Dr. Kiran Kumar B M

• Power Electronic Converters, Renewable Energy Sources, MPPT controllers for SPV, Multilevel Inverters and Robotics

Springer Book Chapters

• Siva Ganesh Malla, Heybet Kılıç, Shreyas Kalantri, Musa Yilmaz, B. K. Karunakar Rao, Kiran Kumar B. M. and M. Emin Asker. “Takagi–Sugeno–Kang Fuzzy Controller-based Single-Stage Grid-Connected PV System”. Renewable Resources and Energy Management: Proceedings of the International Conference on Innovation in Energy Management & Renewable Resources (IEMRE 2022). CRC Press, pp. 127-135. 
• Nagaraja Rao S., Kiran Kumar B.M., Nair S. (2022) Three-Level Modified Capacitor-Assisted Extended Boost Z-Source Multilevel Inverter for Photovoltaic Applications. In: Bansal R.C., Agarwal A., Jadoun V.K. (eds) Advances in Energy Technology. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 766. Springer, Singapore. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-1476-7_48 
• Kiran Kumar B.M., Indira M.S., Nagaraja Rao S. (2021) Performance Evaluation of Solar PV Using Multiple Level Voltage Gain Boost Converter with C-L-C Cell. In: Mekhilef S., Favorskaya M., Pandey R.K., Shaw R.N. (eds) Innovations in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 756. Springer, Singapore. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-0749-3_18. 
• Nair, S., Prajwal, K.T., Rao, S.N., Kiran Kumar B.M. (2022). Performance Analysis of a High Gain Quasi Z-Source Network Based Cascaded H-Bridge Multi-level Inverter. In: Majhi, S., Prado, R.P.d., Dasanapura Nanjundaiah, C. (eds) Distributed Computing and Optimization Techniques. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 903. Springer, Singapore. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-2281-7_64. 

• Received an honorarium of $1,000 USD from National Institute of Clean-and-Low-Carbon Energy (NICE), CHINA for the paper titled "Performance analysis of multiple gain boost converter with hybrid maximum power point tracker for solar PV connected to grid," published by Oxford University Press in the journal, "CLEAN ENERGY" to encourage good publications.
• Secured First rank as a Coach in the National Competition of the World Robotic Olympiad 2016 held at Kolkata during October 2016.
• Honored with the Best Project Award for the M.Tech final year project titled "Drive and Control for a Robotic Feeding Arm" from MSRIT for the academic year 2013-2014.
• Designed and demonstrated a mini project titled "Beetle Robot" at the College Day Annual Festival - 2011, HKBKCE, and secured the First place.
• Guided a project titled "Line Following Robot" and secured the 3rd Place in "ROBODIUM @ASE-RASE'17," a National Level Robotic Competition held at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University, Bangalore campus on 8th and 9th of April 2017.
• Served as the Student Chair of the IEEE Student Branch at Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, Bangalore.
• Converted the majority of the guided B.Tech and M.Tech projects into conference/journal papers.
• Represented RUAS in the International Competition of Word Robotic Olympiad 2016 held at Delhi during November 2016.
• Selected under MHRD, Govt. of India for financial assistance for the period from 1-1-2013 to 1-6-2014.
• Worked as a Visiting Student (Research Intern) at Raman Research Institute, Bengaluru.

