National Institute of Technology Goa Invites Application for Junior Research Fellow Recruitment 2021

Vacancy Circular No:

National Institute of Technology Goa (NIT Goa)
invites applications for recruitment of Junior Research Fellow

Junior Research Fellow

Number of Vacancy: 2 Posts

Educational Qualification: B.Tech/B.E, M.E/M.Tech

Applications are invited from the interested candidates for the post of JRF positions to work on the R&D project titled “Developing Smart Controller for Optimum Utilization of Energy and Trustworthy Management in a Micro Grid Environment”, sanctioned under IMPacting Research INnovation and Technology-2C1 (IMPRINT-2C1) by Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Dept. of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India. 

1. Post Name: Junior Research Fellow

2. The JRFs will be appointed initially for six months (contractual) and their services will be extended for one more year based on performance review.

3. Maximum Duration: 36 Months

4. Consolidated Salary: Rs. 31,000 (Per month upto 2 years) and Rs. 35,000 (Per month for 3rd year) + Other allowances as per Institute norms

5. Eligibility Criteria: Rs. 31,000 (Per month upto 2 years) and Rs. 35,000 (Per month for 3rd year) + Other allowances as per Institute norms

6. Eligibility Criteria: M.Tech./M.E./B.Tech./B.E. in Computer Science and Engineering/ Electrical Engineering/Electronics and Communication Engineering with NET/GATE and at least 6.5 CGPA or 60 percent marks in aggregate from a recognized technical institute or university as a full time program

7. No. of Post: 02

8. Duration of the project : 3 Years (Dec 2019-Dec 2022)

9. Desirable Qualification: A strong knowledge in the following areas: Smart grid operations, modeling, power measurements and simulation Understanding of microcontroller-based firmware development. Writing low level peripheral drivers. Understanding of power quality measurement parameters such as Frequency fluctuations, interruption of power supply, voltage sag/swell,

a. deviations of supply voltage, Fast voltage change, Transients, Noise, Harmonics and so on. Modeling of these algorithms and conversion to MCU code Knowledge of relevant tools and programming such as LabVIEW, MATLAB, PCB Fabrication, FPGA code synthesis, Python, .NET, FPGA code synthesis, Sigma data analytics, JAVA, Remix Solidity, etc will be highly encouraged IoT, Blockchain, Machine Learning, Data Analytics, Mobile App Developmen

10. Project Objectives: Developing a smart controller for optimum utilization of distributed energy generations and battery storage operating in Grid connected/Islanded mode, while meeting different load profiles under various system conditions in a grid Modeling & Implementation of suitable measurement algorithms for current, voltage, power, frequency parameters.

a. Measurement and analysis of various resources' data and power quality aspects Modeling & implementation of High-speed sampling and buffering techniques for power quality measurement & recording. Modeling & Implementation of suitable feeder protection algorithms in distribution network based on current, voltage, power, frequency parameters.