Dr. Mandal's research interests include power systems operations and markets, renewable energy integration and forecasting, machine learning applications, and smart grid. He has authored more than 100 scientific articles and proven technical, academic and leadership skill with various awards and honors. He is a recipient of best papers award by IEEE and Young Engineer award from IEEJ. He participates and assumes leadership roles in multiple professional groups within the IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES). He is a Senior Member of IEEE, Secretary of IEEE PES Power & Energy Education Committee (PEEC)–Life Long Learning Subcommittee (LLLSC), Secretary of IEEE PEEC award subcommittee, and a member of various IEEE working groups and subcommittees. Dr. Mandal is a regular reviewer of journals and conferences. He also serves as a NSF panelist, an Editorial Board of the journals and a session chair and panelist in IEEE PES conferences.