Inam Nutkani

Dr Inam Nutkani is a Senior Lecturer of Electrical Power Systems and Power Electronics at RMIT. He has ample industry and research experience in various domains of Power Systems. He has diversified experience and expertise in different domains of Power Systems. He has successfully secured and completed several infrastructure and research projects in collaboration with different entities. He has published more than 60 papers in top-tier transactions and international conferences as a first author.

Ongoing/Completed Project:

Formulated several grant applications and secured S$1.7M competitive grant as a Lead PI, industry cash funds of A$0.5M - A$1M.

•  Chief Investigator for “Neighbourhood Battery Initiatives” project funded by IndigoPower and DEECA/Vic Govt. in collaboration with IndigoPower, Yea20230, AusNet $56k, 2022-2024.
• Chief Investigator for “Local DER Network Solutions” project funded by IndigoPower and DEECA /Vic Govt., $22k, 2022-2023.
• Chief Investigator for “Distributed Energy Business Model” project funded through CRC RACE2030 fund, in collaboration with Curtin University and several industry partners, $17k, 2021-2022.
• Chief Investigator for “Donald and Tarnagulla Microgrid Feasibility Study - Area Hosting Capacity Assessment” project funded by Federal Govt's Regional Program Fund, administered by C4NET in collaboration with DNSPs - Powercor/CitiPower, Monash University, University of Melbourne, $100k, 2020-2023.
• Chief Investigator for “Neighbourhood Battery Initiatives” project funded by City of Melbourne (CoM) Council / DEECA/Vic Govt. in collaboration with DNSP - Powercor/CitiPower, $60k, 2021-2022.
• Chief Investigator for “Household Battery Network Impact Assessment” project funded by DEECA/Vic Govt/ C4NET in collaboration with DNSPs - AGL, Origin, Jemena, Powercor, $60k, 2020.
• Lead Chief Investigator for EIRP competitive grant call project “Ramp Rate Power Injection Demonstrator (RAPID), funded by EMA/NRF, S$1.7Million, 2016.
• Team member for the internal research project “MGCC + and Integration of new DERs.”, 2014.
• Project lead for the internal research project “Load Bank Controller Design” 2014.
• Project lead for the industry funded project “Performance Evaluation and IEEE 1547 Tests for MaxSolar Micro Inverters,” in collaboration with MaxSolar Pte. Ltd., 2014.
• Project Lead for the industry funded project: “Micro-power Grid Design Evaluation for Renewable Power Supply in Sabang, Puerto Princesa, The Philippines.” in collaboration with WEnergy, 2013.
• Project Lead for the industry funded project “DG Characterization and Experimentation” in collaboration with Bosch Energy Research Grp., Singapore. 2013.
• Team member of the Govt. Agency (EMA) project “Impact of High Penetration of Solar PV on Zonal Electrical Network.” in collaborator with EMA and SPPG, 2012 – 2013.
• Project Lead for the industry funded project “Study and Analysis the FCLs Applications for Network and DERs”, in collaboration with SPPG, 2011 – 2012.
• Team member for the Govt. Agency (EMA) project “Evaluation of Pulao Ubin microgrid Project Design” in collaboration with EMA, 2012.
• Team member for the industry funded project “LFO Impact on Wind Turbine Generators” in collaboration with Vestas, Research Singapore /Denmark; 2010.
• Project lead for the power/electrical part of the infrastructure project “Design & development of 1MW Experimental Facility at EPGC”, 2008 – 2011.
• Project lead for the industry project “3MW islanded power system/microgrid and distribution system design and development for 11 centres of excellence buildings at NESCOM”, 2004 – 2006.

Employment history
Dr Inam has more than 25 years of work professional experience with power utilities, industry, consultancy firms and research organizations as briefly summarized below: 

Scientist-II at Experimental Power Grid Centre (EPGC), Agency for Science, Technology & Research (A*STAR), Singapore

While working at EPGC – A*STAR, Dr Inam has undertaken and completed several research and ) in collaboration with industry and other partner agencies. In the capacity of either a project lead or core-team member, he gains invaluable experience and skills in proposal writing, budgeting, project management and execution of projects technical/research tasks.

Visiting Researcher at Newcastle Energy Centre, CSIRO, Australia
2009,  to carry out joint experimentation on their microgrid together with the CSIRO’s scientists.

Electrical Engineer at West Energy (Asia Pacific), Singapore
At West Energy, he designed the Electrical Systems for the implementation of West Energy’s newly patented run-of-the-river type Hydro and Wind turbine technology. His work scope was to plan, design and prepare the specifications for the balance of the system for wind/hydro turbine technologies, which includes the review and selection of generators, power converters, and control and management systems for the standalone and grid-connected systems.

Senior Electrical Engineer at J M Pang and Seah Pte Ltd., Singapore
At JM Peng Seah, Dr Inam worked with a team of Professional Engineers (PEs) and Licenced Electrical Workers (LEWs) as a senior design support engineer for various power systems projects (66kV and 22kV) to carry out power system design studies for compliance and authority’s submission – balance, un-balance, optimal load flow, transient stability analysis, harmonic analysis and filter designing, short circuit analysis, cable sizing, relay coordination etc. In addition, he conducted several training sessions/workshops on ETAP and SKM software modules for the engineers/staff.

Assistant Manager Electrical at National Engineering and Scientific Commission (NESCOM), Islamabad, Pakistan
At NESCOM, he led the Electrical department of Work & Services (W&S) Directorate of NESCOM. The most interesting and challenging project he worked on was a three megawatt (3 MW) distributed generation/ standalone microgrid which was built to meet the power demand of 11 new Center of Excellence (COE) buildings/offices/labs. He worked with the team of engineers for the preparation of design specifications and tendering. After the project award, he led the project for the installation, testing and commissioning of the complete system. The project was completed in a record time of less than 2 years and currently operating successfully.

Assistant Executive Engineer (Electrical) at Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (KESC or K-Electric), Karachi, Pakistan
After tertiary education, Dr Inam started his career with one of the biggest electric utility firms of Pakistan – KESC (K-Electric) which is responsible for the generation, transmission and distribution of power to the Karachi City. He worked in the Substation and Under-ground Cables Maintenance Dept. and was responsible for the routine and emergency maintenance of substations (11kV/230V transformers and switchgears etc.) and cables (11kV and 230V) to ensure the continuous power supply covering one-third of the Karachi city. He supervised in-house and on-site the maintenance and repairing work of 11kV/230V transformers, 11kV switchgear and feeder protection devices. During his appointment in the underground cable department, he supervised the teams of sub-engineers and technicians for on-site fault location using a High-voltage surge generator and time domain reflectometer (TDR) and subsequent cable jointing work. 

In addition to the routine maintenance, he planned, designed and prepared the feasibility proposals, and subsequently supervised the new commercial and existing substation up-gradation projects.