Research/Consultancy/Academic Activities:
1. A customized 5KW PV generation system with Hybrid Controllable Inverter setup has been established as a multipurpose unit at National Institute of Technology Warangal.
2. Played key role in Developing a Prototype Photovoltaic Generation System for experimental purposes at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
3. Invitee to POSOCO Power System Awards-2016 and participated in panel discussions on “Current research Problems in Power System Practice,” at Northern Regional Load Dispatch Centre, New Delhi
4. Tested and Evaluated the Products for PV Generation Systems developed by Ecosense Sustainable Solutions Pvt. Ltd, Okhla, New Delhi
5. Tested and Evaluated the FACTS devices developed by Cambridge Industries, Kolkatta
6. External Member, Interview Board, OPTCL Selections, 2018 & 2019
7. Track chair PEDES 2018
8. Track chair POWERCON 2020, IISc Bangalore
9. Keynote/Tutorial Chair and Publicity Chair NPEC 2021
10. Chair, Technical Sessions, ECCE Asia 2021, Singapore
11. Chair, Technical Sessions, SeFeT 2021, Hyderabad, India
12. Member, Technical Program Committee, IEEE-iSSSC 2020, GIET University, Odisha
13. Member, Technical Program Committee, PEEIACON 2021, Bangladesh
14. Member, Technical Program Committee, ICPS 2021, IIT Kharagpur
15. Member, Technical Program Committee, ICIA 2020, NIT Jamshedpur, India
16. Member, Technical Program Committee, ICACCT 2021, NIT Kurukshetra, India
17. Technical Advisory Committee Member for ETPEC’20, Vignan's Foundation for Science, Technology & Research University, Guntur, India
18. Member of the team that was looking after the establishment of Centre for Energy, Real Time HIL systems lab and Smart Grid Research Laboratory at NIT Warangal
19. Member of UG and PG Syllabus Revision Committee at NIT Warangal
20. Doctoral Committee Member (External) to Cochin Univeristy, Dr. A. B. J. Abdul Kalam Technical University, Keral and VIT University, Vellore
21. Doctoral Committee Member (External), VIT University, Vellore
22. External Examiner, PhD Viva Voce, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Kakinada
23. Chairman, PhD Viva Voce Board, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala
24. External Examiner to evaluate M.E./M.Tech Dissertations at the Department of Electrical Engineering, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India, 28-08-2014
25. External Examiner, S. R. Engineering College (Autonomous), Warangal.
Administrative Responsibilities:
1. Professor-in-Charge, Website Services, IIT Bhubaneswar from 07-06-2019 to 26-08-2019
2. Professor-in-Charge, Electrical Works, IIT Bhubaneswar from 26-08-2019 to Till date
3. Member, Buildings and Works Committee, IIT Bhubaneswar from 2019 to Till date
4. Chair, IEEE Kolkata Section/Bhubaneswar Subsection Industrial Electronics Joint Section Chapter, 2019-2020
6. Secretary, IEEE Kolkata Section/Bhubaneswar Subsection Power Electronics Joint Section Chapter, 2019-2021
7. Professor-in-Charge, Renewable Energy Systems Laboratory, From June, 2018 to Till date
8. Professor-in-Charge, Electrical Technology Laboratory, From June, 2018 to August, 2021
9. Professor-in-Charge, Electrical Works, School of Electrical Sciences, IIT Bhubaneswar, From November, 2020 to Till date
10. Member, Convocation Committee, 2019, 2020, 2021
11. Member, Foundation Day Committee, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
12. Member, Inauguration Committee-Student Activity Centre, Play Courts and School of HSSM 2020
