Dr Susovan Mukhopadhyay is currently working as HOD – Electrical Engineering at Netaji Subhash Engineering College, Kolkata. He has total experience of 34 years with major areas of research including power quality, power electronics and machine drives. Along with serving at many prestigious institutions as professor and lecturer, he has conducted and attended several workshops, seminars and conferences in his rich professional career in the Engineering field. 

Netaji Subhash Engineering College

What is your philosophy of leadership?

“Flexibility, Adaptability, Responsibility and Improvability”

A leader should have a clear vision and must be able to plan and decide collectively for attainment of the desired goal with respect to a prompt and timely action. A leader should be open-minded and equally receptive to all odd and even views of his/her team members. A leader should be able to motivate the team not just by words, but by his/her deeds, and must be capable to mould his ideas according to the changing circumstances of the external world. A leader must not merely issue instructions, but take the responsibility of every task his/her team is performing under his guidance. Self assessment and self rectification is a vital key to succeed as a leader.

What do you think are your roles and responsibilities towards the students? 

“Tackling troubles of students and providing a good learning environment”

As a HOD, I must ensure that all the students are being provided with enough scope and resources for self development and improvement. To address student’s grievances, is my utmost responsibility and priority as a teacher. In this regard, mentoring and counselling is done on a timely basis to bring him/her out from a serious academic or personal problem and rescue the scenario so that it is not repeated. I try to maintain a well disciplined and healthy atmosphere with sanctity to help students flourish with full potential. Also, maintaining coordination among students and staff for continuous development of everyone in the department. 

What are the best practices offered to help students gain necessary skills?

“Potential skill development training and career growth of students”

Industry oriented special training programs and internships for the students to build up technical knowledge and practical expertise in the core and cross disciplinary areas are offered to the inbound students pursuing different courses. Also, special coding classes for software jobs, Aptitude training, soft skill development class and mock interview sessions are embedded in the routine timetable to ensure holistic development of skills. Industrial visits to various substations, power and energy sectors under CESC, WBSEDCL, and WBSETCL, and industrial training in core industries like BTPS, DVC, DSP, NTPC, CESC etc. are being offered. 

How do you strategize the curriculum and make it befitting for the students? 

“Making available a large number of practical and interdisciplinary programs”

We sincerely follow the curriculum designed by Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology (MAKAUT). The syllabus includes various mandatory and elective courses of current interest and knowledge for students based on trending marketing deals. Program electives (PE) are offered that provide ample scope to the students to enrich their domain information on recent developments. Similarly, Open electives (OE) equip the students with the latest advancements in cross disciplinary areas of engineering. Apart from that, a new Electrical and Electronics system design laboratory has been introduced to develop the expertise of a student in designing and implementation of a project. The curriculum also includes practical courses, seminars and project work as an integral part for overall development of a student. 

What are the types of projects that your students are working on? 

“Various hardware and software projects in Electrical and related areas”

Students are working on a large diversity of projects in the multidisciplinary field of Electrical Engineering. IOT based home automation-Design and implementation of prototype, RFID based online attendance system using Arduino- prototype workings, Fault detection of Power Electronic systems and Motor drives, etc. are few projects undergoing. Also, in Biomedical instrumentation and signal processing, and Modelling, simulation and hardware implementation of Power Electronic Converters, and Design and performance analysis of Renewable energy systems and static compensators are a few prototypes we are operating on. 

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How does the curriculum of your department ensure the best practice of the industry? 

“Training sessions and incubation centre to develop innovation and expertise”

Apart from the regular courses, the students are deeply involved in the co-curricular practical activities which enhance their employability and skills. In order to bridge the gap between Industry 4.0 requirements and our curriculum, we give the students various training on topics such as PLC and SCADA, Python, IOT etc. Hands-on training like familiarization and fabrications of Electrical and electronic circuit, LED bulbs etc. are also offered. In collaboration with CII, we have developed an Incubation centre which is the playground of the inquisitive minds and we motivate students to show up their innovative ideas and help them in developing various prototypes out of it. Students are encouraged for career enrichment through different courses offered by NPTEL, Coursera etc. 

Any suggestions you would like to give to the current youth?

“Work on your choices and your success passionately”

Select your profession based on your passion. There is no short cut to success; to excel in any of the professions, you need to work hard, and be sincere and honest. Don’t rely on manipulations because it never adds any value. Accept success and failures in life with the same temperament. Selfish work can never yield ultimate satisfaction in life.