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Mahesh Kumar

Professor

Ph.D in Electrical Engineering  Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur Feb 2002

M.E., Electrical Engineering  Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (Formerly as University of Roorkee) Apr 1993

B.Tech., Electrical Engineering  College of Technology, G. B. Pant University, Pantnagar Jan 1991

044-2257 4429

mahesh@ee.iitm.ac.in

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  • Development and Integration of Biomass and Concentrating Photovoltaic System for Rural and Urban Energy Bridge: BioCPV.
  • Formation of PV based DC grid and its interaction with AC grid.
  • A 1MW synchronizable autonomous grid: Active power filters.
  • National Mission for Virtual Laboratories ELE 2.
  • Algorithms and Switching Control Strategies of UPQC with minimum VA loading for handling power quality problems Control Strategies for UPQC.
  • Load compensation and voltage regulation using DSTATCOM under non stiff voltage source.
  • Design and Development of High Efficiency and High Frequency Response Injection Transformers for Power Quality Applications.
  • Mitigation of unbalance and harmonics in distribution system using static compensator.
  • Power Quality Improvement using Active Power Filters.
  • Design and development of dedicated Custom Power Park driven by innovative control algorithm with proper coordination of its devices.
  • Development of Integrated Renewable Energy Power Park with Coordinated Control and Embedded Power Quality Aspects.

  • IEEE senior member (SMIEEE 41273303), Member IET, Member IES.
  • Life member of Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE, LM 2405).
  • Won college and university merit awards at undergraduate level.
  • GATE scholarship for M Tech from July 1991 to Dec 1992.
  • QIP Scholarship for Doctoral Research from July 1998 to July 2001.
  • Bhagyalakshmi and Krishna Ayengar Award-2014, received by Prof Mahesh Kumar for guiding Ms J Suma, M S student (EE11S061) for her outstanding work (M S Thesis) on Voltage Sag Characterization and Compensation in Power Distribution System.
  • Bhagyalakshmi and Krishna Ayengar Award-2009, received by Prof Mahesh Kumar for guiding, Vincent G, Ph D student (EE05D021) for his outstanding Ph D Thesis on High Power Voltage Source Inverter Topologies and Current Control Strategies for DSTATCOM Applications.
  • Best Paper Award-2006 was received by Prof Mahesh Kumar and his Ph D student Mr K Karthikeyan for their titled Novel Load Compensation Algorithm under Unbalanced and Distorted Supply Voltages for National Power System Conference organized at IIT Roorkee.
  • Bhagyalakshmi and Krishna Ayengar Award-2014, received by Ms J Suma, M S student (EE11S061) on her outstanding M S Thesis on Voltage Sag Characterization and Compensation in Power Distribution System.
  • POSOCO Power System Award PPSA-2014, received by Mr Onkar Kulkarni, M Tech student (EE11M034) for his outstanding work on M Tech thesis on Power Quality Improvement Using Zig-Zag Transformer and DSTATCOM in Three-Phase Power Distribution Systems .
  • POSOCO Power System Award PPSA-2014, received by Mr Lino Abraham, M Tech student (EE11M035) for his outstanding work on M Tech thesis on Formulation of Control Algorithms for Grid Interactive Inverters in Power Quality Enhanced Microgrid System .
  • Best Paper Award-2013 received Mr Onkar Kulkarni M Tech student (EE11M034 on his paper on Power Quality Improvement using Zig-Zag Transformer, in IEEE Conference INDICON 2013 organized by IIT IEEE Bombay Section and IIT Bombay, Dec 13-15, 2013.
  • POSOCO Power System Award PPSA-2013, received by G Siva Kumar, PhD student (EE07D007) for his outstanding work on Doctoral thesis Mitigation of Voltage Sags with Phase-Jumps using UPQC in Distribution System.
  • POSOCO Power System Award PPSA-2013, received by Srinivas Bhaskar Karanki, PhD student (EE07D018) for his outstanding work on Doctoral thesis Topologies and Design of State-feedback Controller for Custom Power Devices in Power Distribution System.
  • INAE Innovative Student Project Award-2010 received by Vincent G, Ph D student (EE05D021) on his innovative PhD research work on High Power Voltage Source Inverter Topologies and Current Control Strategies for DSTATCOM Applications.
  • Bhagyalakshmi and Krishna Ayengar Award-2009, received by Vincent G, PhD student (EE05D021) on his outstanding PhD Thesis on High Power Voltage Source Inverter Topologies and Current Control Strategies for DSTATCOM Applications.
  • Prof Achim Bopp Hardware Project Award-2008, received by R K Veerabhadra Rao, M Tech student (EE06M040) for his project thesis on Analysis, Design and Implementation of three-level Inverter for DSTATCOM.
  • Prof Achim Bopp Hardware Project Award-2006, received by Mr Sudesh K Soni, M Tech student (EE04M052) for his project thesis on Design and Implementation of Dynamic Voltage Restorer.
  • Prof Achim Bopp Hardware Project Award-2005, received by Amareswar Reddy, M Tech student (EE03M032) for his project thesis on Design and Implementation of Shunt Active Power Filter using TMS320F2812 processor.