International Conference Papers

• Kiran Kumar B M and S. Subbarayappa, "Design and Development of an Automated Kiosk for COVID-19 Detection and Mitigation Using Machine Learning Algorithms," 2024 Second International Conference on Advances in Information Technology (ICAIT), Chikkamagaluru, Karnataka, India, 2024, pp. 1-6, DOI: 10.1109/ICAIT61638.2024.10690683 
• Kiran Kumar B M, Rachana, M., Rakshitha, H.G., Dhanush, J. and Kallajjanavar, K.C., 2023, November. An Innovative Simplistic Solar Powered Low-Cost Dry Waste Segregator Robot. In 2023 International Conference on the Confluence of Advancements in Robotics, Vision and Interdisciplinary Technology Management (IC-RVITM) (pp. 1-5). IEEE. DOI: 10.1109/IC-RVITM60032.2023.10434953 
• Kiran Kumar B M, Fansekar, A. and Sandeep, N., 2023, November. Design and Development of PLC Based Shear Knife for Automatic Sheet Metal Cutting. In 2023 7th International Conference on Computation System and Information Technology for Sustainable Solutions (CSITSS) (pp. 1-6). IEEE. DOI: 10.1109/CSITSS60515.2023.10334141 
• Kiran Kumar B M, Likhitha, K., Kruthika, S.H., Shravani, V. and Muthu, S., 2023, November. Design and Development of a Low-Cost Portable Solar Water Pumping System Based on Mirror Reflection. In 2023 7th International Conference on Computation System and Information Technology for Sustainable Solutions (CSITSS) (pp. 1-6). IEEE. DOI: 10.1109/CSITSS60515.2023.10334161 
• Kiran Kumar B M, et all. (2023). “Design and Development of an Automated Kiosk for COVID-19 detection and mitigation using Machine Learning Algorithms”. IEEE International Conference on Computational Systems and Information Technology for Sustainable Solutions-2023, Bangalore. (In Press) 
• Kiran Kumar B M, Likhitha, K., Muthu, S., Shravani, V. and Kruthika, S.H., 2023, November. Design and Development of Hybrid Solar-Wind Tree. In 2023 7th International Conference on Computation System and Information Technology for Sustainable Solutions (CSITSS) (pp. 1-6). IEEE. DOI: 10.1109/CSITSS60515.2023.10334125 
• Dhanush, Rachana, Kiran, Rakshitha, Shama and Kiran Kumar B M. “Significance and Analysis of Isolated Cuk Converter using LTspice and Matlab’’. IEEE International Conference on Advanced Technology and Innovations in Engineering, Bangalore. (In Press). 
• V. U. Vaddi, S. R and Kiran Kumar B M, "Design and Development of a Quadruped Robot for Edutainment," 2022 IEEE North Karnataka Subsection Flagship International Conference (NKCon), Vijaypur, India, 2022, pp. 1-6, DOI:10.1109/NKCon56289.2022.10126832. (Scopus Indexed) 
• T. S. Shilpashree, Kiran Kumar B M and S. Pranupa, "A Comparative Study of Performance Analysis of Solar PV With Interleaved DC-DC Converters," 2021 International Conference on Recent Trends on Electronics, Information, Communication & Technology (RTEICT), 2021, pp. 1-6, DOI: 10.1109/RTEICT52294.2021.9573809. (Scopus Indexed) 
• Kiran Kumar B M, N. J. Thanusha, S. Hiremath, K. Soujanya, B. C. Vanishree and G. U. Navadeep, "A Solar Powered Kiosk for Contactless Body Temperature Sensor and Hand Sanitizer Dispenser to Monitor and Control Covid-19 Disease," 2021 International Conference on Recent Trends on Electronics, Information, Communication & Technology (RTEICT), 2021, pp. 884-888, DOI: 10.1109/RTEICT52294.2021.9573663. (Scopus Indexed) 
• Harsha, A.R., Pranupa, S., Kiran Kumar B M., Rao, S.N. and Indira, M.S., 2020, October. Arduino based V/f Drive for a Three Phase Induction Motor using Single Phase Supply. In 2020 International Conference on Smart Technologies in Computing, Electrical and Electronics (ICSTCEE) (pp. 90-94). IEEE. DOI: 10.1109/ICSTCEE49637.2020.9277093. (Scopus Indexed) 
• Adithya J., Aftab Pasha H., Balaji V., Rohitha R and Kiran Kumar B M (2019). Design and Development of Solar Powered Automatic Grain Dryer for Storage. IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing, VLSI, Electrical Circuits and Robotics (2019 IEEE DISCOVER), MIT, Manipal. IEEE. DOI: 10.1109/DISCOVER47552.2019.9008041. (Scopus Indexed) 
• Meghana M., Kiran Kumar B M., Ravi Kanth V and Divya Kiran. (2019). Design and Development of real time water quality monitoring system, Global Conference for Advancement in Technology. NCE, Bangalore, IEEE. DOI: 10.1109/GCAT47503.2019.8978414. (Scopus Indexed) 
• Kruthika K., Kiran Kumar B. M, and Sanjay Lakshminarayanan, S., 2016, October. Design and development of a robotic arm. In 2016 International Conference on Circuits, Controls, Communications and Computing (I4C) (pp. 1-4). IEEE. DOI: 10.1109/CIMCA.2016.8053274 (Scopus Indexed) 

