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Dr. Vaskar Sarkar
Department of Electrical Engineering
IIT Hyderabad

Vaskar Sarkar Scopus Id.: 57218693593
Vidyan Id.: 107598
ORCID Id.: 0000-0002-6011-8401

Email: vaskar@ee.iith.ac.in
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Academic Background:

  • B.E.: Bardhaman University (2002)
  • M.E.: Bengal Engineering and Science University (2004)
  • PhD: IIT Bombay (2009)

Professional Experience:

  • Visiting assistant professor at IIT Hyderabad (Dec. 2009 - Sep. 2010)
  • Assistant professor at IIT Hyderabad (Sep. 2010 - Nov. 2016)
  • Associate professor at IIT Hyderabad (Nov. 2016 – Oct. 2023)
  • Professor at IIT Hyderabad (Oct. 2023 – Till date)

Undergraduate Courses Taught:

  • EE2010: Electrical and Magnetic Circuit Analysis
  • EE2011: Basic Electrical Engineering Laboratory
  • EE2040: Electromechanical Energy Conversion
  • EE2041: Machines Laboratory
  • EE2047: Graph Theory
  • EE2600: Power System Analysis
  • EE3230: Power System Practice

Postgraduate Courses Taught:

  • EE604: Power System Restructuring
  • EE5200: Steady State Power System Analysis
  • EE5201: Power System Laboratory
  • EE5230: Power System Dynamics and Control
  • EE5247: Dynamics of Power System Components
  • EE5257: Power System Stability Analysis
  • EE6220: HVDC and FACTS
  • EE6270: Grid Integration of PV Systems
  • EE7200: PMU and WAMS
  • EE7220: Microgrid
  • EE7230: Wide Area Monitoring, Protection and Control

Courses Developed:

  • EE2047: Graph Theory
  • EE604: Power System Restructuring
  • EE6220: HVDC and FACTS
  • EE6270: Grid Integration of PV Systems
  • EE7200: PMU and WAMS
  • EE7220: Microgrid
  • EE7230: Wide Area Monitoring, Protection and Control

Teaching Awards Received:

  • Received the excellence in teaching award from IIT Hyderabad in 2021.

Research Interest:

  • Flexible power point tracking control of a PV system.
  • Development of PV-based EV charging stations.
  • Grid integration of renewables and microgrid.
  • Stability improvement of a renewable-driven power system.
  • Power system optimization.

Research Objectives:

  • Exploring practical solutions to real-world problems.
  • Solving fundamental problems related to engineering applications.
  • Interdisciplinary research to provide smart solutions to modern problems.
  • Theoretical developments with thorough experimental validations.
  • Product oriented research to fulfill the true needs of the society and humanity.

Journal Publications

Power System Operation and Economics:

  1. V. Sarkar and S. A. Khaparde, “Introduction to multidimensional financial transmission right,” IEEE Trans. Power Syst., vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 47-57, Feb. 2008. DOI
  2. V. Sarkar and S. A. Khaparde, “Implementation of LMP-FTR mechanism in an AC-DC system,” IEEE Trans. Power Syst., vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 737-746, May. 2008. DOI
  3. V. Sarkar and S. A. Khaparde, “A comprehensive assessment of the evolution of financial transmission right,” IEEE Trans. Power Syst., vol. 23, no. 4, pp. 1783-1795, Nov. 2008. DOI
  4. V. Sarkar and S. A. Khaparde, “Introduction to loss-hedging financial transmission right,” IEEE Trans. Power Syst., vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 621-630, May 2009. DOI
  5. V. Sarkar and S. A. Khaparde, “DCOPF-based marginal loss pricing with enhanced power flow accuracy by using matrix loss distribution,” IEEE Trans. Power Syst., vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 1435-1445, Aug. 2009. DOI
  6. V. Sarkar and S. A. Khaparde, “Optimal LMP decomposition for the ACOPF calculation,” IEEE Trans. Power Syst., vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 1714-1723, Aug. 2011. DOI
  7. V. Sarkar and S. A. Khaparde, “Reactive power constrained OPF scheduling with 2-D locational marginal pricing,” IEEE Trans. Power Syst., vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 503-512, Feb. 2013. DOI
  8. V. Sarkar and S. A. Khaparde, “Improving demand response and bid-consistency of price outcome in the security-constrained dispatch scheduling,” IEEE Trans. Power Syst., vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 2433-2445, Aug. 2013. DOI
  9. S. Vaishya and V. Sarkar, “Implementation of lossy FTRs for perfect risk hedging under the marginal loss pricing,” IET Gener. Transm. Distrib., vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 166-173, Jan. 2017. DOI
  10. S. Vaishya and V. Sarkar, “Designing option FTRs for the lossy FTR system,” IET Gener. Transm. Distrib., vol. 12, no. 9, pp. 2132-2139, May 2018. DOI
  11. R. Verma and V. Sarkar, “Active distribution network load flow analysis through non-repetitive FBS iterations with integrated DG and transformer modelling,” IET Gener. Transm. Distrib., vol. 13, no. 4, pp 478-484, Feb. 2019. DOI
  12. R. Verma and V. Sarkar, “Application of modified Gauss-Zbus iterations for solving the load flow problem in active distribution networks,” Elect. Power Syst. Res., vol. 168, pp. 8-19, Mar. 2019. DOI
  13. S. Vaishya and V. Sarkar, “Accurate loss modelling in the DCOPF calculation for power markets via static piecewise linear loss approximation based upon line loading classification,” Elect. Power Syst. Res. , vol. 170, pp. 150-157, May 2019. DOI
  14. S. R. Vaishya, A. R. Abhyankar, and V. Sarkar, “Marginal loss modeling based DCOPF and LMP calculations for an integrated AC and multi-terminal HVDC system,” IEEE Trans. Power Syst., vol. 36, no. 3, pp. 1867-1878, May 2021. DOI

