Research Interests
Variable Speed Pumped Storage Plants, Power Electronics and Electric Machines, Waste -to-Energy Generation, Marine Electrification, Cyber Security for Hydropower Plants
BioSketch
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
2009
Ph.D, Optimal Design and Control of Three-Phase Induction Motors
Government College of Engg. Tirunelveli (Anna Univ., Chennai)
2005
M. Eng, Power Electronics and Drives (First Class with Distinction)
Coimbatore Institute of Technology (Government Aided Autonomous Institution)
2002
B. Eng, Electrical and Electronics (First Class)
Government Polytechnic College Nagercoil
1996
Dip. Eng, Electrical and Electronics (First Class with Honours)
Research
Patents and Recent Publications (in last 10 years):
Patents (in last 10 years): 10
Publications (in last 10 years): 126 [IEEE Trans: 33; IET/SCI Journals: 16, conference proceedings: 77
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37586821100
Honors And Awards
Institute Research Fellowship for Outstanding Young Faculty
IEEE Power and Energy Society
2023
Associate Editor-IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion
IEEE Power Engineering Letters
2023
Associate Editor
IEEE Transportation Electrification Community eNewsletter
2020
Associate Editor
IEEE Industry Application Society
2020
Member - Project/ task group of IEEE Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Standards Development Committee (IAS/ICPS/ SDC/ 3001.3 WG/ P3001.3)
Frontiers in Trasportation Systems
2021
Associate Editor
Department of Science and Technology (DST), India
2017
Full Travel grant award to attend the conference IEEE IAS Annual Meeting, USA (unutilized)
International Conference on Applications of Electrical Engineering, USA
2013
Best Paper Award for a research paper presented at AEE 2013, The Inn at Harvard (USA)
Bureau of Energy Efficiency, (Ministry of Power, India)
2007
Cash Award for an Article "Combined Heat and Power Systems"
Department of Science and Technology (DST), India
2013
Full Travel grant award to attend the conference AEE'13, USA
Tamil Nadu Electrical Licensing Board, Chennai
1999
Electrical Supervisor Competency Certificate
Int. Conf. on Advanced Computing & Communication Technologies
2013
Best Paper Award for a research paper presented at ACCT'13, India
Cash award for the paper presented at UPCON2016
Department of Science and Technology (DST), India
2009
Travel grant award to attend the conference ICACC 2009, Singapore
Teaching Engagements
Students
Analysis of doubly-fed induction machine Operating at Motoring Mode
01 Jan 2011 - 30 Jun 2016
Other Supervisors: Dr. S.P. Srivastava, Scholar: Navneet Kumar
Performance Investigations of Induction Motor Drives under Sensor Faults
01 Jan 2011 - 01 Sep 2016
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Arun Dominic
Design and Development of Energy Conservation Strategies for Asynchronous Machine Drives
01 Jan 2012 - 04 Apr 2017
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: R. Rajasingh
Analysis on Large Hydrogenerators Operating at Continuous Overloads
01 Jan 2014 - 30 Jun 2020
Other Supervisors: Dr. Thanga Raj Chelliah, Scholar: Carunai Selvane
Energy management in Electric Tugboats Using Variable Speed Technology
01 Jan 2014 - 22 Mar 2021
Other Supervisors: Dr. Thanga Raj Chelliah, Scholar: B. Anil Kumar
Invertigation of Large Hydro Units subjected to Converter Faults
01 Jan 2015 - 30 Jun 2018
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Anto Joseph
Variable speed hydropower generation
01 Jan 2015 - 13 Sep 2021
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: R R Semwal
Thermal Management in Power Electronic Converters Serving to Haydropower Plants
01 Jan 2016 - 01 Jun 2021
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Karthik D
Miscellaneous
Central Electricity Authority
2020-08-31
R&D Conclave
University of Sydney
2015-01-01
Laboratory visit and discussion with the experts in Electric Drives
GIS Plant, Siemens Limited (Aurangabad)
2023-03-31
Technical Visit
GE T&D India Limited, Vadodara
2019-01-01
Technical Discussion on Power Transformers
Niigata University, Japan
2018-01-01
Laboratory visit
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2013-01-01
Discussion with Electric Vehicle Team
Harvard University (USA)
2013-01-01
Conference
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
2020-08-31
Laboratory visit and a Discussion with the experts
AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow, Poland
2020-08-31
Conference (CISIM 2010)
Karcham Wangtoo HEP (1000MW)
2019-01-01
see the site condition for formulation of research project proposal
BASPA HEP (300MW)
2019-01-01
see the site condition for formulation of research project proposal
University of Luxembourg
2020-08-31
Research
The Hong Kong Poly. University
2012-01-01
Electric machines and Power Electronics Laboratories visit and a discussion with the experts
University of Hong Kong
2012-01-01
Electric machines and Electric Vehicle laboratories visit and a discussion with the experts
Central Power Research institute Bangalore
2015-01-01
Meeting with TC on Grid, Synchronization and Energy Conservation
Indian Institute of Space Technology Trivandrum
2019-01-01
Control Systems and Power Electronics Labs Visit
Baba Banda Bahathur Singh Engineering College, Punjab
2012-01-01
Examiner (M. Tech Thesis Evaluation) - Punjab Technical University
Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, Thiruvananthapuram
2020-08-31
Research
Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, Noida
2012-01-01
E- Learning laboratory visit
Galogi Mini Hydropower Plant, Dehradun
2012-01-01
Field visit during a short term course
Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, Mohali
2013-01-01
Wireless communication lab. visit
Central Scientific Instruments Organization, Chandigarh
2014-01-01
Computational Instrumentation laboratory visit
NIT Thiruchirappalli
2014-01-01
Examiner- Ph.D candidates
THDC India Ltd.