    Current Courses

  • NPTEL Web courses.
  • Video Lectutres on Courses.
  • PQ Virtual Laboratory.
  • Power Quality and Microgrid System Experimental Setups and Facilities.

Journals

  • Chandan Kumar, Mahesh K Mishra, An improved hybrid DSTATCOM topology to compensate reactive and nonlinear loads, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics.
  • J Suma and Mahesh K Mishra, An Improved Direct AC-AC Converter for Voltage Sag Mitigation, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, accepted for publication.
  • J Suma and Mahesh K Mishra, A Control Scheme for Storage-Less DVR based on Characterization of Voltage Sags, IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, accepted for publication.
  • Sathish Kumar Kollimalla and Mahesh K Mishra,A Novel Adaptive P&O MPPT Algorithm Considering Sudden Changes in Irradiance,IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, accepted for publication.
  • Sathish Kumar Kollimalla and Mahesh K Mishra, Design and Analysis of Novel Control Strategy for Battery and Supercapacitor Storage System, IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, accepted for publication.
  • Chandan Kumar and Mahesh K Mishra, A Multifunctional DSTATCOM Operating Under Stiff Source, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol 61, no 7, pp 3131-3136, July 2014.
  • Sathish Kumar Kollimalla and Mahesh K Mishra, Variable Perturbation Size Adaptive P&O MPPT Algorithm for Sudden Changes in Irradiance , IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy , vol 5, no 3, pp 718,728, July 2014.
  • Chandan Kumar and Mahesh K Mishra, A Voltage-Controlled DSTATCOM for Power- Quality Improvement, IEEE Trans on Power Delivery, vol 29, no 3, pp 1499,1507, June 2014.
  • Narasa Reddy Tummuru, Mahesh K Mishra, and S Srinivas, Multifunctional VSC Controlled Microgrid Using Instantaneous Symmetrical Components Theory, IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, vol 5, no 1, pp 313-322, Jan 2014.
  • Nagesh Geddada, Srinivas Bhaskar Karanki and Mahesh K Mishra, Modified DSTATCOM Topology with Reduced DC Link Voltage for Reactive and Harmonic Power Compensation of Unbalanced Nonlinear load in Distribution System, International Journal of Emerging Electric Power Systems, accepted for publication.