Wide Area Monitoring and Control:

  1. N. R. Naguru and V. Sarkar, “Practical supplementary controller design for the bi-layer WAC architecture through structurally-constrained H2-norm optimization,” IET Gener. Transm. Distrib., vol. 13, no. 7, pp. 1095-1103, Apr. 2019. DOI
  2. G. V. N. Yatendra Babu and V. Sarkar, “Transient instability mitigation via repetitive corrective actions based upon the real-time macro-coherency evaluation,” IEEE Systems J., vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 5084-5095, Dec. 2020. DOI
  3. G. V. N. Yatendra Babu and V. Sarkar, “Application of recurrent corrective control for the transient instability mitigation in a synchronous interconnection with multiple control areas,” Elect. Power Sys. Res., vol. 201, p. 107520, Dec. 2021. DOI

Photovoltaic Power Generation and Microgrid:

  1. K. Manjunath and V. Sarkar, “Generalised analytical framework for the stability studies of an AC microgrid,” IET J. Eng. DOI
  2. K. Manjunath and V. Sarkar, “Enhanced real-time power balancing of an AC microgrid through transiently coupled droop control,” IET Gener. Transm. Distrib., vol. 11, no. 8, pp. 1933-1942, Jul. 2017. DOI
  3. M. K. K. Reddy and V. Sarkar, “The quantum-mode regulated power point tracking in a photovoltaic array for application under the quantised converter duty ratio,” IET Renew. Power Gener., vol. 15 , no. 8 , pp. 1748-1764, Jun. 2021. DOI
  4. M. K. K. Reddy and V. Sarkar, “Designing a generic multi-modality processing adapter for the practical implementation of the photovoltaic regulated power point tracking under the partial shading,” Elect Power Sys. Res., vol. 208, p. 107806, Jul. 2022. DOI
  5. V. K. Kolakaluri, M. N. Aalam, and V. Sarkar, “Metaheuristics assisted efficiency maximizing flexible power point tracking of a photovoltaic array under the partial shading ,” IEEE Trans. Energy Convers., vol. 38 , no. 3 , pp. 1576-1588, Sep. 2023. DOI

Conference Publications

Power System Operation and Economics:

