My research is focused on design and development of DC/DC, DC/AC power electronic converters, space vector modulation techniques, and multiphase/ multi-level drive topologies. They are intended to be used for electric vehicles, grid interfacing of renewable energy sources and so on.
Wider areas of research:
MPPT for solar and wind applications.
Power systems with high penetration of renewable energy sources.
Energy management of EV network.
DC/ AC Microgrid, Smartgrid
For more details on the research activities and areas, please see the links below:
Education:
- BE (Electrical & Electronics Engineering), Malnad College of Engineering (VTU), Hassan, Karnataka: 2008-2012
- M.Tech (Power Electronics and Drives), National Institute of Technology Warangal, Telangana: 2012-2014
- PhD (Electrical Engineering), Indian institute of Technology Roorkee, Uttarakhand: 2014-2019
Experience:
- Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi: Dec 2020 to Present
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Electrical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore: Nov 2019 to Dec 2020
- Assistant Professor, Electrical & Electronics Engineering, BMS College of Engineering, Bengaluru: July 2019 to Nov 2019
Ph.D. Scholars:
1. Alok Kumar
Status: Ongoing
Research: Energy management system for Electric and Hybrid Electric Vehicles.
Location: Power Systems Lab, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT (BHU) Varanasi.
2. Dhawal Dwivedi
Status: Ongoing.
Research: Design and development of reliable high power drive system for electric vehicles (EVs).
Location: Electrical machines and drives lab, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT (BHU) Varanasi.
M.Tech Students:
1. Kush Aameria
Status: Completed
Research: Design of Dual Output Multilevel PWM Converter
Location: Bank of America, Gandhinagar, India
2. Amritanshu Ruhela
Status: Completed
Research: Design, Development, and Analysis of a Novel Boost-SEPIC-based Three-Port Converter
Location:
3. Prashant Kannojia
Status: Ongoing
Research: Design of Energy Efficient Motors using FEM analysis.
Location: Electrical machines and drives lab, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT (BHU) Varanasi.
4. Gautam Kumar
Status: Ongoing
Research: Space Vector Pulse Width Modulation techniques for Mult-level Multiphase Drives
Location: Electrical machines and drives lab, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT (BHU) Varanasi.
IDD Students
1. Mohnish Gupta
Status: Ongoing
Research: Design and optimization of three-port converter for EV applications.
Location: Electrical machines and drives lab, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT (BHU) Varanasi.
2. Shikar Prasad
Status: Ongoing
Research: MPPT for PV interfaced E-boat application.
Location: Electrical machines and drives lab, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT (BHU) Varanasi.
1. Event: Workshop on Electric Vehicles under AICTE Quality Improvement Scheme
Institute: LNCT group of Institutions, Bhopal
Type: Invited Lecture
Topic: EV Chargers: Methodologies, Design, and Control
Date: 20/05/2021
2. Event: 2nd Electric Power and Renewable Energy Conference (EPREC-2021)
Institute: NIT Jamshedpur
Type: Session Chair
Topic:
Date: 29/05/2021