: blnraju@nitw.ac.in, narasimharaju.bl@gmail.com : 0870-246-2247 (O) / 2200 (HOD)
Research Interests: Power Electronics & Drives- Converters, PWM & Control Techniques & Applications, Power Drivers for LED Lighting System, Power Quality Issues, Solar PV inverters for EV/UPS/Grid Integration Applications, Electric Drives (SRM, SynRM, BLDC, PMSM), etc...
::: Adjunct Professor :: SRM University Mangalagiri-Amaravati-Guntur-A.P :::
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Degree |
Institution/University |
Year of Award |
Topic/Specialization |
Division |
Ph.D |
Indian Institute of Technolgy Roorkee (IIT Roorkee-E1847) "01/01/2009 to 03/11/2011", 2Y::10M::3D |
2012 |
An Improved Bi-Directional Converter
|
8.0/10 (CGPA) |
M.E |
University of Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (UVCE-E1917) Bengaluru |
2002 |
Power Electronics |
FIRST |
B.E |
University of Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (UVCE-E1917) Bengaluru |
1999 |
Electrical & Electronics Engineering |
FIRST |
Institution/ Organization name |
Date of joining |
Date of leaving |
Designation |
Length of ExperienceY-Years, M-Months, D-Days. |
Dept. of EE, NIT Warangal |
18-07-2022, Monday | Continuing | Professor | Continuing |
27/03/2018, Tuesday |
17-07-2022 Sunday |
Associate Professor |
04Y :: 04M :: 20D | |
01/06/2012, Friday |
26/03/2018 Monday |
Assistant Professor |
05Y :: 09M :: 25D | |
Dept. of EEE, MIT Manipal, Manipal University |
20/08/2003, Wednesday |
31/05/2012 Thusday |
Assistant Professor - Senior Scale |
08Y :: 10M :: 11D |
Dept. of EEE, UVCE Bangalore |
09/04/2002, Tuesday |
19/08/2003 Tuesday |
Teaching Assistant |
01Y :: 04M :: 10D |
LRDE, DRDO Bangalore |
August 2001 |
April 2002 Monday |
Project Trainee |
00Y :: 08M :: 00D |
Course Taught Previously |
Under Graduate: |
Basic Electronics |
Power Electronics |
Basic Electrical Science / Basic Electrical Technology / Basic Electrical Engineering |
Electrical Circuits Theory / Electrical Networks Analysis |
Control Systems |
Modern Power Converters/Switch Mode Power Converters |
Solid State Drives / Electric Drives |
Electric Traction & Drives |
Post Graduate : |
Analysis of Power Converters |
Advanced Power Electronics Converters |
Renewable Energy Sources |
Publications |
BLNRaju google scholar Citations: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=PzevEcYAAAAJ
J34. K Ashok Kumar & B. L Narasimharaju, (January 2024), Performance Analysis of a Bridgeless Pfc Buck-Boost Led Driver with Ripple Diversion Scheme for Extended Life Span, International Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications, In Early View, January 2024. |
J33. M. F Baba, A. V Giridhar, B. L Narasimharaju, (25 October 2023) "A Wide Voltage Range Bidirectional High Voltage Transfer Ratio Quadratic Boost DC-DC converter for EVs with Hybrid Energy Sources," IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Industrial Electronics, doi: 10.1109/JESTIE.2023.3327639. Early Access |
J32. D. Raveendhra, R.Poojitha, B.L.Narasimharaju, Alexander D, Aliona D, Minh H. D, Mukesh P, F.Liu, D Sidorov, Part-II: State-of-the-Art technologies of Solar Powered DC Microgrid with Hybrid Energy Storage Systems: Converter Topologies, Energies 2023, 16(17), 6194, pp1-34. https://doi.org/10.3390/en16176194 |
J31. D. Raveendhra, R. Poojitha, B L Narasimharaju, Dreglea I A, F.Liu, Daniil P, Mukesh P, D Sidorov, "Part-I: State-of-the-Art Technologies of Solar Powered DC Microgrid with Hybrid Energy Storage Systems-Architecture Topologies", Energies 2023, 16, 923, pp.01-22. https://doi.org/10.3390/en16020923 |