  1. D Ganguly, V. Sarkar, and J. Pal, “A new genetic approach for solving the unit commitment problem,” in Proc. Int. Conf. Power Syst. Technol. (POWERCON 2004), Singapore, Nov. 21-24, 2004, vol. 1, pp. 542-547. DOI
  2. V. Sarkar and S. A. Khaparde, “A robust mathematical framework for managing simultaneous feasibility condition in financial transmission right,” in Proc. IEEE/PES General Meeting, Montreal, Canada, Jun. 18-22, 2006, pp. 1-6. DOI
  3. S. R. Vaishya and V. Sarkar, “Implementation of zonal pricing for a large power system by employing phase shifting transformers,” in Proc. IEEE Int .Conf. Advancements in Power and Energy (TAP Energy), Kollam, India, Jun.24-26, 2015. DOI
  4. R. Verma and V. Sarkar, “Accurate modeling of induction motor loads in the load flow analysis of a distribution network,” in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Power Syst. (ICPS 2016) , New Delhi, India, Mar. 4-6, 2016. DOI
  5. S. R. Vaishya and V. Sarkar, “Integrated energy and transmission pricing,” in Proc. Annual IEEE India Conf. IEEE (INDICON 2016), Bengaluru, India, Dec. 2016. DOI
  6. S. R. Vaishya and V. Sarkar, “A combined energy and transmission pricing scheme under ACOPF framework,” in Proc. National Power Syst. Conf. (NPSC 2018), Tiruchirappalli, India, Dec. 14-16, 2018. DOI
  7. S. R. Vaishya and V. Sarkar, "A simplified OPF framework for an integrated AC and multiterminal HVDC system," in Proc. IEEE Region 10 Conf. (TENCON), Dec. 4-7, 2017. DOI
  8. S. R. Vaishya and V. Sarkar, "An enhanced 2-D locational marginal pricing with FACTS devices under variable bus voltage profile," in Proc IEEE 7th Int. Conf. on Power Syst. (ICPS), Pune, India, Dec. 21-23, 2017. DOI
  9. R. Verma and V. Sarkar, “An improved forward-backward sweep technique for the load flow analysis of a distribution network with accurate modeling of zero sequence voltages,” in Proc. Int. Conf. Inform. Technol. Electr. Eng., Bali, Indonesia, pp. 516-521, Jul. 24-26, 2018. DOI
  10. R. Verma and V. Sarkar, “Power flow analysis of unbalanced distribution network with integration of various characteristics DGR,” in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Power Electron., Jaipur, India, Dec. 13-15, 2018. DOI

Wide Area Monitoring and Control:

  1. N. R. Naguru, G. V. N. Yatendra Babu, and V. Sarkar, “A comparative study on LQR and H control for damping oscillations in power system network considering different operating points,” in Proc. Int. Conf. Smart Electric Grid ( ICSEG 2014), Guntur, India, Sep. 19-20, 2014. DOI
  2. N. R. Naguru and V. Sarkar, “Optimal wide area control of a power system with limited measurements,” in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Signal Process. Informat. Commun. Energy Syst. (SPICES 2015), Kozhikode, India, Feb. 19-21, 2015. DOI
  3. G. V. N. Yatendra Babu, N. R.Naguru, and V. Sarkar, “Power system transient instability detection using frequency trend vector in wide area monitoring system,” in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Power Syst. (ICPS 2016), New Delhi, India, Mar.4-6, 2016. DOI
  4. N. R. Naguru, G. V. N. Y. Babu, and V. Sarkar, “Design and performance analysis of wide area controller in the presence of multiple load types,” in Proc. National Power Syst. Conf. (NPSC 2016), Bhubaneswar, India, Dec. 19-21, 2016. DOI
  5. A. Sridharan and V. Sarkar, “A comparative study on phasor and frequency measurement techniques in power systems,” in Proc. National Power Syst. Conf. (NPSC 2016), Bhubaneswar, India, Dec. 19-21, 2016. DOI
  6. G. V. N. Yatendra Babu and V. Sarkar, “A minimalistic approach for wide-area out-of-step identification,” in Proc. National Power Syst. Conf. (NPSC 2016), Tiruchirappalli, India, Dec. 14-16, 2018. DOI
  7. G. V. N. Yatendra Babu and V. Sarkar, “A case study on clustering methods applied to identification of generator coherency for controlled islanding,” in Proc. IEEE 8th Int. Conf. on Power Syst. (ICPS), Jaipur , India, 2019. DOI

Photovoltaic Power Generation and Microgrid:

