Dr. Kiran Kumar B M

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

• Nair, S., Prajwal, K.T., Rao, S.N. and Kumar, B.K., 2022. Performance Analysis of a High Gain Quasi Z-Source Network Based Cascaded H-Bridge Multi-level Inverter. In Distributed Computing and Optimization Techniques: Select Proceedings of ICDCOT 2021 (pp. 691-701). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore.
  DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-2281-7_64
• Kiran Kumar, B.M., Indira, M.S. and Nagaraja Rao, S., 2021. Performance evaluation of solar PV using multiple level voltage gain boost converter with CLC cell. In Innovations in Electrical and Electronic Engineering: Proceedings of ICEEE 2021 (pp. 237-251). Springer Singapore.
  DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-0749-3_18
• Nagaraja Rao, S., Kiran Kumar, B.M. and Nair, S., 2021. Three-level modified capacitor-assisted extended boost z-source multilevel inverter for photovoltaic applications. In Advances in Energy Technology: Select Proceedings of EMSME 2020 (pp. 529-540). Singapore: Springer Singapore.
  DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-1476-7_48

• 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

• Vijaykumar, Suresh and Kiran Kumar B M. “Design and Development of a Quadruped Robot for Edutainment”. 2022 IEEE North Karnataka Subsection Flagship International Conference. (In Press). (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, (Scopus Indexed) DOI: 10.1109/RTEICT52294.2021.9573809
• 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, (Scopus Indexed) DOI: 10.1109/RTEICT52294.2021.9573663
• Harsha, A. R., Pranupa, S., Kumar, B. K., Rao, S. N., & 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. (Scopus Indexed) DOI: 10.1109/ICSTCEE49637.2020.9277093
• 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. (Scopus Indexed) DOI: 10.1109/DISCOVER47552.2019.9008041
• 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. (Scopus Indexed) DOI: 10.1109/GCAT47503.2019.8978414
• 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. (Scopus Indexed) DOI: 10.1109/CIMCA.2016.8053274

International Journal Papers

• 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. (Q3, Scopus Indexed Journal) DOI: 10.1556/1848.2022.00448
• 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. (Q1, Scopus Indexed and ESCI Journal) DOI: 10.1093/ce/zkac026
• 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. (Q2, Scopus Indexed and ESCI Journal) DOI: 10.1007/s40095-022-00479-4
• 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. (Q1, Scopus Indexed and ESCI Journal) DOI: 10.1093/ce/zkab037
• 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. (Q3, Scopus Indexed and ESCI Journal) DOI: 10.6180/jase.202208_25(4).0014
• 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. (Q2, Scopus Indexed Journal) DOI: http://doi.org/10.11591/ijpeds.v12.i1.pp241-248
• 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. (Q4, Scopus Indexed Journal) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1706/1/012104
• 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. (Q4, Scopus Indexed Journal) DOI: https://doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i4.24.21765
• 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.

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