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National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra
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राष्ट्रीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान कुरुक्षेत्र
राष्ट्रीय महत्व का संस्थान
National Institute of Technology
Kurukshetra-136119, Haryana

 Rajan Kumar

Designation:    Assistant Professor (Grade-I)
Department:    Electrical Engg
Qualification:    Ph.D. (IIT Delhi), M.Tech. (MNNIT Allahabad)
Address:    
Email:    Rajan@nitkkr.ac.in
Phone No:    8882745466
Area of Interest:    

Power Electronics Converters, Power Quality, Electrical Machines and Drives, Renewable Energy Systems, Electric Vehicles.

Others:   

EXPERIENCE

  • Assistant Professor (Grade-I) in the Department of Electrical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra (Haryana), India (since 22 November 2022)
  • Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Hamirpur, Hamirpur (H.P.), India (20 May 2019 – 21 November 2022)
  • Deputy Manager (R&D) at Su-Kam Power Systems Ltd. Gurugram, Haryana (01 June 2017 – 03 April 2019)

EDUCATION

  • Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi (2017)
  • M.Tech. in Power Electronics from Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Prayagraj (2012)
  • B.E. in Electrical & Electronics Engg. from Chhatrapati Shivaji Institute of Technology Durg, Chhattisgarh (2009)

HONORS AND AWARDS (10+)

  • HOPE (Help Others ProgrammE) prize at first IEEE Industrial Electronics Society Annual On-Line Conference (ONCON) held during December 9-11, 2022.
  • Placed in Stanford University’s top 2% most influential scientists list for the years 2020 and 2021.
  • Participated in 4th BRICS Young Scientist Conclave held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil during 06-08 November 2019 (Selected as young scientist by the Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India).
  • Award for Best Industry Relevant Ph.D. Project in Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, 2018.
  • Gandhian Young Technological Innovation (GYTI) Award 2017 for an innovation entitled, “Grid Interactive Solar PV Based Water Pumping Using BLDC Motor Drive,” at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi.
  • Amit Garg Memorial Research Award for high impact publication in quality journal at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
  • Awarded as Star Performer for the research & development of hybrid grid-tie-inverter at Su-Kam Power Systems Ltd. Gurugram in 2017.
  • Ramamoorthy best paper award at Eighteenth National Power System Conference (NPSC), Guwahati (India), 18-20 Dec. 2014.
  • Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) assistantship from Government of India during M.Tech. (2010-2012) and Ph.D. (2013-2017) programme.
  • Awarded for the first position in branch (B.E. second semester).
  • Many departmental and institute level prizes / appreciation at various technical, non-technical and cultural events (2005 to date).

SPONSORED RESEARCH PROJECTS (02)

  • Principal Investigator (PI) in a sponsored research project entitled, “Development of Intelligent Controllers for Back-EMF-Based Position Sensorless Brushless DC Motor Drives Employed in Solar Photovoltaic Water Pumping Systems,” funded by Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Govt. of India (amount: Rs. 28,71,750).
  • Co-PI in a sponsored research project entitled, “Power Flow Management in Solar-Wind-Based Micro-Grid Using Artificial Intelligent-Based Control Techniques,” funded by Himachal Pradesh Council for Science Technology and Environment (HIMCOSTE), Shimla (amount: Rs. 3,60,000).

PATENTS (1-GRANTED, 2-FER SUBMITTED)

  • Bhim Singh and Rajan Kumar, “A grid interactive solar photovoltaic based water pumping system and method thereof,” Indian Patent No. 201611033785 Filed on: 03 October 2016, Granted on 24 November 2022.
  • Bhim Singh and Rajan Kumar, “Water pumping system with solar photovoltaic array fed brushless DC motor and a method thereof,” Indian Patent No. 201611002791 Filed on: 25 January 2016.
  • Bhim Singh and Rajan Kumar, “A Method and System for Single Stage Solar PV Fed Water Pumping Using Sensorless BLDC Motor,” Indian Patent No. 201811029383 Filed on: 04 August 2018.