J30. S. Madhu Babu, Narasimharaju B. L, A New Generalized Symmetrical/Asymmetrical Boost Integrated Multilevel Inverter with Reduced Components for PV/UPS Applications, T&F International Journal of Electronics, 11 Jan 2023, PP. 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207217.2022.2164075 |
J29. Vijaya Vardhan Reddy P, Narasimharaju B L, Suryavamshi H. M, (Sept -2023) Implementation of Dual Control MPPT-based DC-DC Converter fed Solar PV Power Application" IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 2022; Vol.70, no.09, pp.9016-9024.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=9923610 |
J28. M. F Baba, A. V Giridhar, B. L Narasimharaju, (10 September 2022), Active Switched Capacitor based Ultra Voltage Gain Quadratic Boost DC-DC Converters, Int. Journal of Circuit Theory & Applications, Wiley Publishers, Vol.51, no.03, March 2023,,pp.1389-1416. https://doi.org/10.1002/cta.3453 |
J27. D.Raveendhra, R. Poojitha, B.L.Narasimharaju, Babu Y S, E.Rusu, Fayek H Hady, (18 April 2022), Analysis and Operation of High DC-AC Gain 3-Phase Capacitor Clamped Boost Inverter, Energies 2022, 15(8), 2955. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15082955 . J26. M. F Baba, A. V Giridhar, B. L Narasimharaju, (18 April 2022), "Nonisolated High Gain Hybrid Switched-Inductor DC-DC Converter with Common Switch Grounding, Int. Journal of Circuit Theory & Applications, Wiley Publishers, 2022; Vol.50, no.08, pp.2810-2828. https://doi.org/10.1002/cta.3295 |
J25. S. Madhu Babu, Narasimharaju B. L, Akshay K Rathore, (Oct-2021) "A New Buck-boost Integrated Multilevel Inverter with Reduced Capacitors and Capacitor Size for Low-frequency AC Applications" International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems, Wiley, 2021; Vol.31, no.12, pp. - . DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/2050-7038.13176 |
J24. Vijay Babu K, Narasimharaju.B.L, D. M. Vinod Kumar, (2021), Performance Investigation on ANFIS and FFNN Assisted Direct and Indirect PV-fed Switched Reluctance Motor Water Pumping System,' International Journal of Modelling and Simulation, 27 Jan 2021, pp. 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/02286203.2021.1875288 |
J23. V V K Satyakar , Narasimharaju B.L, et. al., ( 2021), A Non-Isolated Wide Input Series Resonant converter for automotive LED Lighting System, Trans. on IEEE Power Electronics, vol. 36, no. 5, pp. 5686-5699, May 2021. |
J22. Koyelia Khatun, Venkata R.V, Akshay K. Rathore, B L Narasimharaju, (2020), “Small Signal Analysis and Control of Soft-Switching Naturally-Clamped Snubberless Current-Fed Half-Bridge DC/DC Converter” Journal of Applied Science (MDPI), Energies Section, Special Issue "10th Anniversary of Applied Sciences: Invited Paper in Energy Section, Vol.10, No.17 2020, pp. 1-19, SCI-E, Scopus (Elsevier), Web of Science. IF: 2.702 |
J21. R. Vakacharla, K. Gnana, P. Xuewei, B. L. Narasimaharaju, Mangu B, Atanu B, Renu Sharma, Akshay K Rathore (2020) “State-of-the-art Power Electronics Systems for Solar-to-Grid Integration”, Solar Energy, Journal of the International Solar Energy Society, Elsevier, Vol. 210 , No. 1, Nov 2020, pp.128-148, Invited Paper. IF:4.807, SCI-E, Scopus (Elsevier), Web of Science |
J20. S. Madhu Babu, Narasimharaju B. L, (July 2020) Single-phase Boost DC-link Integrated Cascaded Multilevel Inverter for PV Applications, IET Power Electronics, Vol.13 , No. 10, pp. 2086-2095, 5 -Aug- 2020 . |
J19. V V K Satyakar , Narasimharaju B.L, et. al., (2020) "Analysis and Implementation of Soft Switched Bi-directional Buck-Boost DC-DC Converter for Solar PV fed LED Street Lighting Systems" Int. Journal of Circuit Theory & Applications, Wiley Publishers, 2020; Vol.48, pp.266–285. |
J18. V VK Satyakar, Narasimharaju B.L., et. al., (2019) "An Efficient Full-Bridge Resonant Converter for Light Emitting Diode (LED) Application with Simple Current Control", Int. Journal of Circuit Theory & Applications, Wiley Publishers, 2019; Vol.47, no.12, pp.1990–2018. |
