Dr D V Siva Krishna Rao K

Designation: Assistant Professor

Email ID: damodharsiva@nitt.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Dr. D V Siva Krishna Rao K, obtained under graduation in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Kakatiya University, Andhra Pradesh State University (Now in Telangana). He obtained masters and doctorate from National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India.

He served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology (BIT) Mesra. He was worked as an Assistant Professor Senior Grade in the School of Electrical Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore. Later, he joined as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at NIT, Srinagar.

He had worked for the establishment of NABL accredited Calibration laboratory in NIT, Tiruchirappalli. He had an experience in the field of calibration as a Technical Manager.

His research expertise includes Solar Photovoltaic systems (grid connected and stand-alone), forecasting techniques and MPPT techniques. He is currently working in the area of Electric Vehicles and Smart grid technologies. He has performed consultancies for Solar PV plant installations and testing.  Energy auditing studies of industries are also included in his consultancy work. He has guided the UG and PG students in the area of distributed energy generation and energy/power management in smart grid.

Areas of Interest

  • Solar Photovoltaics (on grid/ off grid)
  • Power system planning-forecasting
  • Distributed power generation
  • Smart grid technologies
  • Electric vehicles
  • Demand side management

Employment Profile

Job Title Employer From To
Assistant Professor NIT, Tiruchirappalli Sept-2022 Till-date
Assistant Professor NIT, Srinagar April-2021 Sept-2022
Assistant Professor-Senior Grade VIT, Vellore June-2020 April-2021
Assistant Professor BIT, Mesra July-2018 May-2020

Academic Qualifications (From Highest Degree to High School)

Examination Board / University Division/ Grade Subjects
Ph.D. NIT, Tiruchirappalli I/8.76 Solar Photovoltaics (on grid/ off grid), ANN  
M.Tech. NIT, Tiruchirappalli I/8.34 Energy Engineering
B.Tech. Kakatiya University, Waranagl, Andhra Pradesh I/75.12 Electrical & Electronics Engineering
Intermediate A.P.R Jr. College, Venkatagiri, Nellore Andhra Pradesh I/95.70 Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry
SSC A.P.R School, West Godavari Andhra Pradesh I/85.84 Mathematics and Science

Academic Achievements

  • Obtained All-India 3rd rank in NPIU-TEQIP recruitment.
  • Qualified in GATE-17, GATE-16, GATE-15, GATE-14, GATE-13, GATE-12, GATE-11 and GATE-10.
  • Obtained Institute 1st rank in class 12th with a percentile of 95.70
  • Received 2nd prize in Quiz Contest at National Level Technical Fest, “ENERGEIA-15”.

Academic/Administrative Responsibilities within the Institute

Position Faculty/Department/Centre/Institution From To
Member GLOBAL ACCADEMIC RESEARCH CENTER 08-03-2023 Till date
Member Institute Innovation Council, NIT Trichy 26-04-2023 To Till date
IEEE Student Chapter Coordinator Department of Electrical Engineering, NIT Srinagar 09-06-2021 26-09-2022
EED-Carrier Counselling Coordinator Department of Electrical Engineering, NIT Srinagar 31-05-2021 26-09-2022
EED-3rd Semester Coordinator Department of Electrical Engineering, NIT Srinagar 21-10-2021 26-09-2022
SPARK-NITSRINAGAR, student club coordinator Department of Electrical Engineering, NIT Srinagar 10-09-2021 26-09-2022

Fellowships-

Year of Award Name of the Fellowship Awarding Organization From (Month/Year) To (Month/Year)
2010 GATE Fellowship MHRD, GOI Aug/2010 Jun/2012
2014 MHRD Fellowship MHRD Fellowship, GOI Aug/2014 Jan/2018

Details of Academic Work

  • Curriculum Development

-Smart grid Technologies

-Renewable sources grid integration

-Renewable energy laboratory

  • Courses taught at Postgraduate and Undergraduate levels
Name of the Course UG/PG Institute
EN 608 Smart Energy Systems PG NIT Trichy
EN 650 Smart Grid Technologies PG NIT Trichy
ENIR-11 Energy and Environmental Engineering UG NIT Trichy
EE5203 Electrical Machines-II UG NIT Srinagar
EE3202 Basic Electrical Engineering Laboratory UG NIT Srinagar
EE5204 Electrical Machines-II Laboratory UG NIT Srinagar
EE101 Basic Electrical Engineering UG NIT Srinagar
EE 4204 Electrical Machines Laboratory UG NIT Srinagar
Power System reliability UG & PG NIT, Srinagar
Power System Protection UG VIT, Vellore
Basics of Electrical Engineering UG VIT, Vellore
EE583 Renewable Sources of Electrical Energy and Grid Integration PG BIT, Mesra
EE205 Circuit Theory UG BIT, Mesra
EE101 Basic Electrical Engineering UG BIT, Mesra
EE5204 Electrical Machines –II Laboratory UG BIT, Mesra
Principles of Electrical Engineering UG BIT, Mesra
EE6208 Computer Aided Machine Design Lab UG BIT, Mesra
ELE—7/E System Planning & Load Forecasting UG BIT, Mesra