Conference Proceedings

  • Chandan Kumar and Mahesh K Mishra, Dual-Functional DSTATCOM with Flexible Mode Transfer for Power Quality Improvement, Accepted for publication in IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, 2014 , to be Washington (DC Metro Area), USA 27 - 31 Jul 2014.
  • Manoj Kumar M V and Mahesh K Mishra, Power Management with Power Quality Enhanced Operation in Off-Grid Hybrid Power Systems, Accepted for publication in IEEE International conference on computation of power, energy, information and communication, to be held at Melmaruvathur, Tamilnadu during April 16 th -17 th 2014.
  • Chandan Kumar, Mahesh K Mishra Energy conservation and power quality improvement with voltage controlled DSTATCOM, India Conference (INDICON), 2013 Annual IEEE, vol no pp 1, 6, 13-15 Dec 2013.
  • Narsa Reddy Tummuru, Mahesh K Mishra, S Srinivas, Fourth order coupled inductor boost converter topology for solar PV tracking applications, India Conference (INDICON), 2013 Annual IEEE , vol no pp 1,6, 13-15 Dec 2013.
  • Suma J, Mahesh K Mishra, A AC-AC converter based topology for mitigation of voltage sag with phase jump, Industrial and Information Systems (ICIIS), 2013 8th IEEE International Conference on, vol no pp 259,264, 17-20 Dec 2013.
  • Chandan Kumar, Mahesh K Mishra A multi-functional DSTATCOM operating in voltage control mode, Industrial and Information Systems (ICIIS), 2013 8th IEEE International Conference on , vol no pp 271,276, 17-20 Dec 2013.
  • Augustine, S, Mahesh K Mishra Lakshminarasamma, N, Circulating current minimization and current sharing control of parallel boost converters based on Droop Index, Diagnostics for Electric Machines, Power Electronics and Drives (SDEMPED), 2013 9th IEEE International Symposium on , vol no pp 454,460, 27-30 Aug 2013.
  • Sathish Kumar Kollimalla and Mahesh K Mishra, Novel Adaptive P&O MPPT Algorithm for Photovoltaic System Considering Sudden Changes in Weather Condition, International Conference on Clean Electrical Power (ICCE ) 2013, to be held at Alghero, Sardinia, Italy, June 11-13, 2013.
  • Chandan Kumar, Mahesh K Mishra A Modified DSTATCOM Topology with Reduced VSI Rating, DC Link Voltage, and Filter Size, International Conference on Clean Electrical Power (ICCEP) 2013, Alghero, Sardinia, Italy, June 11-13, 2013.
  • Nagesh Geddada, Srinivas Bhaskar Karanki, Mahesh K Mishra, DSTATCOM with LCL Filter using Synchronous Reference Frame Based Current Controller International Conference on Clean Electrical Power (ICCEP) 2013, Alghero, Sardinia, Italy, June 11-13, 2013 .
  • Sathish Kumar Kollimalla and Mahesh K Mishra, A New Adaptive P&O MPPT Algorithm Based on FSCC Method for Photovoltaic System, International Conference on Circuits, Power and Computing Technologies (ICCPCT-2013), Mar 21-22, Nagercoil, Tamilnadu, India, 2013, pp 406-411.

  • Development of Green Energy Experimental Set up for conducting research studies on the design, topologies, control algorithms, for DC to DC, DC/ AC converters for micro grid systems.
  • Development of FACTs and Custom Power Devices laboratory which facilitates standard set ups for various custom power devices such as STATCOM, DVR and UPQC for experimentation.
  • Power Quality Hardware Laboratory is developed with a DSP and DSPACE based generalized power quality hardware set-up to test and evaluate the performance of various control algorithms for load compensation and voltage regulation in Power Distribution Network.
  • The power Quality Simulation Laboratory is developed to understand PQ problems and their mitigation, PQ Monitoring, Analysis and Interpretation
  • Delivered an expert talk on A Comparative Study of Control Theories for Active Power Filter on Nov 29, 2011 organized by IEEE Chapter at Department of Electrical Engineering, I I T, Kanpur.
  • Delivered a talk on A Comparative Study of Control Theories for Active Power Filter on Nov 29, 2011 organized by IEEE Chapter at Department of Electrical Engineering, I I T, Kanpur.
  • Delivered special lecture on Control Algorithms for DSTATCOM and its Implementation on July 31, 2010 organized by Department of Electrical Engineering, V I T, Vellore.
  • Invited to deliver expert talk on Power Quality Issues and Problems in Home /Industrial Inverters for one day seminar on Total Power Quality Management on 16th July 2010 at GRT Grand, Chennai, orgainized by Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) in association with International Copper Promotion Council (India) and Electrical Installation Engineers under the aegis of the EU-Asia Power Quality Initiative (APQI).
  • Delivered special talk on Load compensation Techniques and some conceptual issues on April 19, 2010, organized by PES, IAS, PELS & IES Chapter, IIT Delhi, INDIA.
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