Light Intensity and Tilting Angle" - B.Tech.    Supervisor     2017-18 Spring
  • Dasari Hemanth Kumar (115EE0582), "Simulation and Optimization of Bifacial Solar Cell" - B.Tech.    Supervisor     2018-19 Spring
  • Spandan Vishal (115EE0643), "Detection of Partial Shading in Solar PV Panel using Slope measurement Technique" - B.Tech.    Supervisor     2019 Summer
  • Chisola Nyala (116EE0324), "Solar PV Module Fault Classification using Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Techniques" - B.Tech.    Supervisor     2019-20 Spring
  • Om Smaran Mohapatra (116EE0319), "Prediction of Porous Silicon Formation Using Artificial Intelligence Techniques" - B.Tech.    Supervisor     2019-20 Spring
  • Ashutosh Kumar Sahoo (117EE0395), "Application of Image processing to detect physical damages on a solar panel" - B.Tech.    Supervisor     2020-21 Spring
  • Meenakshi Panigrahy (117EE0382), "Image Processing Techniques on Porous Silicon to Determine the Porosity and Pore size" - B.Tech.    Supervisor     2020-21 Spring
  • Swagatika Behera (117EE0349), "Application of Image Processing to Detect Physical Damages on a Solar Panel" - B.Tech.    Supervisor     2020-21 Spring
  • Shivohm Tripathy (117EE0414), "Hydrogen Energy Policy of Major Countries of The World" - B.Tech.    Supervisor     2021 Summer
  • Ranjit Ranjan Giri (119EE0238), "Simulation of Vanadium Redox Flow Battery" - B.Tech.    Supervisor     2022-23 Spring
  • Vivekanand Bhardwaj (119EE0227), "Machine Learning for Hydrogen Storage Materials and Systems" - B.Tech.    Supervisor     2022-23 Spring
  • Sampad Bhusan Mohanty (711EE3097), "Vehicle Monitoring for Open Cast Mines under Unreliable Cellular Network using ZigBee" - B.Tech. M.Tech Dual Degree    Supervisor     2015-16 Spring
  • Swayan Jeet Mishra (711EE3071), "Android Applications for Automation Purposes" - B.Tech. M.Tech Dual Degree    Supervisor     2015-16 Spring
  • Vishal Minz (711EE3070), "Development of Software for Sizing of PV Installation Phase-I" - B.Tech. M.Tech Dual Degree    Supervisor     2015-16 Spring
  • Vikash Chandola (712EE4084), "Development of Software for Estimation of PV Installation" - B.Tech. M.Tech Dual Degree    Supervisor     2016-17 Spring
  • Rahul Kumar Mandal (713EE1076), "Machine Learning Techniques for Output power prediction and Fault Classification in a PV system" - B.Tech. M.Tech Dual Degree    Supervisor     2017-18 Spring
  • Yash Sharma (713EE3088), "Evaluation of Potentials for Renewable Energy and Design of Hybrid Systems at NIT Rourkela" - B.Tech. M.Tech Dual Degree    Supervisor     2017-18 Spring
  • Roshan Mohanty (714EE4019), "Application of ANN for the day ahead prediction and estimation of partial shading and soiling for PV systems" - B.Tech. M.Tech Dual Degree    Supervisor     2018-19 Spring
  • Niraj Anand (715EE1078), "Simulations of TOPCon solar cell" - B.Tech. M.Tech Dual Degree    Supervisor     2019-20 Spring
  • Pogula Venkata Sai Kiran Reddy (716EE3091), "Modeling and Optimization of Hybrid PV/Fuel Cell Energy System" - B.Tech. M.Tech Dual Degree    Supervisor     2020-21 Spring

 Awards and Honours

Awards and Honours
  • International Travel Support to attend EMRS 2019 Fall at Warsaw, Poland,    2022
  • SIRE Fellwoship 2021 by SERB, India,    2022
  • Best paper "Validation of Predictive Models to Estimate Annual PV Production: A case study of Odisha," Tarai R.K. and Kale P., ICGET, 2016, Kuala lampur Malaysia, 25th July to 27th July 2016,    2016
Memberships / Fellowships
  • Solar Energy Society of India (SESI),    2022
  • EMSI,    2020
  • Asia-Pacific Chemical, Biological& Environmental Engineering Society (APCBEES),    2016
  • Institution of Engineers (India),    2015
  • ISTE,    2005