Projects guided at Postgraduate level

Sl. No. Title of Dissertation/Project Department/ Year
Institute
1        
2 ESTIMATION of LI-ION BATTERY STATES USING DATA DRIVEN TECHNOLOGY Energy Engineering NIT, Tiruchirappalli 2022
3 ESIGNING of LLC CONVERTER for FAST CHARGERS Energy Engineering NIT, Tiruchirappalli 2022
4 CONTROL STRATEGIES for PV BATTERY BASED MULTI PORT DC DC CONVERTOR Energy Engineering NIT, Tiruchirappalli 2022
5 Performance Evaluation of CHB Multilevel Inverter Based STATCOM for Reactive Power Compensation In Grid Connected Solar PV System Electrical Engineering NIT, Srinagar 2022
6 Extraction and modelling of solar cell parameters using AI Electrical Engineering NIT, Srinagar 2022
7 Photovoltaic and solar power Forecasting for smart grid Energy management Electrical and Electronics Engineering BIT, Mesra 2020
8 Cascaded Artificial Neural Network based MPPT algorithm for PV application Electrical and Electronics Engineering BIT, Mesra 2019
9 Parameter estimation and implementation of maximum power tracking algorithm for solar photovoltaic system Electrical and Electronics Engineering BIT, Mesra 2019

Projects guided at Undergraduate level

Sl. No. Title of Dissertation/Project Department/ Year
Institute
1 Energy management strategy in an Electric vehicle with Hybrid Energy storage system Electrical Engineering NIT, Srinagar 2022
2 Development of a photovoltaic MPPT controller based on neural network Electrical Engineering NIT, Srinagar 2022
3 Performance analysis of single axis tracker Electrical Engineering NIT, Srinagar 2022
4 Artificial neural network approach for load Forecasting in demand side management Electrical and Electronics Engineering BIT, Mesra 2020
5 Design of maximum power tracker for a PV array operating under partial shading conditions using complete search of duty cycle Electrical and Electronics Engineering BIT, Mesra 2019
6 Solar module I-V curve extraction and a study on effects of partial shading on solar array Electrical and Electronics Engineering BIT, Mesra 2019

Conducted Workshops/ Symposia/ Conferences/ Colloquia /Seminars/ Schools

Date Title of Activity Event Organized by Role
05-Feb-2024 to 09-Feb-2024 Self Sponsored one week workshop on “ Building Energy Management using IoT” NIT Tricy Coordinator
29-May-2023 to 02-June-2023 KARYASHALA workshop on “ Current Trends and Futures Aspects of the Development of Fuel Cell & other Energy Storage Technologies” NIT Tricy Coordinator
06-Feb -2023 to 10-feb-2023 Self Sponsored one week workshop on “Current trends in Energy Storage and Electric vehicle Technologies” NIT Tricy Coordinator

Participation in Workshops/ Symposia/ Conferences/ Colloquia /Seminars/ Schools

Date (s) Title of Activity Level of Event (International/ National/ Local) Event Organized by
2022 Conference International NIT Srinagar
2022 FDP National GATES Institute of Technology
2022 Conference International ICICCSP 2022, Hyderabad
2021 Conference International i-PACT, VIT Vellore
2021 FDP National Vishnu Institute of Technology, Bheemavaram
2019 Conference International BIT Mesra
2019 TEQIP FDP Workshops National TEQIP-MHRD
2018 TEQIP FDP Workshop National TEQIP-MHRD
2017 NABL Workshop NAGMAN National NIT, Tiruchirappalli
2016 NABL Workshop-BHEL National NIT, Tiruchirappalli
2016 Energia- Energy day National NIT, Tiruchirappalli
2015 NABL Workshop National NIT, Tiruchirappalli
2015 MATLAB Workshop National NIT, Tiruchirappalli
2015 Waste management workshop National NIT, Tiruchirappalli
2015 Energia- Energy day National NIT, Tiruchirappalli
2012 SOLAR PV workshop National IIT, Bombay
2012 Conference International Vidya Academy of Science and Technology, Kerala
2010 Poster-Tech National Kakatiya University, Kothagudem
2010 Paper presentation-Tech National Kakatiya University, Kothagudem
2008 Paper presentation National SRKR, Bheemavaram
2008 Network Design National SRKR, Bheemavaram
2009 Robotics National MJIT, Hyderabad
2009 Robotics National NIT, Warangal