JOURNALS – 11 (4-IEEE, 5-IET, 2-OTHERS)

  • Sunil Kumar Gautam and Rajan Kumar, “Synchronization of Solar PV-Wind-Battery-Based Water Pumping System Using Brushless DC Motor Drive,” International Journal of Power Electronics, Jan. 2023, Accepted for publication.
  • Krushna B. Ray and Rajan Kumar, “SOC -Based Fast and Stable Charging Control Using Multilevel DC -DC Buck Converter for EVs,” IETE Journal of Research, Jan. 2023, DOI: 10.1080/03772063.2022.2162981.
  • Rajan Kumar and Bhim Singh, “Grid Interactive Solar PV-Based Water Pumping Using BLDC Motor Drive,” IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 55, no. 5, pp. 5153-5165, Sept.-Oct. 2019.
  • Rajan Kumar and Bhim Singh, “Solar PV Powered-Sensorless BLDC Motor Driven Water Pump,” IET Renewable Power Generation, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 389-398, Feb. 2019.
  • Rajan Kumar and Bhim Singh, “Brushless DC motor-driven grid-interfaced solar water pumping system,” IET Power Electronics, vol. 11, no. 12, pp. 1875-1885, October 2018.
  • Rajan Kumar and Bhim Singh, “Single Stage Solar PV Fed Brushless DC Motor Driven Water Pump,” IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 1377-1385, Sept. 2017.
  • Rajan Kumar and Bhim Singh, “Solar PV Powered BLDC Motor Drive for Water Pumping Using Cuk Converter,” IET Electric Power Applications, 11, no. 2, pp. 222-232, February 2017.
  • Rajan Kumar and Bhim Singh, “BLDC Motor-Driven Solar PV Array-Fed Water Pumping System Employing Zeta Converter,”IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 52, no. 3, pp. 2315-2322, May-June 2016.
  • Bhim Singh and Rajan Kumar, “Simple brushless DC motor drive for solar photovoltaic array fed water pumping system,” IET Power Electronics, vol. 9, no. 7, pp. 1487-1495, June 2016.
  • Bhim Singh and Rajan Kumar, “Solar photovoltaic array fed water pump driven by brushless DC motor using Landsman converter,” IET Renewable Power Generation, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 474-484, April 2016.
  • Bhim Singh, Anjanee Kumar Mishra and Rajan Kumar, “Solar Powered Water Pumping System Employing Switched Reluctance Motor Drive,” IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 52, no. 5, pp. 3949-3957, Sept.-Oct. 2016.

CONFERENCES (19)

