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Before You Read Further:

I am glad you’re interested enough to reach this part of the website. However, before you read further and consider applying to work with us at IIT Roorkee or remotely, I’d like to offer a gentle warning.

We are a group of individuals obsessed with research, progress, outcomes, and Vyaktitva Nirman (व्यक्तित्व निर्माण) — the continuous development of one’s character and capabilities. Every member of \(\mathcal{P}^2-\)LAB works tirelessly to build a culture of excellence that pushes beyond personal limits. We politely but firmly refuse to be just another place for collecting degrees or certificates. We ask the most obvious yet overlooked research questions, take on difficult but pertinent problems, acknowledge our current limitations, and work relentlessly to overcome them. We follow a simple but strict code of ethics, and every member is held to the same standards of performance and behavior. No one works under anyone here — we all work with each other, each carrying different responsibilities within our projects.

In short, \(\mathcal{P}^2-\)LAB is not the place for those seeking easy rewards or comfort zones — it’s the place for the outliers and mavericks, the ones who dare to build, question, and grow– together.

For Prospective Graduate Students:

I am recruiting PhD candidates through the Electrical Engineering doctoral admission process at IIT Roorkee, with the next intake in December 2026 (Spring 2026-27 session). If you apply, please select the Power Systems specialization — that is the group I am part of within the EE Department. Please refer to the application guidelines here.

Apart from the regular institute PhD route, I also have project-based positions from time to time — such as Junior Research Fellow / Project Associate roles on funded projects, including my PM Early-Career Research Grant project on secure, EV-rich distribution-grid operations using prior-data fitted networks. These can also lead into a PhD; do email me if that interests you.

I encourage applicants with backgrounds in electrical engineering, operations research, and applied machine learning to apply. I am particularly interested in students who are eager to develop expertise to address complex challenges in power engineering via \(\large Power+AI\) route. In my experience, it is often more effective to teach the specifics of power engineering to individuals with strong mathematical, computational, or operational research backgrounds than vice versa.

Please feel free to email me at here with the subject line “Prospective Doctoral Student (Dec 2026 Intake) - [Your Name]”, including a brief overview of your interests and how you would contribute to our research group. Try and review a few of the resources given below before writing to me. Attach your CV and any other relevant documents. If you do not receive a response, please do not hesitate to follow up.

Existing IITR UG & PG:

I will not to be able to accomodate more undergraduate or postgraduate researchers from IITR at this time, though we greatly appreciate the enthusiasm.

Internship Opportunities for External Students:

We currently do not have any open positions for summer internships for external students in the upcoming summer. We greatly appreciate your interest in our research and encourage you to check back in the future.

Some Relevent Resources:

Contact Details

Office: Room 214A, 1st Floor, East Block, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India - 247667

Email: [mylastname] [at] [ee] [dot] [iitr dot ac dot in]

Website: https://psquare-lab.github.io