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Praveen Kumar Varanasi

Mr. Praveen Kumar Varanasi

Assistant Professor

Mr. Praveen Kumar Varanasi works as an Assistant Professor with the Department of Electrical Engineering under the Faculty of Engineering and Technology at RUAS. His research interest involves the study of DC-DC Power Converters, Renewable Energy Systems, Development of MPPT controllers, Multilevel Inverters, PWM control techniques. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering and Master’s degree in Power Electronics and Drives. He is currently working for his PhD degree in the field of Power Electronic applications to Renewable Energy Systems at M S Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences.

Qualifications

  • B.Tech in Electrical and Electronics Engineering

    VITS, Affiliated to JNT University, Anantapur

  • M.E in Power Electronics and Drives

    SVCE, Affiliated to Anna University, Chennai

  • Ph.D. in Electrical & Electronics Engineering

    MS Ramaiah University, Bengaluru

Experience

Total years of Experience : 14.42 Years

Academic Experience :

  1. M.S. Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, Bangalore: From July 2015 to till now

Training Experience

Power Electronics, Industrial Drives and Applications, Electrical Machines I and II, Renewable Energy Sources, Modern Power Semiconductor Devices, Solid State Devices, Measurements and Instrumentation

Research Interest

DC-DC Power Converters, Renewable Energy Systems, Development of MPPT controllers, Multilevel Inverters, PWM control techniques

Research Expertise

DC-DC Converters, Resonant Pulse Converters, SMPS, Inverters

Keywords

  • Renewable energy
  • DC-DC Converters
  • Inverters
  • Drives

International Conference Papers

  • Shobha R., S. Nagaraja Rao & Praveen Kumar V., ​“Topology Evaluation of Impedance Source Inverter for Solar Based EV Applications” IEEE North Karnataka Subsection Flagship International Conference, IEEE NKCon 2022, Vijayapur, 20th-21st November 2022
  • S. Nagaraja Rao, Veerabhadra and Praveen Kumar, (2020), October. Performance Analysis of Z‑Source Inverter Topologies for Renewable Energy Sources and Fuel Cell Applications. In 2020 IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing, VLSI, Electrical Circuits and Robotics (DISCOVER) (pp. 165 – 170). IEEE.

International Journal Papers

  • Rao, S. N., Varanasi, P. K., Anisetty, S. K., & Manjunatha, B. M. (2022). Implementation of cascaded H‑bridge DC-link inverter for marine electric propulsion drives. Energy Harvesting and Systems. doi​.org/​1​0​.​1​5​1​5​/​e​h​s​-2022 – 0049(Scopus and Web of Science Journal listed in Q2)
  • 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. (Scopus and Web of Science Journal listed in Q1)
  • Varanasi, P.K., Nagaraja Rao, S. and Duraiswamy, P., 2022. Intelligent Control of Double Boost Converter Interfaced with Multilevel Inverter for Electrical Vehicle Applications. Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series B, pp.1 – 9.
  • S. Nagaraja Rao and Praveen Kumar V., (2018). Comparative Analysis of Capacitor Clamped and Step-up Switched Capacitor Multilevel Inverters with Self-Voltage Balancing. Journal of Advanced Research in Dynamical and Control Systems (JARDCS), Vol. 10, No.9, pp. 1841 – 1855. SJR Factor: 0.114. (Scopus Indexed Journal listed in Q4).

Books / Chapter Published

  • S.Nagaraja Rao, Praveen Kumar V. and Veerabhadra, (2021) An Enhanced Boost Z‑source Inverter Topology for Electrical Vehicle Applications. In: Advances in Energy Technology, Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 766. Springer, Singapore. 978−981−16−1475−0, 500101_​1_​En (48). (Springer Book Series).
  • Hegde, A.G., Praveen Kumar, V., Ravichandran, S. (2022). Design and Developement of Harness Testing Equipment for Automotive Applications. In: Jacob, I.J., Kolandapalayam Shanmugam, S., Bestak, R. (eds) Data Intelligence and Cognitive Informatics. Algorithms for Intelligent Systems. Springer, Singapore. https://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​1​0​0​7/978 – 98…

  • Qualified in GATE-2010

  • ISTE

    Member