  1. P. B. S. Kiran, K. Manjunath, and V. Sarkar, “Limited power control of a single-stage grid connected photovoltaic system,” in Proc. Annual IEEE India Conf. (INDICON 2015), New Delhi, India, Dec. 17-20, 2015. DOI
  2. P. B. S. Kiran and V. Sarkar, “Improved limited power tracking of a photovoltaic plant connected across voltage-controlled DC bus,” in Proc. IEEE Ind. and Commercial Power Syst. Petroleum and Chemical Industry Conf. (ICPSPCIC 2015), Hyderabad, India, Nov. 19-21, 2015. DOI
  3. K. Manjunath and V. Sarkar, “System level parameter tuning of an islanded microgrid with improved computational efficiency,” in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Power and Energy Syst: Towards Sustain. Energy (PESTSE 2016), Bengaluru, India, Jan. 21-23, 2016. DOI
  4. V. J. Ramaiah, M. K. K. Reddy, and V. Sarkar, “Variable rate LPPT based droop controlled operation of photovoltaic system for microgrid frequency regulation,” in Proc. Int. Conf. Power Electron. Drives and Energy Syst. (PEDES 2016), Trivandrum, India, Dec. 14-17, 2016. DOI
  5. M. K. K. Reddy and V. Sarkar, “LPPT control of photovoltaic system under partially shaded condition,” in Proc. Int. Conf. Sustain. Green Buildings and Communities (SGBC 2016) , Chennai, India, Dec. 18-20, 2016. DOI
  6. M. K. K. Reddy and V. Sarkar, “LPPT control of photovoltaic system against sudden drop of irradiance,” in Proc. IEEE 6th Int. Conf. on Comput. Appl. in Elect. Eng.-Recent Advances (CERA) , Roorkee, India, Oct. 5-7, 2017. DOI
  7. M. K. K. Reddy and V. Sarkar, “LPPT control of a dual-stage grid connected multi-string photovoltaic system,” in Proc. Annual IEEE India Conf. (INDICON 2017), Roorkee, India, Dec. 15-17, 2017. DOI
  8. K. Manjunath and V. Sarkar, “Performance assessment of different droop control techniques in an AC microgrid,” in Proc IEEE 7th Int. Conf. on Power Syst. (ICPS), Pune, India, Dec. 21-23, 2017. DOI
  9. K. Vinay Kumar and V. Sarkar, “A comparative study of different operating regions for performing the regulated power point tracking in photovoltaic systems,” in Proc National Power Electron. Conf.(NPEC), Bhubaneswar, India, Dec. 15-17, 2021. DOI
  10. K. Vinay Kumar and V. Sarkar, “Accurate regulation of the power output of a two-stage photovoltaic system with minimal local energy storage,” in Proc IEEE Int. Conf. on Power. Syst. Technol. (POWERCON), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Sep. 2022. DOI
  11. V. K. Kolakaluri, A. Nayak, M. N. Aalam, and V. Sarkar, “Oscillation guided artificial neural network design for the partial shading detection on a photovoltaic array,” in Proc Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Power Electron. Drives and Energy Syst. (PEDES), Rajasthan, India, Dec. 2022. DOI
  12. R. R. BharadwajV, C. Shambharkar, S. Desai, R. Wandhare, J. Titus, V. Sarkar, and R. Bhimasingu, “Oscillation guided artificial neural network design for the partial shading detection on a photovoltaic array,” in Proc Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Power Electron. Drives and Energy Syst. (PEDES), Rajasthan, India, Dec. 2022. DOI

Projects:

  1. PI of the project entitled Designing the Architecture and Operational Strategy for an On-Campus Microgrid
  2. Source: Hitachi India Limited; Amount: INR 20L; Year: 2012; Status: Completed
  3. PI of the project entitled Comprehensive framework for the planning and energy management of a microgrid
  4. Source: Hitachi India Limited; Amount: INR 17L; Year: 2013; Status: Completed
  5. PI of the project entitled Efficient Regulation of the Photovoltaic Power Output under the Partial Shading: A Paradigm Shift from MPPT to RPPT
  6. Source: DST-SERB; Amount: INR 33.79L; Year: 2022; Status: Ongoing

SPARC Lab at a Glance:

The SPARC laboratory is equipped with state-of-the-art facilities to carry out experimental research related to the real-time power system operation and the development of power electronic interfaces for energy harvesting from renewables. There are specially designed workbenches on which students can very coveniently develop their power electronic experimental setups. The laboratory has ample number of oscilloscopes, function generators, DC power supplies and power converters to perform different power electronic experiments. In addition, there are auto-transformers, regular transformers, variable inductors, battery stacks, load banks, which are extremely useful to do research in the area of the renewable power generation. With the available PV emulators, one can easily mimic the behaviour of a physical PV array while performing an experimental investigation. In order to perform the control of power converters, both embedded and CPU-based controllers are available. The research on the real-time monitoring and control of a power system is assisted by a high-end real-time simulator of the system dynamics. The laboratory also possesses multiple workstations to carry out large computational works without any burden. The computational facility of the laboratory is further going to be enhanced by procuring GPU systems. This will be specifically useful to develop ANN applications pertaining to the real-time monitoring of system conditions. Other upcoming research facilities are portable PV panels, pyranometers, LoRa communication gateways, smart energy meters and single-board computers.