13. Member, Foundation Ceremony Committee, IIT Bhubaneswar Coastal Observatory
14. PG Coordinator, Electrical Engineering, IIT Bhubaneswar from 08-01-2018 to July, 2019
15. Faculty Coordinator, M.Tech (2014-2015 and 2016-2017), Ph.D (2015-2016) at NIT Warangal
16. Research Review Coordinator, M. Tech (PSE), IIT Bhubaneswar, From July, 2018 to Till date
17. Faculty Advisor for B.Tech-EE-2017-21/22
18. Faculty I/C for Industrial Visit to OPTCL, 2019
19. Institute Representative, JEE Advanced-2018
20. “Open-Day” Coordinator (School of Electrical Sciences), IIT Bhubaneswar, 2018 and 2019
21. Institute Level Committee Member, “Open-Day” 2020
22. Member, Unnat Bharat Abhyan, IIT Bhubaneswar, from January, 2020
Professional Memberships
- Life Member, National Environmental Science Academy (NESA)
- Rosalind Member of London Journals Press (UK), 2020
- Member, IEEE (upgradation to Senior Member is due from 2020)
- Member, IEEE Power & Energy Society, IEEE Power Electronics Society and IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
- Member, IEEE Young Professionals
- Member, IEEE Smart Grid Community
- Member, IEEE Smart Cities Community
Editor/Guest Editor
Frontiers in Energy Research-Smart Grids
Expert Lectures / Invited Talks / Guest Lectures Delivered
1. Indo-South Africa workshop on Renewable Energy, 23rd March, 2019, Part of Indian Delegation (Invitee) to the India-South Africa Joint Workshop on Energy Research, March, 20th-24th New Delhi, 2019
2. Delivered Awardee Talk onRenewable Energy Resources and their Integration at IEI Annual Convention, Trichy, November, 2017
3. Delivered Expert Lectures in joint workshop on “Electricity Market Oriented Control of Renewables based Microgrids” at Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar in collaboration with Institute of Energy Technology, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland on 14th December, 2017
4. Delivered Guest Lectures (IEEE Talk) at the Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi on “Maximum Power Point Tracking in Photovoltaic Generation Systems” on 22nd August, 2015
5. Delivered a talks at DST, GoI and IEEE Sections and Subsections sponsored, 2nd National Workshop on “Recent Developments in Smart-Grid Technologies (NWSGT-2020)” held during 23rd-24th January, 2020 at IIT Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
6. Delivered IEEE Talk at IIT Bombay on Energy Management and seamless control of Microgrid
7. Delivered IEEE Talk at IIT Kanpur on Storage free Energy Management in Microgrid
8. Delivered guest lectures at Central Power Research Institute (CPRI), Bangalore, Karnataka, India on “Grid Integration of Renewable Energy Sources-Challenges-Probable Solutions” and “Voltage Regulation Mechanism in Smart Distribution Systems with High Renewable Energy Penetration” during 9th and 10th November, 2017
9. Delivered guest lectures in different Workshops/Short term courses at Power Management Institute, NTPC Ltd., Noida on different issues of Renewable Energy Sources and their control during 2010-2013
10. Delivered guest lectures at Central Power Research Institute (CPRI), Bangalore, Karnataka, India on “Smart Transmission Grid Challenges – Role of Power Electronic Controllers” in the workshop on “Smart Transmission Grid Challenges – Integration of Renewables” during 20th and 21st March, 2014
11. Delivered Expert Lectures at Department of Chemical Engineering at National Institute of Technology Warangal on “Applications of Fuzzy Logic in Process Control” in Short Term Training Program on Advanced Process Control on 10th March, 2016.