  • Seema Chouhan and Rajan Kumar, “Instantaneous PV Array Power-Based Estimation of Reference Speed for Speed Control of Solar PV-Fed BLDC Motor Drive,” IEEE 5th International Conference on Electrical, Electronics, Communication, Computer Technologies and Optimization Techniques (ICEECCOT), Mysuru, India, 2021, pp. 608-613.
  • Rajan Kumar and Bhim Singh, “Position Sensorless BLDC Motor Drive for Single Stage PV Based Water Pumping,” IEEE 5th International Conference on Computing, Communication and Automation (ICCCA), Greater Noida, India, 2020, 634-639.
  • Rajan Kumar and Bhim Singh, “Solar PV-battery based hybrid water pumping system using BLDC motor drive,” IEEE 1st International Conference on Power Electronics, Intelligent Control and Energy Systems (ICPEICES), Delhi, India, 2016, pp. 1-6.
  • Bhim Singh and Rajan Kumar, “Solar PV Array Fed Brushless DC Motor Driven Water Pump,”IEEE 6th International Conference on Power Systems (ICPS), New Delhi, India, 2016, pp. 1-5.
  • Rajan Kumar and Bhim Singh, “Grid interfaced solar PV based water pumping using brushless DC motor drive,” IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), Trivandrum, 2016, pp. 1-6.
  • Rajan Kumar and Bhim Singh, “Grid Interactive Solar PV Based Water Pumping Using BLDC Motor Drive,” IEEE 7th Power India International Conference (PIICON), Bikaner, Rajasthan, India, 2016, pp. 1-6.
  • Rajan Kumar and Bhim Singh, “Grid Interfaced Solar PV Powered Brushless DC Motor Driven Water Pumping System,” IEEE 7th India International Conference on Power Electronics (IICPE), Patiala, India, 2016, pp. 1-5.
  • Rajan Kumar, Bhim Singh, Ambrish Chandra and Kamal Al-Haddad, “Solar PV array fed water pumping using BLDC motor drive with boost-buck converter,” IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 20-24 Sept. 2015, pp.5741-5748.
  • Rajan Kumar and Bhim Singh, “BLDC motor driven water pump fed by solar photovoltaic array using boost converter,” Annual IEEE India Conference (INDICON), New Delhi, India, 2015, pp. 1-6.
  • Bhim Singh, Anjanee K. Mishra and Rajan Kumar, “Buck-boost converter fed SRM drive for solar PV array based water pumping,” IEEE IAS Joint Industrial and Commercial Power Systems / Petroleum and Chemical Industry Conference (ICPSPCIC), Hyderabad, India, 2015, pp. 153-160.
  • Rajan Kumar and Bhim Singh, “Solar photovoltaic array fed canonical switching cell converter based BLDC motor drive for water pumping system,”Annual IEEE India Conference (INDICON), 11-13 Dec. 2014, pp.1-6.
  • Rajan Kumar and Bhim Singh, “Solar photovoltaic array fed Luo converter based BLDC motor driven water pumping system,” 9th International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems (ICIIS), 15-17 Dec. 2014, pp.1-5.
  • Rajan Kumar and Bhim Singh, “Buck-boost converter fed BLDC motor drive for solar PV array based water pumping,” IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), 16-19 Dec. 2014, pp.1-6.
  • Rajan Kumar and Bhim Singh, “Solar PV Array Fed Cuk Converter-VSI Controlled BLDC Motor Drive for Water Pumping,” 6th IEEE Power India International Conference (PIICON), 5-7 Dec. 2014, pp.1-7.
  • Rajan Kumar and Bhim Singh, “BLDC Motor Driven Solar PV Array Fed Water Pumping System Employing Zeta Converter,” 6th IEEE India International Conference on Power Electronics (IICPE), 8-10 Dec. 2014, pp.1-6.
  • Bhim Singh, Anjanee Kumar Mishra and Rajan Kumar, “Solar Powered Water Pumping System Employing Switched Reluctance Motor Drive,” 6th IEEE Power India International Conference (PIICON), 5-7 Dec. 2014, pp.1-6.
  • Rajan Kumar, Asit Mohanty, Soumya R. Mohanty and Nand Kishor, “Power quality improvement in 3-phase grid connected photovoltaic system with battery storage,”IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), 16-19 Dec. 2012, pp.1-6.
  • Rajan Kumar and Bhim Singh, “Solar PV Array Fed Water Pumping System Using SEPIC Converter Based BLDC Motor Drive,” Eighteenth National Power System Conference (NPSC), 18-20 Dec. 2014, pp.1-5.
  • Bhim Singh, G. Bhuvaneswari, Kirti Mathuria, Arun Kumar Verma, Rajan Kumar, Ambrish Chandra and Kamal Al-Haddad, “Performance Analysis of a Common DC Link Series Active Compensator Integrated with Double Series Diode Rectifier,” Eighteenth National Power System Conference (NPSC), 18-20 Dec. 2014, pp.1-5.

BOOK CHAPTER (01)

  • Maloth Ramesh, Anil Kumar Yadav, Rajan Kumar and Pawan Kumar Pathak, “Energy Conversion: Methods, Technology and Future Directions: An Extensive Study of Frequency Supported-Wind Energy Conversion System,” Nova Science Publishers, USA, 2022, DOI: 10.52305/VXCB5652, ISBN: 979-8-88697-424-9.

