•  Ph.D. in Power System from National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur - 2024.
•  M.Tech. in in Power System from National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur - 2018.
• PGDC in Hydro Power Engineering from NPTI HPTC Nangal-2014
•  BE in Electrical Engineering from Dehradun Institute of Technology, Dehradun - 2012.

• Working as an Assistant Professor in OP Jindal University, Raigarh (C.G), from June 2025 to till date.
•  Worked as an Assistant Professor in Sarala Birla University Ranchi from July 2024 to Jun 2025.
•  Worked as an Assistant Professor in Haridwar University, Bareilly from Aug 2018 to Aug 2019.
• Worked as a Lecturer in Guidance Coaching Institute, Patna from May 2014 to May 2016.

•  Transmission Pricing Mechanism
•  Optimization techniques (Meta-heuristics)
•  Economic  Load Dispatch & Optimal Reactive Power Dispatch
• Renewable Energy
• Machine Learning and Artificial Neural Networks
• Electric Vehicle Technology 

• Sahay, S., Upputuri, R., & Kumar, N. (2023). Optimal power flow-based approach for grid dispatch problems through Rao algorithms. Journal of Engineering Research, 11(2), 100032. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.JER.2023.100032. (SCIE)
• Sahay S, Upputuri R, Kumari P, Kumar N. (2024). An enhanced arithmetic optimization algorithm for optimal control of reactive power. Optimal Control Application Methods; 1-31. Doi: 10.1002/oca.3061 (SCIE).
• Sahay S, Upputuri R, Kumari P, Kumar N. Optimal Reactive Power Dispatch through Modified Whale Optimization Algorithm for Active Power Loss Minimization. (Accepted in Soft Computing). (SCIE)
• Sahay, S., Upputuri, R., & Kumar, N. Arithmetic Optimization Algorithm based Optimal Reactive Power Management. (Accepted in IJSA). (Scopus)

• Shuvam Sahay, Niranjan Kumar “A Review on the growth of Indian Power Sector: Pre- and Post-Independence” Wasewar, K.L., & Rao, S.N. (Eds.). (2022). Sustainable Engineering, Energy, and the Environment: Challenges and Opportunities (1st edition.). Apple Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003277484.
• Sahay, S., Upputuri, R., Kumar, N. (2022). Execution Analysis of Particle Swarm Optimization Technique by Using Different Inertia Weight Factors to Resolve Combined Economic and Emission Dispatch Problems. Control Applications in Modern Power Systems. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol. 870. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0193-5_20
• Sahay, S., Upputuri, R., Kumari, P., Kumar, N. (2024). Cost-Effective Solution of Grid Dispatch Problems Using a Novel Rao-4 Algorithm. In: Swain, B.P., Dixit, U.S. (editor) Recent Advances in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. ICSTE 2023. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol. 1071. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-4713-3_1
• S. Sahay and N. Kumar, "Environment-Friendly Economic Load Dispatch Using a Novel GSA-BBO Hybridization Algorithm," 2024 Third International Conference on Power, Control and Computing Technologies (ICPC2T), Raipur, India, 2024, pp. 229-234, doi: 10.1109/ICPC2T60072.2024.10474834.
• S. Sahay, N. Kumar and H. Joshi, "Modified MW mile method for pricing the transmission services by including transmission losses and variation in the load power factor," 2018 International Conference on Smart Electric Drives and Power System (ICSEDPS), Nagpur, India, 2018, pp. 267-271, doi: 10.1109/ICSEDPS.2018.8536038.
• S. Sahay, N. Kumar, “A Hybrid Strategy for the Solution of Economic Load Dispatch Problem.” 2024 IEEE Third International Conference on Power Electronics, Intelligent Control and Energy Systems (ICPEICES). (Accepted)
• O. P. Mahela, H. Joshi, D. Sharma and S. Sahay, "Detection of Open Circuiting of Secondary Winding of Current Transformer Using Combined Feature of Hilbert Transform and Stockwell Transform," 2018 IEEE 8th Power India International Conference (PIICON), Kurukshetra, India, 2018, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/POWERI.2018.8704354.

