LABORATORY ACTIVITIES

1. 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
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. The power Quality Simulation Laboratory is developed to understand PQ problems and their mitigation, PQ Monitoring, Analysis and Interpretation

SHORT TERM COURSE CONDUCTED

1. Name of the Short Term Course:Modern Power System Course for Areva T&D Engineers
   Coordinators:1. Dr. K. S. Swarup 2. Dr. Mahesh Kumar
   Duration: 6 days (Aug. 4-9, 2008)
2. Name of the Short Term Course: Modern Power System Course for Areva T&D Engineers
   Coordinators: 1. Dr. K. S. Swarup 2, Dr. Mahesh Kumar
   Duration:4 days (Aug. 28-31, 2007)
3. Name of the Short Term Course:Modern Power System Course for Areva T&D Engineers
   Coordinators:1. Dr. K. S. Swarup 2. Dr. Mahesh Kumar
   Duration:4 days (July. 17-20, 2006)

EXPERT LECTURES/SEMINAR/TALK DELIVERED

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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)
5. 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
6. Delivered special talk on "Power Quality issues and Concerns" at NIT Surathkal, Karnataka on Oct 25 2008.
7. Delivered invited talk on "Custom Power Devices: "Theoretical, Topological, Control, Design and Implementation Issues" for IEEE UP Section Chapter at Electrical Engineering Department, IIT Kanpur on August 26, 2008.
8. Special talks delivered on "Power Electronic Applications to Power System to Improve" and “DSTATCOM Topologies, Control Algorithms and Implementation” for DST-SERC school on Electric Power Quality: Monitoring, Assessment & Mitigation at IIT Kanpur during April 7-11, 2008.
9. "Power Quality Indices, Standards and Monitoring Techniques" delivered for Industry Engineers jointly with AREVA, Aug. 27-31, 2007.
10. Power Quality Issues and Mitigation Technique delivered for Industry Engineers jointly with AREVA, Aug. 27-31, 2007.
11. "Introduction to Power Quality" delivered for short term course on FACTS at Department of Electrical Engineering, SRM University, Chennai, Tamilnadu, July 27-28, 2007
12. "Power Quality Issues Causes and Effects in Power System" delivered for Industry Engineers jointly with AREVA, July 19, 2007.
13. Active Power Filters: Topologies, Control Algorithms, Design and Implementation delivered for Industry Engineers jointly with AREVA, July 19, 2007.
14. "Active power filters Topologies Control theories and Implementation" Delivered for short term course on Active power Filters at Department of Electrical Engineering, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur on March 8, 2007.
15. "Power Electronics Application to Power System" delivered for inaugural function for Society of Electrical and Electronics Engineers: Student Chapter at Department of Electrical Engineering, Easwari Engineering College, Chennai, Tamilnadu on Aug. 17, 2006.
16. "PQ Problems Mitigation using Power Electronic Controllers" Modern Power Systems Course for AREVA T&D ENGINEERS, July 17-20, 2006 organized by Power System Group, Electrical Engineering Department, IIT Madras
17. "Power Quality Monitoring, Analysis and Interpretation" Modern Power Systems Course for AREVA T&D ENGINEERS, July 17-20, 2006 organized by Power System Group, Electrical Engineering Department, IIT Madras.
18. "Active Power Control Theories and DSP Based Implementation" delivered for the workshop on Power Quality organized by Department of Electrical Engineering, Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam, Erode, Tamilnadu on Sept. 11, 2005.
19. "FACTs and Custom Power Devices for Power System" delivered at Electrical Engineering Department, Hakeem College of Engineering, Vellore Tamilnadu on Sept. 9, 2005.
20. "PQ Problems Mitigation Based on Power Electronic Controllers," Modern Power Systems Course for ALSTOM ENGINEERS, July 5-8, 2005 by Power System Group, Electrical Engineering Department, IIT Madras.
21. "Power Quality Monitoring: Modern Trends," Modern Power Systems Course for ALSTOM ENGINEERS, July 5-8, 2005 by Power System Group, Electrical Engineering Department, IIT Madras.
22. "A DSTATCOM in Voltage Control Mode to Improve Power Quality," A short term course on Recent Trends in Condition Monitoring of Power Apparatus and Systems (Under AICTE-QIP scheme), 23 rd -29 th June 2004. Electrical Engineering Department, IIT Madras
23. "FACTs Devices and Their Applications in Power System,"Technology Appreciation Programme on Recent Trends in Power Engineering, April 26, 2004, Electrical Engineering Department, IIT Madras
24. "Power Quality Monitoring and Artificial Intelligence," A short term programme on Artificial Intelligence Techniques Applied to Power Systems, December 2-6, 2003, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Madras.
25. "Power Quality Improvement Using Active Power Filters," A short term programme on Recent Trends in Power System by Sastha College of Engineering, Chennai, Jan. 29, 2004.
26. "Application of Artificial Intelligent Techniques Applications to Power Quality," for short term course on AI Techniques in Power Systems, Dec. 2-6, 2003, organized by 9Department of Electrical Engineering, I.I.T. Madras, Electrical Engineering Department, Tennessee Technological University at IIT Madras.
27. Delivered one day Program on "System Simulation and Modeling using Control System Toolbox and SIMULINK in MATLAB" for I.S.T.E. short term course organized by Department of Electrical Engineering, Y.C.C.E., Nagpur, Sept., 2001.