Dr. Chinmaya K A
Focused areas of research:
- Electric Vehicles; Chargers, Propulsion System, Energy Management.
- Design and development of DC/DC and DC/AC Power Electronic Converters.
- Multiphase Machines, Fault-tolerant Motor-drives.
- Multi-level, Multi-output Converters, PWM techniques, Space vector modulation.
- Design of Energy Efficient Motors, Finite element analysis.
- Solar PV, Wind Energy Conversion System, Grid interfacing of renewable energy sources.
Wider areas of research:
- Power systems with high penetration of renewable energy sources.
- Energy management of EV network, renewable sources.
- DC/ AC Microgrid, Smart grid.
For more details on the research activities and areas, please see Google Scholar
Education:
- BE (Electrical & Electronics Engineering), Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi, Karnataka: 2008-2012.
- M.Tech (Power Electronics and Drives), National Institute of Technology Warangal, Telangana: 2012-2014.
- Ph.D. (Electrical Engineering), Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Uttarakhand: 2015-2019.
Experience:
- Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi: Dec 2020 to Present
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Electrical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore: Nov 2019 to Dec 2020
- Assistant Professor, Electrical & Electronics Engineering, BMS College of Engineering, Bengaluru: July 2019 to Nov 2019
Ph.D. Scholars:
1. Alok Kumar
Status: Ongoing
Research: Energy management system for Electric and Hybrid Electric Vehicles.
Location: Power Systems Lab, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT (BHU) Varanasi.
2. Dhawal Dwivedi
Status: Ongoing.
Research: Design and development of a reliable high-power drive system for electric vehicles (EVs).
Location: Electrical machines and drives lab, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT (BHU) Varanasi.
M.Tech Students:
1. Kush Aameria
Status: Completed
Research: Design of Dual-output Multilevel PWM Converter
Location: Bank of America, Gandhinagar, India
2. Amritanshu Ruhela
Status: Completed
Research: Design, Development, and Analysis of a Novel Boost-SEPIC-based Three-Port Converter
Location: CPWD, Mumbai
3. Prashant Kannojia
Status: Completed
Research: Design, Analysis, and Optimization of an Interior Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor.
Location: Volvo.
4. Gautam Kumar
Status: Completed
Research: Implementation of Space Vector Pulse Width Modulation Technique for Three-Level Dual Inverter.
Location:
5. Akanksha Joshi
Status: Ongoing
Research: Space Vector Pulse Width Modulation for Multi-level Inverters.
Location: Electrical machines and drives lab, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT (BHU) Varanasi.
6. Saurabh Kumar
Status: Ongoing
Research: Super-capacitor Integration for Electric Vehicles.
Location: Electrical machines and drives lab, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT (BHU) Varanasi.
IDD Students
1. Mohnish Gupta
Status: Completed.
Research: Design, Development, and Analysis of a Boost-Cuk-based Three Port Dc-Dc Converter.
Location: Mentor Graphics
2. Shikar Prasad
Status: Completed.
Research: Energy Extraction from Solar Photovoltaic under different converter configurations.
Location:
4. Prashant Kumar
Status: Ongoing
Research: Model Predictive Control for Multi-level Inverter.
Location: Electrical machines and drives lab, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT (BHU) Varanasi.
5. Saurabh Kumar
Status: Ongoing
Research: Three-port Converter for Renewable Applications.
Location: Electrical machines and drives lab, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT (BHU) Varanasi.
EO-101- Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering.
EE-222- Electromagnetics for Power Apparatus.
EE-261- Electrical Engineering Practice.
EE-502- Dynamics of Electric Machines
EE-505- Special Electrical Machines
1. Event: Workshop on Electric Vehicles under AICTE Quality Improvement Scheme
Institute: LNCT Group of Institutions, Bhopal
Type: Invited Lecture
Topic: EV Chargers: Methodologies, Design, and Control
Date: 20/05/2021
2. Event: 2nd Electric Power and Renewable Energy Conference (EPREC-2021).
Institute: NIT Jamshedpur
Type: Session Chair
Topic:
Date: 29/05/2021
3. Event: FDP on Hybrid Vehicles and Battery Management System.
Institute: Shri Vishnu Engineering College for Women (Autonomous) Bhimavaram.
Type: Special Lecture
Topic: EV charging methods and their challenges
Date: 10/03/2022
4. Event: Faculty development program (FDP) on Applications of Power Electronics to Electric Vehicles and Hybrid Energy Storage Systems.
Institute: CVR Engg College, Hyderabad.
Type: Special Lecture
Topic: Research areas and methodologies for EV charging.
Date: 25/03/2022
5. Event: A six-day workshop, "ShaktEVah"– An Insight on Electric Vehicles, Latest Trends, Research Prospects & Expo.
Institute: Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology, Bangalore.
Type: Special Lecture
Topic: Advanced Electric Drives with integrated charging features for EVs.
Date: 26/03/2022.
6. Event: One Week International Online FDP on Trends and Challenges in Development of Electric Vehicles and Hybrid Electric Vehicles (Series-2).
Institute: Lendi Institute of Engineering & Technology, Vizianagaram District, Andhra Pradesh.
Type: Special Lecture
Topic: Electric Vehicle Technology: Categorization and comprehensive insight.
Date: 15/11/2022
7. Event: International Seminar on Electric Vehicles.
Institute: SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Ramapuram Campus.
Type: Special Lecture
Topic: Electric Motors, Chargers in Electric Vehicles - Perspective for Electrical Engineers.
Date: 02/02/2023.
8. Event: One Week International Online FDP on Trends and Challenges in Development of Electric Vehicles and Hybrid Electric Vehicles (Series-2).
Institute: Lendi Institute of Engineering & Technology, Vizianagaram District, Andhra Pradesh.
Type: Special Lecture
Topic: Electric Vehicle Technology: Categorization and comprehensive insight.
Date: 15/11/2022
9. Event: Invited talk.
Institute: Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Dharwad.
Type: Invited Talk.
Topic: Research and Development on Electric Vehicles.
Date: 03/03/2023.
Summer or Winter internships are available in my lab for research-oriented Masters and Undergraduate students. Candidates can go through my research areas, select a field of interest and contact me with a project proposal and their CV.
Past Interns:
- Name: Pranav Adith Sreedhar
Internship Duration: May 2021 - August 2021.
Affiliation: Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu.
Project Title: Converter topologies for wireless power transfer in Electric Vehicles.
Current status: Yashika Industries, Chennai
Intern's comments: I interned under Dr. Chinmaya on Bidirectional Wireless Electric Vehicle chargers, and it nudged my interest in Power Electronics in general. His guidance on EV chargers and his suggestions on various topologies helped me a lot in designing converters, not only in this summer internship but also in my career. Through this internship, I had a taste of what research in this industry meant, as the steps taken were toward learning rather than pure success, and the immense future scope it has. I am privileged that Dr. Chinmaya gave me this opportunity, and I would like to thank him for that.
- Name: Souvik Datta
Internship Duration: May 2021 - August 2021.
Affiliation: Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai.
Project Title: Design and Development of a three-port converter for solar PV integrated Electric Vehicle.
Current status: Software Developer at Q Blocks.
Intern's comments: This experience significantly fortified my proficiency in power electronics in EVs and helped me appreciate the field of renewable energy greatly. The knowledge I gained through this internship experience undoubtedly played a pivotal role in shaping my future research papers and endeavors in this exciting field.