Dr. Shama Ravichandran

• Nonlinear Control
• Control of Power Electronic Converters
• Harvesting Robots
• Robot Manipulator Control

• Venkat Nikhil, Shama Ravichandran & Naveen, "Design of solar panel cleaning robot", Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, 2024, pp. 3-14.
• Navid A Mulla, Shama Ravichandran, Pramod Kumar Naik & Balappa BU, ​“Computer vision system to detect maturity of tomatoes in real time using deep learning”, Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, 2022, Vol. 302, pp. 503 - 513 - SJR-Q4.
• Navid A Mulla, Shama Ravichandran & Balappa BU, ​“Intelligent computer vision system for detection of tomatoes in real time”, Communications in Computer and Information Science, 2022, Vol. 1483, pp. 42 - 51 - SJR-Q4.
• Aditya Gagan Hedge, Praveen & Shama Ravichandran, ​“Design and development of harness testing equipment for automotive applications”, 2022, Vol. 1, pp. 773 - 786, Data Intelligence and Cognitive Informatics.

• Obtained overall OC Rank 1 in Tamil Nadu Common Entrance Test (TANCET) 2007 for Post Graduate studies
• Awarded ​‘DST PURSE’ fellowship by DST, Government of India from June 2010 to January 2013

National / International Conference Papers

• Venkat Nikhil, Shama Ravichandran and Naveen Kumar (May 2023), ‘Rover Robot for Solar Panel Cleaning and Monitoring’, in 2022 IEEE North Karnataka Subsection Flagship International Conference (NKCon), pp. 1 – 5.
• Dhanush, Rachana, Rakshitha, Kiran and Shama Ravichandran (May 2023), ‘Design of isolated Cuk converter’, in International Conference on Advances in Engineering and Technology for Intelligent Systems (ICAETIS 2023).
• Venkat Nikhil, Shama Ravichandran and Naveen Kumar (Sept 2023), ‘Design of solar panel cleaning robot’, in International Conference on Mechanical Engineering (INCOME 2023).
• Punith Raj, Praveen, Nesar, Shama Ravichandran and Dhanraj (Nov 2024), 'Design of an autonomous electric vehicle using solar tracker', in International Conference on Smart Power Control and Renewable Energy (ICSPCRE 2024), pp. 1–6.
• Shama Ravichandran, Patnaik SK & Umamaheswari B, "Design of two-loop control by combining H∞ and sliding mode schemes for a boost converter", Proceedings of the 3rd National conference on Advances in Energy Conservation Technologies (AECT-2009), Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal, Karnataka.
• Vinila ML, Shama Ravichandran, Patnaik SK & Umamaheswari B, "Dual loop controller design for POEL converter", Proceedings of the National conference on Power Instrumentation Control and Computing (PICC-2010), Government Engineering College, Trissur, Kerala.
• Krishna Rao Vutukuru, Shama Ravichandran, & Patnaik SK, "SM based IMC-PID control of single switch quadratic boost converter for wide DC conversion ratios", Proceedings of the 2nd International conference on Advances in Control and Optimization of Dynamic Systems (ACODS-2012), IISC, Bangalore, Karnataka.
• Nagaraj KS, Shama Ravichandran, & Patnaik SK, "A novel sliding mode controller design to optimize efficiency and transient response of a DC-DC Cuk converter", All India Seminar on Recent Technological Developments in Energy, Energy Efficiency and Energy Conservation held on 25th & 26th February 2011, The Institution of Engineers (India), Chennai.
• Nitesh Kumar N, Shankaragouda R Patil, Prabhudeva, Srikanth and Shama Ravichandran, "Feedback Controller Design for a DC DC Buck Converter", 4th IEEE International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Communication Technologies 2021, Velalar College of Engineering and Technology, Erode.
• Sidharth, Praveen, Suresh and Shama Ravichandran, "Design and Implementation of Bluetooth Controlled Weeder", 5th IEEE International Conference on IoT in Social, Mobile, Analytics and Cloud 2021, Velalar College of Engineering and Technology, Erode.
• Nikhil, Shama Ravichandran and Naveen, "Rover Robot for Solar Panel Cleaning and Monitoring", IEEE NK Conference 2022, Dr. P.G. Halakatti College of Engineering and Technology, Vijayapur, Karnataka.
• Lankesh V, Shama Ravichandran and Suresh, "Design and Development of a People Counting System", 3rd IEEE Sponsored International Conference on Advances in Electrical, Computing, Communications and Sustainable Technologies (ICAECT 2023), Shri Shankaracharya Technical Campus (SSTC), Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, India.

National / International Journal Papers

• Shama Ravichandran & Patnaik SK, “Cascade control of non-ideal boost power converter”, Electric Power Components and Systems, vol. 51, no. 16, pp. 1730-1739, 2023. SJR-Q3. (Taylor & Francis)
• Sagar D, Raja Ramar & Shama Ravichandran, "A Correlational Study on Architectural Design and Thermal Distribution Patterns Using a Novel Multi-Terminal Approach in Cylindrical Li-Ion Cell-Integrated Battery Packs", World Electric Vehicle Journal, vol. 16, no. 7, pp. 361, 2025. SJR-Q2.
• Shama Ravichandran, Nagaraj KS & Patnaik SK, "Design and implementation of a novel control architecture by combining H∞ and sliding mode schemes for a boost converter", Journal of Circuits, Systems and Computers, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 1 - 20, 2013. SJR-Q3.
• Shama Ravichandran & Sanjib Kumar Patnaik, "Implementation of dual loop controller for positive output elementary Luo converter", IET Power Electronics, vol. 6, no. 5, pp. 885 - 893, 2013. SJR-Q1.
• Shama Ravichandran, Krishna Rao Vutukuru & Patnaik SK, "SM based IMC-PID control of a single switch quadratic boost converter for wide DC conversion ratios", Electric Power Components and Systems, vol. 41, no. 16, pp. 1617 - 1634, 2013. SJR-Q2.
• Sadath AG, Shama Ravichandran, Balappa BU & Nagananda SN, "Design and development of an automatic watchstrap packaging machine", SASTech Journal, vol. 17, no. 2, 2018.
• Shubham Kankurte, Soujanya & Shama Ravichandran, "Comparative Study of Conventional Control Techniques for a DC-DC Buck Converter", Journal of Research in Engineering and Applied Sciences, vol. 6, no. 1, 2021.

• ISTE