Sri Sujeet Mishra, a member of the Indian Railways’ Service of Electrical Engineers has distinguished himself in the Electrical Engineering practice as a designer, innovator, in creation of national & international standards, improvement of traction power safety, promotion of indigenous resource base in power sector components and contributor to knowledge-acquisition, accretion, transfer & proliferation.

He was key player in the design of state-of-the-art electric locomotives with 4.5 MW solid-state three phase power converters. He has led the development of two classes of high power electric locomotives viz. WAP-7 & WAG-9H as part of a project where he worked on the transfer of technology as well. This transfer of technology has been globally acknowledged as a successful model of knowledge transfer (discussed as a case study in the book: “Enabling Knowledge Creation: How to Unlock the Mystery of Tacit Knowledge and Release the Power of Innovation- by Krogh, Ichiko, Nonaka-Oxford University Press”). He led the trials where highest speed on Indian Railways, viz. 184.5 kmph was achieved.

He has given notable guidance to the National Mission on Power Electronic Technologies which led to a successful academic-industry collaboration. He has extensively spoken at various industry and academic fora. His work on the deployment of open published standards for railway applications has deeply influenced the specifications of major sub-systems in Indian Railways-spanning locomotives and multiple units (both electric and diesel). He is also a resource person for the National Mission on Electric Mobility.

He has contributed to the creation of framework to grant statutory approvals to the power supply systems of various metros being introduced in the country. He has been responsible for the approvals of power supply arrangements of various Metro projects in New Delhi, Gurgaon, Bangalore, Chennai, Mumbai, Jaipur, and Hyderabad. He has served on the Ministry of Urban Development nominated committee on standardisation of traction power system for Metros in India.

His work on the traction power supply system saw revamp and streamlining of various switchgear and transformer specifications. His analysis of failures in traction power supply system has resulted in implementation of new designs of protection relays to enhance safety of traction power circuits and redesign of structures to new wind code.

He wrote a white paper on the issue of regulatory aspect of harmonics in power system for better appreciation of issues at hand by the decision makers, this work led to constitution of a committee to review the regulatory treatment of harmonics in power systems-he is serving on this CEA

nominated committee. He was coopted by CBIP on the drafting of earthing and bonding code for the electric railways. He speaks at CBIP organised annual conference on Earthing.

He is currently on the board of governors of India Smart Grid Forum, a PPP initiative of Ministry of Power. He has recently worked in the advisory committee which successfully conducted the 2nd International Energy Storage India Conference (3rd-5th December 2014) on the theme-“Re-Imagining India’s Energy Infrastructure” and focussed on various applications where energy storage and micro-grid technologies will help India leapfrog the energy infrastructure development.

He has contributed extensively to the adoption of K-Class biodegradable and environmentally benign insulation fluids in Indian power sector, leading to incorporation of IS-16081 (for Unused Synthetic Esters), IS-16099 (for Maintenance of In-service Synthetic Esters) and IS-13503 (for Classification of Insulation Liquids). He has also spoken at CPRI organised conference on environment friendly insulation fluids.

As a member of IEEE-SA, he has been involved in development of several IEEE standards including, P1729TM/D1 (Draft Recommended Practice for Electric Power Distribution System Analysis), P1653.6TM/D11 (Draft Trial-Use Recommended Practice for Grounding of Direct Current Equipment Enclosures in Traction Power Distribution Facilities) apart from being involved at voting stage of several IEEE standards relevant to power systems.