12. Delivered Lectures (IEEE Talk) at Department of Electrical Engineering at National Institute of Technology Warangal on “Smart Grid-The Future Electric Grid” on 22nd September, 2015
13. Delivered Webinar (IEEE Talk) at Department of Electrical Engineering at National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli on “Smart Grid -The Future Electric Grid and its Building blocks” on 21st May, 2020
14. Delivered IEEE Talk at PELS/IAS/PES Joint Chapter of IEEE Vizag Bay Section on “Power grid Management during Pandemic-An Indian Scenario”, 17th December, 2020
15. Delivered Invited Technical Talk at Golden Jubilee Celebrations of Indian Society of Technical Education held at Gandhi Institute for Education and Technology, Khurda, Odisha on 24th February, 2018
16. Delivered Expert Lectures in TEQIP Sponsored Faculty Workshop at National Institute of Technology Nagpur on “Smart Grid-An Overview” and “Voltage Regulation in Smart Distribution Systems” Challenges in Grid Integration of Renewable Energy Sources” on 02-02-2018
17. Delivered Expert Lectures in TEQIP Sponsored Faculty Workshop at Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat, 2020
18. Delivered Expert Lecture at TEQIP Sponsored Continuing Education Program on “Advanced Technologies in Power Engineering” during 17th- 21st December, 2018 at NIT Warangal
19. Delivered Expert Lectures at Teaching Learning Centre, National Institute of Technology Warangal Sponsored Faculty Development Workshop on “Effective teaching & Learning of Smart Grid & Microgrid Technologies” during 4th-8th December 2017, NIT Warangal
20. Delivered Expert Talk at ATAL Workshops on “Electric Vehicle Fundamental, Policies and Road Ahead” at National Institute of Technology Goa, August, 2021
21. DRDO Sponsored two days national online seminar on “Recent technological development in Electric Vehicle (EV) System and its Applications in Defence” July 2021 at A.K.T Memorial College of Engineering and Technology, Kallakurichi, Tamilnadu, India
22. Delivered Expert Lectures at Central University of Karnataka, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga), Karnataka in the workshop on “Basic MATLB programming and Simulink” on 08th May, 2015
23. Delivered guest Lectures at YMCA University, Faridabad, Haryana, India in the workshop on “Artificial Intelligent Tools and their use in Power systems and Power Electronics” during 18th-22nd, June, 2012
24. Delivered Expert Lectures at University College of Engineering (Autonomous), Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Kakinada in Workshop on PV Generation Systems and Power Electronics on 30th January, 2016
25. Delivered Expert Talk at TEQIP Sponsored Workshop on “Recent Trends in Renewable Energy Systems and Hybrid Electric Vehicles” at Osmania University, Hyderabad, 16th November, 2019
26. Delivered Expert Talk at ATAL Workshops on “Challenges in Electric Vehicles and Road Ahead” at Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi, Karnataka, 2021
Also Delivered Expert Talks at
Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology, Government Engineering College, Kottayam, Kerala; Government College of Engineering Keonjhar, Odisha; VIT University, Vellore; Kakatiya Institute of Technology and Science (KITS), Warangal; Vasavi College of Engineering (A), Hyderabad; Maharaja Vijayaram Gajapathi Raj College of Engineering (Autonomous), Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh; Anil Neerukonda Institute of Technology & Sciences (Autonomous), Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh; CVR College of Engineering, Hyderabad; Vardhman College of Engineering (Autonomous), Hyderabad; Jayamukhi Institute of Technological Sciences (Autonomous), Warangal; Gandhi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Gunupur, Odisha; Ramachandra College of Engineering, Eluru, Andhra Pradesh; Sasi Institute of Technology and Engineering, Andhra Pradesh; S. R. Engineering College, Warangal, Telangana; Gokaraju Rangaraju college of Engineering, Hyderabad; Vignan’s Deemed University, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh; Tirumala Engineering College, Andhra Pradesh; Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology, Burla; B V raju Institute of Technology, Hyderabad; UGC-HRDC of Osmania University, Hyderabad; Raisoni Group of Engineering colleges, Nagpur; Vidya Jyothi Institute of Technology Hyderabad; CMR Institute of Technology, Bangalore, Karnataka; Global Academy of Technology, Karnataka; Pragti Engineering College, Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh; VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Technology, Hyderabad; KIIT Deemed University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha; Vidya Jyothi Institute of Technology (Autonomous), Hyderabad; Sri Vasavi Engineering College, Tadepalligudem, Andhra Pradesh; Vinyakrao Patil Mahavidyalaya for UGC SRIDE, Aurangabad, India;