J17. Ramanjaneya Reddy U, Narasimharaju B L, Asif Md, (2018) “Voltage Mode Control DCM HSD-CIB PFC Converter for HB-LED Lighting Applications” (Open Access, WoS) Journal of Power Technologies 98 (4) (2018) Pp.305–313. |
J16. Narasimharaju.B.L, Ramanjaneya Reddy U, Raveendra Dogga, (2018) Design and Analysis of Voltage Clamped Bidirectional DC-DC Converter for Energy Storage Applications, IET Journal of Engineering, 02-April-2018, Vol:2018, No.7, Pp-367-374. |
J15. Vijay Babu K, Narasimharaju.B.L, D. M. Vinod Kumar, (2017) "Performance Investigation of Simplified PWM MPPT Approach for Direct PV-fed Switched Reluctance Motor in Water Pumping System", IET Electric Power Applications, Vol.11, No.9, 2017, pp.1645 - 1655. |
J14. Ramanjaneya Reddy U, Narasimharaju.B.L, Vijay Babu K "( Dec 2016) High step-down Dual output Light Emitting diode driver , Int., Journal Of Renewable Energy Research (IJRER), Vol.7, No.1, 2017, pp.157-169. |
J13. Ramanjaneya Reddy U, Narasimharaju.B.L, (Nov 2016)"A Cost Effective Zero Voltage Switching Dual Output LED Driver", Trans. on IEEE Power Electronics, Vol.32 , No.10 , 2017, pp.7941-7953 , Oct 2017. |
J12. Ramanjaneya Reddy U, Narasimharaju.B.L, (Sept 2016) "Single-Stage Electrolytic Capacitor less Non-Inverting Buck-Boost PFC Based AC-DC Ripple Free LED Driver", IET Power Electronics, Vol.10, No.1, pp. 38-46, Jan 2017. |
J11. Ramanjaneya Reddy U, Narasimharaju.B.L, (July 2016) "Improved Efficiency Coupled Inductor-Buck AC-DC Light Emitting Diode (LED) Driver", IEICE Electronics Express (ELEX), Vol.13, No.16, 2016, pp.1-6. |
J10. Vijay Babu K, Narasimharaju.B.L, D. M. Vinod Kumar, (2016) "Performance Evaluation of Switched Reluctance Motor PWM Control in PV-fed Water Pump System", Int., Journal Of Renewable Energy Research (IJRER), Vol.6, No.3, 2016, pp. 941-950. |
J09.Vijay Babu K, Narasimharaju.B.L, D. M. Vinod Kumar, (2015) "Switched Reluctance Machine for Off-Grid Rural Applications: A Review", Taylors & Francis- IETE Technical Review , Vol.33, No 2, Dec 2015, pp. 1-13. IF:0.888, (date: 31 October 2015) |
J08. Narasimharaju.B.L, S. P. Dubey, S.P.Singh, (2012) Design and Analysis of Coupled Inductor Bidirectional DC-DC Convertor for High Voltage Diversity Applications", IET Power Electronics, Vol. 5, Iss. 7, pp. 998-1007, 2012. IF :1.683. |
J07. Narasimharaju B.L, et. al. (2015) " Space-vector pulse width modulation Scheme for Open-end Winding Induction Motor Drive Configuration", IET Power Electronics, Vol.8, No.7, pp. 1083-1094. |
J06. Narasimharaju B. L, et. al., (2016)"Bidirectional AC-DC Converter and DC-DC Converter for Charge/Discharge Applications", (RIJEEE), Publishing India Group Vol.1, No.2, 2016, pp.11-17. |
J05. Narasimharaju B.L., et. al. (2015), Space-vector Based Equal Switching Strategy for Three-level Open- end Winding Induction Motor Drive, The Journal of CPRI, Vol.10, No.2, June 2014. |
J04. Narasimharaju B.L., et. al., A new alternate Fixed-bias inverter SVPWM scheme for open-end winding induction motor drive, International Review of Electrical Engineering, Vol.9, No.1, pp.1-6, Feb 2014. (IF - 0.57) |
J03. Narasimharaju B.L., et. al., Investigation of Device Temperature on Power Electronics Switches used in open-end winding induction motor drive for Alternate fixed-bias inverter scheme, International Review of Electrical Engineering ,Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 36 - 41, Feb 2014. |
J02. Narasimharaju.B.L, S. P. Dubey, S. P. Singh, (2011) "Performance Evaluation of Fuzzy Logic Controlled Bidirectional DC to DC Converter", International Journal of Computing Science & Communication Technologies, Vol.3, No. 2, pp. 598- 603, January 2011. |