Some Facilities of the SPARC Lab:

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eMEGASIM Simulator:

The eMEGASIM simulator is an OPAL-RT product, which is useful to investigate the behavior of a dynamical. It is basically a high performance computing system with hardware interface for external systems. By using the parallel computation architecture of eMEGASIM simulator, the dynamics of large system can be simulated in a very short time. The greatest advatange of the eMEGASIM simulator is that it can control the flow of the simulation in synchronism with a real-world clock. The particular mode of simulation is referred to as the real-time simulation. The real-time simulation in the eMEGASIM simulator can further be carried with external hardware or software in the loop. There are versions of the hardware-in-loop simulation. The first option is to use a physical plant, but to implement the controllers inside the real-time simulator. The particular option is useful for generating control signals for power converters in power electronics related experiments. The other option is to simulate the plant inside the simulator, but to use physical control systems externally. The particular approach taken to study the performance of a power system stabilizer or a protection system in the power system related experiments. The physical and simulated systems interact with each other via the hardware ports of the eMEGASIM simulator. In the case of the software-in-loop simulation, the eMEGASIM simulator can exchange information with the programs running in external computers over an Ethernet connection. The software-in-loop simulation is useful to perform a realistic verification of the performance of a wide-area monitoring, control and protection system. The eMEGASIM simulator use the RT-LAB software for building the simulation model of a dynamical system. However, the RT-LAB software is capable of importing the simulation model of dynmical system directly from the MATLAB. The eMEGASIM simulator available with us has 48 analog output ports, 48 analog input ports, 192 digital output ports and 192 digital input ports. In addition, there are terminals to monitor signals in oscilloscopes. At a time, 48 different signals can be monitored. The entire simulator is divided into two target computers, each of which can be accessed individually or both can be combined together into a single system. Our eMEGASIM simulator also has an embedded FPGA board with which PWM pulses can be generated at the interval of 1 μs by using the RT-event toolbox.
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PXI Controller:

The PXI controller from the National Instruments (NI) is a CPU based computing device that is widely used in the industry to implement the control systems for different plants. Apart from the control implementation, the PXI device is also useful for the data acquisition. The entire control or the data acquisition system can be developed in the LabVIEW platform, which needs to subsequently loaded in the PXI. Any such LabVIEW virtual instrument (VI) loaded into the PXI device runs in the real time while interacting with the external plants or devices via the hardware ports of the PXI controller. The SPARC laboratory uses the PXI device for the rapid control system prototyping, especially in connection with the development of maximum power point tracking or flexible power point tracking control for photovoltaic systems. The hardware interface of the available PXI controller comprises a large number of input and output ports. In specific, there are thirty two DC 10 Volt analog input ports, thirty two DC 10 Volt analog output ports, and one hundred sixty eight digital input/output ports. In addition, there are output ports to provide counter/timer, digitial triggering and clock signals. There is a specially designed port interfacing box with which external devices can be connected to the hardware ports of the PXI controller via screw terminal boards.
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CompactRIO Controller:

The NI made CompactRIO controller is a more advanced controller device than the PXI controller. It is very rugged, compact and contains a FPGA module. Similarly to the PXI controller, the CompactRIO controller is used to implement control systems as well as for the data acquisition by using LabVIEW VIs. The added advantage of the CompactRIO controller is its ability to execute very fast control actions by using its embedded FPGA module. In addition, the I/O modules come with screw or spring terminals that makes it possible to directly connect an external device to the CompactRIO controller without using any separate terminal blocks. The CompactRIO controller of the SPARC laboratory is equipped with one DC 10 Volt 16-channel analog input module, two DC ± 60 Volt 4-channel analog input modules, one AC 400 Volt (RMS) 3-channel analog input module, one AC 50 Amp (RMS) 3-channel analog input module, two DC ± 10 Volt 4-channel analog output modules, and one 8-channel TTL digital input/output module. .
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Solar PV Emulator:

The solar PV emulator is basically a programmable current source that can provide current output as per the V-I characteristic of a PV array. It is, practically, not always possible to perform experiments on physical PV arrays since it may be difficult to find a convenient space to install the required PV array. In addition, there is a very little flexibility to adjust the irradiance or temperature pattern for a physical PV array. The solar PV emulator eliminates all these burdens. Two ECOSENSE-made solar PV emulators are available in the SPARC lboratory of IIT Hyderabad. Each PV emulator has 4 output channels, each with a power rating of 400 W and voltage rating of 60 V. All the 8 chanels from the two emulators can be connected in the series parallel configuration. Each channel produces the V-I characteristic as per a pre-assigned look-up table. A total of 10 look-up tables can be saved in each simulator at a time. The SPARC laboratory has developed extensive computer codes to generate the look-up table for the V-I characteristic of a PV array of any configuration (i.e., series-parallel, total-cross-tied, bridge-linked, or honey-comb) under any arbitrary envirnmental condition. The V-I characteristic of a PV array can be generated with or without bypass and blocking diodes. Alrenatively, one can download the V-I characteristic of a PV array or panel directly from the online data source of the ECOSENSE. The availble solar PV emulator is being extensively used to perform experiments related to the maximum power point tracking and the flexible power point tracking.
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Power Stacks:

The SPARC laboratory of IIT Hyderabad possesses six power stacks from the SEMIKRON. Two different types of power stacks are there. The first type of power stack is made of one 3-phase rectifier and one 3-phase 2-level 2 kHz inverter. The maximum DC link voltage is 700 Volt and the maximum inverter output current is 30 Amp. The rated ACs-side voltage is 415 Volt (L-L). There are four such power stacks. The another type of power stack comprises one 3-level diode-neutral clamped 20 kHz inverter. For this power stack, the DC-link voltage rating is 600 Volt and the inverter output current rating is 35 Amp. There are two power stacks of the second type. The power stacks are useful to perform experiments related to the microgrids or on the grid or AC-load connected photovoltaic power generation. Those can be used both at high and low power levels.

Past PhD Students:

  1. Manjunath Kallamadi (2011 – 2017) Photo Photo not available
  2. Thesis title: Controller design and optimal parameter tuning for the stability enhancement of an AC microgrid
  3. Shri Ram Vaishya (2013 – 2018) Photo Photo not available
  4. Thesis title: Designing advanced locational marginal pricing schemes and FTR instruments for the power market
  5. Nagasekhara Reddy Naguru (2012 – 2019) Photo Photo not available
  6. Thesis title: Towards an enhanced wide area control system for damping out low frequency oscillations in power grid
  7. Rishabh Verma (2013 – 2019) Photo Photo not available
  8. Thesis title: Improving accuracy and computational efficiency of the load flow computation of an active/passive distribution network
  9. V. Naga Yatendra Babu G. (2013 – 2020) Photo Photo not available
  10. Thesis title: Interoparable recurrent corrective control framework for transient instability mitigation in interconnected power system
  11. M Kranthi Kumar Reddy (2014 – 2021) Photo Photo not available
  12. Thesis title: Development of control schemes for regulating the centralised or multi-string photovoltaic system power output circumventing sudden plant shut down or low frequency oscillations

Present PhD Students:

  1. Vinay Kumar Kolakaluri (2019 Jan. –) Photo Photo not available
  2. Topic: Energy efficient and accurate photovoltaic flexible power point tracking under partial shading
  3. Deepak Kumar Soni (2021 Aug. –) Photo Photo not available
  4. Topic: Design and implementation of a dynamically configurable power system stabilizing VSG based upon the PV power generation
  5. Ravi Kiran Reddi (2021 Aug. –) Photo Photo not available
  6. Topic: Stability improvement of a power grid via flexible control of the power production dynamics of renewable plants
  7. A. Sadhana (2023 Aug. –) Photo Photo not available
  8. Topic: Development of a flexibly operated residentially deployed smart solar power conditioner

Past M-Tech Students:

  1. Prashant Patel (2009 – 2011) Photo Photo not available
  2. Dissertation title: Stability analysis and control of microgrids
  3. Chemikala Madhava Reddy (2009 – 2011) Photo Photo not available
  4. Dissertation title: Power system voltage stability analysis
  5. Ummaiah Bonbhala (2009 – 2011) Photo Photo not available
  6. Dissertation title: AC-DC load flow analysis
  7. K. Ramanjulu (2009 – 2011) Photo Photo not available
  8. Dissertation title: Transient stability assessment using energy function method
  9. S. G. Krishna Devarakonda (2009 – 2011) Photo Photo not available
  10. Dissertation title: Synchrophasor application for the disturbance detection
  11. N.Srinvas Goud (2009 – 2011) Photo Photo not available
  12. Dissertation title: Power system state estimation
  13. V. Naga Yatendra Babu G (2011 – 2014) Photo Photo not available
  14. Dissertation title: Development of a platform for wide-area monitoring applications
  15. Rabbuni G.(2012 – 2014) Photo Photo not available
  16. Dissertation title:Unit commitment in restructured power systems
  17. D. Kailash Prabhu (2012 – 2014) Photo Photo not available
  18. Dissertation title:Power quality improvement by using DSTATCOM
  19. Bala Jose Goli(2012 – 2014) Photo Photo not available
  20. Dissertation title:Automation of UI mechanism and allied system performance analysis
  21. R. L. Suresh N.(2012 – 2015) Photo Photo not available
  22. Dissertation title:A DSM framework for optimal scheduling of residential consumer loads in mitigating the financial risk of LSE
  23. Bala Sai Kiran P.(2012 – 2015) Photo Photo not available
  24. Dissertation title:Limited power control of a grid connected photovoltaic system
  25. Aravinth Sridharan (2014 – 2016) Photo Photo not available
  26. Dissertation title:A comparative study on phasor and frequency measurement techniques in power systems
  27. V. Janaki Ramaiah (2014 – 2016) Photo Photo not available
  28. Dissertation title:Variable rate LPPT based droop controlled operation of photovoltaic system for mcrogrid frequency regulation
  29. Yenigalla Srujana (2017 – 2017) Photo Photo not available
  30. Dissertation title:Performing structurally-constrained wide area controller design for a large power system
  31. Abhay Kumar Gupta (2018 – 2020) Photo Photo not available
  32. Dissertation title:Towards an enhanced PSS2B for mitigating low frequency oscillations in a power system
  33. Smarani Goud (2019 – 2021) Photo Photo not available
  34. Dissertation title:Dynamic state estimation of generator using EKF, UKF for low PMU reporting rates
  35. Animesh Nayak(2021 – 2023) Photo Photo not available
  36. Topic: Artificial neural network application for the partial shading detection in PV array
  37. Chaitanya Dnyaneshwar Shambharkar (2021 – 2023) Photo Photo not available
  38. Topic: A novel regression-based technique for the partial shading detection on a PV array

Present M-Tech Students:

  1. 1. Sura Chanukya (2022 Aug. –) Photo Photo not available
  2. Topic: Flexible DC link voltage control to counterbalance the duty ratio quantization problem in the FPPT control of a PV array

Opportunities:

  • An intership position is available at the SPARC laboratory of the IIT Hyderabad for the Summer, 2022. The internship duration is two months. The intern will be paid an intership stipend of Rs. 5000 per month. Through this internship, the intern will get an exposure to the embedded controller programming via MATLAB and LabVIEW in connection with the control of the PV power generation. After the successful completetion, a letter of certification will be conferred to the intern. Interested candidates may directly write to me at my e-mail id. with their latest CVs.

  • I am looking for a PhD student to carry out research in the area of the dynamic power regulation of a PV array. The candidate should have a good academic record, independent thinking capability, good writing skill, and great passion for the research. Interested candidates may apply against the forthcoming PhD advertisement by IIT Hyderabad in May, 20. The candidates must submit their applications via the official submission portal. However, they may also separately mail their CVs to me.

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Office Address:

  • Room No.: C-401
  • Academic Block C
  • IIT Hyderabad
  • Kandi, Sangareddy
  • Telangana: 502285
  • Phone:+91-40-2301-6455

Laboratory Address:

  • Room No.: C-301
  • Academic Block C
  • IIT Hyderabad
  • Kandi, Sangareddy
  • Telangana: 502285
  • Phone:+91-40-2301-8412

Residential Address:

  • Appartment No.: 12-A1
  • Faculty Tower 3
  • IIT Hyderabad Campus
  • Kandi, Sangareddy
  • Telangana: 502285
  • Phone: +91-40-2301-7455
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