Invited Talks delivered

Topic Date Inviting Organization
Innovative Practices
In
Energy Management
07-Dec-2022 The Institute of Engineers, Salem
Career Opportunities for Electrical engineers 26-May-2022 NIT, Srinagar
A road map for IES 04-June-2022 NIT Srinagar
Role of forecasting in renewable energy grid integration 19-March-2022 GATES Institute of Technology

Publications

  • Refereed Research Journals:

Title of the paper Name of Journal Year
Systematic Review on Impact of Different Irradiance Forecasting Techniques for Solar Energy Prediction Energies, MDPI 2022
Modeling of solar photovoltaic power using a two-stage forecasting system with operation and weather parameters Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects 2022
Modelling of solar still production using operational and environmental parameters with Artificial Neural Network for a Tropical Savanna climate Applied Solar Energy, Springer 2022
A Novel Constant Power Management Controller for Hybrid PV-Battery System Journal of Circuits, Systems, and Computers, World Scientific Publishing Company 2020
A novel approach for reactive power compensation in hybrid wind-battery system using distribution static
compensator.
Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Elsevier 2019
Effect of orientation on the yield of low cost solar stills with coco peat and charcoal as an absorber material Desalination and Water Treatment 2019
Performance analysis of biomass-based absorber solar still through ANN
and MLR approach
Desalination and Water Treatment 2019
Method and strategy for predicting daily global solar radiation using one and two input variables for Indian stations Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy,
AIP
2018
Analysis of different combination of meteorological parameters in predicting the horizontal global solar radiation with ANN approach: A case study Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier 2018
Models for estimating monthly mean daily global solar radiation from in-situ measurements: Application in Tropical Climate, India Urban Climate, Elsevier 2017
Modelling of solar still production using operational and environmental parameters with Artificial Neural Network for a Tropical Savanna climate Applied Solar Energy, Springer 2022

(B)  Conferences/Workshops/Symposia Proceedings

           

Title of the paper Name of Conference and dates Venue Year
State of Health Estimation of an Electric Vehicle Battery Using Fusion Technology 2023 5th International Conference on Energy, Power and Environment: Towards Flexible Green Energy Technologies (ICEPE) 15-17 June 2023 NIT Meghalaya 2023
Optimal Energy Management Methods of Electric Vehicle with Battery and Super-Capacitor 2023 5th International Conference on Energy, Power and Environment: Towards Flexible Green Energy Technologies (ICEPE) 15-17 June 2023 NIT Meghalaya 2023
Bright Sunshine Duration Index-Based Prediction of Solar PV Power Using ANN Approach International Conference on Intelligent Controller and Computing for Smart Power 2022 (ICICCSP 2022), July 21st-23rd, 2022 Hyderabad, India 2022
Implementation of Instantaneous Symmetrical Component Theory based Hysteresis Controller for DSTATCOM 2021 International Conference on Advancements in Electrical, Electronics, Communication, Computing and Automation (ICAECA) Coimbatore, India 2021
Modeling and prediction of SPV energy generation using weather parameters IEEE International Conference on Innovations in Power and Advanced Computing Technologies”,  Accepted, i-PACT-2021, VIT, Vellore VIT, Vellore 2021
Conventional and Hybrid Perturb & Observe based Maximum Power Point Tracking for Solar System International Conference On Vision Towards Emerging Trends In Communication And Networking”  30 - 31 MARCH 2019 VIT, Vellore 2029
Modelling and Parameter Estimation of Solar Cell using Genetic Algorithm International Conference on Intelligent Computing and Control Systems,  [ICICCS 2019], 17 May 2019 VIT, Vellore 2019
Cascaded Artificial Neural Network based MPPT algorithm for PV application International conference of Electronics, Communication and Aerospace Technology (ICECA) VIT, Vellore 2019
Estimation of daily global solar radiation using  temperature, relative humidity and seasons with ANN for Indian stations International conference on POWER, SIGNALS, CONTROL AND COMPUTATIONS  held in Vidya Academy of Science and Technology, on JAN 2012 Thrissur, Kerala, India 2012

Contact Details

Dr D V Siva Krishna Rao K

Assistant Professor

Room No: MN002

Department of Energy and Environment

NIT, Tiruchirappalli-620015

India.

Email Id: damodharsiva@nitt.edu