J01. Narasimharaju.B.L, S. P. Dubey, S. P. Singh, (2010) "Analysis of PI controlled Bidirectional Converter for Discharge and Charge Applications", International Journal of Recent Trends in Engineering and Technology(IJRTET), Academic Publisher, Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 7-11, November 2010. |
Conference Proceedings: 59
Akash Misra, K.Srikanth, B L Narasimharaju, Performance Comparison of Multilevel and 2-level Inverters for High Voltage E-drive Application, 2023 IEEE International Students' Conference on Electrical, Electronics and Computer Science (SCEECS-23), 18th – 19th February 2023, MANIT Bhopal, India, pp.01-06. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=10063049
PHDs Supervised |
Scholar Name |
Thesis |
Year of Award |
S. Madhu Babu |
Investigation on Single-Phase Step-Up Multilevel Inverters for Photovoltaic Standalone Applications |
04-07-2022 |
V V K Satyakar | Development of Soft-switched LED Drivers for Off-Grid Lighting Applications | 09-04-2021 |
U Ramanjeneya Reddy | Improved Driver Circuits For LED Lighting Applications | 25-10-2017 |
K Vijay Babu | Investigation on Switched Reluctance Machine Control in Off-grid Applications |
31-10-2017 |
PG (PED) Dissertation / Internship/UG Project Works Guidance : 35
Name of the Student | Project Title | PG(PED/SEG)/UG | Completion Status | |
Namoallv Sai Sreeja (22EEM1 R18) | Power Converter Design | Master’s level | ||
Kalvani Randhir Lokhande (22EEM1R11) | LED Drivers | Master’s level | ||
Akash Misra, (21EEM1R01 & EE21116) |
Control of SRM Drive (tentative) |
Master’s level |
in progress |
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SHASHANK VARSHNEY, 202529 (EE20102) |
AC-DC PFC-CUK FED ONE-SWITCH RESONANT CONVERTER WITH BMS FOR E-BIKE BATTERY CHARGING SYSTEM |
Master’s level |
June 2022 |
|
LAGUDU SRI HARI KUMAR 202514 (EE20119) |
Design & develop Power Converter for EV charging applications |
Master’s level |
June 2022 |
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ROHIT CHAVAN 202526 (EE20133) |
High Power Factor and Reduced Ripple Flyback Converter for Universal AC Voltage Fed LED Driver, |
Master’s level |
June 2022 |
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Gantasala Bhavana, 192506 |
Model Predictive Torque Control of Switched Reluctance Motor |
Master’s level |
June 2021 |
|
Lalam Kanaka Mahalakshmi, 192518 |
Model Predictive Control of Multilevel Inverter with Current Reference Scheme |
Master’s level |
June 2021 |
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Shubham Mittal, 192538 |
Design of Low Cost Digital Voltage Regulator for Synchronous Machines Based on Atmega32 Microcontroller |
Master’s level |
June 2021 |
|
Uday Karthikeyan Reddy B, 192545 |
Model Predictive Algorithm For A New High Gain Transformer-less Inverter With Leakage Current Elimination |
Master’s level |
June 2021 |
|
Mr. Shwetabh (182531) |
Investigations on Single-Phase Solar-PV Fed Transformer-Less Inverter Topology |
Master’s level |
July 2020 |
|
Mr. Uday Shankar, (182533) |
Solar PV Fed ZVS Bidirectional DC-DC Converter For Standalone LED Street Lighting System |
Master’s level |
July 2020 |
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Mr. Siddharth Balaji G |
Performance Analysis of Switched Capacitor Multi level Inverter |
Master’s level |
June 2019 |
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Mr. Sainadh Gubbala |
An Improved Sliding Mode Controlled LED Driver |
Master’s level |
June 2019 |
|
R Vinod Kumar |
SVPWM Control Strategy for Three-Level Cascaded H-Bridge Inverter |
Master’s level |
June 2018 |
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Mr. Mantana Harish |
