Education

Aug 2019 – Dec 2022

• Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology Dharwad, Karnataka, India
  Specialization: Power Electronics
  Thesis: Family of DC Circuit Breaker Topologies for the Protection of DC Systems

2010 – 2012

• M.Tech, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India
  Specialization: Power Electronics and Power Systems
  Thesis: Modelling of UPFC for Power System Network using Dynamic Phasors

2006 – 2010

• B.Tech, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Andhra Pradesh, India
  Specialization: Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  Thesis: Transformer Protection using Wavelet Transforms

Experience

• Senior Project Research Scientist, C1973 EV Powertrain Lab, IIT Bombay (Jun 2024 – Dec 2025)
• Research Associate, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA (Dec 2022 – Jan 2024)
• Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering Department, Bapatla Engineering College (Dec 2013 – May 2019)

Awards & Recognition

• Secured All India Rank (AIR) 235 in GATE 2010 (Electrical Engineering)

Research Interests

• DC Circuit Breaker Design for Grid Applications
• Electric Vehicle Drivetrain Component Design
• Wide Bandgap (GaN and SiC) Based Power Converters
• Reliability of GaN Devices (E-mode / D-mode)

Publications

Journals

1. I Venkata Raghavendra, Banavath Satish Naik and Thamballa Sreekanth "Modified Z-Source DC Circuit Breaker With Enhanced Performance During Commissioning and Reclosing," in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 910-919, Jan. 2022, DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2021.3092773.
2. C. N. M. Ajmal, I. V. Raghavendra, S. Naik, A. Ray and H. S. Krishnamoorthy, "A Modified Hybrid DC Circuit Breaker With Reduced Arc for Low Voltage DC Grids," in IEEE Access, vol. 9, pp. 132267-132277, 2021, DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3115456.
3. I. Venkata Raghavendra, S. N. Banavath, C. N. Ajmal Muhammed and A. Ray, "Modular Bidirectional Solid-State DC Circuit Breaker for Next-Generation Electric Aircrafts," in IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, DOI: 10.1109/JESTPE.2022.3176929.
4. S. Nandakumar, I. Venkata Raghavendra, C. N. Muhammed Ajmal, S. N. Banavath and K. Rajashekara, "A Modular Bidirectional Solid State DC Circuit Breaker for LV and MVDC Grid Applications," in IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, DOI: 10.1109/JESTPE.2022.3177248.
5. V. Raghavendra I, B. S. Naik, T. Sreekanth and A. Chub, "Controlled Bidirectional DC Circuit Breaker With Zero Negative Current for High Load Shift Applications," in IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 58, no. 6, pp. 6942-6951, Nov.-Dec. 2022, doi: 10.1109/TIA.2022.3193345.

Conferences

1. Venkata, Raghavendra I, A. Ray and B. Satish Naik, "A Snubberless Hybrid Circuit Breaker for Medium Voltage DC grids," 2020 IEEE 9th International Power Electronics and Motion Control Conference (IPEMC2020-ECCE Asia), 2020, pp. 1175-1180, DOI: 10.1109/IPEMC-ECCEAsia48364.2020.9367910.

2. Venkata, Raghavendra I, B. Satish Naik and T. Sreekanth, "Modified Z-Source DC Circuit Breaker with Zero Negative Current in the Load," 2021 IEEE 12th Energy Conversion Congress & Exposition - Asia (ECCE-Asia), 2021, pp. 1548-1553, DOI: 10.1109/ECCE-Asia49820.2021.9478982.

3. Venkata, Raghavendra I, B. Satish Naik and T. Sreekanth, "H-bridge Based Bidirectional Z-Source DC Circuit Breaker with Improved Device Stress and Automatic Reclosing Capability," IECON 2021 – 47th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, 2021, pp. 1-6, DOI: 10.1109/IECON48115.2021.9589108.

4. C. N. Muhammed Ajmal, Venkata, Raghavendra I and B. Satish Naik, "Enhancement of DC MCB Performance using Power Semiconductor Devices," IECON 2021 – 47th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, 2021, pp. 1-5, DOI: 10.1109/IECON48115.2021.9589385.

5. Aditya Pogulaguntla, Venkata Raghavendra I, S. N. Banavath, A. Chub, T. Sreekanth and H. S. Krishnamoorthy, "Bidirectional DC Circuit Breaker with Improved Performance during Commissioning and Reclosing," 2022 24th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'22 ECCE Europe), 2022, pp. 1-9.

6. A. P , Venkata, Raghavendra I et al., "Modified Q-Z-Source DC Circuit Breaker for Next-Generation Electric Aircrafts," 2023 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), Orlando, 10.1109/APEC43580.2023.10131532.

7. FL, USA, 2023, pp. 1049-1056, doi: A. P, V. I. Raghavendra, S. N. Banavath, X. Song, A. Lidozzi and L. Piegari, "Modified O-Z-Source DC Circuit Breaker for Electrical Power System Protection of Future Aircrafts," 2023 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), Orlando, FL, USA, 2023, pp. 1042-1048, doi: 10.1109/APEC43580.2023.10131484..

8. I.V. Raghavendra, Yanda, Fred Wang and Pietro Cairoli, ”Determination of Suitable Heats ink Layout for a High-Density Integrated Motor Drive Through an Effective Comparison Method," 2024 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Phoenix, AZ, USA, 2024, pp. 6600-6607, doi: 10.1109/ECCE55643.2024.10861265

9. I.V. Raghavendra, Sandeep Anand, ”Selection of Negative Gate Voltage for GaN HEMTs Considering Switching Oscillations and Loss Minimization" 2025 PESGRE, Dharwad, India, 2025. ACCEPTED

Google Scholar:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=YSdyBVYAAAAJ&hl=en

LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/venkata-raghavendra-itte-30107124

Subjects Taught

• EEMI10 – Basic Electrical Circuits
• EEHO13 – Power Switching Converters