2015-01-01
R&D Meeting
IISc Bangalore
2015-01-01
NaMPET Meeting
College of Technology, GBPUAT
2016-01-01
Research and Project Discussion
Chilla Power House (Uttarakhand)
2016-01-01
M.Tech Observational Tour
Pathri Power House (Uttrakhand)
2016-01-01
M.Tech Observational Tour
BHEL, Haridwar
2020-08-31
visit to Electrical Machines Lab.
Executive Vice President
01 Feb 2024 - Present
Indian Water Resources Society
Head of Dept. Water Resources Development and Management
01 Feb 2024 - Present
IIT Roorkee
Faculty-in-Charge, Hydropower Simulation Lab.
01 Jan 2016 - Present
WRDM
Chief Warden, Khosla International House
08 Feb 2021 - 31 Dec 2023
IIT Roorkee
Faculty-in-Charge, Power Electronics and Hydro-Electric Machines Lab.
01 Jan 2012 - Present
WRDM
Treasurer
01 Jan 2011 - 01 Jan 2017
Indian Water Resources Society
Mentor of student projects
01 Jan 2012 - 01 Jan 2012
All India Young Engineers' Humanitarian Challenge (Aiye-Hum) 2012
Faculty-in-Charge, Building
01 Jan 2015 - 01 Jan 2019
IIT Roorkee
Faculty-in-Charge, Placements
01 Jan 2011 - 01 Jan 2019
WRDM
Head - Electrical and Mechanical Division
01 Jan 1998 - 01 Jan 1999
Haitima Textiles Limited, Coimbatore
Faculty-in-Charge, Website
01 Jan 2017 - 01 Jan 2019
IIT Roorkee
Faculty-in-Charge, Library
01 Jan 2019 - 29 Feb 2024
WRDM
Faculty-in-Charge, Class and Time Table
01 Jan 2019 - Present
WRDM
Hydropower Simulation laboratory at Water Resources Development and Management Dept. was developed by me in 2015, through research project grants, with asynchronous and synchronous generators, multi-level power electronic converters, DS1102, DS1104, OP4200 digital signal processors/simulators, power quality analyzers, programmable power supplies, and digital storage oscilloscopes. It is committed for the research in support with national organizations including THDC India Limited, Central Power Research Institute, Dept. of Science of Technology, Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, and Indian Maritime University (Vishakhapatnam). The laboratory has signed an MoU with CDAC-T for Full Spectrum Simulator (Mini) program under the support of National Mission on Power Electronics Technology (NaMPET), Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
Annual Report of Hydropower Simulation Laboratory may please be seen at:
2018: https://www.iitr.ac.in/media/facspace/thangfwt/HSL2018.pdf
2019: https://www.iitr.ac.in/media/facspace/thangfwt/HSL2019.pdf
2020: https://www.iitr.ac.in/media/facspace/thangfwt/HSL2020.pdf
2021: https://www.iitr.ac.in/media/facspace/thangfwt/HSL2021.pdf
2022: https://www.iitr.ac.in/media/facspace/thangfwt/HSL2022.pdf
2023: https://www.iitr.ac.in/media/facspace/thangfwt/HSL2023.pdf
The fourth National Workshop on Power Electronics on the theme “Strengthening Grid Energy Storage Through Power Electronics -Challenges and Research Opportunities” under the aegis of National Mission on Power Electronics Technology (NaMPET-II) was organized by the Hydropower Simulation Laboratory of Department of Water Resources Development and Management, IIT Roorkee during October 9-11, 2017. There were 77 participants from industry, research organizations, user agencies and educational institutions in India participated in this three days event along with 3 stalls for industry for product/technology exhibitions.
More details shall be seen at: https://www.iitr.ac.in/nwpe2017/