Highly Reliable and High Efficient Quasi Single Stage Buck-Boost Inverter |
Master’s level |
June 2018 |
|
Mr. R. Prasanth Kumar |
Multi Level Inversion (Tentative) |
Master’s level |
in progress (PT) |
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Mr. M Poorna Chandra Rao |
Non Inverting Buck Boost converter for PV powered street lighting |
Master’s level |
June 2019 (PT) |
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Ms. Datla Sravani |
PV Fed LLC-LC Multi-Resonant Converter Based LED Driver |
Master’s level |
May/June 2017 |
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Mr.Y Sai Baba |
Performance Study Of PV Fed Synchronous Boost Converter For Linear And Quadratic Load |
Master’s level |
May/June 2017 |
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Mr. Surasani Avinash |
Capacitance Reduction With An Optimized Cascaded Converter Based LED Driver |
Master’s level |
May/June 2016 |
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Mr. Vadapally Harish |
Switched Reluctance Motor Control Strategies For Quadratic Load Application - A Comparative Study |
Master’s level |
May/June 2016 |
|
Mr. Golla Manikiran Kumar |
A Flicker-Free Electrolytic Capacitor Less AC-DC LED Driver |
Master’s level |
May/June 2015 |
|
Mr.Harish S |
Design And Analysis Of Isolated AC-DC Converter |
Master’s level |
May/June 2015 |
|
Ms. Deepa Das |
Bilevel Current Control LED Driver |
Master’s level |
May/June 2015 |
|
Mr. Goutam Baram |
Design Of Synchronous Non-Inverting Buck-Boost Dc-Dc Converter |
Master’s level |
May/June 2014 |
|
Mr. Shaik Rafi |
Modified Decoupled SVPWM Based Four-Level Inverter Fed Open-End Winding Induction Motor Drive |
Master’s level |
May/June 2014 |
|
Ms. Divya P |
Bidirectional AC- DC PFC Converter And DC-DC Converter For Charge/Discharge Application |
Master’s level |
May/June 2014 |
|
Mr. V. Venkata Prahlad |
Optimized Dual Active Bridge Bi-Directional DC-DC Converter For UPS Application |
Master’s level |
May/June 2013 |
|
Mr. B. Chiranjeevi |
Simulation And Analysis Of Soft Switching DC-DC Converters |
Master’s level |
May/June 2013 |
|
Ms. Divya Shetty |
Design Of Power Supply For RGB Led Based Lamp Source |
Master’s level |
May 2012 |
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Project Assistants / Internship Projects Guided: 06 |
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Mr. Arun Kumar, NIT Mizoram |
Modeling and Simulation Analysis of Soft switching DC-DC converters for PV integration |
Internship Project under MHRD at NITW |
AY:2017-18, |
|
Joseph V, NIT Mizoram |
Modeling and Simulation Analysis of Non-inverting Buck-Boost Converter |
Internship Project under MHRD at NITW |
AY:2017-18, |
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Ms. R. Tejaswi, |
Design and Analysis of Three-level Integrated AC-DC converter |
Project Assistant under TEQIP-II |
AY:2016-17 |
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Ms. K Janaki |
Design and Analysis of DC-DC converter |
Project Assistant under TEQIP |
AY:2016-17 |
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Mr. Karthik .K |
Performance Analysis of Single H-Bridge Multi-Level Inverter |
Project Assistant under TEQIP |
AY:2015-16 |
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Mr. Vijaya Vardhan Reddy. P |
Design of 2-DOF Controlled Boost Converter in CCM using characteristic Ratio Assignment |
Project Assistant under TEQIP |
AY:2015-16 |
Workshops/Conferences |
Six-Day GIAN cousre Medium Voltage Multilevel Inverters for High Power Industrial Drives for Manufacturing and Solar Generation Applications, 08th - 12th May 2023, sponsred by Global Initiative on Academic Network (GIAN), Minstry of Education, Govt. of India. Foriegn Expert Professor: Prof. Aksahy Rathore, IEEE Felow.