• O. P. Mahela, H. Joshi, D. Sharma and S. Sahay, "Detection of Saturation of Core of Current Transformer Using Combined Feature of Hilbert Transform and Stockwell Transform," 2018 IEEE 8th Power India International Conference (PIICON), Kurukshetra, India, 2018, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/POWERI.2018.8704423.
• Joshi, Himani and Shuvam Sahay. “Performance Analysis of Different Types of Facts Controllers in a Transmission Line.” (2017).
• Upputuri R., Sahay S., Riyaz S., Kumar N. (2021) Analyzing the Effect of Control Modes Operation of Multiple Facts Controllers on System Performance. In: Kumar J., Jena P. (editors) Recent Advances in Power Electronics and Drives. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol. 707. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8586-9_29.
• Gaurav, R., Upputuri, R., Sahay, S., Kumar, N. (2022). Electricity Transmission Pricing: Marginal Pricing of Transmission Services Using Point of Connection Tariff. In: Gupta, O.H., Sood, V.K., Malik, O.P. (editors) Recent Advances in Power Systems. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol. 812. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-6970-5_22.
• Kumari, Pooja & Sahay, Shuvam & Kumar, Niranjan. (2022). Inverter Control Strategy for Grid Assembled Photovoltaic System using Artificial Neural Network. 10.26480/icpesd.01.2022.62.67.
• Abhishek Kumar Sinha, Shuvam Sahay and Niranjan Kumar “A Review on Ancillary Services in Indian Deregulated Power System” International Conference on Power Electronics and Sustainable Development. (ICPESD-2022), April 23-25 2022, NIT Jamshedpur
• Kumari, P., Chaudhary, D., Sahay, S., Kumar, N. (2024). Different Strategies for Estimation of State of Charge for Battery Packs of Electric Vehicle. In: Swain, B.P., Dixit, U.S. (editors) Recent Advances in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. ICSTE 2023. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol. 1071. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-4713-3_6
• P. Kumari, S. Sahay and N. Kumar, "Extended Kalman Filter Approach for State of Charge Estimation of Lithium-Ion Battery," 2023 IEEE 2nd International Conference on Industrial Electronics: Developments & Applications, Imphal, India, 2023, pp. 483-486, doi: 10.1109/ICIDeA59866.2023.10295217.

• I got Third Best Paper Award for the paper titled as “A Review on the Growth of Indian Power Sector: Pre & Post Independence” presented in IEEE Conference held in PIET Nagpur.

• One-week short-term course (APRES) in NIT Jamshedpur from 18-22 July 2022.
• Attended Research Conclave-2021 in NIT Jamshedpur from 25-27 February 2021.
• One-week short-term course on STTPIOT-19 (Internet of Things) in NIT Jamshedpur from 9-13 October 2019.
• One-week short-term course on (Research Methodology) in MNIT Jamshedpur 27-31 May 2019

•  One-week short-term course on HVDC and FACTS Devices in NIT Jamshedpur from 15-17 March 2020
• Attended FDP on Optimization Techniques for Engineering Application in EED NIT Warangal from 7-15 April 2021.
• Attended FDP on AI and Data Analytics Applications in Power Systems, in EED NIT Hamirpur from 3-7 June 2024.
• Attended FDP on Machine Learning and deep learning Fundamental and Application in NPTEL from 8 Aug-4 Nov2024.
• Attended FDP on Deep Learning and Applications in ECED NIT Kurukshetra from 26 Feb-2 March 2025.

IEEE

•  I am acting as the reviewer of Soft Computing (SCIE), Asian Journal of Control (SCIE) & System Assurance and Management (Scopus).

• Three-month internship under Hydro Magus Pvt. Ltd. in instrumentation, and erection & commissioning in AHPCL GVK Srinagar, Uttarakhand.
• Training of operation at 250 MW simulators, which is the replica of 250 MW unit of Naphtha Jhakhri Hydro Power Plant Sutlej Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited.

• C Programing, Matlab Programing, Python Programming

• Bokaro Thermal Power House,
• Bhakra Nangal Power Plant,
• Chibro Hydel Power Plant,
• Tehri Hydel Power Plant,
• Pong Dam,
• Gangual Power and Kotla Power House.