PHD SUPERVISION: 2-ONGOING

MTECH SUPERVISION: 7-COMPLETED, 1-ONGOING

STC/FDP/WORKSHOP ORGANIZED (04)

  • Organized a Five-Days Workshop on “Challenges and Opportunities in Microgrid” as Coordinator during 17 – 21 January 2022 at NIT Hamirpur.
  • Organized a Five-Days Workshop on “Smart Cities and Intelligent Systems” as Treasurer during 03 – 07 January 2022 at NIT Hamirpur.
  • Organized a Five-Days Short-Term Course (e-STC) on “Advancements in Optimization of Power Generation, Drives and Control System” as Coordinator during 16 – 20 November 2020 at NIT Hamirpur.
  • Organized a Five-Days Faculty Development Program (e-FDP) on “Recent Trends in Intelligent Control Techniques for Renewable Energy Systems and Electric Vehicles” as Treasurer during 12-16 October 2020 at NIT Hamirpur.

EXPERT TALKS (12)

  • Workshop on “Power Electronics and its Applications Using OPAL-RT,” organized by O. P. Jindal University Raigarh, Chhattisgarh, India during 20-24 Feb. 2023.
  • Training programme on “Installation of Electrical appliances for Farming,” organized by CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana, India during 23-25 Jan. 2023.
  • ATAL Faculty Development Program on “Hybrid Microgrid: Opportunities and Challenges for Renewable Energy Resources (HMOCRER-2022),” organized by National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra, India, during Dec. 12-23, 2022.
  • Short term training program on “Electric Vehicles Technology,” organized by Pandit Deendayal Energy University Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India, during 08-10 April 2022.
  • Induction Programme on “Developments and Applications in Renewable Energy in Power System,” organized by Chhatrapati Shivaji Institute of Technology Durg, India, during 02-08 March 2022.
  • Short Term Course on “Grid Modernization: Opportunities and Challenges,” organized by National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra, India, during 20-24 December 2021.
  • Faculty Development Program on “Sustainable Transport Sources for Future Mobility Application,” organized by Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal, India, during 22-26 November 2021.
  • Faculty Development Program on “Recent Trends and Advances in Renewable Energy Sources,” jointly organized by Rajasthan Technical University Kota and Poornima College of Engineering Jaipur, during 18-22 February 2021.
  • Short Term Course on “Research Trends in Energy and Power Systems (RTEPS),” organized by Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal, India, during 19-23 October 2020.
  • Short Term Training Program on “Recent Advances in power Electronics and Its Applications,” organized by Jabalpur Engineering College, Jabalpur, India, during 22-26 September 2020.
  • Short Term Training Program on “Sustainable Energy Systems Design for Remote Villages in India,” organized by National Institute of Technology Raipur, India, during 14-18 September 2020.
  • Short Term Course on “Emerging Trends in Power and Energy Systems,” organized by Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida, during 24-28 August 2020.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

  • Senior Member of IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers).
  • Member of Institution of Engineers (India) [IEI].
  • Executive committee member of IEEE PELS-IES Delhi Chapter.
  • Reviewer of various international journals such as IEEE, IET and IETE.

SUBJECTS TAUGHT (08)

  • Power Electronics (UG)
  • Power Quality & Harmonics (UG)
  • High Voltage Engineering (UG)
  • Basic Electrical Engineering (UG)
  • Electrical Machines-II (UG)
  • Solid State Devices & Converters (PG)
  • High Voltage Diagnostic Techniques (PG)
  • Power System Quality Assessment (PG)

ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES AT NIT HAMIRPUR (08)

  • AFI, Institute Magazine and News Bulletin from 15/07/2019 to 02/08/2020.
  • AFI, Training & Placement from 01/08/2019 to 02/08/2020.
  • Member of Effective Publicity Team from 28/06/2019 to 02/08/2020.
  • Member of Incubation, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Cell (IIEC) from 06/08/2019 to 02/08/2020.
  • Office-in-Charge, NIRF & Accreditation (Departmental) from 19/02/2020 to 21/12/2021.
  • Office-in-Charge, Electrical Machine Lab from 19/02/2020 to 21/11/2022.
  • Office-in-Charge, Examination (Departmental) from 19/02/2020 to 21/11/2022.
  • हिंदी भाषा अधिकारी (विभागीय) from 16/06/2019 to 21/11/2022.

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