TWO-Week Advanced Faculty Development Programme On "Power Electronics, Energy Storage and Renewable Technologies (PEESRT) for E-Transportation in India (Advanced)", 06th – 18th March, 2023, Organized by Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad in association with Department of Electrical Engineering, NIT Warangal, Sponsored by, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), ATAL Academy New Delhi. (No. of Participants :50)
TWO-Week Basic Faculty Development Programme On "Power Electronics, Energy Storage and Renewable Technologies (PEESRT) for E-Transportation in India (Basic)", 13th – 25th February, 2023, Organized by Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad in association with Department of Electrical Engineering, NIT Warangal, Sponsored by, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), ATAL Academy New Delhi. (No. of Participants :50)
EIGHT-Day E&ICT Sponsored MNITJ-NITW Joint Online FDP on "ROLE OF POWER ELECTRONICS & ADVANCES IN INFRASTRUCTURE FOR E-MOBILITY IN INDIA", (RPEAIEI-2022), 11th -19th July 2022, EED NIT Warangal. EICT Academy NITW, Sponsored by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), GOI. (No. of Participants :50)
Projects |
S. No |
Project Title |
Agency / Project No. |
Cost in Lakhs |
Role (PI/Co-PI) |
Status |
Duration |
7. |
Development of low-cost, open-hardware enabled watershed monitoring system for India. |
SPARC/2019/1814, SPARC-MoE |
91.61770 |
Co-PI |
Ongoing |
June 2023 to till Date |
6. |
Design and Development of High Efficient Switched Reluctance Motor based Solar Photovoltaic (SPV) Water Pumping System (WPS) |
IMPRINT-India, Phase-I, MHRD; No:IMP/2019/000295, Dt.30-Dec-2019 |
79.8452 |
PI |
Completed |
Jan 2020-Jan 2023 |
5. |
Design and Development of New High Gain Transformer-less Inverter Topology for PV Based Grid Tie Applications |
SPARC-MHRD,SPARC/2018-2019/P1392/SL, Dt.15-March-2019
|
95.040 |
PI |
Ongoing |
4Years, 6 Months, March 2019-Sept 2023 |
4. |
Development of High PF Grid connected Induction Cooker with Direct AC-AC Conversion for Vessels of Different Material |
SERB-DST-2019,CRG/2018/004568, Dt.09-May-2019 |
32.892 |
Co-PI |
Completed |
3 Years, 2019-2022 |
3. |
Design and Development of Efficient Induction Cooker suitable forVessels of Different Materials. |
RSOP/2019/GD/12, CPRI-GoI, Bangalore |
14 .280 |
Co- PI |
Completed |
2 Years, 2019-2020 |
2. |
Design and Development of High-Efficient PFC based AC-DC LED Driver for AC-Grid Fed LED Lighting System |
ERB-DST-2018EMR/2017/004913;Lr.Dt.18-June-2018 |
27.535 |
PI |
Completed |
3 Years, 3 Months, July-2018 to Oct-2021. |
1. |
Investigation on Distributed Generation Resources with Energy Storage System in a Micro grid |
RSM project funded by NITW-MHRD |
1.300 |
PI |
Completed |
1 Year , 2013 |
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