International Journal Papers

• Rao, S.N., Kumar, B.K., Manjunatha, B.M. and Kumar, A.S., 2025. Modified invasive weed optimization MPPT approach for PV system interfaced with BLDC motor for water pumping system. Journal of Engineering and Applied Science, 72(1), p.78.
• Kiran Kumar B M, Sulake, Nagaraja Rao, Manjunatha B, "Enhancement of Power Quality for Grid Integrated Hybrid PV-Wind Power Supply System with 3DOF-PID Controllers". Chinese Journal of Electrical Engineering. (In Press). (Q1, Scopus and WoS Indexed Journal)
• Kiran Kumar B M, Sulake, Nagaraja Rao, Manjunatha B, “TSKFC - DTC of Five Phase Induction Motor with Five Level Aligned Multilevel Inverter”. Chinese Journal of Electrical Engineering. (In Press). (Q1, Scopus and WoS Indexed Journal) 
• Sulake, Nagaraja Rao, Kiran Kumar B M, Yadati Vijaya Suresh Yadati, SURESH KUMAR BM, and MANJUNATHA BM. "Osprey optimization algorithm for MPPT of PV system with forward DC to DC converter under partial shading conditions." Engineering Research Express (2024). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/2631-8695/ad80f8. (Q3, Scopus and WoS Indexed Journal)
•  Nagaraja Rao, S., Manjunatha, B.M., Suresh Kumar, A., Kiran Kumar, B.M., Satish Kumar, R. and Pranupa, S., 2022. An assessment of advanced DC-link based reversing voltage type multilevel inverter topologies. International Review of Applied Sciences and Engineering. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1556/1848.2022.00448. (Q3, Scopus Indexed Journal) 
• Nagaraja Rao, S., Anisetty, S. K., Manjunatha, B. M., Kiran Kumar, B. M., Praveen Kumar, V., & Pranupa, S. (2022). Interleaved high-gain boost converter powered by solar energy using hybrid-based MPP tracking technique. Clean Energy, 6(3), 460-475. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ce/zkac026. (Q1, Scopus and WoS Indexed Journal) 
• Kiran Kumar B M., S. Nagaraja Rao, and M. S. Indira. "Analysis of grid-connected reduced switch MLI with high-gain interleaved boost converter and hybrid MPPT for solar PV." International Journal of Energy and Environmental Engineering (2022): 1-21. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40095-022-00479-4 (Q2, Scopus and WoS Indexed Journal) 
• B M Kiran Kumar, M S Indira, S Nagaraja Rao, Performance analysis of multiple gain boost converter with hybrid maximum power point tracker for solar PV connected to grid, Clean Energy, Volume 5, Issue 4, December 2021, Pages 655–672. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ce/zkab037 https://doi.org/10.1093/ce/zkab037 (Q1, Scopus and WoS Indexed Journal). 
• Kiran Kumar B M, Indira, M.S. and S Nagaraja Rao, 2021. Mathematical Modeling and Evaluation of Performance Characteristics of a Hybrid Solar PV and Wind Energy System. Journal of Applied Science and Engineering, 25(4), pp.685-697. DOI: https://doi.org/10.6180/jase.202208_25(4).0014. (Q3, Scopus and WoS Indexed Journal). 
• Sanjay L, S. Kiran Kumar B M, Nagaraja Rao, Pranupa S., 2021. Current Mode Control of Single Phase Grid Tie Inverter with Anti-Islanding. International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive Systems (IJPEDS), Vol. 12, No. 1, March2021: pp.241–248. DOI: http://doi.org/10.11591/ijpeds.v12.i1.pp241-248. (Q2, Scopus Indexed Journal) 
• Rao, S.N., Rohith, H.M. and Kiran Kumar B M., 2020, December. Reduced switch z-source multilevel inverter using constant boost control methods for renewable energy sources. In Journal of Physics: Conference Series (Vol. 1706, No. 1, p. 012104). IOP Publishing. DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/1706/1/012104. (Q4, Scopus Indexed Journal) 
• Kiran Kumar B M., Indira, M.S. and Nagaraja Rao, Pranupa, S., 2020. Design and Development of Three DoF Solar Powered Smart Spraying Agricultural Robot. Test Engineering and Management, 83, pp.5235-5242. (Q4, Scopus Indexed Journal) 
• S. Nagaraja Rao, Kiran Kumar B M, Pranupa S., 2018. Three Phase Diode Clamped Multilevel DC Link Inverter with Multi Reference Modulation Techniques. Journal of Advanced Research in Dynamical and Control Systems (JARDCS), Vol. 10, No.9, pp. 1793-1805. SJR Factor: 0.114. (Q4, Scopus Indexed Journal). 
• Pranupa S, Kiran Kumar B M, S. Nagaraja Rao, 2018. Detection of Rotating Diode Failure Condition & its Protection in Brushless Alternator. International Journal of Engineering & Technology (IJET-UAE), 7(4.24), pp.26-32. DOI: https://doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i4.24.21765 (Q4, Scopus Indexed Journal) 
• Nagaraja Rao, S., Kiran Kumar, B.M., Mahesh, M. and Himanshu Mishra, R.K., IoT Based Irrigation System Powered by Solar Energy. SasTech, Vol. 19, Issue 2, pp.13-17. 

• Senior Member – IEEE
• Life Member - ISTE
• Member - IFERP